Up smash
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Up smash, abbreviated "usmash," is a smash attack performed by any character by tapping the control stick upward and pressing A, or (in Melee's versus mode) by pressing up on the C-stick. The up smash can be charged by holding down the A button for up to two seconds in conjunction with the C-stick, resulting in higher damage and knockback.
Notable up smashes include:
- Pikachu's up smash, which is often considered one of the better in the game because of its knockback, no lag, and well-spaced hit box. Its only flaw is its little range.
- Sheik's up smash, which is the strongest in the game when sweetspotted.
- Fox's up smash, which is very quick and a very good vertical kill move.
- Lucas's up smash, which has the second strongest up smash; has very high knockback and is very powerful, although slow.
- Ivysaur's up smash, which is possibly the most powerful up smash in Brawl, very high power and knock back.
- Snake's up smash in the only on that is a projectile.
- *Lucario's Up smash (as well as his side smash) leaves a small ranged Aura residue from his paws, allowing Lucario to attack from a small distance.
[edit] List of Up Smashes
List is incomplete
- Mario - Mario headbutts upward.
- Luigi - Luigi headbutts upward.
- Wario - Spins in place and headbutts upward, hitting multiple times.
- Peach - Thrusts her arm up quickly.
- Bowser - Hops into the air, hitting with his shell.
- Dr. Mario - Same as Mario.
- Donkey Kong - Claps overhead.
- Diddy Kong - Does a weird cartwheel, hitting three times.
- Link - Slashes over his head three times.
- Zelda - Waves her hand above her head with magical energy. Pulls opponents in and does a lot of damage.
- Sheik - Pulls with both hands to her sides in a downward way.
- Ganondorf - Kicks upward powerfully.
- Toon Link - Slashes above his head once with his sword.
- Young Link - Same as Link.
- Samus - Uses arm cannon and shoots fire above her head, hitting five times. Very weak knockback, perhaps the weakest of all up smashes.
- Zero Suit Samus - Twirls her whip above her head. Doesn't have much startup lag and has great vertical range.
- Yoshi - Headbutts above himself.
- Fox - Does a flipping kick above his head. Very powerful and quick. A great KO move. Best Space Animal upsmash.
- Falco - Just like Fox's, only weaker.
- Wolf - Does a flipping scissor kick above his head.
- Pikachu - Flips over, hitting with its tail.
- Jigglypuff - Headbutts above itself.
- Lucario - Punches upwards with blue aura energy.
- Charizard - Slashes upward with both wings.
- Ivysaur - Shoots a blast of powder from its bulb. Super powerful, but suffers from long startup lag.
- Squirtle - Slams hands onto the ground, sending twin geysers into the air. Might be Hydro Pump.
- Pichu - A powerful headbutt that is one of Pichu's best killing moves.
- Mewtwo - Holds hand in the air, emitting a spiral of shadowy energy from it. Multiple hits makes it one of his better moves.
- Captain Falcon - Kicks upwards twice.
- Ness - Does an "Around the World" with his yo-yo, arcing it above him. Weaker than most Up Smashes. Yo-yo can also damage while charging up.
- Lucas - Releases a huge hexagonal burst of PSI. Might be PK Love, but due to its high knockback, it might also be PK Rage.
- Marth - Stabs his sword above his head.
- Ike - Swings sword above his head. Covers great range and is powerful like almost all of other Ike's attacks.
- Roy - Same as Marth although with flames surrounding his sword, hitting multiple times.
- Ice Climbers - Slam hammers above their heads.
- Kirby - Does a backflip, kicking.
- Meta Knight - Slashes above him a few times. Similar to Link's, only much faster.
- King Dedede - Swings hammer over his head.
- Mr. Game & Watch - Headbutts above him wearing a scuba helmet from Octopus.
- Pit - Slashes above him with both of his swords.
- Olimar - Throws a Pikmin into the air.
- R.O.B. - Does a handstand, shooting a burst from his thrusters into the air.
- Snake - Fires an explosive into the air; more charge, more distance.
- Sonic - Jumps into the air, spinning in a ball.
[edit] See Also
| Attacks in the Super Smash Bros. series
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| Strong Attacks: | Strong Side · Strong Up · Strong Down |
| Smash attacks: | Side smash · Up smash · Down smash |
| Throws: | Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Up throw · Down throw · Back throw |
| Other ground attacks: | Neutral A · Dash attack · Ledge Recovery |
| Aerial attacks: | Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial · Back aerial · Glide Aerial |
| Special attacks: | Neutral B · Forward B · Up B · Down B |
