Projectile

Mario's fireball is an example of a projectile

A projectile is any hitbox able to leave the user's damagable collision bubbles and move by itself, and most of them can be reflected. Ness' yoyo is an exception, as it is not classified as a projectile despite its glitch. All non-item projectile attacks in Melee are special attacks and throws, usually neutral B. Common examples of projectiles include: Falco's laser (neutral B), Samus' missiles (forward B) and Young Link's bombs (down B). An example of a throw projectile is Mewtwo's forward throw, which launches multiple tiny Shadow Balls which can damage any character.

A majority of characters in Melee have at least one projectile attack; the characters that don't are Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Ganondorf, Jigglypuff, Marth, and Roy. It is considered a disadvantage to not have a projectile, because projectiles are very useful in setting up an approach.

All projectile attacks will not create hit lag for the user. Most projectiles can be easily identified by attacking a metal box: if the character becomes metal, then the move is not a projectile.

Number of Projectiles per Character

This table includes all non-Final Smash projectiles for every character, as well as some important properties of each, such as whether it is a physical or energy projectile. Generally, energy-based projectiles are not affected by gravity and can be absorbed, while physical projectiles follow gravity and cannot be absorbed.

Character	Projectiles	Energy/Physical	Unique/Special Properties
Bowser	Fire Breath	Energy	Can be tilted up and down (In Brawl). Can be held forever (the fire length decreases). Can be reflected/absorbed.
Captain Falcon	None.
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun	Physical	Can be charged to change the angle a firing speed (charging too much causes the move to fail). Can be grabbed in midair. Can be reflected.
	Banana Peel	Physical	Produces a banana peel. Can be reflected.
	Rocketbarrel Boost (when the barrels come off)	Physical	Has a random trajectory. Cannot be reflected.
Donkey Kong	None.
Dr. Mario	Megavitamins	Physical	Affected by gravity, bounces on the ground. Can be reflected.
Falco	Blaster	Energy	Follows straight trajectory. Can be reflected/absorbed.
Fox	Blaster	Energy	Follows straight trajectory. Does not cause flinching (except SSB). Can be reflected/absorbed.
	Back Throw	Energy	Fires straight. Cannot be reflected/absorbed
Ganondorf	None.
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot	Physical	Can be "reflected" by shielding. Hugs the ground, following straight trajectory. Can freeze opponents. Can be reflected.
	Blizzard	Energy	Can freeze opponents. Can be held (for limited time). Can be reflected/absorbed.
Ike	None.
Jigglypuff	None.
King Dedede	Inhale (spit-out character)	Physical	Spits in straight trajectory. Cannot be reflected.
	Waddle Dee Toss	Physical	Affected by gravity, can be angled up and down, shortened or lengthened. Can randomly produce Waddle Doo's, Gordos, and Capsule item. Cannot be reflected (except for Waddle Doo's Beam Whip, Gordo, and Capsule).
	Super Dedede Jump (stars produced)	physical	The stars that appear on both sides of Dedede upon landing can be reflected or absorbed.
Kirby	Inhale (spit-out character)	Physical	Spits in straight trajectory. Cannot be reflected.
	Final Cutter's shock wave	Energy	Produces a wave after Kirby touches the ground, hugging it and following straight trajectory. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	May copy another character's projectile.
Link	Boomerang/Gale Boomerang	Physical	Tries to return to Link. Can be angled. Produces a vacuum (only in Brawl). Can be reflected.
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item. Explode after some seconds. Can damage the user. Can be reflected.
	Bow/Hero's Bow	Physical	Can be charged forever (the charge affects the firing speed and distance). Can be reflected.
Lucas	PK Freeze	Energy	Affected by gravity and can be tilted forward and backwards. Freezes opponents. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	PK Fire	Energy	Large recoil. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	PK Thunder	Energy	Controllable. Can be reflected/absorbed.
Lucario	Aura Sphere	Energy	Waves up and down slightly. Can be charged forever (damages foes who touch the Aura). Can be refleted/absorbed.
	Force Palm's aura	Energy	In very close distance, acts as a throw.
Luigi	Fireball	Energy	Follows straight trajectory. Can be reflected/absorbed.
Mario	Fireball	Energy	Affected by gravity, bounces on the ground. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	F.L.U.D.D.	Energy	When charged, pushes opponents and does no damage. Can be tilted up and down. Cannot be reflected.
Marth	None.
Meta Knight	None.
Mewtwo	Shadow Ball	Energy	Huge recoil when used fully charged. Waves up and down slightly. Can be charged forever (damages foes who touch the ball during charging). Can be refleted/absorbed.
