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'''Team Attack''', named '''Friendly Fire''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', is an optional feature for [[Team Battle]]s appearing in the ''Smash Bros.'' games. Normally, teammates are incapable of attacking or damaging each other, with attacks simply passing through them with no effect. Activating Team Attack disables this immunity, allowing teammates to hit or even [[KO]] each other.
'''Team Attack''', named '''Friendly Fire''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', is an optional feature for [[Team Battle]]s appearing in the ''Smash Bros.'' games. Normally, teammates are incapable of attacking or damaging each other, with attacks simply passing through them with no effect. Activating Team Attack disables this immunity, allowing teammates to hit or even [[KO]] each other.


On the surface, Team Attack has no advantages and is simply a hindrance (for example, players must get out of the way of oncoming projectiles regardless of who threw them, and be careful when attacking around their teammate). However, it does give rise to some new strategies:
On the surface, Team Attack has no advantages and is simply a hindrance (for example, teammates must get out of the way of projectiles). However, it does give rise to some new strategies:
*Teammates can be healed by using an energy projectile and [[PSI Magnet]] or [[Absorbing Vortex]], or can use [[Oil Panic]] or [[Pocket]] to capture friendly projectiles. (However, in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' as of version [[1.1.3]], these moves are much weaker when used this way.)
*Teammates can be healed by using an energy projectile and [[PSI Magnet]] or [[Absorbing Vortex]], or can use [[Oil Panic]] or [[Pocket]] to capture friendly projectiles. (However, in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' as of version [[1.1.3]], these moves are much weaker when used this way.)
*Teammates can be used as ammunition when [[throw]]n or [[Inhale|spat]], and their neutral special can be copied by a friendly Kirby.
*Teammates can be used as ammunition when [[throw]]n or [[Inhale|spat]], and their neutral special can be copied by a friendly Kirby.
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*Teammates can attack each other to replenish their [[stale]] attacks or knock them out of [[ending lag]] (for example, jabbing a Jigglypuff that has used [[Rest]] in order to let them act much earlier).
*Teammates can attack each other to replenish their [[stale]] attacks or knock them out of [[ending lag]] (for example, jabbing a Jigglypuff that has used [[Rest]] in order to let them act much earlier).


The vast majority of [[tournament legal|tournament]]s for every game require that Team Attack be turned on. This ensures that teammates cooperate a lot more with each other and ensures that 2v1 strategies aren't as lopsided.
The vast majority of [[tournament legal|tournaments]] for all four games require that Team Attack be turned on in [[doubles]]. This forces extra co-ordination and makes it much more difficult to do two-on-one [[combo]]s.


In most one-player modes, Team Attack is turned off so players and enemies cannot hit their teammates.
In most one-player modes, Team Attack is turned off so enemies such as the [[Alloy]]s cannot hit each other. This also applies to the player team in co-op [[Target Test]]s and the like.


Some moves and [[Final Smash]]es can affect teammates whether Team Attack is on or off. These include:
Some moves and [[Final Smash]]es can affect teammates whether Team Attack is on or off. These include:
*Projectile or item attacks that can damage the user, such as most explosives.
*Projectile or item attacks that can damage the user, such as most explosives.
*[[Puff Up]] can and will push and KO teammates.
*[[Puff Up]] can and will push and KO teammates.
*[[Galaxia Darkness]] will damage teammates with the weaker hit. This oddity was removed in ''SSB4''.
*[[Galaxia Darkness]] will damage teammates with the weaker hit.
*[[Landmaster]]s cannot directly damage teammates, but they will obstruct them and can KO them by flying them off the screen.
*[[Landmaster]]s cannot directly damage teammates, but they will obstruct them and can KO them by flying them off the screen.
*Similarly, [[Iceberg]] will obstruct teammates without dealing damage.
*Similarly, [[Iceberg]] will obstruct teammates without dealing damage.
*[[End of Day]] does not directly damage teammates, but the screen-scrolling effect makes it difficult to move and causes a few points of [[hoop damage]].
*[[End of Day]] does not directly damage teammates, but the screen-scrolling effect makes it difficult to move and causes a few points of [[hoop damage]].


If Team Attack is enabled, the [[Team Healer]] will consider any teammate an enemy, which means it will either heal them for 11%, or damage them for 8%. Leaving the option turned off does not affect the [[list of bonuses|bonuses]] Bully, Predator, and Stalker; even though teammates are immune to one's attacks and so the only viable target is the opponent, these single-target-penalizing bonuses still activate in 2-on-1 or 3-on-1 matches.
If Team Attack is enabled, the [[Team Healer]] will consider any teammate an enemy, which means it'll either heal them for 11%, or damage them for 8%. Leaving the option turned off does not affect the [[list of bonuses|bonuses]] Bully, Predator, and Stalker; even though teammates are immune to one's attacks and so the only viable target is the opponent, these single-target-penalizing bonuses still activate in 2-on-1 or 3-on-1 matches.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In every game, CPUs will ignore Team Attack, throwing and pummeling teammates when they are grabbed on accident, as well as using powerful attacks even if a teammate at KO percentage is in the way.
*In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and  ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', the shield color for human players will be based on port number, rather than be based on team color (e.g. Player 1 has red shield, Player 2 has blue shield, Player 3 has yellow shield, and Player 4 has green shield). This also affects the color of their [[blast line]].
*Although {{SSBU|Ryu}}, {{SSBU|Ken}}, {{SSBU|Terry}} and {{SSBU|Kazuya}} will always face the opponent when there is only one left in a match, this calculation includes teammates when Team Attack is on.
**In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', the shield color is out of order for Player 3 and Player 4 (P3 will have a green shield and P4 will have a yellow shield). The blast line colors are random as well, for example, Player 1 could have a yellow explosion, while Player 2 could have a red explosion.
 
*In every game, CPUs will ignore Team Attack, throwing and pummeling teammates when they are grabbed on accident, as well as using powerful attacks on both enemies and other teammates, even when it can KO them.
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