Projectile

A projectile is any hitbox able to leave the user's damagable collision bubbles and move by itself, and most of them can be reflected. Ness' yoyo is an exception, as it is not classified as a projectile despite its glitch. All non-item projectile attacks in Melee are special attacks and throws, usually neutral B. Common examples of projectiles include: Falco's laser (neutral B), Samus' missiles (forward B) and Young Link's bombs (down B). An example of a throw projectile is Mewtwo's forward throw, which launches multiple tiny Shadow Balls which can damage any character.

A majority of characters in Melee have at least one projectile attack; the characters that don't are Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Ganondorf, Jigglypuff, Marth, and Roy. It is considered a disadvantage to not have a projectile, because projectiles are very useful in setting up an approach.

All projectile attacks will not create hit lag for the user. Most projectiles can be easily identified by attacking a metal box: if the character becomes metal, then the move is not a projectile.

Number of Projectiles per Character

This table includes all non-Final Smash projectiles for every character, as well as some important properties of each, such as whether it is a physical or energy projectile. Generally, energy-based projectiles are not affected by gravity and can be absorbed, while physical projectiles follow gravity and cannot be absorbed.

Character	Projectiles	Physical/Energy	Unique Properties
Bowser	Fire Breath	Energy
Captain Falcon	None
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun	Physical	Can be grabbed in midair.
	Banana Peel	Physical	Produces a banana peel.
	Rocketbarrel Boost (when the barrels come off)	Physical
Donkey Kong	None
Dr. Mario	Megavitamin	Physical
Falco	Blaster	Energy
Fox	Blaster	Energy	Does not cause flinching.
Ganondorf	None
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot	Physical
	Blizzard	Energy
Ike	None
Jigglypuff	None
King Dedede	Inhale (spit-out character)	Physical
	Waddle Dee Toss	Physical
Kirby	Inhale (spit-out character)	Physical
	Final Cutter's shock wave	Energy	Hugs the ground.
	May copy another character's projectile
Link	Boomerang/Gale Boomerang	Physical	Tries to return to Link.
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item.
	Bow/Hero's Bow	Physical
Lucas	PK Freeze	Energy	Affected by gravity.
	PK Fire	Energy	Large recoil
	PK Thunder	Energy	Controllable
Lucario	Aura Sphere	Energy
	Force Palm's aura	Energy	Doesn't reflect, reflectors negate it's damage
Luigi	Fireball	Energy
Mario	Fireball	Energy	Affected by gravity
	F.L.U.D.D.	Energy	Pushes opponents, does no damage unless uncharged
Marth	None
Meta Knight	None
Mewtwo	Shadow Ball	Energy	Huge recoil when used fully charged.
Mr. Game & Watch	Chef	Physical
Ness	PK Flash	Energy	Affected by gravity.
	PK Fire	Energy	Creates gravity-affected fire pillar on impact.
	PK Thunder	Energy	Controllable.
Peach	Vegetable	Physical	Produces a vegetable item.
Pichu	Thunder Jolt	Energy	Hugs the stage.
	Thunder	Energy
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt	Energy	Hugs the stage.
	Thunder	Energy
Olimar	Pikmin Throw	Physical	Pikmin latch onto target.
	Forward smash/Up smash/Down smash	Physical	Cannot be reflected.
Pit	Palutena Arrow	Energy	Controllable.
Pokémon Trainer	Flamethrower (Charizard)	Energy	Can be tilted up and down
	Rock Smash fragments (Charizard)	Physical
	Bullet Seed (Ivysaur)	Physical
	Razor Leaf (Ivysaur)	Physical	Can be tilted up and down
	Water Gun (Squirtle)	Energy	When charged, pushes opponents and does no damage unless uncharged. Can be tilted up and down
R.O.B.	Robo Beam	Energy	Can reflect off surfaces at certain angles, can be tilted up and down
	Gyro	Physical	Produces a Gyro item
Roy	None
Samus	Charge Shot	Energy
	Missile	Physical
	Bomb	Physical
Shiek	Needle Storm	Physical	Can be tilted up and down
Snake	Hand Grenade	Physical	Can be picked up, grenade itself does not cause flinching
	C4 (when used in the air)	Physical
	Remote Missile	Physical	Controllable
	Cypher (once let go)	Physical
	Up smash	Physical
	Taunt	Physical	Affected by gravity
Sonic	Spring Jump (when used in the air)	Physical
Toon Link	Bow	Physical
	Boomerang	Physical	Attempts to return to Toon Link.
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item.
Wario	Wario Bike (once dismounted, can be thrown)	Physical
Wolf	Blaster	Energy
Yoshi	Egg Toss	Physical	Can be tilted up and down
Young Link	Bow	Physical
	Boomerang	Physical	Attempts to return to Young Link
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item
Zelda	Din's Fire	Energy	Cannot be reflected, but reflectors will prevent the user from being hit
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer	Energy
Down Smash	Energy	Can be absorbed and reflected, but actually not a projectile