	Forward Throw(fires a stream of shadow balls)	energy	Can be reflected or absorbed.
Mr. Game & Watch	Chef	Physical	Random trajectory. Can be reflected.
	Oil Panic (once absorbed three attacks, can dump oil on his opponents)	Physical	Cannot be reflected.
Ness	PK Flash	Energy	Affected by gravity and can be tilted forward and backwards. Can be reflected/absored.
	PK Fire	Energy	Creates gravity-affected fire pillar on impact, trajectory changes in midair. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	PK Thunder	Energy	Controllable. Can be reflected/absorbed.
Olimar	Pikmin Throw	Physical	Pikmin latch onto target. Can be reflected.
	Side smash	Physical	Cannot be reflected.
	Up smash	Physical	Cannot be reflected.
Peach	Vegetable	Physical	Produces a vegetable item, and rarely Bob-ombs, Mr. Saturns, or Beam Swords. Items can be picked and be reflected.
Pichu	Thunder Jolt	Energy	Damage self. Hugs the stage. Bounces on the stage. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	Thunder	Energy	Damage self. Can be reflected/absorbed.
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt	Energy	Hugs the stage. Has diagonal trajectory in the air. Bounces on the stage. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	Thunder	Energy	Can be reflected/absorbed, cannot go through platforms above Pikachu.
Pit	Palutena's Arrow	Energy	Controllable. Can be charged forever. Can be reflected.
Pokémon Trainer	Flamethrower (Charizard)	Energy	Can be tilted up and down. Can be held forever (the fire length decreases). Can be reflected/absorbed.
	Rock Smash fragments (Charizard)	Physical	Can be reflected.
	Bullet Seed (Ivysaur)	Physical	Can be held for limited time. Can be reflected.
	Razor Leaf (Ivysaur)	Physical	Can be tilted up and down, but trajectory is fairly random. Can be reflected.
	Water Gun (Squirtle)	Energy	When charged, pushes opponents and does no damage unless uncharged. Can be tilted up and down. Cannot be reflected.
R.O.B.	Robo Beam	Energy	Can reflect off surfaces at certain angles, can be tilted up and down. Charges automatically. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	Gyro	Physical	Produces a Gyro item. Can be picked up and be reflected.
Roy	None.
Samus	Charge Shot	Energy	Follows straight trajectory. Can be reflected/absorbed.
	Missile	Physical	Can fire a homing missile or super missile. Can be reflected.
	Bomb	Physical	Detonates either instantly upon contact with an opponent (Melee/SSB64) or after a set period of time (Brawl). Can be reflected.
Sheik	Needle Storm	Physical	Can be tilted up and down. Can be charged forever. Can be reflected.
Snake	Hand Grenade	Physical	Can be picked up, grenade itself does not cause flinching and can be tilted forward and backwards (when tilted backwards it will fall next to Snake). Also can injure the user if it explodes on them. Detonates after few seconds. Can be reflected.
	C4 (when used in the air)	Physical	Cannot be reflected (explosion).
	Remote Missile	Physical	Controllable. Shielding against it makes the user lose control of its trajectory. Can be reflected.
	Cypher (once let go)	Physical	Can be reflected.
	Up smash	Physical	Cannot be reflected.
	Taunt	Physical	Affected by gravity. Can be picked by opponents (while Snake is still inside it).
Sonic	Spring Jump (aerial usage)	Physical	Can also be used as a recovery. Cannot be reflected.
Toon Link	Bow	Physical	Can be charged forever (the charge affects the firing speed and distance). Can be reflected.
	Boomerang	Physical	Tries to return to Toon Link. Can be angled. Can be reflected.
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item. Explode after some seconds. Can damage the user. Can be reflected.
Wario	Wario Bike (once dismounted, can be thrown)	Physical	Can be destroyed (resulting in two tires that can be picked and thrown). Can be reflected (when thrown).
Wolf	Blaster	Energy	Follows straight trajectory. Causes melee damage if the opponents is hit by the blade on the tip of the Blaster. Can be reflected/absorbed (laser).
Yoshi	Egg Toss	Physical	Can be tilted forward, backwards, up and down (when tilted backwards the egg will go next to Yoshi). Can be reflected.
	Yoshi Bomb(Stars Produced)	Energy	The stars that come out on both sides of Yoshi upon landing can be reflected or absorbed.
Young Link	Bow	Physical	Can be charged forever (the charge affects the firing speed and distance). Can be reflected.
	Boomerang	Physical	Tries to return to Young Link. Can be reflected.
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item. Explode after some seconds. Can damage the user. Can be reflected.
Zelda	Din's Fire	Energy	Cannot be reflected, but reflectors will prevent the user from being hit. Can be absorbed.
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer	Energy	Stuns opponent in place. Can be reflected/absorbed.