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Kirby with a flower ailment in SSB4.

Flower is a special condition that forms a flower on a character's head. Some items, like the Lip's Stick, can put a flower on the foe's head. The flower will continuously deal damage (1% about two or three times a second). The bigger the flower is, the faster it deals damage, and the longer it takes to get it to fall off. The flower can be manually removed by button mashing. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Alloys are immune to flowering.

Causes of Flowering

  • Lip's Stick - the most common item that causes flowering. When this item is used on an opposing character, a small flower will form on that player's head. The flower will grow in size if the character with the Lip's Stick continuously hits the other character who has the flower on their head.
  • Togepi's "Leech Seed" - one of the moves Togepi can perform with its Metronome move is Leech Seed. When Togepi uses Leech Seed, a flower will form on all the opponents' heads in that attack's radius.
  • Crazy Hand has an attack in which he grabs the player and squeezes them. When the player is released, a flower is present on their head. He also has a attack in which he rips the fabric of space, revealing a vortex, getting pulled in the vortex causes the Flower effect for a few seconds.
  • Flowering is one of the many negative effects that can affect fighters trapped in Luigi's Brawl Final Smash, Negative Zone.
  • In Brawl and Smash 4, Jigglypuff's Rest attack plants a flower on the target's head, in addition to doing damage.
  • A condition can be set in Special Brawl for all fighters to permanently have flowers on their heads.
  • Garden, a variation of Villager's neutral special move, Pocket, plants a flower on the head of someone caught in the vortex of the move. It disappears almost immediately.
  • Rose-Scented Waft, a variation of Wario's down special move, Wario Waft, plants a flower on whoever gets hit with it. The flower will grow every time an enemy is hit with this attack.
  • Flower Bomber, a variation of Peach's side special move, Peach Bomber, plants a flower on whoever gets hit with it. The flower will grow every time an that enemy is hit with this attack.