Egg Lay

Yoshi's Egg Lay in Super Smash Bros.

Egg Lay is Yoshi's neutral special move. He sticks his tongue out, pulling in and swallowing any enemy touched near by, turning them into an egg for a few seconds. The amount of time that the enemy remains in the egg is determined by how much damage they have. While trapped in an egg, one is open to attacks, although they cannot be knocked back, and only sustain half the damage from attacks while in an egg (similar to being frozen). Tilting the control stick rapidly back and forth will help the victim escape the egg more quickly.

It is important to note that Yoshi has a few launch resistance frames in this move - from the second his tongue latches onto another character to the moment the egg is laid, Yoshi gains 120% knockback resistance. This is useful for 4-player battles, as the attack itself only affects one opponent, so Yoshi would potentially be vulnerable - the resistance negates that vulnerability. Another important aspect of this move is that it acts as an aerial grab. The only other aerial grabs are Ganondorf's Flame Choke and Dark Dive, Bowser's Koopa Klaw, Diddy Kong's Monkey Flip, Captain Falcon's Falcon Dive and Wario's Chomp.

Egg Lay can be used in an attempt to put the opponent off-stage, but unlike suicide techniques, such as Koopa Klaw and the Swallowcide, opponents can usually break out well before they make it below the stage, even at higher percents.

However, despite the unique properties of the move, Egg Lay is generally considered to be mostly ineffective, and is thus rarely used.

The usefulness of Egg Lay is increased a fair bit in Melee's Adventure Mode, where enemies eaten in sidescrolling stages are instantly defeated. The move cannot swallow enemies at all in Brawl's Subspace Emissary, but it deals a solid blow (13%) with above-average knockback.

Origin

Since his first appearance in Super Mario World, Yoshi's trademark move has been gulping his enemies using his chameleon like tongue. However, since Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi has been able to turn his eaten enemies into eggs. Throwing these eggs at enemies would be Yoshi's primary attacking method.

Gallery

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  Egg Lay in Melee

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  Egg Lay in Brawl

Trivia

• As Egg Lay has a very similar animation to Yoshi's grab, it can often be used to play mindgames with opponents.
• If Yoshi swallows an enemy who has consumed a Super Mushroom or Poison Mushroom, the egg's size will grow/shrink proportionately.
• If the player uses Egg Lay on Jigglypuff in Brawl after doing the Puff Up glitch on Bridge Of Eldin, Jigglypuff will grow bigger.
• In Brawl, if the very tip of Yoshi's tongue grabs the enemy, Yoshi won't swallow the enemy: just pull them in and cause small damage. This is extremely tricky to perform though.
• In Brawl, Egg Lay will not work on Ike, Marth, or Lucario if they are in counter frames.

Yoshi's special moves

Neutral special	Egg Lay
Side special	—	Egg Roll
Up special	Egg Throw
Down special	Hip Drop	Yoshi Bomb
Final Smash	—		Super Dragon		Stampede!