Dancing Blade

The first strike of the Dancing Blade

Dancing Blade is Marth's Smash B. It's a unique special move, as it consists of four different attacks chained together; a variety of combos can be performed depending on ones tilt on the joystick for each attack. This makes it one of exceptionally few attacks in the series which relies on this type of input - most attacks require only one direction. It is, however, common in other fighting games.

The options on the tilts lead to 18 possible combinations (First attack is always the same, second attack has a standard/forward/down or up option, third and fourth attacks are standard/forward, down, and up as options).

In Melee, the first attack is often used to gain horizontal recovery.

In Melee, Marth would glow a colour as he used his attacks, but in Brawl, the attacks simply change the motion trail of his sword. They are Blue for Up, Red for Neutral and Green for Down.

In Melee, it was quite unlikely that Marth would have to use all four attacks, since both the third and fourth strikes had much higher knockback than the first and second. In Brawl, the knockback on the third strike is decreased, allowing for better combos.

This attack is basically the same as his Melee clone Roy´s Double-Edge Dance. Template:Marth Special Moves