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[[File:SquirtleUsmash.png|right|thumb|250px|Squirtle's up smash is an example of a water attack.]]
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[[File:SquirtleUsmash.png|thumb|250px|Squirtle's up smash is an example of a water attack]]
There are a few attacks in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Smash Bros. series]] that are '''water'''-based. {{SSBB|Squirtle}} is the only character to have water damage in its attacks (and {{SSBB|Kirby}}, as he can copy one of said moves). {{SSBB|Mario}} also has a water attack through [[F.L.U.D.D.]], but it deals no damage.
'''Water''' is an attack [[type]] in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] that encompasses water-based attacks. Water-type attacks (but not attacks with a [[Water (effect)|water effect]]) are boosted by Water Attack [[sticker]]s in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''{{'}}s [[The Subspace Emissary]].


In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', the water type is unused; the only characters that might use it - {{SSB4|Greninja}} and {{SSB4|Pac-Man}}'s [[Fire Hydrant]] - instead have their attacks coded as being either [[Typeless]] or {{b|Sword|type}}. It is used again in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', though it is unclear whether it has any gameplay properties, as [[spirit]] effects operate on the effect instead.
Due to the mechanics of ''[[Brawl]]''{{'}}s hitboxes, water can be both a [[type]] and an effect. It is currently believed that the difference is this:
*The Water type is what causes attacks to be powered up by water [[sticker]]s.
*The Water effect is what causes [[type effectiveness]]; that is, it deals 1.1x [[knockback]] to {{SSBB|Charizard}} and 0.9x knockback to {{SSBB|Ivysaur}}, and Blue Pikmin are immune to it.
 
The distinction between these two states is a result of the separation of "attacks that use water to deal damage" and "attacks that should be involved in type effectiveness"; this seems to be done so that certain moves will not participate in type effectiveness without being excluded from being powered up by water stickers (for example, so weak fixed-knockback moves are no easier or harder to escape).
 
Out of all the effects in ''Brawl'', water is one of the most useful in the [[Subspace Emissary]] - it deals extra damage to fire-based enemies, some mechanical enemies (particularily the [[R.O.B. Squad]]), and about half of the bosses.
 
{{SSB4|Greninja}} uses water-based attacks in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. As a result, it is likely that water will return as an effect for Pikmin purposes.


==List of water attacks==
==List of water attacks==
===By characters===
{|class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=62%
!Character
!Move
!{{rollover|Type|if Water, affected by [Water] stickers|y}}
!{{rollover|Effect|if Water, participates in type effectiveness|y}}
|-
|-
!width=8%|Character
|[[Kirby]]||Can [[copy]] Water Gun||{{TypeIcon|Water}}||{{EffectIcon|Normal}} (uncharged)<br>{{EffectIcon|Water}} (charged)
!width=50%|Move
!width=4%|Games
|-
|-
|rowspan=7|[[Inkling]]
|[[Mario]]||[[F.L.U.D.D.]]||{{TypeIcon|Weapon}}||{{EffectIcon|Water}}
|Neutral attack (loop, finisher)
|rowspan=7|{{GameIcon|SSBU}}
|-
|-
|Up smash (blast)
|rowspan="5"|[[Squirtle]]||Up smash||{{TypeIcon|Water}}||{{EffectIcon|Water}}
|-
|-
|Down smash
|Down smash||{{TypeIcon|Water}}||{{EffectIcon|Water}}
|-
|-
|Forward throw (hit 1)
|Neutral air||{{TypeIcon|Water}}||{{EffectIcon|Normal}}
|-
|-
|Floor attack
|[[Water Gun]]||{{TypeIcon|Water}}||{{EffectIcon|Normal}} (uncharged)<br>{{EffectIcon|Water}} (charged)
|-
|-
|[[Splattershot]]
|[[Waterfall]]||{{TypeIcon|Water}}||{{EffectIcon|Water}}
|-
|-
|[[Super Jump]]
|colspan="2"|Hydro [[Jyk]]||n/a||{{EffectIcon|Water}}
|-
|[[Isabelle]]
|Down smash
|{{GameIcon|SSBU}}
|-
|[[Pac-Man]]
|[[Fire Hydrant]] (water shots)
|{{GameIcon|SSBU}}
|-
|rowspan=7|[[Squirtle]]
|Up smash
|rowspan=4|{{GameIcon|SSBB}}{{GameIcon|SSBU}}
|-
|Down smash
|-
|[[Water Gun]]
|-
|[[Waterfall]]
|-
|Down tilt
|rowspan=2|{{GameIcon|SSBU}}
|-
|Forward smash
|-
|Neutral aerial
|{{GameIcon|SSBB}}
|}
|}


{{Types}}
==Trivia==
*There are no stickers that provide resistance to water-effect attacks, meaning that unless [[Normal|Battering]]-resistance stickers cover both effects (seeing as they use some of the same visual effects), Hydro Jyks are the only enemy whose attack cannot be guarded against by stickers.
 
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[[Category:Types]]
[[Category:Effects]]

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