Fox reflecting a thrown Capsule in Brawl.

Reflection is a phenomenon wherein one fighter gains control of an opponent's projectile and uses it as their own attack. Most but not all projectiles reverse direction upon being reflected, sending them back to their original users.

Properties

To be reflected, a projectile must come into contact with an attack or object that reflects, such as the aptly-named Reflector, Ness's forward smash, or a character wearing a Franklin Badge. Most reflectors increase the damage done by projectiles, as well as the speed at which they travel back, and can also change their remaining active period (lifespan) to further adjust how much effective distance they can cover. Reflected projectiles also change ownership from the original user to the reflector, damaging the original user if they are hit. Projectiles can be reflected in any direction, and can be reflected multiple times to multiplicatively increase the damage dealt. A projectile can theoretically be reflected an infinite amount of times as long as it is active and will change ownership every time, though most reflecting attacks can only reflect projectiles up to a certain damage threshold before some kind of counter-measure activates. Repeatedly reflecting the same projectile will also stack speed multipliers, but will not stack lifespan multipliers, with the projectile instead using the multiplier of the last used reflector.

In Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, if a projectile is too strong for a reflector, the reflector breaks as if it was a shield and stuns the user. From Super Smash Bros. Brawl onward, the projectile simply ignores the reflector and hits the user. In the case of Ness's or Lucas's forward smash, should the overpowered projectile collide with the move's hitbox without striking the user, they undergo a proportionally-substantial amount of lag due to being outprioritized.

Reflectors are generally very useful moves, as they help prevent projectile camping and spamming. As such, characters with reliable reflectors tend to have better matchups against characters that rely upon projectiles, such as Samus, than those who lack a reliable reflector.

In addition to the above, Villager and Isabelle are able to grab projectiles and items and store them for later use via their neutral special move, Pocket. While not strictly a reflector, retrieved projectiles have their damage increased by 1.9×, much like the damage multipliers used by reflectors.

In Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, projectiles can only be reflected up to 7 times before disappearing. Additionally, in Ultimate, a visual indicator in the form of a flashing blue hexagon (akin to Fox's Reflector) is displayed when a projectile is reflected.

In Spirit Battles, damage dealt by reflected projectiles is increased by the "Reflect-Damage Buffed" rule, often accompanied by the "All fighters' reflected projectiles have increased power" condition.

List of reflectors

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Reflectors only available as custom moves are in italics.

User	Move	Damage multiplier	Speed multiplier	Lifespan multiplier	Max damage reflectable
All characters	Powershield [1]	0.5	1	1	—
	Perfect Shield Reflect [2]	1.2	1.5	2[3]	—
Bayonetta	Witch Time [4][5][6]	1	1	1	—
Dark Pit	Electroshock Arm[7]	1	1	1	50
	Electrocut Arm[7]	1	1		50
	Quickshock Arm[7]	1.3	1		50
	Guardian Orbitars	1.5	1.7	0.7	50
	Amplifying Orbitars	2	2		50
Dr. Mario	Super Sheet	1.5 , 1.6	1	0.75	50
	Breezy Sheet	1.5
Falco	Reflector	1.5 , 1.2	1 , 1.3	0.8	50
	Accele-Reflector	1	2.1		50
	Reflector Void[8]	0.7	0.6		999
Fox	Reflector	1.5 (JP), 1.8 (USA), 1.5 , 1.4	1 , 1.4	1	50
	Big Reflector	1.2	1
	Amplifying Reflector	2.1	1.8
Hero	Bounce[9]	1.5	1.4	1.1	50
Joker	Makarakarn[10]	1.6	1.9	0.7	50
Kazuya	Left Splits Kick	2.4	1.8	0.8	80
King Dedede	Inhale	1.5	1.6		—
King K. Rool	Gut Check	1.5	2	1	50
Lucas	Forward smash	1.5	1.5	0.7	50
Mario	Cape	1.5	1	0.75	50
	Gust Cape	1.5	1		50
Mega Man	Skull Barrier	1.2	1.2		25
Mewtwo	Confusion[11]	1.4	1.2	1.25	50
Mii Gunner	Echo Reflector	1.4 , 1.5	1.1 , 1.9	1	50
Mii Swordfighter	Reversal Slash	1.5 , 1.8	1 , 1.5	0.75 , 1	50
Min Min	Up smash	1.8	2.4	0.8	80
Mr. Game & Watch	Oil Panic[8]	1	0.8	0.8	50
Ness	Forward smash	1.5 (JP), 1.8 (US), 1.5 , 2	1 , 1.5 , 2.5		— , 50 , 80
Palutena	Reflect Barrier	1.17 , 1.4	1.25	1	50
Pit	Angel Ring	1.5	1		50
	Mirror Shield	1.5	1.7		50
	Upperdash Arm[7]	1	1	1	50
	Interception Arm[7]	1	1		50
	Quickdash Arm	1.3	1		50
	Guardian Orbitars	1.5	1.7	0.7	50
	Amplifying Orbitars	2	2		50
R.O.B.	Arm Rotor	1.5	1 , 1.3	1	50
	Reflector Arm	1.8	1.5		50
	Backward Arm Rotor	1.5	1.3		50
Sora	Counterattack[4]	1.4	1	1	80
Wolf	Reflector	1.3 , 1.5	1.8	0.5	50
Zelda	Nayru's Love	1.5 , 1.2 , 1.25	1 , 1.2 , 1.4	0.75	50
	Nayru's Rejection	1.25	1.2		50
Home-Run Bat	Forward smash	2	2.5	0.5	80
Franklin Badge		1.3	1.3	0.5	50
Gardevoir		1.3	2.2, 2.25	0.5, 0.3	100
Ghirahim		1	1.25, 1.3	1	25, 30
Color TV-Game 15		1.1	1.25	1	34
Gray Fox		1	1	0.5	100
Shovel Knight		1.2	1.1	1.1	20

