MM5 Counting Wily Press cycles

[Forum post from 2015 by BaronHaynes]

I wrote this up for Almondcity, but I'll post it here too so it's easy to find. This is my method for counting Wily Press hover patterns to get double hits using super arrow.
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When the fight starts, walk to the edge of the spikes (I stop with Mega Man's right toe just over the edge).

Wily Press will move to center itself above you. This doesn't count as part of its hovering cycle. The easiest way to explain it is to ignore the first time Press switches direction on the left side of the screen. The second time it does that, start counting each time it does.

When Press stomps down, you'll dodge it either to the right or left. Either way, start walking back to your spot next to the spikes as soon as Press rises up again. If you dodge getting stomped by moving left, start counting cycles the first time he switches directions on the right. Vice-versa if you had to dodge his stomp by jumping right across the spikes.

Press's three hover patterns are called "3, 5, and 7" but this isn't technically correct. A "5" stops at what would be 4.5 in the counting cycle, but it doesn't affect anything. Basically if you're able to count to 5 using the method I detailed above, you'll know that he stops on 7 and can arrow up and get a double hit safely.

In order to pause after jumping off the second arrow, I move my left thumb across to press start, since I need to still be holding A with my right.