Meteor smash

Not to be confused with Spike, a similar type of attack whose knockback cannot be meteor cancelled.

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. Unlike spikes, these can be meteor cancelled, as explained below.

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 down aerial 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.

Meteor canceling

Meteor canceling, also known as meteor cancelling, is the process of cancelling the reeling and knockback applied to a player after getting hit by a meteor smash, by pressing the jump button. If the player still has midair jumps left, they will instantly midair jump. Otherwise, nothing will happen. From Beta 1.2.3.1 onwards, characters can also meteor cancel by performing their up special move.

Meteor cancelling as a whole was introduced in v0.8a of the demo, and this mechanic is what differentiates meteor smashes from spikes.

List of meteor smashes

Characters

Character	Move	Notes
Bandana Dee	Down aerial	N/A
Bowser	Down aerial	Only the last hit will meteor smash.
Captain Falcon	Down aerial	Will instead spike opponents who get hit by his chest.
Captain Falcon	Raptor Boost	Must be used in the air to meteor smash.
Chibi-Robo	Down aerial	N/A
Chibi-Robo	Giga-Robo	N/A
Donkey Kong	Forward aerial	Forward aerial only meteor smashes if sweetspotted.
	Down aerial
	Headbutt
Falco	Falco Phantasm	N/A
Falco	Down throw
Fox	Down throw
Ganondorf	Up tilt	Up tilt will only meteor smash when sour spotted and not held.
Ganondorf	Down aerial
Ichigo	Down smash	Down smash only meteors 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 meteors at the startup hit.
Krystal	Staff Rocket Boost	Staff Rocket Boost only meteors at the startup hit.
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.
Luigi	Down aerial	Down aerial only meteor smashes when the sweetspot at Luigi's upper body connects.
Luigi	Down 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	N/A
Mr. Game & Watch	Down throw
Naruto	Forward aerial
	Down tilt
	Down throw
Ness	Down aerial	Late hit does not meteor smash.
Peach	Down tilt	N/A
Pichu	Down aerial
	Thunder
	Agility	Only meteor smashes when angled downward or diagonally downwards.
Pit	Down aerial	Can meteor smash at the bottom of the hitbox.
Ryu		Meteor smashes if Ryu's fist connects with opponents.
Samus		N/A
Samus	Up tilt	N/A
Sandbag	Down smash	Only meteors on the first hit.
	Capsule Spawn	Can spawn a Pitfall or a Yellow Shell from his Capsule, both of which will bury grounded opponents.
	Standard taunt	N/A
Simon	Down aerial	Only meteor smashes if sweetpotted.
Sonic	Forward aerial	Both moves must be sweetspotted in order to meteor.
Sonic	Down aerial	Both moves must be sweetspotted in order to meteor.
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 #5	Will bury grounded opponents, instead of meteor smashing them.
Wario	Down aerial	Only as Wario-Man.
Yoshi	Forward aerial	N/A
Yoshi	Down aerial	N/A
Zelda	Down tilt	Both attacks will only meteor when sweetspotted.
Zelda	Down aerial	Both attacks will only meteor when sweetspotted.
Zero Suit Samus	Down aerial	Plasma Wire only meteors on the third hit.
	Plasma Wire	Plasma Wire only meteors on the third hit.
	Flip Jump	Only meteor smashes in the clean hit.