Rising Strike

The Rising Strike is a skill found in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow games. It is performed after a Direct Attack and lifts a smaller enemy in front of the off of the ground by pressing the Jump button. This leaves the enemy vulnerable to an aerial combo. In Lords of Shadow, they can be lifted even further up in the air if Gabriel has the Seraph Shoulders by pressing the Jump button again, which performs an Upward Guillotine. The Area Attack counterpart to this move is the Rising Assault.