Hand Slap: Difference between revisions

{{ArticleIcons|allgames=yes}}

|image=[[File:DKHandSlapSSB4.jpg|200px]]

|caption= Hand Slap in {{for3ds}}.

|universe=''{{uv|Donkey Kong}}''

|interwiki=dkwiki

|interwikiname=DK Wiki

'''Hand Slap''' ({{ja|ハンドスラップ|Hando Surappu}}, ''Hand Slap'') is [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[down special move]]. When performing it, Donkey Kong delivers an earth-shaking blow to the ground, sending nearby enemies skyward. It has considerable power, consistent and repetitive damage, and a large [[quake]] hitbox. Overall, it does 10% damage with each slap (14% in ''Brawl''), but has high base knockback with low knockback scaling, preventing it from acting as an effective KO attack; the slaps also cannot harm airborne opponents, impairing the attack's ability to potentially combo into itself.

This move is good against bosses, but only works on certain ground bosses. It is one of the few down special attacks in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series that can't be used in the air (up until ''Smash 4''), and in [[Super Smash Bros.|the original game]], it was the only special move to do so. When used on a platform, enemies can also pass through the attack unharmed it they don't land on it, due to it being a quake attack.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', Donkey Kong can now use the move in midair, causing him to slap down twice below himself. It does 11% and meteor smashes opponents hit with the second slap, though the second slap can be difficult to connect.  

Special Move customization was added in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. These are the known variations:

# '''Focused Slap''': The shock waves are smaller, but opponents will be stunned and launched.

# '''Hot Slap''': Creates flame pillars that can hit opponents in the air.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', Donkey Kong was able to do this move to get hidden items in the ground, though there weren't many places to do so. It also served as a second way to deal with enemies. In the game, however, DK would hit on the ground once with each hand each time, but was done the same way, by holding down and pressing attack. The move later appears in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', as well as ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', also on Wii.

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' manual description===

"''Press {{Button|GCN|B}} to deliver this earth-shaking move and send nearby enemies skyward. It can be used over and over again.''"

===''Brawl'' Manual description===

 

"''Slap the ground and send nearby foes into the air. Can be performed multiple times in a row.''"

 

==={{for3ds}} foldout description===

"''Slap the ground to hit foes with shock waves.''"

*In ''Smash 64'', if a player in {{SSB|Dream Land}} stands below a Level 9 [[AI|CPU]] Donkey Kong standing on a platform, it will continously use Hand Slap and won't stop until the player moves from beneath it.

==Gallery==

File:Hand Slap SSB.png|Hand Slap in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''

File:Ssb64donkeykong.jpg|Donkey Kong performing a Hand Slap in the SSB instruction manual.

</gallery>