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"Windbox" redirects here. For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation).

Wind is an aesthetic and physical element that appears in Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. 4. As a physical element, wind can move both characters and items, and is present as both part of stages, such as Whispy Woods, and as part of attacks, such as Kirby's Inhale. Outside of this, some stages and attacks can have wind as a purely aesthetic element, with various elements of characters moving in response to the wind, such as Link's cap. That being said, if a player is hit with a non-damaging windbox by an opponent, and then promptly SDs, it will count as a KO for the opponent.

Wind is also present in some stages of the Subspace Emissary. Headwinds make it more difficult to progress through a stage, as characters will be pushed backwards, while tailwinds force the character to progress much faster, but requires faster reactions. It's also present in the subsequent game's Smash Run in a similar vein, however, the wind will constantly change directions in random directions for a set amount of time.

Pushing attacks

Pushing is a common side effect in Brawl and SSB4 for many attacks, such as the Water Gun and F.L.U.D.D.. This causes characters, as well as certain items, to be pushed away from the source of the attack. Most push attacks work on both airborne and standing opponents, while characters hanging from edges are not affected. It is usually much more difficult to fight pushing than pulling.

From a physics standpoint, pushing is simply knockback without flinching. Because of this, it can KO characters and its overall effectiveness is affected by the damage ratio. Mr. Game & Watch's up air windbox with a damage ratio of 2.0 will likely KO characters over the upper blast line.

Push attacks can also cancel knockback. A character knocked towards a source of pushing will begin to tumble as if he or she has been footstoolled. Pushing attacks are ineffective against shielding opponents.

Sources of pushing include:

Characters

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Character	Move(s)	Games
Bowser	Turbulent Bomb (vortex)
Bowser Jr.	Air Cannon
Captain Falcon	Falcon Kick Fury
Cloud	Finishing Touch
Dark Pit	Breezy Flight
Donkey Kong	Storm Punch
Dr. Mario	Breezy Sheet
	Soaring Tornado
	Clothesline Tornado
Falco	Neutral attack (final hit)
Falco	Explosive Blaster
Fox	Neutral attack (final hit)
Fox	Big Reflector
Greninja	Hydro Pump
Ike	Tempest
Jigglypuff	Puff Up
Link	Gale Boomerang, just before returning
Little Mac	KO Uppercut
	Dash Counter
	Jolt Haymaker
	Rising Uppercut (final hits)
Lucas	PK Thunder (tail)
Lucina	Storm Thrust
Luigi	Mach Cyclone (excluding final hit)
Luigi	Clothesline Cyclone
Mario	Gust Cape
Mario	F.L.U.D.D.
Marth	Storm Thrust
Mega Man	Up aerial
Mega Man	Skull Barrier
Mii Gunner	Laser Blaze
Mii Swordfighter	Gale Strike
Mr. Game & Watch	Down tilt (windbox does minimal damage)
	Up aerial
	Fire (on launch)
Ness	PSI Magnet
Pac-Man	Fire Hydrant (water)
Palutena	Forward smash
	Down smash
	Heavenly Light
Pit	Wings of Icarus (start)
	Angel Ring (end)
	Breezy Flight
Rosalina	Luma Shot (appears on the wand when Luma is called back)
Sheik	Vanish
Squirtle	Water Gun
Toon Link	Down aerial (upon piercing the ground)

By stages

Note that none of these examples are "windboxes", as they are not knockback dealing, and simply push the opponent, with the same strength regardless of weight or damage ratio.

Stage	Hazard	Games
Dream Land	Whispy Woods
Green Greens	Whispy Woods
PAC-LAND	Fire Hydrants (water)
Paper Mario	Fan Thing in Hither Thither Hill
PictoChat	Gusty Gus
PictoChat 2	Gusty Gus 2
Pokémon Stadium 2	Flying transformation
The Subspace Emissary	Battleship Halberd Exterior: The exterior of the Halberd
The Subspace Emissary	The Wilds (Part II): Certain areas
Summit	When the mountain is sliding

By items

Item	Attack	Games
Back Shield	Back of the shield
Deku Nut	Blasts can push opponents
Gust Bellows	Gust from bellowing and being dropped
Poké Ball (Pokémon)	Kyogre: Hydro Pump
Poké Ball (Pokémon)	Latios and Latias: Pockets of wind left behind that carry opponents from using Steel Wing

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss	Attack	Games
Borboras	Blowing wind
Master Hand	Icy wind
Rayquaza	Horizontal flying
Ridley	Wing flapping (Subspace. SSBB), Roar (Pyrosphere, SSB4)

Pulling attacks

Conversely, pulling or vacuuming attacks (such as Inhale) causes characters, as well as certain items, to be gently pulled toward the source of vacuum. Some kinds of vacuum only work on standing opponents, while others work on opponents in midair. Characters hanging from ledges are not affected by this. It is fairly easy to fight the vacuum's pull.

When Ganondorf's up tilt is used on a Rolling Crate, the vacuum created by the move will cause the crate to move at incredible speed. A vacuum effect can be used to free another character from Ike's Great Aether and Link and Toon Link's Triforce Slash. Pulling attacks are ineffective against shielding.

Sources of pulling include: