Editing Soaring Slash

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|caption = Soaring Slash in ''Ultimate''.

{{cquote|''Jumps upward and then slashes down while twirling. Drops straight down and launches opponents to the ground.''|cite=Description from ''Ultimate''{{'}}s Move List}}

'''Soaring Slash''' ({{ja|翔流斬|Shōryuzan}}, ''Soaring-Style Slash'') is [[Chrom]]'s [[up special move]].

Soaring Slash is very similar to [[Aether]], {{SSBU|Ike}}'s recovery move. However, instead of throwing his sword upward and jumping to catch it as Ike does, Chrom performs a slash upwards, and then jumps with his sword still in hand, twirling in the air before coming back down. Soaring Slash offers near-negligible horizontal movement, as it stops all of Chrom's momentum and sends him straight up and down with very little horizontal influence at the peak of the jump. As a result, it is inferior as a recovery, even in comparison to Aether. It also lacks a rising hitbox unlike Aether and does not hit above him on the initial slash despite its appearance, allowing for opponents to completely stop Chrom from recovering with strategies that simply place hitboxes in his way, such as repeatedly using [[neutral attack]] at the ledge or using aerial moves with lingering hitboxes above him. This can be mitigated through precise spacing for ledgesnaps, but leaves him vulnerable to [[meteor smash]]es from above. Chrom also has higher [[air speed]] than Ike, however, making up for some of Soaring Slash's lacking lateral movement. Soaring Slash grants Chrom [[super armor]] before he leaps upwards to grant him some protection, in a similar vein to Aether and grounded [[Blazer]], though unlike those moves the armor frames do not activate until the attack's hitboxes are active.

While it is lacking as a recovery move, Soaring Slash is an extremely effective [[out of shield]] option for Chrom, as its initial hit has a deceptively large horizontal hitbox, a decent startup of 10 frames (which is faster than the frame 15 startup of Ike's Aether) and extremely high damage output if all hits connect (21% base damage).

In terms of KO power, Soaring Slash KOs {{SSBU|Mario}} from the center of {{SSBU|Final Destination}} at roughly 145% if all hits connect, which makes it weaker than Ike's Aether, which as of version [[List of updates (SSBU)/8.0.0 changelog|8.0.0]] KOs Mario at roughly 111% from the center of Final Destination if all hits connect.

 

Chrom has various voice clips that will play while using the move, including "Out of my way!", "I'll end you!", "How about this?", and a loud grunt. In Japanese, he will say either "{{ja|そこを退け!|Soko wo doke!}}" (''Out of the way!''), "{{ja|これでどうだ!|Kore de douda!}}" (''How about this?!'') or "{{ja|残念だったな!|Zan'nen Datta na!}}" (''Too bad!''); the last of which, become a inside joke within Chrom players, being often associated with the move, and by extension Chrom himself.

 

Chrom originally performed this move in the Two Falchions cutscene of ''Fire Emblem: Awakening'', when he was fighting against Lucina in her Marth disguise in [[Arena Ferox]]. He is also capable of performing a move very similar to Soaring Slash in ''Project X Zone 2'', ''Fire Emblem Warriors'', and ''[[dragalialostwiki:Dragalia Lost|Dragalia Lost]]''.

Chrom SSBU Skill Preview Up Special.png|Soaring Slash as shown by the [[Move List]] in ''Ultimate''.