Out of shield

OoS, the common abbreviation for Out of Shield, refers to any move that can be used out of a shield to attack someone or any reliable out of shield technique. These moves tend to be extremely quick and a very good way to hit someone who is pressuring your shield. The slower a character's moveset, the less viable his or her's OoS game is. Most moves that come out in 3 frames or less can be considered technically OoS moves. The more shield stun a game has, the more difficult it is to OoS, so it is the easiest to OoS in brawl, and hardest to use OoS techniques in Smash 64. Moves that have heavy ending lag or have small range are very easy to OoS.

Examples of OoS moves

• All non-tether based grabs are technically OoS moves. This is simply known as shield grabbing. King Dedede is well known for his shield grabbing properties due to his exceptional grabs. Sheik in melee has a pseudo chain grab vs. fast fallers by down throwing and then Tap resetting, Shielding and re grabbing afterward. This is an example of incorporating OoS techniques. This property is also one of the reasons why many characters struggle with the Ice Climbers as they do not have enough range to avoid grabs.
• Wavedashing
• Dashing (usually called Shield dashing)
• Jumping (called similarly shield jumping)
• Marth's Up B and reverse Up B
• Fox's Shine
• Falco's Shine (Melee only)
• Bowser's Up B (Melee only)
• DK's Up B (Melee and Brawl mostly)