Donkey Kong (SSB)

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Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu) is a starter character in Super Smash Bros. He is known as a slow yet powerful character, with his trademark move being the Giant Punch, which, when fully charged, deals 36% damage.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Attacks deal lots of damage and have good knockback
• Long horizontal recovery
• Greatest grabbing range in the game
• Has two spikes
• Good reach, which allows for good combos despite slow attack speed
• Terrific throw combos
• One of the strongest throws in the game, in terms of knockback

Cons

• Huge target
• Slow movement and attacks
• Poor and unvaried approach
• Low vertical recovery
• Kills require setup
• No projectile
• Poor shield cover

Moveset

Weak attacks

• A Jab, 4%
• 2 Punch, 4%

Strong attacks

• ↔ Extended Punch, 12%
• ↑ Upward Knock, 13%
• ↓ Low Slap, 8%

Smash attacks

• ↔ Big Slap, 20%
• ↑ Upward Clap, 21%
• ↓ Spinning Splits, 19%

Aerial attacks

• A Spin, 15%
• → Spinning Spike, 16%
• ← Backwards kick, 15%
• ↑ Upward Knock, 12%
• ↓ Spike, 12%

Special moves

• B Giant Punch, 14% Min Charge, 36% Max Charge
• B↑ Donkey Tornado, 12%, Multiple Hits Possible
• B↓ Ground Pound, 10%

Throws

• → Trap Throw, 8%

Donkey Kong will hold his opponent on his back, dealing 8%. He can then move around before throwing them forward for another 8%.

• ← Backward throw, 18%

Other

• Dash attack: Kick, 12%

Combos and General Strategy

Coming soon