Editing Mach Tornado

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'''Mach Tornado''' ({{ja|マッハトルネイド|Mahha Toruneido}}, ''Mach Tornado'') is [[Meta Knight]]'s [[neutral special move]]. It involves Meta Knight spinning in a controllable tornado, which traps opponents and [[slash]]es them for consistent [[damage]].

When activated, {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} spins at high speed and surrounds himself in a dense yellow tornado that covers a majority of him for a set period of time, which can be extended by mashing the special button; mashing also causes Meta Knight to rise up vertically. More vertical distance is gained if the player simultaneously jumps and performs the move. Mach Tornado can be controlled by pressing left or right to move in that direction. Once the move ends, Meta Knight falls [[helpless]].

The tornado causes a slight [[pull]] on nearby opponents. Enemies that touch the tornado are trapped, slashed multiple times, and then sent flying with a final hit that deals moderate [[knockback]]. The move is hard to escape via [[directional influence]], and the final hit deals moderate knockback, making it an effective [[KO]] finisher if enemies are near the top [[blast line]].

''[[Brawl]]''{{'}}s version of Mach Tornado grants a significant amount of aerial mobility, making it one of the best [[recovery]] moves in the game; in addition to granting high horizontal distance, it travels a good distance vertically and can be made to change directions quickly. Furthermore, the move possesses near instantaneous start-up lag, and has multiple large hitboxes that can [[priority|clash]] with ground and aerial hitboxes (including [[projectile]]s, so long as they deal 9% or less and/or do not possess [[transcendent priority]]). With all these considered, Mach Tornado is often considered an extremely safe and effective move when regarding its overall recovery and offensive potential.

The move is not completely infallible, however; Meta Knight will bounce off [[edge]]s rather than [[grab]] them during the move, and is additionally unable to grab edges during the first few [[frame]]s of his helpless animation. This can potentially cause a [[self-destruct]] if the move is mistimed. Additionally, missing and ending the move near the top of the screen is [[punish]]able, and Meta Knight receives an additional 20% knockback if he is hit out of Mach Tornado.

With the reduced effectiveness of Directional Influence on multi-hitting attacks, Mach Tornado retains its effectiveness at trapping opponents and dealing high damage (compared to the majority of Meta Knight's attacks), in addition to having higher base knockback on the final hit. However, the move's duration and mobility have been nerfed considerably; it lasts a much shorter amount of time unless the player button mashes, and its reduced horizontal and vertical mobility give it more limited use as a recovery (vertical movement is especially affected). This is further burdened by the move being unable to edge sweetspot for its duration until Meta Knight becomes helpless.

Offensively, Mach Tornado's hitbox placements are arguably worse; when including its higher [[ending lag]] and the removal of transcendent priority throughout Meta Knight's moveset, this prevents the move from being a solid invincibility option and makes it easier to punish. The aforementioned reductions to the move's mobility also prevents Mach Tornado from functioning as an effective finisher for the Rufio combo.

# '''Entangling Tornado''': Pulls in enemies and deals a more powerful single hit with a more vertical knockback angle, but it does only 9% damage and has less horizontal control in the air. {{Main|Meta Knight (SSB4)/Neutral special/Custom 1}}

# '''Dreadful Tornado''': More damage per hit, but it cannot be extended by mashing the button, giving it less overall damage potential (21% → 13%), and it has more ending lag. However, its knockback is significantly stronger and KOs from center stage around 135%. {{Main|Meta Knight (SSB4)/Neutral special/Custom 2}}

[[File:MachTornadoOrigin.png|thumb|The Tornado ability as seen in ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby's Adventure}}''.]]

Mach Tornado is one of [[Meta Knight]]'s attacks that first appeared in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''. It is also similar to [[Kirby]]’s Tornado ability from the [[Kirby (universe)|''Kirby'' series]].

In ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'', Meta Knight stars in his own mode, ''Meta Knightmare Ultra'', which involves him replaying various levels from other sub-games. In said game mode, defeating enemies would allow him to gain points to perform various special techniques. The strongest technique is also named Mach Tornado, but is instead a screen-clearing attack similar to a [[Final Smash]], instead of a small tornado. As ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' was released after ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', it's likely that the move was named after Meta Knight's neutral special move.

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==Names in other languages==

|ja={{ja|マッハトルネイド|Mahha Toruneido}}, ''Mach Tornado''

|ko={{rollover|마하 토네이도|Maha Toneido|?}}, ''Mach Tornado''