Blade Counter

For other pages with the name Blade, see Blade (disambiguation).

Blade Counter
Blade Counter in Ultimate.
User	Mii Swordfighter
Universe	Super Smash Bros.

Blade Counter (カウンター, Counter) is one of three down special moves for the Mii Swordfighter.

Overview

True to its name, it is a counterattack. The Mii Swordfighter will lean back and hold its sword in reverse grip upon activating, and if hit with an attack while in this pose, retaliate with a slash of the weapon. The move does 1.25x the damage of the attack that hits the Swordfighter, with a minimum of 8% damage. When the move is initiated, a jagged red line appears upon countering an attack, resembling the one that appears during Little Mac's Slip Counter.

In Ultimate, the counterattack has been altered: the retaliating slash is now an upwards lifting slash that sends opponents vertically. This gives it consistent KO potential regardless of the Swordfighter's positioning, and allows the Swordfighter to land follow-up attacks at low percentages. However, this makes the move significantly worse for KOing opponents near the side blast lines, and very poor for edgeguarding recovering opponents, which counterattacks tend to excel at. Uniquely, the Swordfighter is shown "parrying" during Blade Counter with a twirl of their sword, which triggers an "off-balance" animation for the opponent (actually their grab release animation) and cancels their attack animation before the counterattack hits.

Instructional quotes

case foldout		A defensive stance that counters enemy attacks.
Move List		Counters an attack. The strength of the strike depends on the foe's attack.

Customization

Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4 and returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Mii Fighters. These are the variations:

Smash 4

1. Blade Counter	2. Reversal Slash	3. Power Thrust
" Counter an enemy attack. The strength of your strike depends on their attack. Counter an attack. The strength of your strike depends on the foe's attack."	"Creates a rainbow that reflects projectiles. Can also flip foes around if it hits them."	"A high-speed strike that goes forward on the ground and diagonally down in the air."

Ultimate

1. Blade Counter	2. Reversal Slash	3. Power Thrust
"Counters an attack. The strength of the strike depends on the foe's attack."	"Creates a rainbow that reflects projectiles. Can also flip foes around if it hits them."	"Strikes at high-speed. Goes forward on the ground and diagonally down in the air."

Gallery

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  Blade Counter in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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  Blade Counter as shown by the Move List in Ultimate.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	カウンター, Counter
English	Blade Counter
French (NTSC)	Contre
German	Klingenkonter
Spanish (NTSC)	Contrataque
Italian	Contrattacco
Chinese (Simplified)	反击
Chinese (Traditional)	反擊
Korean	카운터, Counter
Dutch	Counter
Russian	Контрклинок

Trivia

• The pose that the Swordfighter adopts while using this move is identical to the pose they strike while shielding.
  • The pose also resembles Roy's counter stance from Super Smash Bros. Melee, except Roy holds his sword in front of him.
• In Ultimate, victims are forced into their grounded grab release animation when Blade Counter triggers. As of version 13.0.0, this trait is shared with Sora's Counterattack.
• If the Shadow Assist Trophy freezes Mii Swordfighter while performing Blade Counter, the counter hitbox will remain active and trigger if hit. Mii Swordfighter will not attack until being unfrozen, but will remain intangible in the mean time.

Mii Swordfighter's special moves Neutral special Gale Strike Shuriken of Light Blurring Blade Side special Airborne Assault Slash Launcher Chakram Up special Stone Scabbard Skyward Slash Dash Hero's Spin Down special Blade Counter Reversal Slash Power Thrust Final Smash Final Edge

Mii Swordfighter's special moves Neutral special Gale Strike Shuriken of Light Blurring Blade Side special Airborne Assault Gale Stab Chakram Up special Stone Scabbard Skyward Slash Dash Hero's Spin Down special Blade Counter Reversal Slash Power Thrust Final Smash Final Edge