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The term '''tipper''' can be used as a general term of reference for hitting with the tip of any attack, but is usually used in terms of the [[Home-Run Contest]] and [[Marth]] and {{SSBM|Roy}}'s attacks.
[[File:LucinaMarthComparison.png|thumb|350px|{{SSB4|Marth}}'s tipper (right) is indicated by a bright motion trail at the tip of his sword. {{SSB4|Lucina}}'s lack of tipper (left) is indicated by a motion trail across her entire sword.]]
The term '''tipper''' can be used as a general term of reference for hitting with the tip of any attack, but is usually used in terms of the movesets of [[Marth]] and his [[clone]]s and semi-clones, as well as the [[Home-Run Contest]].


==In [[Home-Run Contest]]==
==With Marth-based movesets==
"Tipper" is typically used in reference to Marth's attacks and those of characters with movesets based on his. Marth's tippers are stronger than his center hits, as it is the {{b|sweet spot|hitbox}} on his sword. [[Roy]]'s tippers are the opposite, and are weaker because his sweet spot is at the base of his blade. [[Lucina]], as a result of not having a particular sweet spot on her sword, has no hitbox distinction between tippers and other hits.


A tipper occurs in Home-Run Contest when one hits [[Sandbag]] with the tip of the bat during a bat smash. It deals 20% [[damage]] to Sandbag and sends it farther than other bat swings (a close hit or midhit). This is the usual method of finishing Sandbag, unless the character has an attack that is stronger such as a [[Warlock Punch]].
Less frequently, the term is also used for other sword-wielding characters' moves which may have slight sweet spot and sour spot hitboxes; for example, {{SSB4|Ganondorf}}'s [[Warlock Punch#Customization|Warlock Blade]] attack has a sweet spot on the tip of his sword.


An '''aerial tipper''' is a tipper in which one hits Sandbag while it is still in the air. It sends Sandbag farther than a normal tipper.
===Origin===
Marth's tipper animation is [http://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/60283/ a close match] for the motion blur on the tip of his sword in some attacking animations in ''[[Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]]''.


==With Marth and Roy==
==In [[Home-Run Contest]]==
A tipper occurs in Home-Run Contest when one hits [[Sandbag]] with the tip of the [[Home-Run Bat]] during a bat smash. It deals 20% [[damage]] to Sandbag and sends it farther than other bat swings (a close hit or midhit). This is the usual method of finishing Sandbag, unless the character has an attack that is stronger such as a [[Warlock Punch]].


Outside of Home-Run Contest, "tipper" is typically used in reference to Marth and Roy's attacks. Marth's tippers are stronger than his center hits, as it is the [[sweet spot (hitbox)|sweet spot]] on his sword; Roy's tippers are weaker because his sweet spot is in the center of his blade.
An '''aerial tipper''' is a tipper in which one hits Sandbag while it is still in the air. It sends Sandbag farther than a normal tipper.
 
{{SSB4|Ganondorf}}'s [[Warlock Punch#Customization|Warlock Blade]] attack has a sweetspot on the tip of his sword.
 
==Other uses of "tipper"==
The term "tipper" can also be used with [[Bowser]]'s forward smash and a few other attacks.


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Revision as of 12:38, June 22, 2015

Marth's tipper (right) is indicated by a bright motion trail at the tip of his sword. Lucina's lack of tipper (left) is indicated by a motion trail across her entire sword.

The term tipper can be used as a general term of reference for hitting with the tip of any attack, but is usually used in terms of the movesets of Marth and his clones and semi-clones, as well as the Home-Run Contest.

With Marth-based movesets

"Tipper" is typically used in reference to Marth's attacks and those of characters with movesets based on his. Marth's tippers are stronger than his center hits, as it is the sweet spot on his sword. Roy's tippers are the opposite, and are weaker because his sweet spot is at the base of his blade. Lucina, as a result of not having a particular sweet spot on her sword, has no hitbox distinction between tippers and other hits.

Less frequently, the term is also used for other sword-wielding characters' moves which may have slight sweet spot and sour spot hitboxes; for example, Ganondorf's Warlock Blade attack has a sweet spot on the tip of his sword.

Origin

Marth's tipper animation is a close match for the motion blur on the tip of his sword in some attacking animations in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

In Home-Run Contest

A tipper occurs in Home-Run Contest when one hits Sandbag with the tip of the Home-Run Bat during a bat smash. It deals 20% damage to Sandbag and sends it farther than other bat swings (a close hit or midhit). This is the usual method of finishing Sandbag, unless the character has an attack that is stronger such as a Warlock Punch.

An aerial tipper is a tipper in which one hits Sandbag while it is still in the air. It sends Sandbag farther than a normal tipper.