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Mach Tornado
	; Mach Tornado in Ultimate.
User	Meta Knight
Universe	Kirby

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This article is about Meta Knight's neutral special move. For Luigi's custom down special, see Mach Cyclone.

Mach Tornado (マッハトルネイド, Mach Tornado) is Meta Knight's neutral special move. It involves Meta Knight spinning in a controllable tornado, which traps opponents and slashes them for consistent damage.

Overview[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Main article: Meta Knight (SSBB)/Neutral special

When activated, 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 clash with ground and aerial hitboxes (including projectiles, 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 edges rather than grab them during the move, and is additionally unable to grab edges during the first few frames 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 punishable, and Meta Knight receives an additional 20% knockback if he is hit out of Mach Tornado.

The mobility and damage potential granted by Mach Tornado makes it one of the staple finishing moves of the Rufio combo, especially against fastfallers.

In Super Smash Bros. 4[edit]

Main article: Meta Knight (SSB4)/Neutral special

Mach Tornado returns as Meta Knight's neutral special move in Smash 4. Unlike in Brawl, Meta Knight simply cloaks himself in yellow winds instead of a solid 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.

Overall, Mach Tornado now functions mainly as an out of shield move, typically used as a punishment option to rack up significant damage, due to it dealing much more damage compared to the rest of his attacks.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Main article: Meta Knight (SSBU)/Neutral special

Mach Tornado returns as Meta Knight's neutral special move in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Unlike in the previous games, Mach Tornado hits only once, instead of being a multi-hit attack. It also travels at a faster pace, giving it much better horizontal movement compared to previous games. It has considerably more knockback than before, being a potent kill combo finisher.

With Giant Punch, PK Flash and PK Freeze no longer invoking helplessness, Mach Tornado is now the only neutral special that still renders its user helpless, and consequently the only move that can render Kirby helpless (aside from sliding off an edge during Final Cutter or touching the red trampoline from Pac-Jump).

As a copy ability[edit]

Kirby's eyes while wearing the mask are light-green in Brawl and yellow in SSB4 and Ultimate. The green coloration in Brawl is due to the mask giving a yellow tint to Kirby's blue eyes and Meta Knight's silver eyes (though they are currently depicted as yellow even without the mask). Kirby's Mach Tornado only does half the damage of Meta Knight's, and unlike Meta Knight's version of the attack, the bottom-most hitbox does not cause aerial opponents to flinch. Functionally resembles Kirby's Tornado ability.

Instructional quotes[edit]

instruction booklet		Attack by turning into a tornado. Move left and right while spinning.
case foldout		Spin and strike enemies. Press repeatedly to spin longer.
Move List		Twirls and hits enemies to launch them. Repeated button presses can change the direction or cause him to float.

Customization[edit]

Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the variations:

1. Mach Tornado	2. Entangling Tornado	3. Dreadful Tornado

"Twirl and hit enemies multiple times. Press repeatedly to increase spin."	"Pull enemies in, and then hit them straight up into the air."	"A more powerful Mach Tornado, but the amount of spins can't be increased."

Mach Tornado: Default.
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 article: 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 article: Meta Knight (SSB4)/Neutral special/Custom 2

Entangling Tornado being used in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Dreadful Tornado used in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Origin[edit]

The Tornado ability as seen in 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 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.

Kirby: Planet Robobot also names his variant of the airborne Twister Slash technique Mach Tornado, though his grounded version features the yellow trail commonly associated with the move.

Gallery[edit]

Mach Tornado in Brawl.
Mach Tornado in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Mach Tornado in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Mach Tornado as shown by the Move List in Ultimate.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name
Japanese	マッハトルネイド, Mach Tornado
English	Mach Tornado
French	Tornade Mach
German	Mach-Tornado
Spanish	Supertornado
Italian	Tornado Mach
Chinese (Simplified)	马赫龙卷风
Chinese (Traditional)	馬赫龍捲風
Korean	마하 토네이도, Mach Tornado
Dutch	Mach-tornado
Russian	Суперторнадо

External links[edit]

Meta Knight's special moves

Neutral special	Mach Tornado
Side special	Drill Rush
Up special	Shuttle Loop
Down special	Dimensional Cape
Final Smash	Galaxia Darkness	Darkness Illusion

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-[[IMAGE: machtornado.jpg|right|185px|thumb|Mach Tornado]]
+{{ArticleIcons|brawl=y|ssb4=y|ultimate=y}}
+{{disambig2|Meta Knight's neutral special move|Luigi's custom down special|Mach Cyclone}}
+{{Infobox Special Move
+|name=Mach Tornado
+|image=[[File:Meta Knight Neutral B SSBU.gif|300px]]
+|caption= Mach Tornado in ''Ultimate''.
+|user=[[Meta Knight]]
+|universe={{uv|Kirby}}
+}}
-'''Mach Tornado''' is the name of [[Meta Knight (SSBB)|Meta Knight's]] [[Standard Special Move]]. When activated, Meta Knight spins at high speed and slightly pulls nearby opponents towards him, slashes them multiple times and traps them, making escape via [[DI|Directional Influence]] difficult. When the Tornado is finished, the last hit dealt causes slightly more than moderate knockback, but can be very deadly if used near the top of the screen. Mach Tornado can be controlled, by pressing left or right to move in that direction, and going upwards is done by pressing B rapidly, which also extends the amount of time Meta Knight spins.
+'''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]].
-As a recovery move, this is arguably Meta Knight's best recovery move; it all depends on position. If the player is far under the stage but very near to it, then Drill Rush (angled upward) or Shuttle Loop is probably the better choice. However, if the player is far away from the stage and under it (any distance up to almost magnified) then the Mach Tornado is the best choice providing Meta Knight has at least 1 jump left. If he does, then using a jump before the tornado will allow for more vertical height gain than if the player were to start the move whilst falling. Since it gains such a huge horizontal distance on top of a large vertical distance as well as being very high priority, this is one of the best recovery options in the game. However, something to note is that Meta Knight will bounce off of edges rather than grabbing them if he hits them while he is in the tornado. He also cannot grab edges during the first few frames of his falling animation out of the tornado.
+==Overview==
+===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
+:{{Main|Meta Knight (SSBB)/Neutral special}}
+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]].
-Mach Tornado also has another use, of which is being able to destroy most projectiles it hits, save for a few of the larger projectiles and the [[Ice Climbers (SSBB)|Ice Climbers']] [[Blizzard]].
+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]].
-Control-wise, this move is like [[Kirby]]'s "Tornado" ability that appears in many of the Kirby games. Holding B will make him gain height. Meta Knight first used it in Kirby Super Star, where he transformed into a yellow tornado to attack.
+''[[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.
-Mach Tornado makes an appearance in ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''. In the sub-game "Meta Knightmare Ultra", the player controls Meta Knight and gains points for each enemy he defeats. These points can be spent to use "Meta Quick" which increases Meta Knight's speed; "Summon Knight" which calls a Blade Knight or Sword Knight to help out Meta Knight (and can be controlled by player 2); "Heal" which fully heals Meta Knight and Blade Knight (if he has one); and finally "Mach Tornado" which destroys all enemies on the screen. Mach Tornado is much more exaggerated in this appearance, as it creates an enormous pillar of swirling energy that splits into two and covers the entire screen. Most mini bosses and enemies are destroyed instantly, while bosses lose a very large fraction of their life.
+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.
-==External Links==
+The mobility and damage potential granted by Mach Tornado makes it one of the staple finishing moves of the [[Rufio]] combo, especially against fastfallers.
-* [http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/howto/basic/basic05.html Confirmation]
-* [http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/15422 Video Demo]
+===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''===
+:{{Main|Meta Knight (SSB4)/Neutral special}}
+Mach Tornado returns as {{SSB4|Meta Knight}}'s neutral special move in ''Smash 4''. Unlike in ''Brawl'', Meta Knight simply cloaks himself in yellow winds instead of a solid 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.
+Overall, Mach Tornado now functions mainly as an [[out of shield]] move, typically used as a [[punishment]] option to rack up significant damage, due to it dealing much more damage compared to the rest of his attacks.
