Ridley (SSBU)/Up special

Overview
Ridley prepares a wing flap, halting his aerial movement briefly before propelling himself a long distance in the air. This move is notorious for being very restrictive in the ways Ridley can recover with it, only allowing him to travel in four possible directions depending on the player's input; straight upwards if the player holds up on the control stick, forward at a slight downward angle if the player holds forward, backwards at a slight upwards angle if the player holds back, and finally downward and slightly forwards if the player holds down. Combined with its high start-up, this makes it surprisingly easy to intercept if the opponent is able to challenge it with a disjoint or even a counter, the latter being especially dangerous for Ridley due to Wing Blitz' high, non-detoriating power. This causes the subsequent counter-attack to become untechable very early unless it possesses weak knockback, such as with 's Revenge or 's Counter/Reflect Barrier. Additionally its slow start-up makes this an unwise move to use in neutral when attempting to approach targets.

However this move does have some things going for it; firstly its aforementioned power makes it quite dangerous if it makes contact with an opponent, with the forward tackle being able to KO opponents below 130% at center stage. Aiding him in his recoveries is the intangibility present on Ridley's wings for the upward, forward and backward variations of the move, making it more difficult to directly challenge once Ridley begins his flight. The downward variation instead has him lead his flight trajectory with a downward kick, which lacks intangibility but has a powerful meteor smash effect upon connecting with a target. Due to the move's generous ledge grab range, Ridley could use this near ledge and still be able to grab the ledge afterward, making it a very feared edgeguarding option for Ridley.

Using this move into a wall or ceiling will result in Ridley bouncing off the wall/ceiling before becoming helpless. While the former could prove to be potential mix up to Ridley's recovery, provided he is close enough to ledge, setting this up on stages other than Kalos Pokémon League or Yoshi's Story is quite difficult due to the slanted undersides of other stages.

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Forward

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Back

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Up

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Down

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Up

 * Wings
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Horizontal

 * Wings
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Down

 * Landing
 * Landing
 * Landing