Kirby (SSBB)/Final Smash

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Overview

Kirby dons a chef's hat and spawns in a cooking pot. During the startup animation, the game checks for opponents within 80 units of Kirby (not the pot), and any opponents detected within this range at the time will be pulled into the pot one by one while Kirby bangs a pan and spatula together. The pot will also absorb any projectiles and items in the field, regardless of distance from Kirby. The move deals 24% damage to opponents over time while the pot is boiling, and then fighters are ejected from the pot, sustaining an additional 10% damage for a total of 34%. While ejecting fighters, the pot will also spawn in a number of items, depending on how many fighters and items it absorbed. It can only spawn in items that are enabled in the Item Switch.

The number of items spawned is equal to $FLOOR(2.5F)+I+P$ where $F$ is the number of caught fighters, $I$ is the number of absorbed items and $P$ is the number of absorbed projectiles. If no items are enabled, the move will not spawn in any items. Likewise, if the only enabled items have a hard limit on how many of them can exist, no more than that many items will be spawned in. Otherwise, the move can spawn in up to 30 items.

Compared to other Final Smashes, Cook Kirby is rather underpowered, having unimpressive damage, and knockback comparable to an above-average aerial rather than a Final Smash. However, in a 1v1 setting with items enabled, it can be surprisingly effective, as it effectively gives Kirby total control over all the items in the field, and is virtually impossible to avoid if the Kirby player simply activates the move while relatively close to the opponent. This is exacerbated by the opponent having deceptively little time to escape the move, with the searchbox becoming active on frame 23, despite what the animation might suggest. In free-for-alls its effectiveness is more limited, as it becomes harder for Kirby to trap all opponents, and if even one opponent avoids the move they can compete with Kirby for the items the move spawns in.

Hitboxes

Searchbox

ID	Bone	Radius	Offset			G	A
0	0	80	0	0	0

Throw

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	SDIx	FFx	T%	Type	Effect	Sound
0	10%		Standard	50	115	0	0	0.0x	None	0%			Burn
1	10%		Standard	50	115	0	0	0.0x	None	0%			Burn

Note: Trapped opponents are dealt 24% damage before being ejected from the pot.

Timing

Kirby is fully intangible for the move's entire duration. The amount of time Kirby clangs the utensils together varies with how long it takes to pull in all detected opponents and items. The amount of time Kirby stands by the pot while it is ejecting fighters and items likewise varies by the number of ejected objects.

Startup

Searchbox active	23-29
Animation length	60

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Searchbox

Cooking

Cooking damage	22-142
Animation length	173

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Ending

Animation length	41

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Kirby's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · inf) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash