Neutral special move

Captain Falcon's neutral special move, Falcon Punch in Brawl.

Charizard's Flamethrower.

The neutral special move (also known as standard special move, neutral B, standard B, B move or simply B) is a special attack performed by pressing the special move button without holding a direction on the control stick. As the original Super Smash Bros. lacks side special moves, neutral specials can also be used if the stick is tilted sideways; with the introduction of side specials in Melee, some characters' neutral specials were changed to be side specials, with a new neutral special taking their place.

The majority of neutral specials are either a projectile or a strong single-hit attack that may be chargeable (and sometimes both). If a character has a single projectile, it is most likely to be their neutral special. Neutral specials also tend to not move the character.

Reverse neutral special move

Mewtwo reversing his direction in mid air.

A reverse neutral special move allows a character in mid-air to use a neutral special in the opposite direction that they're facing. This requires a different method than simply holding backward and pressing 'B', as this would activate the side special move. Instead, one must tap the control stick in that direction and allow it to return to its neutral position before pressing 'B'.

In Melee and Brawl, the player can perform a reverse neutral special move by tapping the control stick in the opposite direction they are facing right after they press 'B'.

List of neutral special moves

Character	Neutral Special Move	Custom Special Moves
Bowser	Fire Breath	Custom 1: Fire Shot
		Custom 2: Fire Roar
Bowser Jr.	Clown Cannon	Custom 1: Piercing Cannon
		Custom 2: Air Cannon
Captain Falcon	Falcon Punch	Custom 1: Falcon Dash Punch
		Custom 2: Mightly Falcon Punch
Charizard	Flamethrower	Custom 1: Fire Fang
		Custom 2: Fireball Cannon
Dark Pit	Silver Bow	Custom 1: Piercing Bow
		Custom 2: Guiding Bow
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun	Custom 1: Exploding Popgun
		Custom 2: Jumbo Peanuts
Donkey Kong	Giant Punch	Custom 1: Storm Punch
		Custom 2: Lightning Punch
Dr. Mario	Megavitamins	Custom 1: Fast Capsule
		Custom 2: Mega Capsule
Duck Hunt	Trick Shot	Custom 1: High-Explosive Shot
		Custom 2: Zigzag Shot
Falco	Blaster	Custom 1: Explosive Blaster
		Custom 2: Burst Blaster
Fox	Blaster	Custom 1: Impact Blaster
		Custom 2: Charge Blaster
Ganondorf	Warlock Punch	Custom 1: Warlock Blade
		Custom 2: Warlock Thrust
Greninja	Water Shuriken	Custom 1: Stagnant Shuriken
		Custom 2: Shifting Shuriken
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot	N/A
Ike	Eruption	Custom 1: Tempest
		Custom 2: Furious Eruption
Ivysaur	Bullet Seed	N/A
Jigglypuff	Pound	Click here.
	Rollout	Custom 1: Relentless Rollout
		Custom 2: Raging Rollout
King Dedede	Inhale	Custom 1: Dedede Storm
		Custom 2: Taste Test
Kirby	Inhale	Custom 1: Ice Breath
		Custom 2: Jumping Inhale
Link	Boomerang	Click here.
	Bow	N/A
	Hero's Bow	Custom 1: Power Bow
		Custom 2: Quickfire Bow
Little Mac	Straight Lunge	Custom 1: Flaming Straight Lunge
		Custom 2: Stunning Straight Lunge
Lucario	Aura Sphere	Custom 1: Snaring Aura Sphere
		Custom 2: Piercing Aura Sphere
Lucas	PK Freeze	Custom 1: ???
		Custom 2: ???
Lucina	Shield Breaker	Custom 1: Storm Thrust
		Custom 2: Dashing Assault
Luigi	Fireball	Custom 1: Bouncing Fireball
		Custom 2: Iceball
Mario		Custom 1: Fast Fireball
		Custom 2: Fire Orb
Marth	Shield Breaker	Custom 1: Storm Thrust
		Custom 2: Dashing Assault
Mega Man	Metal Blade	Custom 1: Hyper Bomb
		Custom 2: Shadow Blade
Meta Knight	Mach Tornado	Custom 1: Entangling Tornado
		Custom 2: Dreadful Tornado
Mewtwo	Shadow Ball	Custom 1: ???
		Custom 2: ???
Mii Brawler	Shot Put	Custom 2: Ultimate Uppercut
		Custom 3: Exploding Side Kick
Mii Gunner	Charge Blast	Custom 2: Laser Blaze
		Custom 3: Grenade Launch
Mii Swordfighter	Gale Strike	Custom 2: Shuriken of Light
		Custom 3: Blade Flurry
Mr. Game & Watch	Chef	Custom 1: XXL Chef
		Custom 2: Short-Order Chef
Ness	PK Fire	Click here.
	PK Flash	Custom 1: Rising PK Flash
		Custom 2: PK Freeze
Olimar	Pikmin Pluck	Custom 1: Hardy Pikmin Pluck
		Custom 2: Explosive Pluck
Pac-Man	Bonus Fruit	Custom 1: Freaky Fruit
		Custom 2: Lazy Fruit
Palutena	Autoreticle	Custom 1: Explosive Flame
		Custom 2: Heavenly Light
Peach	Toad	Custom 1: Sleepy Toad
		Custom 2: Grumpy Toad
Pichu	Thunder Jolt	N/A
Pikachu		Custom 1: Thunder Wave
		Custom 2: Thunder Shock
Pit	Palutena's Bow	Custom 1: Piercing Bow
		Custom 2: Guiding Bow
R.O.B.	Robo Beam	Custom 1: Wide-Angle Beam
		Custom 2: Infinite Robo Beam
Robin	Thunder	Custom 1: Thunder+
		Custom 2: Speed Thunder
Rosalina	Luma Shot	Custom 1: Luma Warp
		Custom 2: Power Luma Shot
Roy	Flare Blade	N/A
Samus	Charge Shot	Custom 1: Dense Charge Shot
		Custom 2: Melee Charge Shot
Sheik	Needle Storm	Custom 1: Penetrating Needles
		Custom 2: Paralyzing Needle
Shulk	Monado Arts	Custom 1: Decisive Monado Arts
		Custom 2: Hyper Monado Arts
Solid Snake	Hand Grenade	N/A
Sonic	Homing Attack	Custom 1: Stomp
		Custom 2: Surprise Attack
Squirtle	Water Gun	N/A
Toon Link	Hero's Bow	Custom 1: Fire Arrow
		Custom 2: Quickfire Bow
Villager	Pocket	Custom 1: Garden
		Custom 2: Pocket Plus
Wario	Chomp	Custom 1: Inhaling Chomp
		Custom 2: Garlic Breath
Wii Fit Trainer	Sun Salutation	Custom 1: Enriched Sun Salutation
		Custom 2: Sweeping Sun Salutation
Wolf	Blaster	N/A
Yoshi	Egg Lay	Custom 1: Lick
		Custom 2: Egg Launch
Young Link	Fire Bow	N/A
Zelda	Nayru's Love	Custom 1: Nayru's Rejection
		Custom 2: Nayru's Passion
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer	Custom 1: Blast Shot
		Custom 2: Electromagnetic Net