Slash

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Ike's forward smash hitting Snake, showing the boomerang effect.

There are various attacks in the Smash Bros. series that cause the slash effect. Usually caused by sharp objects, slash attacks are buffed by Slash Attack stickers and defended against by Slash Resistance ones. Slash attacks can be easily identified by their impact effects: they have a white and blue circular slash in Super Smash Bros. and a boomerang-shaped impending angle indicator in Brawl (though grass attacks use this as well); while the impact sound is also often a clue, it cannot be used definitively (for example, many of Toon Link's and Young Link's sword attacks do not sound like slash attacks). There are two sounds for slashing in Super Smash Bros., and three in Super Smash Bros. Melee. In Brawl, there is only one sound effect for all slashing attacks, only differing in speed and pitch. For example, Link's down air has a deep, slow slashing sound, while swipes of Bowser's claws are quick and have a higher pitch.

List of slash attacks by characters

In SSB

• Fox - Fox Illusion
• Kirby - Final Cutter
• Link - Every attack except for n-air, b-air, pummels, throws (excluding up throw), Hero's bow, Gale Boomerang, and Spin Attack.
• Luigi - Forward smash

In Melee

• Bowser - jab, down tilt, up tilt, up smash, down smash, back aerial, down aerial, up throw, Koopa Klaw (non-grab), trip attack
• Falco - down tilt, Falco Phantasm, up aerial
• Fox - Fox Illusion
• Kirby - Up smash, Final Cutter, can Copy certain moves
• Link - Same as SSB
• Luigi - Same as SSB
• Marth - All attacks but throws and pummels
• Mewtwo - Sweet spotted forward tilt
• Peach - Forward tilt, Peach Parasol
• Roy - All attacks except for throws, pummels, up smash, and last hits of all specials
• Sheik - Jab, dash attack, Chain, Needle Storm
• Young Link - Every attack except for neutral aerial, back aerial, down aerial from above, pummel and throws (except for up throw), and specials (except for Spin Attack)
• Zelda - Nayru's Love, Farore's Wind (beginning), forward tilt

In Brawl

• Bowser - Same as Melee plus Flying Slam in the SSE and forward tilt.
• Charizard - Jab, up tilt, up smash, down tilt, back air (first part), pummel, recovering attacks (ledge and floor), glide attack
• Falco - jab, down tilt, up tilt, forward smash, forward aerial, Falco Phantasm
• Fox - Up smash (sweetspotted), Fox Illusion
• Ike - All normal attacks except two first hits of neutral attack, pummel and throws, Quick Draw, Aether, Counter, Eruption (at the tip of the sword)
• King Dedede - Waddle Dee Toss (Waddle Doos and Gordos only), Super Dedede Jump (stars)
• Kirby - Up Smash, Final Cutter; can copy certain moves
• Link - All normal attacks except for neutral aerial, back aerial, pummels, throws (excluding up throw) and sour-spotted grab air, Hero's Bow, Gale Boomerang, Spin Attack, Triforce Slash
• Lucas - first hit of up smash (though still makes a magic sound)
• Luigi - Same as SSBM
• Marth - Same as SSBM
• Meta Knight - All attacks except dash attack and throws (excluding back throw)
• Mr. Game & Watch - Judge (4), back aerial
• Peach - tip of forward tilt, down smash, dash attack (second hit), Peach Parasol (open parasol)
• Pit - All standard attacks except up tilt and ledge attack, forward throw, Palutena's Arrow, Angel Ring
• R.O.B. - Gyro
• Sonic - Forward aerial, up throw
• Sheik - Jab, dash attack, up smash, Chain, and Needle Storm
• Toon Link - All normal attacks except for pummel and throws, Hero's Bow, Spin Attack, Triforce Slash
• Wario - Chomp
• Wolf - jab, forward tilt, down smash, forward aerial, up aerial, down aerial, all throws except forward throw, Blaster (bayonet attached to blaster), Wolf Flash (non-sweetspotted)
• Zelda - Nayru's Love, Farore's Wind (beginning), forward tilt
• Zero Suit Samus - up tilt, up aerial

List of slash attacks by items

• Beam Sword
• Parasol
• Pokémon and Assist Trophies
  • Beedrill
  • Clefairy using Gust
  • Chikorita - Razor Leaf
  • Gray Fox
  • Jill
  • Kat & Ana
  • Spinies
  • Latios and Latias
  • Lugia using Aeroblast
  • Lyn
  • Samurai Goroh
  • Saki Amamiya - sword attack
  • Scizor
  • Staryu (contact with body)
  • Suicune (contact with body after Aurora Beam; Brawl only)
  • Unown
  • Weavile
• Ray Gun shots (except in SSB)
• Unira
• Warp Star (meteor smash)

List of slash attacks by enemies and bosses

• Armight
• Auroros
• Autolance - Stab and sword throw
• Bucculus
• Cymul
• Duon
• Greap
• Master Hand and Crazy Hand - Drill attack. Also, grab attack and Crazy Hand's crawl attack make slash sounds, even though they have different effects.
• Puppit - slash attack
• Porky - Walking, stab attack
• Ridley - Loop-de-loop, wind attack, claw sweep, background fly attack
• Shaydas
• Sword Primid
• Ticken
• Trowlon

Trivia

• In Melee, two slash attacks that collide will produce a different set of clang noises, more reminiscent of swords clashing. Examples are Link's sword colliding with another sword, or any metal or sharp object used by a character colliding with another, such as Bowser's claws or Mewtwo's tail.