Hand Slap: Difference between revisions

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Donkey Kong delivers an earth-shaking series of slamming-slaps to the ground, sending nearby enemies skyward. It has considerable power, consistent and repetitive damage, and a very large [[quake]] hitbox that can punish [[roll]]s very effectively. Overall, it does 10% damage when fresh in ''SSB'', 11% in ''Melee'' and 14% in ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4''. In the former two games, the move has set knockback, but in ''Brawl'' onwards it has high base knockback with low knockback scaling, preventing it from acting as an effective KO attack; the slaps also cannot harm airborne opponents, impairing the attack's ability to potentially combo into itself.

This move is good against bosses, but only works on certain grounded ones. It is one of the few down special attacks in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series that can't be used in the air (up until ''Smash 4''), and in [[Super Smash Bros.|the original game]], it was the only special move to do so. When used on a platform, enemies can also pass through the attack unharmed it they don't land on it, due to it being a quake attack.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', Donkey Kong can now use the move in midair, causing him to slap down twice below himself. It does 11% and meteor smashes opponents hit with the second slap, which can however be difficult to connect. The grounded version of Hand Slap now also does plenty of shield damage, shattering full shields in 3 hits.

# '''Focused Slap''': The shock waves are smaller, but opponents will be [[paralyze]]d by both hits and launched by the second hit. Deals 21% damage with high vertical knockback, KOing {{SSB4|Mario}} from the center of {{SSB4|Final Destination}} at 73% with no [[rage]] and at 54% with full rage. The aerial version does 19% damage, has powerful horizontal knockback and is not a meteor smash. The aerial version also paralyzes with both hits and launches opponents with the second one.

# '''Hot Slap''': Creates flame pillars that can hit opponents in the air. Has less range than normal, but has less start-up, does 19% damage and has good horizontal knockback, KOing Mario from the center of Final Destination at 124% with no rage and at 80% with full rage. The aerial version does 10% damage, has moderate horizontal knockback and does not meteor smash.

The Hand Slap originated in ''{{s|dkwiki|Donkey Kong Country}}'', where Donkey Kong can use it to defeat enemies and to uncover items hidden into the ground. In the source games, however, DK hits the ground once with each hand each time. The animation from ''Smash 64'' borrows from the original animation, where DK slightly hops and successively slaps both hands onto the ground. Starting in ''Melee'', he instead alternates slapping the ground with each hand without hopping.

The move later appears in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', as well as ''{{s|dkwiki|Donkey Kong Country Returns}}'', also on Wii, and ''{{s|dkwiki|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze}}'' on Wii U.

 

*In ''Smash 64'', if a player in {{SSB|Dream Land}} stands below a Level 9 [[AI|CPU]] Donkey Kong standing on a platform, it will continuously use Hand Slap and won't stop until the player moves from beneath it.

File:Hand Slap SSB.png|Hand Slap in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''

File:Ssb64donkeykong.jpg|Artwork of Hand Slap in the ''Super Smash Bros. 64'' instruction manual.

File:Hand Slap Melee.png|Hand Slap in ''Melee''.

File:Slap.jpg|Hand Slap in ''Brawl''.

File:DKHandSlapSSB4.jpg|Hand Slap in {{for3ds}}.

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