Editing Rocketbarrel Boost

|image=[[File:Diddy Kong Up B SSBU.gif|300px]]

|caption=Diddy Kong using Rocketbarrel Boost in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

|interwikipage=Barrel Jet

 

Diddy Kong activates a Rocketbarrel Pack and starts charging it, slowing his fall. When the special attack button is released, he propels himself in the chosen direction.

Touching an opponent while ascending will cause fire [[damage]]. In ''Brawl'', the explosion generated from liftoff also has a hitbox which meteor smashes opponents. If Diddy is attacked while using the move, the barrels will fly off and become irregularly-moving, [[unblockable]] but [[reflect]]able [[projectile]]s, exploding on contact with the stage. The player can alter the direction the barrels will move in for a small amount of time before they lose control. If Diddy hits a surface while using the move, he takes about 5% damage.

From ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' onward, the move can be used to travel at more horizontal trajectories, improving the move's uses for recovery.

===Barrel jumping===

Barrel jumping is an [[advanced technique]] in ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4''. It is very similar to {{SSBB|Lucas}}'s [[zap jump]] except that the zap jump can be used as an extended jump but the timings are almost exact. When taking knockback, if the player performs a midair jump and quickly executes Rocketbarrel Boost at the same time, then the player moves upwards while charging the move. This results from a mechanic in which if Diddy Kong has any residual knockback when attempting to use the move, it will not disrupt Diddy Kong's momentum like it usually does, including momentum from a jump, and this is amplified by Diddy Kong's gravity being reduced while charging the move, causing his jump to be floaty.

==Instructional quotes==

{{InstructionalQuotes

|ssbbchar=Diddy Kong

|ssbbdesc=Boost up with rocketbarrels. Press and hold the B Button before releasing to launch higher.

|ssb4-3desc=Rocket through the air and tackle foes. Hold {{button|3DS|B}} to travel farther.

|ssbuchar=Diddy Kong

|ssbudesc=Rockets through the air and tackles opponents. Can be charged for extra distance.

{{CustomSet|DiddyKong|Up|name1=Rocketbarrel Boost|desc1=Rocket through the air and tackle opponents. Can be charged for extra distance.|name2=Rocketbarrel Attack|desc2=Hits harder than the Rocketbarrel Boost, but doesn't fly quite as well.|name3=Rocketbarrel Kaboom|desc3=Charges faster and steers better, but you'll explode if you hit terrain.}}

# '''Rocketbarrel Attack''': Deals more knockback, but doesn't fly as well.

==Trophies==

===In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===

|image=Rocketbarrel Pack - Brawl Trophy.png

|desc=An item that looks like regular barrels but becomes a rocket-powered jet pack when Diddy Kong straps them on his back. It's a convenient gadget to have when adventuring, but for whatever reason, Diddy also uses it when playing tennis and basketball. The moves he can pull off with the rocketbarrel pack are so cool that they're almost not fair. Almost.

|gamelist-ntsc={{Trophy games|console1=N64|game1=Donkey Kong 64|console2=Wii|game2=Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast}}

|gamelist-pal={{Trophy games|console1=N64|game1=Donkey Kong 64|console2=Wii|game2=Donkey Kong: Jet Race}}

}}

===In ''Super Smash Bros. 4''===

The Rocketbarrel Pack trophy is available in both versions. In {{forwiiu}} it is part of the ''Animal Friends and Items'' {{h1|Trophy Box|Animal Friends and Items}}.

|name=Rocketbarrel Pack

|image-3ds=RocketbarrelPackTrophy3DS.png

|image-wiiu=RocketbarrelPackTrophyWiiU.png

|desc-3ds-ntsc=Two barrels modified into jet engines—throw them on and you're airborne! You can charge them up for a bigger, more accurate boost, but be careful while using these. If you get hit while you're powering up on the ground or zipping around the sky, you'll lose all control of this jet pack!

|desc-wiiu-ntsc=Two barrels modified into jet engines—if you throw them on, you're airborne! You can charge them up for a bigger, more accurate boost, but be careful while using these. If you get hit while you're powering up on the ground or zipping around the sky, you'll lose all control of this jet pack!

|desc-pal=Two barrels equipped with jet engines. Strap them onto your back and the sky's the limit! Use this contraption to boost your jump and control where you land with pinpoint precision. Just try not to let yourself get attacked when you're charging the jets or in the air, or things'll go haywire!

|gamelist-ntsc={{Trophy games|console1=N64|game1=Donkey Kong 64|release1=11/1999|console2=Wii|game2=Donkey Kong Country Returns|release2=11/2010}}

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Rocketbarrel Boost is one of Diddy Kong's moves from ''{{s|mariowiki|Donkey Kong 64}}'', which he can purchase from {{s|mariowiki|Cranky's Lab}} from the second level ({{s|mariowiki|Angry Aztec}}) onwards. Diddy Kong uses it to fly in the air for a short time and can also use it with his [[Peanut Popgun]]s to [[Rocketbarrel Barrage|shoot at foes in the air]]. The move also appears in ''{{s|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Country Returns}}'', where it allows Diddy (and [[Donkey Kong]], if the two are paired up) to temporarily hover. The Barrel Jet itself has a different appearance in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and the subsequent ''{{s|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze}}'': a tan cloth backpack containing a single rocket-shaped barrel on a metal arm. Despite this redesign, ''SSB4'' retains the move's appearance from ''Donkey Kong 64''.

*In ''Brawl'', charging the move in the air while in lower gravity causes him to float up, as if the gravity was reversed.

*Professional ''Smash 4'' player {{Sm|MVD}} has earned the title "The Barrel Technician", due to his creative use of Rocketbarrel Boost in tournaments, most notably [[CEO 2015]].

*In the Japanese versions of ''Brawl'', the Rocketbarrel Pack's other game appearance is labeled ''Mario Power Tennis'' rather than ''Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast/Jet Race''.