Burning Knuckle / Crack Shoot
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{{{content2}}} Burning Knuckle and Crack Shoot in Ultimate. | |
| User | Terry |
| Universe | Fatal Fury |
| “ | Forward tilt special: Charge forward, fist extended. Backward tilt special: Jump forward with a downward heel kick. | ” |
| —Description from Ultimate's Move List | ||
Burning Knuckle (バーンナックル, Burn Knuckle) and Crack Shoot (クラックシュート, Crack Shoot) are the two variations of Terry's side special move.
Overview
Tilting the left stick towards the opponent will make Terry perform Burning Knuckle, wherein he lunges towards his opponent with an energy punch while shouting "Burn Knuckle!", "Burn!" or "Burning!" It is a powerful attack, dealing more damage and knockback during its initial frames, though it has noticeable startup as Terry performs a pose before punching. When inputted as ↓↘→ + A or B, it will become even stronger, with subtle green-yellow trails added to the blue energy flames.
Tilting the left stick away from the opponent (or towards Terry's back in matches with more than two players) will have him perform Crack Shoot instead, where he jumps and spins his body with his extended leg while shouting "Kick back!" or "Crack Shoot!". This attack hits twice and sends opponents in a more vertical trajectory. The stronger variant is inputted as ↓↙← + A or B. Hitting with the foot only does a heavy amount of shield damage.
Both of these moves can also be used to assist in horizontal recovery, with Crack Shoot having less ending lag, but granting shorter distance than Burning Knuckle. Neither move auto-sweetspots the ledge.
To perform a Burning Knuckle towards Terry's back without initiating Crack Shoot, the player must tilt the stick toward Terry's back for a moment till he starts his running animation before pressing the special move button. To Crack Shoot back towards the ledge to recover from off-stage, the player must do similarly, holding back and drifting backwards first before pushing the special move button.
Canceling
Terry can perform a Burning Knuckle or Crack Shoot out of some standard attacks, as part of his special-canceling mechanic. By pressing the side special input or command input after connecting with one of certain standard attacks, Terry will cancel the ending lag of the attack and perform either a Burning Knuckle or a Crack Shoot depending on the input. A Crack Shoot is an especially useful follow-up from a canceled standard attack.
Origin
Burning Knuckle and Crack Shoot, originally named "Burn Knuckle" and "Super Shot Kick" respectively, have been two of Terry's special moves ever since his debut title, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters. Crack Shoot's shield damage is a reference to its usage as an overhead against crouchblocking opponents.
Gallery
Terry using Burning Knuckle as shown by a Skill Preview in Ultimate.
Trivia
- Unlike all other side specials in the game, Terry will perform an entirely different move depending on if it is executed toward or away from the opponent.
- Although Burning Knuckle can be executed with a quarter circle forward input in Smash, the input for the move in Fatal Fury is usually quarter circle backward. This is likely due to the fact that Crack Shoot’s input is also quarter circle backward in Fatal Fury, only with a different attack button.
