Thread:Marioland/@comment-25246318-20141229032519/@comment-5066650-20150325121347

That's because Basalt rocks everyones socks. I've gotten a fair amount of knockouts with it in its stock combination just because it's so heavy and lopsided. Attack types will often run right into it and go flying, even though a wheel that smooth has no real contacts to have that kind of counterattack. The harder you hit it, or the more lopsided you can make it, the stronger its Attack potential gets.

It's not really as much of a destabilizer than a raw Smash Attacker, but I do agree that it's a pretty decent wheel to use for a combo like this that's gonna be lopsided anyways. It can't be any worse being a bit more off-balanced, can it? In this case, definitely not. It's also a pretty good use of SD, since it's more stable than a Sharp tip while still remaining nearly as bouncy with the M145 track. It's honestly one of the best tips to use with M145 for that reason, unless you're aiming for an all-out assault where a Sharp tip would be a lot better. Definitely better here though.