Smash attack
A smash attack is an attack performed by "smashing" (quickly tilting) the control stick and pressing the A button at the same time. This class of attacks includes forward smash, up smash and down smash. Smash attacks generally have the highest knockback of the moves in a character's arsenal, with the forward smash usually being the most powerful. In Melee, it can be charged by holding the A button down, then releasing when you want the attack to unleash. A smash attack can be charged for exactly 120 frames, or 2 seconds.
In Melee's Versus mode, smashes can also be performed by pressing the C-stick in any direction. Holding the Z button while pressing the C-stick results in charging the smash. Some forward smashes can be angled in the same way forward tilts can. And, depending form the tilt, a different amount of damage will be dealt. An upward angled smash can deliver +2% damage than a regular smash, while a downward angled smash delivers -1% damage.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, one can play the game with 4 different controller setups. While the Wii Remote, the Wii Remote and the Nunchuk, GameCube Controller, and the Classic Controller all have control sticks to perform Smash attacks the standard way, when using the Wii Controller on its side, one must press the direction they are attacking and press both the 1 and 2 buttons at the same time. When attacks are charged in Brawl, characters now move while flashing as opposed to just freezing then unleashing the attack.
| Attacks in the Super Smash Bros. series | |
|---|---|
| Standard ground attacks | Neutral attack · Dash attack |
| Tilt attacks | Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Crouching attack |
| Smash attacks | Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash |
| Aerial attacks | Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial · Grab aerial · Glide attack |
| Throws | Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw |
| Get-up attacks | Floor attack · Edge attack |
| Special moves | Neutral special move · Side special move · Up special move · Down special move · Command-input move · Final Smash |
