From the trailer.
Villager burying Mario and Bowser in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
For more detail on the status condition caused by moves with the bury effect, see buried.

Bury is an attack effect in the Super Smash Bros. series that debuted in Super Smash Bros. Melee and has appeared in every subsequent game. Grounded fighters hit by a bury attack are buried for an amount of time based on the victim's total damage; non-grounded fighters hit by a bury attack instead take knockback as usual.

Bury hitboxes are weight independent and ignore all forms of armor.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Support Spirit skill Bury Immunity prevents the equipped fighter from being buried, but does not affect the damage it takes from bury attacks (except Pitfalls, which instead have no effect).

Bury attacks typically meteor smash airborne opponents, often giving them good edgeguarding abilities. This is solely a design convention and is not a property of the bury effect.

PlungeEdit

Plunge is an attack effect similar to the bury effect that also causes victims to become buried. However, if an opponent standing on a soft platform is hit by a plunge attack, instead of being buried they briefly have the appearance of being buried before falling straight down.

The plunge effect is exclusive to the Pitfall item, and in Ultimate, the traps dug by Shovel Knight.

List of burying attacksEdit

By charactersEdit

Character Move(s) Games
Banjo & Kazooie Down throw  
Bowser Jr. Grounding Dash  
Charizard Sinking Skull
Donkey Kong Headbutt     
Jumping Headbutt  
Stubborn Headbutt
Ganondorf Beast Ganon (initial stomp)   
Giga Bowser Down tilt (first hit; grounded opponents)
Dash attack (second hit)
Down throw (on bystanders)
Inkling Splat Roller  
King Dedede Super Dedede Jump (descent)   
Quick Dedede Jump (falldown before landing)  
King K. Rool Down tilt  
Down throw
Kirby Grounding Stone  
Little Mac Grounding Blow
Luigi Burial Header
Mii Brawler Head-On Assault
Mr. Game & Watch Down smash (hammers)  
Olimar End of Day (the ship as it appears)    
Pac-Man Meteor Trampoline  
R.O.B. Down throw  
Sonic Hammer Spin Dash  
Villager Down smash   
Wario Burying Bike  
Wii Fit Trainer Neutral attack (third hit)   
Zero Suit Samus Flip Jump
Low Flip  

By itemsEdit

Item Attack Games
Assist Trophies Waluigi: stomps    
Poké Ball Pokémon Ditto: Transform (if the summoner possesses burying attacks)  
Metagross: Earthquake    
Togepi: Metronome (Magnitude)     

By enemies and bossesEdit

Enemy/Boss Attack(s) Games
Bulborb Jumping backwards, rump-first  
Crazy Hand Fake-out slap   
Master Hand
Galleom Stomping Jump   
Double Arm Press  
Trample (center)
Ticken Falling attack  

By stagesEdit

Enemy/Boss Attack(s) Games
WarioWare, Inc. "Crack Down" and "Sole Man" microgames    
PictoChat 2 The "boots" transformation buries players it steps on   

GalleryEdit

TriviaEdit

  • Despite Lucas's down throw showing the opponent embedded in the ground in SSB4 and Ultimate, this is purely aesthetic and does not use the bury effect or cause the buried condition. Even fighters with a Bury Immunity Spirit and grabable Assist Trophies will be shown embedded in the ground, despite being unable to be buried.
  • When the bury effect was introduced in Melee, it was exclusively used for two attacks, Donkey Kong's Headbutt and Togepi's Magnitude.
    • Subsequently, Donkey Kong has the distinction of being the only character to have always had a bury attack in every game since the effect's introduction.