+===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
+:{{Main|Meta Knight (SSBU)/Neutral special}}
+Mach Tornado returns as {{SSBU|Meta Knight}}'s neutral special move in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. Unlike in the previous games, Mach Tornado hits only once, instead of being a multi-hit attack. It also travels at a faster pace, giving it much better horizontal movement compared to previous games. It has considerably more knockback than before, being a potent kill combo finisher.
+With [[Giant Punch]], [[PK Flash]] and [[PK Freeze]] no longer invoking [[helpless]]ness, Mach Tornado is now the only neutral special that still renders its user helpless, and consequently the only move that can render {{SSBU|Kirby}} helpless (aside from sliding off an edge during [[Final Cutter]] or touching the red trampoline from [[Pac-Jump]]).
+=== As a copy ability ===
+Kirby's eyes while wearing the mask are light-green in Brawl and yellow in SSB4 and Ultimate. The green coloration in Brawl is due to the mask giving a yellow tint to Kirby's blue eyes and Meta Knight's silver eyes (though they are currently depicted as yellow even without the mask). Kirby's Mach Tornado only does half the damage of Meta Knight's, and unlike Meta Knight's version of the attack, the bottom-most hitbox does not cause aerial opponents to flinch. Functionally resembles Kirby's Tornado ability.
+<gallery>
+File:Kirby Meta Knight Wii U.jpeg
+File:SSBU Meta Knight Kirby.jpg
+File:Meta Knight copy ability.jpg
+File:Kmeta.jpg
+</gallery>
+==Instructional quotes==
+{{InstructionalQuotes
+|ssbbchar=Meta Knight
+|ssbbdesc=Attack by turning into a tornado. Move left and right while spinning.
+|ssb4-3char=Meta Knight
+|ssb4-3desc=Spin and strike enemies. Press {{button|3DS|B}} repeatedly to spin longer.
+|ssbuchar=Meta Knight
+|ssbudesc=Twirls and hits enemies to launch them. Repeated button presses can change the direction or cause him to float.
+}}
+==Customization==
+Special Move customization was added in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. These are the variations:
+{{CustomSet|MetaKnight|Neutral|name1=Mach Tornado|desc1=Twirl and hit enemies multiple times. Press repeatedly to increase spin.|name2=Entangling Tornado|desc2=Pull enemies in, and then hit them straight up into the air.|name3=Dreadful Tornado|desc3=A more powerful Mach Tornado, but the amount of spins can't be increased.}}
+# '''Mach Tornado''': Default.
+# '''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}}
+<gallery>
+Mach Vortex.jpg|Entangling Tornado being used in {{for3ds}}.
+Heavy Mach Tornado.jpg|Dreadful Tornado used in {{for3ds}}.
+</gallery>
+==Origin==
+[[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.
+''Kirby: Planet Robobot'' also names his variant of the airborne Twister Slash technique Mach Tornado, though his grounded version features the yellow trail commonly associated with the move.
+{{clr}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Machtornado.jpg|Mach Tornado in ''Brawl''.
+Mach Tornado SSB4.jpg|Mach Tornado in {{for3ds}}
+Mach Tornado SSB4 WiiU.jpeg|Mach Tornado in {{forwiiu}}.
+Meta Knight SSBU Skill Preview Neutral Special.png|Mach Tornado as shown by the [[Move List]] in ''Ultimate''.
+</gallery>
+==Names in other languages==
+{{langtable
+|ja={{ja|マッハトルネイド|Mahha Toruneido}}, ''Mach Tornado''
+|en=Mach Tornado
+|fr=Tornade Mach
+|es=Supertornado
+|de=Mach-Tornado
+|it=Tornado Mach
+|nl=Mach-tornado
+|ru={{rollover|Суперторнадо|Supertornado|?}}
+|ko={{rollover|마하 토네이도|Maha Toneido|?}}, ''Mach Tornado''
+|zh_cn={{rollover|马赫龙卷风|Mǎhè Lóngjuǎnfēng|?}}
+|zh_tw={{rollover|馬赫龍捲風|Mǎhè Lóngjuǎnfēng|?}}
+}}
+==External links==
+*[http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/howto/basic/basic05.html Confirmation]
+*[http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/15422 Video Demo]
+{{Special Moves|char=Meta Knight}}
-{{Meta Knight Special Moves}}
-[[Category:Attacks]]
-[[Category:Special Attacks]]
 [[Category:Kirby universe]]
+[[Category:Neutral special moves]]
+[[Category:Meta Knight]]
+[[Category:Meta Knight (SSBB)]]
+[[Category:Meta Knight (SSB4)]]
+[[Category:Meta Knight (SSBU)]]

Mach Tornado: Difference between revisions

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Overview[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. 4[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

As a copy ability[edit]

Instructional quotes[edit]

Customization[edit]

Origin[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

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Mach Tornado
Mach Tornado in Ultimate.
User	Meta Knight
Universe	Kirby