Meteor smash

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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 series that possesses a very low knockback angle, hitting the opponent almost straight down on contact. In most cases, it can be meteor cancelled by jumping or by using a recovery move. If it cannot be cancelled, then it is a spike, which sends the opponent downwards until the hitstun wears off.

In Super Smash Flash

According to the How to Play tutorial, meteor smashes are present in Super Smash Flash. This, however, is something really difficult to perform as the physics are very different to the official Super Smash Bros. games and some are not a certainty. More often than not, the player initiating the move would risk getting KO'd themselves. However, with good timing, some of the down aerials, such as Lloyd's Rising Falcon or Fox's Fire Fox, are guaranteed to KO most opponents at very low percentages.

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.

List of meteor smashes by character

Character	Move	Notes
Bandana Dee	Down aerial	N/A
	Parasol Dive
Black Mage	Down aerial	N/A
Bowser	Down aerial	Must be sweetspotted at the move's last hit.
Captain Falcon	Down aerial	If the opponent touches his chest, they will be spiked instead.
	Raptor Boost	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	Down aerial only meteor smashes if sweetspotted.
	Falco Phantasm
	Down throw
Fox	Down aerial	N/A
	Down throw
Goku	Forward aerial	Goku's version only meteor smashes at its end whereas his Kaiō-ken variant does it at every point.
Ichigo	Down smash	Down smash only meteors on the first hit.
	Down aerial
	Gazan
Isaac	Down aerial	N/A
Kirby	Down aerial	Final Cutter only meteors on the second hit.
	Final Cutter
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 the down aerial cannot meteor smashes.
	Down aerial
	Gum-Gum Snap
Lucario	Down aerial	Down aerial only meteor smashes if sweetspotted at the first hit.
Luigi	Down aerial	Down aerial only meteor smashes if sweetspotted.
	Down taunt
Mario	Forward aerial	Only meteor smashes when sweetspotted.
Marth	Down aerial	Only the tipper can meteor smash.
	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
	Down throw
Naruto	Forward aerial	N/A
	Down tilt
	Down throw
Ness	Down aerial	Late hit does not meteor smash.
Peach	Down tilt	N/A
Pichu	Down aerial	N/A
	Thunder
	Pichu	Meteor smashes when angled downward.
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 aerial	Down smash only meteors on the first hit.
	Down smash
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	Up aerial meteor smashes on second hit.
	Down aerial	Down aerial must be Sweet spotted at the start of the attack to meteor smash.
	Down tilt	Down tilt meteor smashes at the last hit of the move.
Wario	Down aerial	Only as Wario-Man.
Yoshi	Forward aerial	N/A
	Down aerial
Zelda	Down aerial	Will only meteor when sweetspotted.
Zero Suit Samus	Down aerial	Plasma Wire only meteors on the third hit.
	Plasma Wire
	Flip Jump	Only meteor smashes in the clean hit.

List of meteor smashes by Assist trophy

Assist Trophy	Notes
Lakitu & Spinies	Only Spiny Eggs can meteor smash airborne opponents.

List of meteor smashes by Pokemon

Pokemon
Arceus
Garchomp
Metagross

Gallery

Screenshots

One of Zero Suit Samus' meteor smashes.

Sonic meteor smashing Mega Man with his forward aerial.

Captain Falcon meteor smashing Goku with his down aerial.