Up Smash Attack

Ganondorf's Up Smash

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.
• Mewtwo's up smash, which is a shadowy, multiple-hit energy spiral.
• Ivysaur's up smash, which is the most powerful up smash in Brawl, very high power and knock back.
• Snake's up smash in the only one 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.

List of Up Smashes

• 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 twice upward powerfully. In brawl he kicks only once. Hits all the way to the ground. This is Ganondorf's only attack that is not simmilar to Captain Falcon's attacks.
• 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 but incredibly laggy like almost all of other Ike's attacks.
• Roy - Same as Marth although with flames surrounding his sword, hitting multiple times. Can spike is sweetspotted.
• Ice Climbers - Slam hammers above their heads.
• Kirby - Does a backflip, kicking. Hits all the way around Kirby.
• 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.

See Also

• Forward smash
• Down smash