Meteor smash

A meteor smash is an attack in in the  series and Super Smash Flash 2 series that possesses a very low knockback angle, hitting the opponent almost straight down on contact. They can be meteor cancelled, usually by jumping or by using a recovery move.

In Super Smash Flash
Although the How to Play tutorial states that meteor smashes are present in Super Smash Flash, meteor canceling is absent from the game, making every able to spike opponents, not meteor smash them.

In Super Smash Flash 2
The physics of Super Smash Flash 2 are changed to make them similar to the Super Smash Bros. games. Meteor smashes are easy to perform on this game but still require good timing to be performed correctly. The information on the section below is subject to change.

Trivia

 * 's down aerial, in its coding, contains a variable disabling meteor cancelling, effectively turning the move into a spike. The variable does not actually work, however.