Paralyze

Pit is paralyzed by Zero Suit Samus' Paralyzer.

For the effect causing characters to be dazed for a period of time, see Stun.

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Debuting in Brawl, there are a few attacks in the Smash Bros. series that can cause the rare paralyze effect. Targets hit by these attacks will be frozen in place for a short period of time, shaking back and forth, before taking knockback. The duration that the paralysis lasts for depends on how much knockback the move will do, and a unique paralysis multiplier attached to each paralyzing move. As such, moves that have knockback scaling (rather than fixed knockback like Zero Suit Samus's Paralyzer) will paralyze the opponent for longer as their percent increases. There is also a cap on how long a player can be paralyzed for. The user of the paralyzing effect can follow up with a smash attack or other powerful move during the paralysis, making the effect very strong. Repeatedly using a paralyzing attack will not increase the duration of the effect. This is often confused with the electric and stun effects.

The vast majority of paralyzing attacks are either Final Smashes, custom moves, or the effects of certain items or Smash Run enemies. Extremely few standard characters' moves can paralyze.

This is the only status that can affect other things besides characters, like items, causing them to shake.

List of paralyzing attacks

By characters

Character	Move(s)	Games
Captain Falcon	Lightning Falcon Kick (side hitboxes, landing)
Corrin	Dragon Fang Shot
Dark Pit	Dark Pit Staff (trapping hit)
Donkey Kong	Focused Slap (both hits, both on the ground and in the air)
Ganondorf	Beast Ganon (trapping hit)
Greninja	Secret Ninja Attack (trapping hit)
Ike	Paralyzing Counter
Kirby	Ultra Sword (first trapping hit)
Kirby (Copy Abilities)	Dragon Fang Shot
	Bonus Fruit (bell)
	Paralyzer
Link	Triforce Slash (trapping hit)
Little Mac	Stunning Straight Lunge
Lucario	Stunning Double Team
Pac-Man	Bonus Fruit (bell)
	Lazy Fruit (bell)
Pikachu	Thunder Wave
R.O.B.	Super Diffusion Beam (second-last hit)
Robin	Pair Up (Chrom's trapping dash)
Toon Link	Triforce Slash (trapping hit)
Sheik	Light Arrow (trapping hit)
	Paralyzing Needle
Zelda	Light Arrow (trapping hit)
Zero Suit Samus	Down smash
	Paralyzer
	Electromagnetic Net

By items

Item	Attack	Games
Assist Trophies	Starman: PK Beam γ and PK Beam Ω
Poké Ball Pokémon	Spewpa: Stun Spore

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss	Attack(s)	Games
Devil Car	Paralyzing fumes
Kihunter	Acid
Red Bubble	Ramming into the player
Starman	PK Beam γ and PK Beam Ω

By stage hazards

Stage	Attack	Games
Mute City (SSB4)	Racers that touch the track boundaries occasionally get shocked, which paralyzes anyone on them.
Orbital Gate Assault	Orbital Gate's Force Field
Gamer	5-Volt
Midgar	Electricfied platforms