Learn how to achieve massive scores in SSX 3 by mastering multipliers, maintaining combos, and executing advanced grabs and Uber Tricks. Dominate the slopes!
Here's a simple list of stuff to remember if you are shooting for good scores on Trick It in SSX 3:
- Get your multiplier up to 20x as soon as possible.
- Keep a combo going until you get to 20x. The highest scoring technique is to keep a combo going from the very beginning until the very end of a course, to maximize not only the Combo Bank, but the Combo Bonus as well.
- Use a zig-zag pattern to tackle the maximum amount of jumps on a course. Try to stay at 20x for an entire run. Do not spend too much time in one place, or your multiplier will go down.
- Cash in your combo bank ONLY when your multiplier is at 20x. If you are lower than that, raise it up to x20 before you let it expire.
Grabs and other Minutiae
Here is the complete list of grabs for the different inputs depending on which control scheme you are using. Tweaking a grab does not change the name.
Notation Key:
>means push the buttons one after another (e.g., X > Y - push X then Y)+means push the buttons at the same time (e.g., X + Y - push X and Y together)
STANDARD CONTROLS (STICKS) - PS3/X-BOX 360
| RIGHT STICK INPUT | REGULAR STANCE | GOOFY STANCE |
|---|---|---|
| Left | Melon | Switch Indy |
| Right | Indy | Switch Melon |
| Up | Rocket | Switch Rocket |
| Down | Truckdriver | Switch Truckdriver |
| Left then Up | Nosegrab | Switch Crail |
| Right then Up | Crail | Switch Nosegrab |
| Left then Down | Seatbelt | Switch Tail Grab |
| Right then Down | Tail Grab | Switch Seatbelt |
| Up then Left | Flying Squirrel | Switch Stiffy |
| Up then Right | Stiffy | Switch Flying Squirrel |
| Left then Right | Mute | Switch Stalefish |
| Right then Left | Stalefish | Switch Mute |
STANDARD CONTROLS (BUTTONS)
| PS3 | X-BOX 360 | REGULAR STANCE | GOOFY STANCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Square | X | Melon | Switch Indy |
| Circle | B | Indy | Switch Melon |
| Triangle | Y | Rocket | Switch Rocket |
| X | A | Truckdriver | Switch Truckdriver |
| Squ > Tri | X > Y | Nosegrab | Switch Crail |
| Cir > Tri | B > Y | Crail | Switch Nosegrab |
| Squ > X | X > A | Seatbelt | Switch Tail Grab |
| Cir > X | B > A | Tail Grab | Switch Seatbelt |
| Tri > Squ | Y > X | Flying Squirrel | Switch Stiffy |
| Tri > Cir | Y > B | Stiffy | Switch Flying Squirrel |
| Squ > Cir | X > B | Mute | Switch Stalefish |
| Cir > Squ | B > X | Stalefish | Switch Mute |
CLASSIC CONTROLS
| PS3 | X-BOX 360 | REGULAR STANCE | GOOFY STANCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | LB | Nose Grab | Switch Crail |
| L2 | LT | Melon | Switch Indy |
| R1 | RB | Crail | Switch Nosegrab |
| R2 | RT | Indy | Switch Melon |
| L1 + L2 | LB + LT | Mute | Switch Stalefish |
| R1 + R2 | RB + RT | Stalefish | Switch Mute |
| L1 + R1 | LB + RB | Truckdriver | Switch Truckdriver |
| L2 + R2 | LT + RT | Rocket | Switch Rocket |
| L1 + R2 | LB + RT | Flying Squirrel | Switch Stiffy |
| R1 + L2 | RB + LT | Stiffy | Switch Flying Squirrel |
| L1 + L2 + R1 | LB + LT + RB | Seatbelt | Switch Tail Grab |
| L1 + R1 + R2 | LB + RB + RT | Tail Grab | Switch Seatbelt |
(Pushing additional combinations of shoulder buttons not listed here only produces the grabs listed above.)
Uber Tricks
Uber Tricks in SSX 3 are done when you fill up the boost bar. When you fill up your boost bar, a large TRICKY icon appears in the bottom of the screen, and when this happens, all your regular grabs become Uber Tricks.
The basic grabs in the game get switched out for different Ubers when you reach Tricky or Super Tricky status. If you are in Tricky status only, all trick names share the same name as their grabs above, except with "Uber" in front of it. For example - Stalefish grab becomes "Uber Stalefish".
Once you reach Super Tricky Status by doing tricks when you are in TRICKY status (denoted by the
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