Semi-spike

Semi-spikes, or pseudo-spikes, are attack in the Super Smash Bros. series and Super Smash Flash 2 that send opponents at a horizontal trajectory and then a vertical trajectory. In between the horizontal and vertical trajectories in the games, a quarter circle trajectory occurs before the vertical trajectory, which gives time to input a command. This is what makes it different from a meteor smash and a regular spike. In Super Smash Flash 2, these moves send opponents in the same way.