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Up smash is relatively consistent at shieldpoking below platforms, which makes it fair game for platform pressure. The damaged shield can then be pressured by K. Rool's stronger attacks while the opponent is likely cornered by the knockback, giving K. Rool an unorthodox way to gain an advantage. However, the overall weak hits make its utility ambiguous. Regardless, it sees play in high-level gameplay.  
Up smash is relatively consistent at shieldpoking below platforms, which makes it fair game for platform pressure. The damaged shield can then be pressured by K. Rool's stronger attacks while the opponent is likely cornered by the knockback, giving K. Rool an unorthodox way to gain an advantage. However, the overall weak hits make its utility ambiguous. Regardless, it sees play in high-level gameplay.  


By far one of the most useful applications of up smash is as a follow-up from an on-stage [[../Down aerial|down aerial]] sweet spot. It can KO on the ground of stages like {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and [[Kalos Pokémon League]] marginally earlier than even [[../Up aerial|up aerial]]. The movement of the opponent must be accounted for in order to properly connect out of down air, however.  
By far one of the most useful applications of up smash is as a follow-up from an on-stage [[../Down aerial|down aerial]] sweet spot. It can KO on the ground of stages like {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and [[Kalos Pokémon League]] marginally earlier than even [[../Up aerial|up aerial]]. The movement of the opponent must be accounted for in order to properly connect out of down air, however.


However, the move has many issues. For starters, while the armor is useful, the move's damage can be used against it through [[counter]]s. [[Vision]] with [[Monado Arts|Buster]], [[Tetrakarn]] and [[Gut Check]] can severely damage the armor<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QiWT63mHFBLbKn9594ahe1ee22Gf_aowCjrK6Heushk/edit#gid=776887055</ref>, or even break it if it's taken damage. The move is also monumentally laggy after its first hit, with an FAF of 72. The hits after the first hit are generally quite useless outside of shield poking, with the 2nd hit's mid hit having one of the weakest meteor smashes in the game while being nearly impossible to connect with, and the 3rd hit never landing KOs. As an out of shield option, up smash only works on aerial opponents due to the [[jostling]] mechanics, which makes it mediocre in this department overall. Generally, if not used for mash punishes out of down throw or confirming into it out of an on-stage down air, up smash tends to falter.
However, the move has many issues. For starters, while the armor is useful, the move's damage can be used against it through [[counter]]s. [[Vision]] with [[Monado Arts|Buster]], [[Tetrakarn]] and [[Gut Check]] can severely damage the armor<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QiWT63mHFBLbKn9594ahe1ee22Gf_aowCjrK6Heushk/edit#gid=776887055</ref>, or even break it if it's taken damage. The move is also monumentally laggy after its first hit, with an FAF of 72. The hits after the first hit are generally quite useless outside of shield poking, with the 2nd hit's mid hit having the weakest meteor smash in the game and the 3rd hit never landing KOs. As an out of shield option, up smash only works on aerial opponents due to the [[jostling]] mechanics, which makes it mediocre in this department overall. Generally, if not used for mash punishes out of down throw, up smash tends to falter.


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