Explosive is an attack type in the Super Smash Bros. series that encompasses explosion-based attacks.

Explosive attacks are boosted by Explosives Attack stickers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's The Subspace Emissary.

While explosive is separate to the effect flame, most explosive attacks also have the flame effect (although there are many flame attacks that are not explosive). In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Ivysaur's bulb blasts are the only fighter attack to be explosive without being flame, being Explosive/Grass instead.

List of explosive attacksEdit

By charactersEdit

Character Move Games
Banjo & Kazooie Rear Egg  
Bowser Jr. Abandon Ship! (Clown Kart explosion)   
Mechakoopa (explosion)
Meteor Ejection (Clown Kart explosion) (custom Abandon Ship!)  
Koopa Meteor (Clown Kart explosion) (custom Abandon Ship!)
Impatient Mechakoopa (explosion) (custom Mechakoopa)
Big Mechakoopa (explosion) (custom Mechakoopa)
Charizard Flare Blitz (explosion)   
Blast Burn (explosion) (custom Flare Blitz)  
Diddy Kong Peanut Popgun (overcharge)    
Rocketbarrel Boost (explosion)
Exploding Popgun (overcharge) (custom Peanut Popgun)  
Jumbo Peanuts (overcharge) (custom Peanut Popgun)
Rocketbarrel Attack (explosion) (custom Rocketbarrel Boost)
Rocketbarrel Kaboom (explosion) (custom Rocketbarrel Boost)
Rocketbarrel Barrage  
Duck Hunt Trick Shot (explosion)   
High-Explosive Shot (explosion) (custom Trick Shot)  
Zigzag Shot (explosion) (custom Trick Shot)
Greninja Exploding Attack (custom Substitute)  
Ike Eruption (excludes stage 1 tip)    
Furious Eruption  
Inkling Splat Bomb (explosion)  
Isabelle Lloid Trap (explosion, destroy)  
Ivysaur Up smash   
Up aerial
Down aerial
Joker Forward tilt (Arsene) (hit 2)  
King Dedede Inhale (eating an explosive)  
Kirby Inhale  
Jigglypuff Wakie Wakie (explosion) (custom Rest)  
Link Bomb   
Remote Bomb  
Mega Man Crash Bomber   
Down smash  
Danger Wrap (custom Crash Bomber)  
Mii Gunner Down tilt   
Up smash
Down smash
Floor attack
Grenade Launch
Stealth Burst
Bomb Drop (explosion)  
Gunner Missile
Pac-Man Dire Hydrant (custom Fire Hydrant)  
Palutena Explosive Flame   
Heavenly Light (custom Autoreticle)  
Rocket Jump (custom Warp)
Piranha Plant Back aerial  
Pyra Flame Nova (final hit)  
R.O.B. Up smash    
Neutral aerial
Back aerial
Down aerial
Ridley Forward smash  
Robin Neutral attack (hit 3)  
Arcfire
Arcfire+ (custom Arcfire)
Fire Wall (custom Arcfire)
RoyRoy,
Chrom 
Flare Blade   
SamusSamus,
Dark Samus 
Down tilt    
Up smash
Forward aerial
Sheik Vanish (disappear)    
Burst Grenade (explosion)   
Gravity Grenade (custom Burst Grenade)  
Skimming Grenade (explosion) (custom Burst Grenade)
Snake Forward smash   
Up smash (mortar)
Hand Grenade (explosion)
Remote Missile
C4
Covering Fire  
Grenade Launcher  
Steve TNT  
Terry Triple Wolf (Triple Geyser)  
Toon Link Bomb    
Villager Up smash (firework sparks)   
Lloid Rocket (explosion)
Extreme Balloon Trip (custom Balloon Trip)  
Liftoff Lloid (explosion) (custom Lloid Rocket)
Pushy Lloid (explosion) (custom Lloid Rocket)
Wario Chomp (eating an explosive)    
Inhaling Chomp (eating an explosive) (custom Chomp)  
Wii Fit Trainer Volatile Breathing (custom Deep Breathing)  
Young Link Bomb  
Zelda Din's Fire    
Din's Flare (custom Din's Fire)  
Din's Blaze (custom Din's Fire)

By itemsEdit

Item Games
Banana Gun (banana only)  
Blast Box    
Bob-omb    
Bombchu   
Containers (Barrels, Crates, Capsules and Party Balls) (has a random chance of exploding)    
Cracker Launcher shots  
Deku Nut    
Fake Smash Ball  
Gooey Bomb    
Hocotate Bomb   
Motion-Sensor Bomb    
Smart Bomb    
Warp Star (when hitting the ground after startup)    
X Bomb   

TriviaEdit

  • Despite their descriptions, the support spirit skill Fire & Explosion Attack ↑ and the spirit skill or trait Fire/Explosion Resist ↑ do not affect damage dealt by moves based on whether they are explosive, but rather based on whether they have the flame or darkness effect. However, due to almost all explosive moves having the flame effect, these spirits usually end up affecting explosive attacks anyway.