This technique is unique to Sasuke Uchiha, relying on his advanced physical condition and his "knack" for rapid combo attacks. Sasuke kicks a target into the air and follows close behind them. While in the air, Sasuke provokes the target into attacking him, giving him the chance to counter them and, in turn, kick them higher into the air at increasingly greater speeds and/or to flank their sides with another kick. The higher up they get and the faster they move, the more damage that will be caused to the target when, as his finishing blow after punching them down, Sasuke inevitably kicks them back to the ground with a heel drop.[1]
Sasuke copied the first two steps of the Lion Combo (the initial kick into the air and following his opponent) from Rock Lee, which are also the first two steps in Lee's Front Lotus.[2]
Trivia[]
- In the Naruto: Clash of Ninja series, Kakashi can perform this technique by copying it with his Sharingan.
- In Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, the first Ninja Council and Jump Super Stars, the Lion Combo is done fully in midair without falling to the ground.
- The first Ultimate Ninja Storm and the rest of the sub-series also has this technique regulated to being Part 1 Sasuke's midair string, being the one version of the Lion Combo that does not require the initial launching kick to perform nor requiring usage of Shadow of the Dancing Leaf, with Sasuke already needing to be in midair from a normal jump to perform it instead.
- In the localisation of the Storm games, it is erroneously name-swapped with his close-range attack down string finisher's name (Great Flame Axe AKA Blaze Ax).
- The first Ultimate Ninja Storm and the rest of the sub-series also has this technique regulated to being Part 1 Sasuke's midair string, being the one version of the Lion Combo that does not require the initial launching kick to perform nor requiring usage of Shadow of the Dancing Leaf, with Sasuke already needing to be in midair from a normal jump to perform it instead.
- In Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Part 2 Hebi Sasuke performs a version of this technique where instead of ending with a kick as he falls, he finishes with the victim falling onto his upwards Chidori instead.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rin no Sho, page 191
- ↑ Naruto chapter 68
