Editing Rising Uppercut

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'''Rising Uppercut''' ({{ja|ライジングアッパーカット|Raijinguappākatto}}, ''Rising Uppercut'')  is {{SSB4|Little Mac}}'s [[up special move]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. It is one of the more powerful up specials in the game and serves as Little Mac's primary means of vertical [[recovery]], but has been cited to be the worst recovery move in the game, if not the entire ''Smash'' series.

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% and even earlier if the opponent is high up in the air. 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: it lacks any horizontal momentum and gives completely vertical distance that travels as low as an average jump; as a further burden, the move does not [[edge sweet spot|ledge-sweetspot]] until the very end and additionally has a small auto-sweetspot, making it highly punishable if Little Mac even pokes his head above the edge (even being vulnerable to [[meteor smash]]es if he recovers low), making another dent in Little Mac's already weak air game. To maximise the move's recovery potential, the player should save Little Mac's second jump and recover low to prevent opponents from punishing the move's vulnerability. Even so, the move gives such mediocre distance that it is common for Little Mac to barely miss the ledge, especially due to the move's small auto-sweetspot.

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 only hits twice at the beginning and end of the move. Unlike the default, it does not go any higher on the ground than it does in the air. In the air, it gives even less vertical distance under certain circumstances - if it's used while Mac is falling down, he will continue to fall during the long startup, gaining almost no height at all. Therefore it's a better idea to use the move right after a double jump - in the case, the height gained by this move and the default Rising Uppercut is almost the same.

[[File:Uppercut Original.jpg|thumb|Little Mac performs an uppercut in ''Punch-Out!!'']]