Approaching attack
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Approaching attacks are attacks that move the character a considerable distance while simultaneously having a damaging hitbox. Thus these attacks provide a good, possibly hard to predict, and sometimes safe approach option through offensive strategy rather than walking, running, jumping, ext. The most basic example of an approach attack would be a dash attack. Also, some approach attacks are special moves, meaning they can be used for recovery.
Examples of approach attacks
- Dash attacks and dash grabs
- Banjo & Kazooie's Wonderwing
- Bayonetta's Heel Slide / After Burner Kick
- Bowser's Whirling Fortress
- Bowser Jr.'s Clown Kart Dash
- Byleth's Areadbhar
- Captain Falcon and Ganondorf's side specials (Raptor Boost/Gerudo Dragon/Flame Choke) and down specials (Falcon Kick/Wizard's Foot)
- Charizard's Flare Blitz (SSB4 and Ultimate)
- Corrin's Dragon Lunge
- Donkey Kong's Spinning Kong
- Diddy Kong's Monkey Flip and Rocketbarrel Boost
- Dr. Mario's Dr. Tornado
- Fox and Falco's side specials (Fox Illusion/Falco Phantasm) and up specials (Fire Fox/Fire Bird)
- Greninja's Shadow Sneak
- Ice Climbers' Squall Hammer when used sideways
- Ike's Quick Draw
- Inkling's Splat Roller
- Incineroar's Darkest Lariat and Alolan Whip
- Jigglypuff's Rollout and Pound
- Little Mac's Straight Lunge and Jolt Haymaker
- Luigi's Luigi Cyclone when used sideways (except in Ultimate) and Green Missile
- Mega Man's forward tilt
- Mario's Mario Tornado (Smash 64 and Melee only)
- Min Min's forward tilt
- Meta Knight's Mach Tornado, Dimensional Cape, and Drill Rush
- Mii Brawler's Onslaught, Burning Dropkick, Suplex (Ultimate) and Foot Flurry (SSB4, grounded only)
- Mii Swordfighter's Airborne Assault, Slash Launcher (SSB4)/Gale Stab (Ultimate), Skyward Slash Dash and Power Thrust
- Ness and Lucas's PK Thunder 2
- Pac-Man's Power Pellet
- Palutena's Angelic Missile (SSB4 only)
- Peach and Daisy's side specials (Peach Bomber/Daisy Bomber)
- Pikachu's Quick Attack
- Pikachu and Pichu's Skull Bash
- Pit and Dark Pit's side specials (Angel Ring/Upperdash Arm/Electroshock Arm)
- Ridley's Space Pirate Rush and Wing Blitz
- R.O.B.'s Arm Rotor
- Ryu and Ken's Tatsumaki Senpukyaku
- Sheik's Bouncing Fish (SSB4 and Ultimate)
- Shulk's Back Slash
- Sonic's Spin Dash, Spin Charge, and Homing Attack
- Squirtle's Withdraw
- Steve's forward tilt, up tilt and Minecart
- Terry's side specials (Burning Knuckle / Crack Shoot)
- Villager's Lloid Rocket (when riding Lloid)
- Wario's Wario Bike
- Wolf's Wolf Flash and Fire Wolf
- Yoshi's Egg Roll
- Zelda's Farore's Wind (SSB4 and Ultimate)
- A DACUS, an advanced technique in Brawl
