- For the effect causing characters to be dazed for a period of time, see Stun.
Debuting in Brawl, there are a few attacks in the Smash Bros. series that can cause the rare paralyze effect. Targets hit by these attacks will be frozen in place for a short period of time, shaking back and forth, before taking knockback. The duration that the paralysis lasts for depends on how much knockback the move will do, and a unique paralysis multiplier attached to each paralyzing move. As such, moves that have knockback scaling (rather than fixed knockback like Zero Suit Samus's Paralyzer) will paralyze the opponent for longer as their percent increases. There is also a cap on how long a player can be paralyzed for. The user of the paralyzing effect can follow up with a smash attack or other powerful move during the paralysis, making the effect very strong. Repeatedly using a paralyzing attack will not increase the duration of the effect. This is often confused with the electric and stun effects.
The vast majority of paralyzing attacks are either Final Smashes, custom moves, or the effects of certain items or Smash Run enemies. Extremely few standard characters' moves can paralyze.
This is the only status that can affect other things besides characters, like items, causing them to shake.
The paralyze effect is weight independent, but knockback resistance (such as from the Metal Box) is not ignored.
List of paralyzing attacks
By characters
Character | Move(s) | Games |
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Captain Falcon | Lightning Falcon Kick (side hitboxes, landing) | |
Corrin | Dragon Fang Shot | |
Dark Pit | Dark Pit Staff (trapping hit) | |
Donkey Kong | Focused Slap (both hits, both on the ground and in the air) | |
Ganondorf | Beast Ganon (trapping hit) | |
Greninja | Secret Ninja Attack (trapping hit) | |
Ike | Paralyzing Counter | |
Kirby | Ultra Sword (first trapping hit) | |
Kirby (Copy Abilities) | Dragon Fang Shot | |
Bonus Fruit (bell) | ||
Paralyzer | ||
Link | Triforce Slash (trapping hit) | |
Little Mac | Stunning Straight Lunge | |
Lucario | Stunning Double Team | |
Pac-Man | Bonus Fruit (bell) | |
Lazy Fruit (bell) | ||
Pikachu | Thunder Wave | |
R.O.B. | Super Diffusion Beam (second-last hit) | |
Robin | Pair Up (Chrom's trapping dash) | |
Toon Link | Triforce Slash (trapping hit) | |
Sheik | Light Arrow (trapping hit) | |
Paralyzing Needle | ||
Zelda | Light Arrow (trapping hit) | |
Zero Suit Samus | Down smash | |
Paralyzer | ||
Electromagnetic Net |
By items
Item | Attack | Games |
---|---|---|
Assist Trophies | Starman: PK Beam γ and PK Beam Ω | |
Poké Ball Pokémon | Ditto: Transform (if the user possesses paralyzing attacks) | |
Spewpa: Stun Spore |
By enemies and bosses
Enemy/Boss | Attack(s) | Games |
---|---|---|
Devil Car | Paralyzing fumes | |
Kihunter | Acid | |
Red Bubble | Ramming into the player | |
Starman | PK Beam γ and PK Beam Ω |
By stage hazards
Stage | Attack | Games |
---|---|---|
Mute City (SSB4) | Racers that touch the track boundaries occasionally get shocked, which paralyzes anyone on them. | |
Orbital Gate Assault | Orbital Gate's Force Field | |
Gamer | 5-Volt | |
Midgar | Electrified platforms |
List of attack effects | |
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Introduced in Super Smash Bros. | Normal • Coin • Electric • Flame • Slash • Sleep |
Introduced in Super Smash Bros. Melee | Bury • Darkness • Flower • Freezing • Grab • Inert • Reverse • Screw • Stun |
Introduced in Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Aura • Down • Flinchless • Grass • Paralyze • Plunge • Slip • Water |
Introduced in Super Smash Bros. 4 | Blaster • Magic • Obliviate • Stab • Solar |
Introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Autoreticle • Chain • Curse • Dedede • Grapple • Ink • Mushroom • Poison • Rapid • Sparks • Fist-Down • Scintilla |