Skewer
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| Skewer | |
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 Ridley using Skewer on Fox | |
| User | Ridley |
| Universe | Metroid |
Skewer (デススタッブ, Death Stab) is Ridley's down special move in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Overview
Ridley pauses before performing a sudden tail stab. It has a long startup and hits some distance away. It does minimal damage if he hits with the base of his tail, but if the sweetspot at the center of Ridley's tail tip connects, the target will be impaled while being dealt almost 10 times as much damage; both the sourspot and the sweetspot deal very little shield damage, however. The sweetspot hit causes the opponent to crumple, similarly to a fully charged Focus Attack. Despite requiring very specific precision, it is capable of piercing two opponents at once, though the extra damage from Ridley yanking out his tail will only apply to the "main" target. While the sweetspot deals extreme damage, it only allows Ridley to act after the opponent gets up again, making followup attacks based on reading the opponent's getup option.
Origin
Ridley has never been seen using this exact move in the Metroid games, but many of his attacks in the series involve jabbing with the large spike on the end of his tail, making this attack another of the many ways Ridley uses his tail to his advantage. Outside of the games, Ridley used a very similar tail stab in the canonical 2002 Metroid manga to fatally wound Gray Voice, a Chozo who was one of Samus Aran's adoptive father figures and the one whose DNA was used to augment Samus's own.
Trivia
- The animation of each fighter slowly crumpling to the ground after getting hit by Skewer is the same animation they use for being defeated in Stamina Mode if they are standing still and hit with a weak attack. It is one of only two attacks in the series that is able to force fighters into this animation, along with Ryu's and Ken's fully-charged Focus Attack.
