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

Waluigi meteor canceling Sandbag's down smash.
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 |
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Bandana Dee | Down aerial | N/A |
Bowser | Down aerial | Only the last hit will meteor smash. |
Captain Falcon | 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 | Falco Phantasm | N/A |
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 meteors on the first hit. |
Down aerial | ||
Gazan | ||
Isaac | Down aerial | N/A |
Kirby | 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. |
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. |
Luigi | Down aerial only meteor smashes when the sweetspot at Luigi's upper body connects. | |
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 | N/A | |
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 | |
Up tilt | ||
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. | |
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 #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 | Plasma Wire only meteors on the third hit. | |
Plasma Wire | ||
Flip Jump | Only meteor smashes in the clean hit. |
Items
Item | Hitbox |
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Pitfall | All hitboxes |
Yellow Shell |
Assist Trophy
Assist Trophy | Notes |
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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 |
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Master Hand | Drill | N/A |
Crush | Will bury grounded opponents, instead of meteor smashing them. |
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