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The forward and back aerial versions are very similar appearance wise and statistically. In ''Melee'', the back aerial Lightning Kick is slightly better due to slightly faster start-up lag and slightly stronger knockback. In ''Brawl'', however, the front kick is stronger, dealing more damage and having more shield damage. ''Brawl'' also adds electric properties to a sweetspotted [[down air]], making it a "Lightning Stomp" of sorts. | The forward and back aerial versions are very similar appearance wise and statistically. In ''Melee'', the back aerial Lightning Kick is slightly better due to slightly faster start-up lag and slightly stronger knockback. In ''Brawl'', however, the front kick is stronger, dealing more damage and having more shield damage. ''Brawl'' also adds electric properties to a sweetspotted [[down air]], making it a "Lightning Stomp" of sorts. | ||
Between ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', Lightning Kick was nerfed in terms of knockback when sweetspotted. While a sweetspotted Lightning Kick is still one of the strongest forward and back | Between ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', Lightning Kick was nerfed in terms of knockback when sweetspotted. While a sweetspotted Lightning Kick is still one of the strongest forward and back aerials, its base knockback is decreased. The knockback growth/scaling however, remains the same and can still KO characters under 100%. It also has significantly increased landing lag. | ||
The Lightning Kick is very similar to [[Captain Falcon]]'s forward aerial, the [[Knee Smash]], as both are effective aerials that deal very powerful horizontal knockback with electric damage when sweetspotted, while being exceedingly weak with no special effects when sourspotted. However, the Lightning Kick hasn't reached the same level of notoriety as the Knee Smash, where the latter was more effective and prolific in competitive play for ''Melee''. The main reason for this was that the knee was notably easier to sweetspot, as sweetspotting it only required landing the initial hitbox as opposed to landing a specifically spaced hitbox in the attack, and combined with Falcon's high mobility and great combo ability, it has seen much more utilization. Zelda's poor tournament viability and general lack of internet notoriety compared to Captain Falcon also hindered the Lightning Kick from receiving as much attention as the Knee Smash. | The Lightning Kick is very similar to [[Captain Falcon]]'s forward aerial, the [[Knee Smash]], as both are effective aerials that deal very powerful horizontal knockback with electric damage when sweetspotted, while being exceedingly weak with no special effects when sourspotted. However, the Lightning Kick hasn't reached the same level of notoriety as the Knee Smash, where the latter was more effective and prolific in competitive play for ''Melee''. The main reason for this was that the knee was notably easier to sweetspot, as sweetspotting it only required landing the initial hitbox as opposed to landing a specifically spaced hitbox in the attack, and combined with Falcon's high mobility and great combo ability, it has seen much more utilization. Zelda's poor tournament viability and general lack of internet notoriety compared to Captain Falcon also hindered the Lightning Kick from receiving as much attention as the Knee Smash. | ||