Thunderbolt



The Thunderbolt is one of Dudley's special attacks and was first introduced in Super Street Fighter IV. Executed by holding down and then pressing up and kick, the attack sees Dudley leap to the top of the screen, flip upside-down and dive fist-first straight down while declaring "This is too easy!". How far forward of his original position the dive comes from and how much damage it does are determined by the kick button pressed: light kick does the least damage and only comes down directly in front of where he was, heavy punch does the most damage and comes down half a screen away, while medium punch is halfway between the two terms of damage and distance. The attack is highly "telegraphed" and so is usually blocked or countered, however at close range it can be difficult to tell which side to block from. There is also an EX Special version which does by far the most damage and automatically chooses the opponent's position for its dive point, which Dudley crying "Thun-derbolt!".