Wind

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For other instances of the term, see Wind (disambiguation).

Wind is an aesthetic and physical element that appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. 4. Wind, in a literal sense, can be seen on stages such as Dream Land in the form of Whispy Woods' breath, where its blowing will affect the models of certain characters. For example, Zelda's hair will appear to be blowing about in the wind while Link's hat will point in the opposite direction of the wind. Certain attacks, such as explosions, create temporary blasts of wind, as well as several pushing and vacuuming attacks.

Wind is also present in some stages of the Subspace Emissary. Headwinds make it more difficult to progress through a stage, as characters will pushed backwards, while tailwinds force the character to progress much faster, but requires faster reactions.

Pushing Attacks

Pushing is a common side effect in Brawl for many attacks, such as the Water Gun and F.L.U.D.D.. This causes characters, as well as certain items, to be gently pushed away from the source of the attack. Most push attacks work on both airborne and standing opponents, while characters hanging from edges are not affected. It is usually much more difficult to fight pushing than pulling.

From a physics standpoint, pushing is simply knockback without flinching. Because of this, it can KO characters and its overall effectiveness is affected by the damage ratio. Mr. Game & Watch's up air windbox with a damage ratio of 2.0 will likely KO characters over the upper blast line.

Push attacks can also cancel knockback. A character knocked towards a source of pushing will begin to tumble as if he or she has been footstolled.

Sources of pushing include:

Characters:

• F.L.U.D.D.
• Water Gun when charged up.
• Hydro Pump
• Tempest, a custom varaint of his Eruption
• PSI Magnet, upon ending the move.
• Gale Boomerang at the edge of its range.
• down aerial, when it pierces the ground.
• The tail portion of PK Thunder
• up aerial.
• Skull Barrier, a custom variant of his Leaf Shield.
• Puff Up (if foe is close to its body)
• Vanish upon reappearing.
• Wings of Icarus just as the move is initiated.
• The firefighters on either side of Fire, while he is being launched into the air.
• down tilt
• up aerial.
• the end of his rapid jab.
• the end of his rapid jab.
• the end of Angel Ring.
• Breezy Flight, a custom variant of Power of Flight
• Breezy Flight, a custom variant of Power of Flight
• Forward smash
• Down smash
• Heavenly Light
• KO Uppercut.
• The water of Fire Hydrant.
• Laser Blaze.
• Gale Strike.
• Storm Punch, a custom variant of his Giant Punch
• Storm Thurst. A custom variant of Shield Breaker
• Storm Thurst. A custom variant of Shield Breaker
• Gust Cape, a variant of Cape
• Breezy Sheet, a variant of Super Sheet
• Air Cannon, a custom variant of his Clown Cannon.
• Mach Cyclone, a custom variant of Luigi Cyclone (all hits exept the final hit)
• Soaring Tornado, a custom variant of Dr. Tornado
• Clothesline Cyclone, a custom variant Luigi Cyclone
• Clothesline Tornado, a custom varaint of Dr. Tornado
• the vortex of Turbulent Bomb, a custom variant of Bowser Bomb.
• Explosive Blaster, a custom variant of his Blaster.
• Finishing Touch.
• Luma Shot (when she twirls her wand to call back Luma).
• Dash Counter, a custom variant of his Slip Counter.
• Big Reflector, the custom variation of his Reflector.
• Jolt Haymaker
• Falcon Kick Fury, a custom variation of his Falcon Kick.

Items:

• Gust Bellows

Pokémon:

• Kyogre's Hydro Pump
• Latios and Latias move at a high speed when using Steel Wing, and as they travel, they leave behind pockets of wind that can carry (push) opponents.

Others:

• Certain boss attacks.
• Borboras
• Master Hand (Smash 4 only)
• Whispy Woods
• PAC-LAND's Fire Hydrants

Pulling attacks

Conversely, pulling or vacuuming attacks (such as Inhale) causes characters, as well as certain items, to be gently pulled toward the source of vacuum. Some kinds of vacuum only work on standing opponents, while others work on opponents in midair. Characters hanging from ledges are not affected by this. It is fairly easy to fight the vacuum's pull.

When Ganondorf's up tilt is used on a Rolling Crate, the vacuum created by the move will cause the crate to move at incredible speed. A vacuum effect can be used to free another character from Ike's Great Aether and Link and Toon Link's Triforce Slash.

Sources of pulling include:

Characters:

• Ganondorf's up tilt (excluding Melee).
• Kirby and King Dedede's Inhale.
• Zero Laser.
• Wario-Man's up smash.
• Power Suit Samus.
• Waddle Dee Army.
• Aura Storm
• Link's Gale Boomerang on the way back to Link.
• The vortex of Sheik's Burst Grenade explosion.
• Konga Beat (weaker shockwaves)
• King Dedede when using Waddle Dee Army.
• The suction portion of Dedede Burst.
• Cook Kirby
• The suction portion of Poltergust 5000
• Ryu's Shinku Hadoken.
• The "catch" portion of Rosalina & Luma's Catch and Release and Guardian Luma (only on items), a custom variant of her Gravitational Pull.
• Ness's PSI Vacuum, a custom variant of his PSI Magnet
• Donkey Kong's Kong Cyclone, a custom variant of his Spinning Kong.
• Wii Fit Trainer's Hoop Hurricane, a custom variant of his/her Super Hoop.
• Zelda's Nayru's Passion, a custom variant of Nayru's Love.
• Robin's Goetia, a custom variation of Nosferatu.
• Lucario's Snaring Aura Sphere, a custom variation of his Aura Sphere.
• Mega Man's up smash.
• Pac Man's Enticing Power Pellet, a custom variant of his Power Pellet.

Pokémon:

• Deoxys's Hyper Beam.
• Latios and Latias
• Darkrai's Dark Void attack.

Others:

• Certain boss attacks, such as Galleom's spinning attack or Master Hand's Drill.
• Unira

Items affected by both pushing^{[citation needed]} and pulling are:

• All Containers including Sandbag
• All Explosive items except Motion-Sensor Bombs
• Unira
• Soccer Ball
• Metal Box
• Deku Nut
• Freezie
• Green Shell
• Mr. Saturn
• R.O.B.'s Gyro
• Beetle

Subspace Emissary stages with wind

• The Wilds (Part II)
• Portions of Ridley Battle
• Meta Ridley battle
• Battleship Halberd Exterior

Stages in Brawl with wind

• Pirate Ship
• Pokémon Stadium 2 (Flying)
• Spear Pillar
• Summit
• PictoChat

Stages in Smash 4 with wind

3DS

• Paper Mario (first area only)
• Dream Land (SSB)

Wii U

• Pokémon Stadium 2 (Flying)
• Dream Land (SSB)