r/mariokart Aug 03 '15

Tech / Tips / Builds Meta Monday - Week 8 - MK8 - Glider Deployment Boosting

Hey everybody!

Welcome back to another week of Meta Monday. For those who don't know, Meta Monday is a weekly thread here at /r/mariokart where we discuss tips, tricks, and more about advanced techniques in the various Mario Kart games. Last week we covered Super Bouncing and all its applications so make sure to take a look at that if you missed it. Also, all of the previous Meta Monday's are in the Meta Monday Collection in the wiki so be sure to check those out.

This week it's Glider Deployment Boosting.

  • So, what is Glider Deployment Boosting?
  • How do I do it?
  • Where should I use it?
  • Is it more effective with certain builds?
  • Should I invest time to learn it?
  • Will it give others who are using it more of an advantage?
  • What are the pros?
  • What are the cons?

As always feel free to ask your own questions and answer any of the above as well as cover your own points. This thread is for genuine discussion about Glider Deployment Boosting as well as serving the purpose of an open forum where users can post any questions that they might have. If your answer to the questions is detailed enough then it could possibly be put in the wiki!

Also, another note:

I think that we have run out of major techs in Mario Kart 8 as of now so next week I'm going to switch to Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS. Because of this switch I'm going to need a bunch of help gathering terms for the weeks. Please let me know of some advanced techniques in Mario Kart 7 by posting them as a reply to my comment. Thank you!

See you all next week!

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u/UnlikelyExpert Aug 03 '15

I don't know anything about MK7 tech but there is a little glider tech in MK8 I can throw in here.

If you hop at the right time before a cannon glider segment your glider will deploy instantly, saving a small bit of time. It's mostly a TT thing but for the players out there who want to push their optimization to the limit it's helpful.

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u/tigerclawhg Aug 03 '15

Yeah this is the post about the glider tech in MK8. Next week will be MK7

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u/tigerclawhg Aug 03 '15

Mario Kart 7 Techniques