Editing Giant Punch

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{{Infobox Special Move
|name=Giant Punch
|image=[[File:Donkey Kong Giant Punch.png|250px]]
|caption= Giant Punch in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
|user=[[Donkey Kong]]
|universe=[[Donkey Kong (universe)|''Donkey Kong'']]
|interwiki=dkwiki
|interwikiname=DK Wiki
|interwikipage=Giant Punch
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'''Giant Punch''' is [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[neutral special move]]. By pressing the [[special move]] button, DK will start swinging his arm around, charging a punch. Pressing the button once more will deliver the blow, which gains power for every completed swing. If no button is pressed, after ten swings DK will become fully charged and stop winding up; his head will start smoking to indicate this. The fully charged punch can then be delivered at any time by pressing the special move button; the punch is weaker when used in midair.

If the player presses a shield button or presses the [[control stick]] left or right while charging, DK will save whatever charge he has and [[shield]] or [[roll]]. He can then continue charging later. Being hit while charging will cancel out any charge.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', DK gains [[launch resistance]] when he throws a fully charged punch, making it very hard to interrupt, and can be saved to defend against an incoming [[KO]] move. On the other hand, a punch that's just under full charge has significantly more KO'ing power.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''Brawl'', this move puts Donkey Kong into a [[helpless]] state if used in midair. However, it has less ending lag in ''Brawl'', and more invincibility frames.

==Reverse Giant Punch==
When using Giant Punch in ''Brawl'', if the control stick/[[directional pad|D-Pad]] is quickly hit in the opposite direction during the first few frames, Donkey Kong will turn around very quickly (there is no animation, he simply faces the opposite direction) and will use Giant Punch in the new direction. Every character (with the exception of [[Sonic (SSBB)|Sonic]] and [[Samus (SSBB)|Samus]]) can do the same with their neutral special as well.

== Stages ==
Giant Punch has stages of being charged, these are recorded in ''swings'' of Donkey Kong's arm, each swing DK does increases damage and knockback for the punch, the charge has eleven stages in total, the eleventh stage is the fully charged stage. A fully charged Giant Punch will have a quicker animation resulting in a quicker punch and do the most damage but is weaker in knockback. In ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', all stages of the punch are weaker when used in mid-air.

===SSB stages===
{|border="1" class="wikitable sortable"
|-valign="top"
|'''Stage'''
!g|Number of swings
!g|Damage 
!g|Percent that can KO
!g|Elbow damage
!g|Elbow percent that can KO
|-
!Stage 1
| 1
| 14%
| 
| 
| 
|-
!Stage 2
| 2
| 16%
|
|
|
|-
!Stage 3
| 3
| 18
| 
| 
|
|-
!Stage 4
| 4
| 20%
|
|
|
|-
!Stage 5
| 5
| 22%
|
|
|
|-
!Stage 6
| 6
| 23%
|
|
|
|-
!Stage 7
| 7
| 26%
|
|
|
|-
!Stage 8
| 8
| 28%
|
|
|
|-
!Stage 9
| 9
| 30%
| 65%
|
|
|-
!Stage 10
| 10
| 32% 
| 50%
| 31% 
| 
|-
!Stage 11
| 11
| 36%
| 48%
| 35%
| 
|-
|}

===SSBB stages===
{|border="1" class="wikitable sortable"
|-valign="top"
|'''Stage'''
!g|Number of swings
!g|Damage 
!g|Percent that can KO
!g|Elbow damage
!g|Elbow percent that can KO
|-
!Stage 1
| 1
| 10%
| 196%
| 12%
| 162%
|-
!Stage 2
| 2
| 12%
| 165%
| 14%
| 138%
|-
!Stage 3
| 3
| 14%
| 141%
| 16%
| 119%
|-
!Stage 4
| 4
| 16%
| 122%
| 18%
| 104%
|-
!Stage 5
| 5
| 18%
| 106%
| 20%
| 91%
|-
!Stage 6
| 6
| 20%
| 93%
| 22%
| 80%
|-
!Stage 7
| 7
| 22%
| 81%
| 24%
| 70%
|-
!Stage 8
| 8
| 24%
| 71%
| 26%
| 61%
|-
!Stage 9
| 9
| 26% 
| 63%
| 28%
| 53%
|-
!Stage 10
| 10
| 28% 
| 55% 
| 30%
| 46%
|-
!Stage 11
| 11
| 28% 
| 81% 
| 18% 
| 113%
|-
!Aerial stage 1
| 1
| 6%
| 338%
| 8%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 2
| 2
| 8%
| 259%
| 10%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 3
| 3
| 10%
| 215%
| 12%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 4
| 4
| 12%
| 179%
| 14%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 5
| 5
| 14%
| 153%
| 16%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 6
| 6
| 16%
| 131%
| 18%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 7
| 7
| 18%
| 117%
| 20%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 8
| 8
| 20%
| 100%
| 22%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 9
| 9
| 22%
| 89%
| 24%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 10
| 10
| 24%
| 79%
| 26%
|
|-
!Aerial stage 11
| 11
| 25%
| 105%
| 15%
|
|-
|}
*Note, not only does a stage ten Giant Punch have more knockback than a fully charged punch, but stages eight and nine also have more knockback.
*The sweet spot for an uncharged Giant Punch is at the elbow.

==Manual Descriptions==

===''[[Melee]]'' manual description===
"''Press [[Image:GCN BButton.png|24px]] to charge, then again to punch. Press [[Image:GCN LButton.png|24px]], [[Image:GCN RButton.png|24px]], or [[Image:GCN ZButton.png|24px]] to stop charging.''"

===''[[Brawl]]'' Manual description===

"''Charge with B, then press again to punch. Quit charging with Z.''"

==Gallery==
<center>
<gallery widths="190">
File:Donkey Kong Giant Punch SSB.png|Charging a Giant Punch in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
File:Donkey Kong Giant Punch SSBM.png|Giant Punch in ''[[Melee]]''.
File:DK ike giantpunch.jpg|Donkey Kong using the Giant Punch on [[Ike (SSBB)|Ike]] in ''Brawl''.
</gallery>
</center>

==Trivia==
*In ''SSB'', instead of DK's head steaming to show he's fully charged, his fist will spark.
*In ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', DK uses a move similiar to this when he is falling, charging his punch and striking the moon.
{{Special Moves|char=Donkey Kong}}
[[Category:Attacks]]
[[Category:Special Attacks]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong universe]]
[[Category:Neutral Special Moves]]
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