
Mario meteor smashing Bowser with his forward aerial.
A meteor smash is an attack in in the Super Smash Bros. series and Super Smash Flash 2 series that possesses a knockback angle of between 250° and 290°, hitting the opponent almost straight down on contact. Due to their especially low angles, they are most commonly used to KO offstage opponents or extend combos. Unlike spikes, these can be meteor canceled.
Meteor canceling[]

Waluigi meteor canceling Sandbag's down smash.
Meteor canceling is the process of canceling the reeling and knockback applied to a player after getting hit by a meteor smash by jumping or using an up special move. This can be performed at least 10 frames after hitlag ends.
List of meteor smashes[]
Characters[]
Character | Move | Notes |
---|---|---|
Bandana Dee | Down aerial | N/A |
Parasol Dive | Only the last hit will meteor smash. | |
Black Mage | Down aerial | Will only meteor smash during the early hit and when Death is summoned. |
Bowser | Down aerial | Only the last hit will meteor smash. |
Captain Falcon | Down aerial | Will instead spike opponents who get hit by his chest. |
Raptor Boost | Must be used in the air to meteor smash. | |
Chibi-Robo | Down aerial | N/A |
Giga-Robo | ||
Donkey Kong | Forward aerial | Forward aerial only meteor smashes if sweetspotted. |
Down aerial | ||
Headbutt | ||
Falco | Down aerial | N/A |
Falco Phantasm | ||
Down throw | ||
Fox | Down throw | |
Ganondorf | Up tilt | Up tilt will only meteor smash when sour spotted and not held. |
Down aerial | ||
Ichigo | Down smash | Down smash only meteor smashes on the first hit. |
Down aerial | ||
Gazan | ||
Isaac | Down aerial | N/A |
Kirby | Down aerial | N/A |
Inhale | Can copy Capsule Spawn and Waluigi Dice. | |
Final Cutter | The first and third hits of the attack will not meteor smash. | |
Krystal | Down aerial | Staff Rocket Boost only meteor smashes at the startup hit. |
Staff Rocket Boost | ||
Link | Down tilt | N/A |
Luffy | Forward aerial | The late hit of down aerial cannot meteor smash. |
Down aerial | ||
Gum-Gum Snap | ||
Back throw | ||
Lucario | Down aerial | Will only meteor smash if sweetspotted at the first hit. |
Extreme Speed | Will only meteor smash if aimed downwards. | |
Luigi | Down aerial | Down aerial only meteor smashes when the sweetspot at Luigi's upper body connects. |
Down/Up taunt | ||
Marth | Dancing Blade | The up and down variations of the third slash can meteor smash. |
Mega Man | Down aerial | Must be sweetspotted in order to meteor smash. |
Mr. Game & Watch | Down aerial | The late hit does not meteor smash. |
Down throw | N/A | |
Naruto | Forward aerial | |
Down tilt | ||
Down throw | ||
Ness | Down aerial | The late hit does not meteor smash. |
Peach | Down tilt | N/A |
Pichu | Down aerial | |
Thunder | ||
Pit | Down aerial | Can meteor smash at the bottom of the hitbox. |
Ryu | Down aerial | Meteor smashes if Ryu's fist connects with opponents. |
Samus | Down aerial | N/A |
Up tilt | ||
Sandbag | Down smash | Only meteor smashes on the first hit. |
Capsule Spawn | Can spawn a Pitfall or a Yellow Shell from his Capsule, both of which will bury grounded opponents. | |
Side taunt | N/A | |
Simon | Down aerial | Only meteor smashes if sweetpotted. |
Sonic | Forward aerial | Both moves must be sweetspotted in order to meteor. |
Down aerial | ||
Sora | Flowmotion | The down variation can meteor smash. |
Tails | Down aerial | N/A |
Waluigi | Up aerial | Only meteor smashes on second hit. |
Down aerial | Must be sweetspotted at the start of the move in order to meteor smash. | |
Down tilt | Meteor smashes at the last hit of the move. | |
Waluigi Dice | Occurs only when rolling a 5. Will bury grounded opponents, instead of meteor smashing them. | |
Wario | Down aerial | Only as Wario-Man. |
Yoshi | Forward aerial | N/A |
Down aerial | ||
Zelda | Down tilt | Both attacks will only meteor when sweetspotted. |
Down aerial | ||
Zero Suit Samus | Down aerial | N/A |
Plasma Wire | Only meteor smashes on the third hit. | |
Flip Jump | Only meteor smashes in the clean hit. |
Items[]
Item | Hitbox |
---|---|
Pitfall | All hitboxes |
Yellow Shell |
Assist Trophy[]
Assist Trophy | Notes |
---|---|
Lakitu & Spinies | Only Spiny Eggs can meteor smash airborne opponents. |
Poké Ball[]
Pokémon | Move |
---|---|
Arceus | Judgement |
Garchomp | Draco Meteor |
Metagross | Earthquake |
Boss[]
Boss | Move | Notes |
---|---|---|
Master Hand | Drill | N/A |
Crush | Will bury grounded opponents, instead of meteor smashing them. |
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
One of Zero Suit Samus' meteor smashes, on Final Destination.
Zelda hitting Pichu with her down tilt on Palutena's Shrine.
Link meteor smashing Falco via his down tilt.
Trivia[]
- Although the How to Play tutorial in Super Smash Flash states that meteor smashes are present, meteor canceling is absent from the game, making every down aerial able to spike opponents rather than meteor smash them.