Down attack

A down attack in Super Smash Flash, called special attack within the How to Play section (not to be confused with an actual special attack), is an attack that is performed by pressing the attack button with putting the down key. The down attack is more or less an equivalent to the down special move found in the official Super Smash Bros. games as attacks within this range include close-ranged attacks that surround the character's frame, like 's Materia orbs, or launching attacks that directly make the character travel a far fixed distance, the most out of all the other attacks, like 's.

Unlike the other attacks in the game, some down attacks cannot be held indefinitely with the attack button and attempting to do so will make the character to perform their instead afterwards. However, finding and carrying an item makes it possible to hold these attacks indefinitely, as this is the only attack that is allowed to be used while holding an item.

List of down attacks
The following is a list of all the up attacks in SSF per character, adding a brief description, and explaining if the attack is a projectiles and characters can hold this attack to perform it again indefinitely

Whether or not the attack makes characters skid or get propelled forwards in a single use will be noted, as well. Characters whose down attacks propel them forwards are able to cancel their down aerial into a down attack instantly upon touching the ground while performing their down aerial.