List of reflectable attacks

These attacks can also be blocked by the passive shields worn by Link (from Melee onward), Young Link, Toon Link, and Hero.

By characters

Character	Move
Banjo & Kazooie	Egg Firing / Breegull Blaster, the pad of Shock Spring Jump, Rear Egg
Bayonetta	Bullet Climax
Bowser (Giga Bowser)	Fire Breath
Bowser Jr.	Clown Cannon, Mechakoopa both when walking and when thrown as an item
Byleth	Failnaught[1], Sword of the Creator[2]
Charizard	Flamethrower, Rock Smash fragments, Flare Blitz explosion
Cloud	Blade Beam both normally and in Limit Break
Corrin	Dragon Fang Shot's projectile
Daisy	Toad's spores, Vegetables when thrown
Dark Samus	Charge Shot, Missile, Bomb
Dark Pit	Silver Bow
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun, stray barrels from Rocketbarrel Boost, Banana Peel whether stationary or thrown
Dr. Mario	Megavitamin
Duck Hunt	Trick Shot can, Clay Shooting clay pigeon, Wild Gunman gunfire
Falco	Blaster shots from up throw, back throw, and down throw; Blaster, Reflector[3] ( only)
Fox	Blaster shots from up throw, back throw, and down throw; Blaster
Greninja	Water Shuriken, Hydro Pump
Hero	Frizz/Frizzle/Kafrizz, Kazap (first half), Woosh/Swoosh/Kaswoosh, Kaboom, Bang, Sizzle, Sizz, Snooze, Whack, Thwack
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot, Blizzard
Inkling	Splattershot, Splat Bomb
Isabelle	Dash attack, forward aerial, back aerial, Fishing Rod[2], Lloid Trap
Ivysaur	Bullet Seed, Razor Leaf
Joker	Eiha, Eigaon, Grappling Hook[2]
Kazuya	Devil Blaster, beam shot from up throw
Ken	Hadoken
King Dedede	Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, and Gordos thrown by Waddle Dee Toss[4] ( only), Waddle Doo's beam attack ( only), Gordo Throw ( onwards), Super Dedede Jump landing stars
King K. Rool	Blunderbuss (Cannonball), Crownerang
Kirby	All reflectable attacks he can copy, Final Cutter projectile
Link	Forward smash sword beam ( only), Hero's Bow (before ), Bow and Arrows whether fired or thrown as items ( only), Boomerang ( only), Gale Boomerang ( only), Bomb (before ), Remote Bomb ( only)
Lucario	Aura Sphere when launched, Force Palm blast
Lucas	PK Freeze[3], PK Fire, PK Thunder
Luigi	Fireball
Mario	Fireball, F.L.U.D.D. ( onwards)
Mega Man	Neutral attack, forward tilt, forward smash, neutral aerial, up aerial, down aerial, Metal Blade, Crash Bomber, Leaf Shield once thrown
Mewtwo	Forward throw shots, Shadow Ball, Disable
Mii Brawler	Shot Put
Mii Gunner	Forward aerial, Charge Blast, Laser Blaze, Grenade Launch, Flame Pillar, Stealth Burst at the moment of detonation[3], Lunar Launch, Bomb Drop
Mii Swordfighter	Gale Strike, Shuriken of Light, Chakram
Mr. Game & Watch	Forward aerial[3] ( only), up aerial ( only), Chef
Mythra	Ray of Punishment / Chroma Dust
Ness	PK Flash[3], PK Fire, PK Thunder
Olimar	Forward smash ( onwards), Up smash ( onwards), Down smash ( onwards), Pikmin Throw
Pac-Man	All Bonus Fruit projectiles, Fire Hydrant while falling, Fire Hydrant water blasts
Palutena	Autoreticle, Explosive Flame
Peach	Toad's spores, Vegetables when thrown
Pichu	Thunder Jolt, Thunder[3]
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt, Thunder[3] ( onwards)
Piranha Plant	Ptooie, Poison Breath
Pit	Palutena Bow
Pyra	Blazing End
R.O.B.	Robo Beam, Gyro both when launched and when thrown
Richter	Axe, Cross, Holy Water
Ridley	Plasma Breath
Robin	All Thunder projectiles, Arcfire, Elwind, Levin Sword and all Tomes once expired and thrown as items
Rosalina	Luma Shot, Star Bits ( only)
Ryu	Hadoken
Samus	Charge Shot, Missile, Bomb
Sephiroth	Flare / Megaflare / Gigaflare[3], Shadow Flare, Scintilla
Sheik	Needle Storm, Burst Grenade ( onwards)
Simon	Axe, Cross, Holy Water
Snake	Up smash bomb, Hand Grenade, Remote Missile, Cardboard box
Sonic	The falling spring from aerial Spring Jump
Sora	All 3 moves of Magic
Squirtle	Water Gun[5]
Steve	Down smash, Down aerial, Minecart, TNT, Down throw, Down tilt
Terry	Power Wave
Toon Link	Hero's Bow, Boomerang, Bomb
Villager	Dash attack, forward smash, up smash firework explosion, forward aerial, back aerial, Lloid Rocket; Timber water, falling tree, and wood chip
Wario	Wario Bike when thrown, Wario Bike tires ( only)
Wii Fit Trainer	Sun Salutation, Header ball
Wolf	Blaster projectile
Yoshi	Egg Throw, Yoshi Bomb landing stars
Young Link	Fire Bow, Boomerang, Bomb
Zelda	Din's Fire at the moment of detonation[3], Phantom Slash
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer, thrown Power Suit Pieces ( only)

