Short Swing Blow



The Short Swing Blow is one of Dudley's special attacks. Executed by performing a half-circle backward motion and pressing kick, the attack sees Dudley suddenly draw back and just as suddenly step forward again with an uppercut. The attack is useful for baiting an attack and suddenly stepping out of the way, only to punish the mistake. The speed of execution, amount of net forward distance (Dudley ends up further forward than where he began) and damage inflicted are determined by the kick button pressed: light kick moves forward the least and does the least damage, but executed the quickest, heavy kick moves forward the most, does the most damage and executes the slowest, and medium kick is somewhere between the two. There is also an EX Special version which is as fast as the light kick version, does as much damage as the heavy kick version, and travels the entire screen; this version also throws three punches instead of one: an uppercut, a hook and a straight.