Unblockable attack

An unblockable attack (also called unblockable move or unblockable) is an attack that cannot be defended against with a shield or a counterattack. Unblockable attacks tend to be exceptionally powerful and are often grabs, Final Smashes, wielded by bosses, or moves from rare Pokémon and Assist Trophies; there are very few moves that are unblockable outside of these cases. In Brawl, Smash 4, and Ultimate, most characters have at least one unblockable attack if grabs and Final Smashes are counted.

Unblockable attacks can still be avoided by intangibility, such as sidestepping and air dodging, as well as Bayonetta's Witch Time in most cases. True invincibility also protects against unblockable attacks, such as that granted by a Super Star.

It is possible for a shielding character to be hit by a blockable attack and an unblockable attack on the same frame. What happens in this situation depends on the game.

• In Melee, the blockable attack hits the shield, and the shielder is hit by the unblockable attack.
• In Brawl and Smash 4, the blockable attack hits the shield and the shielder goes into shieldstun. The unblockable attack hits the shielder, but it deals no damage or knockback.

All grabs (with the exception of Isabelle's Fishing Rod) are unblockable and so will not be included in the following list.

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List of unblockable attacks by characters

Move	User	Portion of move
All Final Smashes	All characters (Ultimate only)
Aether	Ike (Brawl only)	Sword while loose
Aura Storm	Lucario	Entire move
Beast Ganon	Ganondorf	Entire move
Blue Falcon	Captain Falcon	Trapping hit
Critical Hit	Marth Lucina and Roy	Entire move
Diffusion Beam	R.O.B.	Entire move
End of Day	Olimar	Entire move
Focus Attack	Ryu and Ken	Fully charged
Galaxia Darkness	Meta Knight	Initiation
Great Aether	Ike	Sword while loose
Grenade Launcher	Snake	Entire move
Guard Breaker	Little Mac	Entire move
Kamikazee	Hero	Explosion
KO Uppercut	Little Mac	Entire move (grounded version only)
Konga Beat	Donkey Kong	Wind
Landmaster	Fox, Falco, and Wolf	Entire move
Light Arrow	Zelda and Sheik	First hit
Mario Finale	Mario and Dr Mario	Entire move
Nayru's Love	Kirby (Brawl only)	Entire move, normal move by Zelda not unblockable
Negative Zone	Luigi	Entire move
Octopus	Mr. Game & Watch	Entire move
Pac-Jump	Pac-Man (Smash 4 only)	Grounded version only. The move is actually blockable, but grounded opponents who touch the trampoline will instantly drop shield and jump. This technically makes the grounded version impossible to block.
Peach Blossom	Peach	Entire move
PK Starstorm	Ness and Lucas	Entire move
Power Suit Samus	Zero Suit Samus	Last hit pre-transformation
Psystrike	Mewtwo	Entire move
Puff Up	Jigglypuff	Entire move
Reflect Barrier	Palutena	The shield's hitbox
Rocketbarrel Boost	Diddy Kong	Loose barrels
Shield Piercer	Meta Knight	Entire move
Super Dragon	Yoshi	Fireballs
Super Sonic	Sonic	Entire move
Triforce Slash	Link, Young Link and Toon Link	Swipes
Triple Finish	Pokémon Trainer	Entire move
Up aerial	Mr. Game & Watch	Wind
Vision	Shulk (Smash 4 only)	Counterattack, both versions (standard and forward-held)
Waddle Dee Toss	King Dedede	Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos in certain situations
Zero Laser	Samus	Last hit

List of unblockable attacks by items

Item	Situation
Banana	Stationary
Beehive	Bees
Blast Box	Explosion (Brawl only)
Bumper	When active
Daybreak	Any situation
Deku Nut	Any situation
Dragoon	Any situation
Freezie	When it "bursts" (Brawl Only)
Gooey Bomb	Any situation
Hothead	spark
Motion-Sensor Bomb	explosion (Blockable in SSB)
Pitfall	Any situation
Screw Attack	Any situation
Smart Bomb	Any situation
Spring	Any situation
Warp Star	Any situation

Unblockable Poké Ball Attacks

Pokémon	Situation
Articuno	Any situation
Bellossom	Any situation
Clefairy	All attacks
Electrode	Any situation
Entei	Any situation
Ho-Oh	Any situation
Keldeo	Any situation
Lugia	Any situation
Moltres	Any situation
Scizor	Any situation
Snorlax	descent
Suicune	Any situation
Togepi	All attacks
Unown	First attack
Weezing	Any situation
Wobbuffet	Any situation
Zapdos	Any situation

List of unblockable attacks by enemies and bosses

• The careening state of defeated Subspace Army goons
• Bucculus
• Crazy Hand - falling bombs (the explosion is blockable, Melee only)
• Duon - wind produced by spin attack
• Galleom - wind produced by various attacks such as dual smash, single stomp, and spin attack
• Master Core - waves released 45 seconds after transforming into its final form.
  • Master Giant - slash made after a split second of the arm swinging across the stage
• Meta Ridley - Megafireball, attack where it smacks the Falcon Flyer (?)
• Polar Bear - Earthquakes caused by his stomping in Smash Run
• Rayquaza - wind produced by Thunder, spiral dive
• Tabuu - Off Waves, electric shield
• Galeem - Lens Flare