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The Rising Uppercut is an attack similar to [[Corkscrew]], causing Little Mac to spin as he ascends, finishing with an uppercut punch. The attack creates a stream of successive hits, leading into one another, ending with a strong upward blow. This is Little Mac's only means of vertical recovery, but it is notably poor at doing so in comparison to other up special moves due to its horrible range, lack of horizontal momentum, and not auto sweetspotting the ledge until the end of the move, making another dent in Little Mac's already weak air game. | The Rising Uppercut is an attack similar to [[Corkscrew]], causing Little Mac to spin as he ascends, finishing with an uppercut punch. The attack creates a stream of successive hits, leading into one another, ending with a strong upward blow. Unlike most of his ground moves, this attack does little damage, 10% if all hits connect, but the final hit has great knockback scaling, capable of KOing middleweights at 115%. The aerial version sends Little Mac a shorter distance upwards but keeps its high knockback, making it Little Mac's only dependable aerial KO move. Unfortunately, despite acting as a [[drill]], Rising Uppercut can only hit in the direction Little Mac faces and has extremely limited movement left and right, which can make it quite difficult to catch an opponent in. Regardless, it can catch airborne opponents offguard and is a great surprise option. | ||
This is Little Mac's only means of vertical recovery, but it is notably poor at doing so in comparison to other up special moves due to its horrible range, lack of horizontal momentum, and not auto sweetspotting the ledge until the end of the move, making another dent in Little Mac's already weak air game. | |||
==Customization== | ==Customization== | ||
Revision as of 03:14, April 26, 2015
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| File:Rising Uppercut.png Rising Uppercut in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | |
| User | Little Mac |
| Universe | Punch-Out!! |
Rising Uppercut (ライジングアッパーカット, Rising Uppercut) is Little Mac's up special move in Super Smash Bros. 4. It is Little Mac's primary means of recovery, but has been cited to be the worst recovery move in the game, if not the entire Smash series.
Overview
The Rising Uppercut is an attack similar to Corkscrew, causing Little Mac to spin as he ascends, finishing with an uppercut punch. The attack creates a stream of successive hits, leading into one another, ending with a strong upward blow. Unlike most of his ground moves, this attack does little damage, 10% if all hits connect, but the final hit has great knockback scaling, capable of KOing middleweights at 115%. The aerial version sends Little Mac a shorter distance upwards but keeps its high knockback, making it Little Mac's only dependable aerial KO move. Unfortunately, despite acting as a drill, Rising Uppercut can only hit in the direction Little Mac faces and has extremely limited movement left and right, which can make it quite difficult to catch an opponent in. Regardless, it can catch airborne opponents offguard and is a great surprise option.
This is Little Mac's only means of vertical recovery, but it is notably poor at doing so in comparison to other up special moves due to its horrible range, lack of horizontal momentum, and not auto sweetspotting the ledge until the end of the move, making another dent in Little Mac's already weak air game.
Customization
Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the known variations:
- Tornado Uppercut: increased vertical recovery, but only hits a single time for 2% damage with weak knockback.
- Rising Smash: increased power and knockback, but sacrifices more of Little Mac's vertical recovery, and only hits twice.
Origin
The uppercut is one of Little Mac's signature moves in Punch-Out!!. In Punch-Out!! for the NES, Little Mac visibly jumps off the ground when he performs any punches to the head, as he is too small to reach his opponents' heads otherwise. The spinning motion bears a strong resemblance to the 3-Star Uppercut from Punch-Out!! for the Wii, which is a more powerful variant of the uppercut. In Doc Louis's Punch-Out!!, Doc Louis spins in a similar way when he throws a single-star uppercut.
Gallery
Little Mac begins to spin...
...and finishes with an uppercut.
