Tempest

Tempest is a recurring attack used by Lloyd Irving in the Super Smash Flash series.

Overview
Tempest consists of Lloyd spinning around, sometimes in midair, while having both Vorpal Sword and Flamberge extended, delivering a circling slash that hits opponents multiple times. Lloyd shouts "Tempest!" whenever he uses this attack.

In Super Smash Flash, Tempest is 's up attack, though it was frequently mislabeled in official sources, along with earlier demos of Super Smash Flash 2, as Tiger Blade. Lloyd can only spin once per attack, requiring the player to hold down the attack button so he can continue spinning. As the hitbox covers his entire body, the official strategy guide page recommends using this attack to easily complete 100-Man Melee.

In Super Smash Flash 2, Tempest has turned into 's side special move. When executing Lloyd now perform a forward straight jump before he starts spinning, it will also home on opponents who are near Lloyd and delivers several hits to them. However, if Tempest does not home in on someone, then Lloyd will be put into a helpless state. It deals a total of 16% of damage.

Trivia

 * Tempest was Lloyd's former neutral aerial attack before the release of SSF2 Beta 1.0.
 * Tempest is one of three of Lloyd's attacks in SSF2 that take inspiration from his being made into a DLC costume for Mii Swordfighter characters in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, being similar to Airborne Assault, one of the Mii Swordfighter's available side specials. The other two attacks to take inspiration from this are his down aerial and Rising Falcon.