By items

• All throwable items except for the Spiny Shell
• All projectiles from battering and shooting items (such as the Ray Gun's shots or the Star Rod's stars)
• Bob-ombs and Bombchus while moving along the ground
• Rolling Crates in motion
• Soccer Balls when launched
• Bumpers (Smash 64 only) and Uniras when set
• All explosions from Smash 4 onward, such as from a Blast Box or Motion-Sensor Bomb
• Players who have transformed into a Bullet Bill during flight

By Poké Ball Pokémon

By Assist Trophies

Assist Trophy	Move
Chef Kawasaki	Plates
Color TV-Game 15	Pong ball
Dark Samus	Homing shots
Dr. Wily	Projectiles
Elec Man	Thunder Beam
Excitebikes	Collision
Ghirahim	Knives
Guile	Sonic Boom
Hammer Bros.	Hammers
Infantry and Tanks	Shots
Jeff	Multi-Bottle Rockets
Knuckle Joe	Smash Punch
Krystal	Ice Blast
Mother Brain	Rinkas
Phosphora	All attacks
Rathalos	Fireballs
Ray Mk III	Lasers
Saki Amamiya	Shots
Sheriff	Shots ( only)
Shovel Knight	Dirt
Starman	PK Beam, PK Beam γ
Sukapon	Tondeker
Takamaru	Thrown Knives
Zero	Genmu Zero

By stage hazards

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss	Move
Armank	Energy shot
Autolance	Launched lance
Bombed	Thrown head
Boom Primid	Thrown boomerang
Bullet Bill	Collision
Crazy Hand	Bombs[6]
Duon	Scattershot
Fire Primid	Fireball
Galeem	Tri-Eye Attack
Gamyga	Lasers
Hammer Bro.	Hammers
Master Edges	Sword projectiles
Master Hand	Finger bullets, fireball rain ( only)
Meta Ridley	Small and medium fireballs
Poppant	Tossed gifts
Puppit	Lasers
Rayquaza	Energy ball
R.O.B. Blaster	Lasers
R.O.B. Launcher	Missiles
Roturret	Bullets
Scope Primid	Shots
Spaak	Electric ball, lightning bolt

Gallery

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  Power shields being used as a reflector in Melee.
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  Falco being stunned after his reflector breaks in Melee.
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  Although Mewtwo's Confusion reflects projectiles, the projectiles are still owned by the thrower.
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  Guardian Orbitars in Ultimate.
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  Gut Check in Ultimate.
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  Makarakarn in Ultimate.

Trivia

• Of all reflections in the Smash series:
  • Left Splits Kick has the highest damage multiplier at 2.4x.
  • Ness' forward smash and the Home-Run Bat are tied for highest speed multiplier at 2.5x.
• Since Zelda's Nayru's Love and King Dedede's Inhale in Ultimate are neutral special moves that can reflect projectiles, they can also be used by Kirby via his Copy Ability.
• Pit is the only character to have different reflectors between games.
• Prior to version 1.0.8 of Smash 4, all but the final hit of Zoroark's Fury Swipes could be reflected. By wearing a Franklin Badge, a character trapped by Zoroark would only take damage from the final hit of the attack.
• Ness, Lucas, Min Min, and Kazuya are the only fighters whose reflection moves are not special moves. Out of these, Ness' is the only one to be present in all Smash games.
• Hero has the most reflectable attacks out of any playable fighter in the entire Super Smash Bros. series, with a total of 14.
• If the Shadow Assist Trophy freezes a character performing a reflection attack, the reflection hitbox will remain active until being unfrozen and trigger if hit. This causes a side effect of some attacks being able to reflect much longer than intended.
• Min Min is the only character to have a reflector but not a reflectable projectile.

See also

• Absorption

• Techniques (SSB)
• Techniques (SSBM)
• Techniques (SSBB)
• Techniques (SSB4)
• Techniques (SSBU)
• Game physics

• Articles requiring technical data