Zombie Hover

Discovered by Cerpin & Klydestorm

How To

Get killed by some means of damage with your sword out. A split second before Link dies, you have a small window to do a jumpslash, sidehop, or backflip. Hold L and mash A and B repeatedly after Link takes mortal damage. If successful, Link will do a short hop off the ground. After you get off the ground, you can switch to only mashing B to gain height. With each press of B while airborne, Link will jumpslash, rising a bit into the air and moving forward a bit each time. Since Link is dead, his jumpslash is immediately cancelled, and he returns to his normal falling stance, allowing you to jumpslash again. This allows you to gain infinite height, assuming nothing knocks you down in the air. If you do get knocked down and land on the ground, you can start your hover back up from where you land.

Notes

Unfortunately, since Link has no hearts, as soon as you hit land or water, Link will die. There are two ways to prevent this, albeit both end your hover:

• Landing on hearts or a fairy.
• Using the Tingle Tuner to buy Red/Blue Ting.

While it's possible to start a Zombie Hover off any means of damage besides death-warps, damage that knocks you down has the largest window to start the hover, and is highly recommended.

Also, do note that if you have a bottled fairy, you cannot start a hover, as the fairy will revive you the moment you lose your last heart.

This allows you to get to heights not normally accessible, allowing new shortcuts and various item skips. Inter-island travel, allowing access to areas early.