Editing Flare Blade

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'''Flare Blade''' ({{ja|エクスプロージョン|Ekusupurōshon}}, ''Explosion'') is [[Roy]]'s [[neutral special move]], derived from {{SSBM|Marth}}'s [[Shield Breaker]]. This attack can be charged for up to five seconds by holding the [[special]] button, growing stronger the longer Roy holds it in position. Like Marth's Shield Breaker, the blade may become powerful enough to [[Shield damage|break a full shield]] in a single swipe. After five seconds, the move will automatically be unleashed. A fully charged Flare Blade inflicts an explosion that deals 50% damage and a [[one-hit KO]] to even the heaviest characters in the game on any normal-sized stage (on large and/or irregular stages such as [[Temple]], the move may not instantly KO.) Roy will also take 10% [[recoil damage]] from the explosion, regardless of whether it hits a target or not. A Flare Blade that is not fully charged will not create any explosion and inflict no recoil damage.

==In ''Smash 4''==

In ''Smash 4'', Flare Blade retains its chargeability, although it now produces a damaging explosion hitbox regardless of what stage it has charged to. The size of the explosion increases as Roy charges the move, beginning from a small explosion to a huge fiery blast. Fully charged, the move is still capable of OHKO-ing, although each stage of the move now deals much more knockback and able to KO at low percents if charged up slightly: a second of charging is enough to KO middleweights at the sides of the stage at 95%, and a three-second charge is able to KO at 45% in the middle of the stage, making a connected Flare Blade an incredibly strong move that is useful for punishing bad ledge get-up options.

[[File:Flare Blade origin.png|thumb|left|Roy's critical hit.]]

In [[fireemblemwiki:Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade|''Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade'']], the titular [[fireemblemwiki:Binding Blade (weapon)|Binding Blade]] wielded by Roy is capable of channeling fire when Roy attacks from afar or scores a [[fireemblemwiki:Critical hit|critical hit]].  Roy's movements and sword arc when using Flare Blade are also based on his critical while wielding the Binding Blade.

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Roy's B move.jpg|Fully charged Flare Blade in ''Melee''.

* If Roy releases Flare Blade 1 frame before it is fully charged, it will deal 41% damage rather than 50%, but the 41% Flare Blade actually has greater [[knockback]] than the fully charged 50% Flare Blade at high percentages (120% or higher). This is most often used during the [[Home-Run Contest]]. This situation is somewhat similar to {{SSBB|Ike}}'s [[Eruption]].

* Flare Blade animation derives from {{SSBM|Marth}}'s [[Shield Breaker]] animation from Melee. In Smash 4, Roy keeps the animation unlike Marth.

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