Spam

Spam refers to the practice of using a certain move repetitively. Projectiles are the most used spamming moves. This action is sometimes considered cheap, especially when a player uses the same attacks all the time. Some players will use different attacks but will have a tendency to use spammy attacks more often. Juggling an opponent may also involve spamming such as repeating Up Tilts. Grabs have also been known to spam. This is known as a chaingrab. Ideally, the spammable move is fast, has little or no lag, and can be used from a distance. While the game discourages spamming with Stale-Move Negation, the average spammable move doesn't do much damage anyway, so the effect is less noticeable. Spamming all the time will make a player's attacks very predictable, so a "normal" player can shield to dodge most of the spammer's attacks. Playing with characters with counterattacks or reflectors is also a good way to deal with spamming players. Saying that someone spams is usually considered a John within the competitive community as there is always a way for a character to counter spam.

Some popular moves to spam:

• Many character's Neutral A combo
• C-Stick Smashes (especially with Wolf)
• Stall-Then-Falls
• Mario's Fireballs and Mario Tornado
• Luigi's Fireballs and Luigi Cyclone
• Dr. Mario's Megavitamins and Dr. Tornado
• Fox's Blaster and Fox Illusion
• Falco's Blaster and Falco Phantasm
• Wolf's Blaster and Wolf Flash
• Samus's Missiles (either kind)
• Pikachu's Thunder, Thunder Jolt and Down smash
• Link's Bombs, Bow, Hero's Bow, Boomerang and Gale Boomerang
• Young Link's Bombs, Fire Bow and Boomerang
• Toon Link's Bombs, Hero's Bow and Boomerang
• Ness and Lucas's PK Fire, PK Thunder and PK Thunder 2
• Pit's Arrows and Angel Ring
• Zelda's Din's Fire and Nayru's Love
• Diddy Kong's bananas
• Captain Falcon's Falcon Punch and Ganondorf's Warlock Punch (more likely for humor than to actually win)
• Yoshi's Egg Throw
• Snake's Grenades (they don't decay), his tilts, his DACUS and the Remote Missile
• Ike's Aether and Quick Draw
• Meta Knight's Mach Tornado and his Down smash.
• King Dedede's Waddle Dee's and his Down Throw (Well known for it's chain throwing properties).
• Chaingrabs (Especially the infinite ones)