Bury

Villager burying Mario and Bowser in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

For more detail on the status condition caused by moves with the bury effect, see buried.

Bury is an attack effect in the Super Smash Bros. series that debuted in Super Smash Bros. Melee and has appeared in every subsequent game. Grounded fighters hit by a bury attack are buried for an amount of time based on the victim's total damage; non-grounded fighters hit by a bury attack instead take knockback as usual.

Bury hitboxes are weight independent, and can ignore subtractive knockback-based armor (such as from the Metal Box).

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Support Spirit skill Bury Immunity prevents the equipped fighter from being buried, but does not affect the damage it takes from bury attacks (except Pitfalls, which instead have no effect).

Bury attacks typically meteor smash airborne opponents, often giving them good edgeguarding abilities. This is solely a design convention and is not a property of the bury effect.

Plunge

Plunge is an attack effect similar to the bury effect that also causes victims to become buried. However, if an opponent standing on a soft platform is hit by a plunge attack, instead of being buried they briefly have the appearance of being buried before falling straight down.

The plunge effect is exclusive to the Pitfall item, and in Ultimate, the traps dug by Shovel Knight.

List of burying attacks

By characters

Character	Move(s)	Games
Banjo & Kazooie	Down throw
Bowser Jr.	Grounding Dash
Charizard	Sinking Skull
Donkey Kong	Headbutt
	Jumping Headbutt
	Stubborn Headbutt
Ganondorf	Beast Ganon (initial stomp)
Giga Bowser	Down tilt (first hit; grounded opponents)
	Dash attack (second hit)
	Down throw (on bystanders)
Inkling	Splat Roller
King Dedede	Super Dedede Jump (descent)
	Quick Dedede Jump (falldown before landing)
King K. Rool	Down tilt
	Down throw
Kirby	Grounding Stone
Little Mac	Grounding Blow
Luigi	Burial Header
Mii Brawler	Head-On Assault
Mr. Game & Watch	Down smash (hammers)
Olimar	End of Day (the ship as it appears)
Pac-Man	Meteor Trampoline
R.O.B.	Down throw
Sonic	Hammer Spin Dash
Villager	Down smash
Wario	Burying Bike
Wii Fit Trainer	Neutral attack (third hit)
Zero Suit Samus	Flip Jump
	Low Flip

By items

Item	Attack	Games
Assist Trophies	Waluigi: stomps
Poké Ball Pokémon	Ditto: Transform (if the summoner possesses burying attacks)
	Metagross: Earthquake
	Togepi: Metronome (Magnitude)

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss	Attack(s)	Games
Bulborb	Jumping backwards, rump-first
Crazy Hand	Fake-out slap
Master Hand
Galleom	Stomping Jump
	Double Arm Press
	Trample (center)
Ticken	Falling attack

By stages

Enemy/Boss	Attack(s)	Games
WarioWare, Inc.	"Crack Down" and "Sole Man" microgames
PictoChat 2	The "boots" transformation buries players it steps on

Gallery

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  Donkey Kong burying King Dedede in Brawl

Trivia

• Despite Lucas's down throw showing the opponent embedded in the ground in SSB4 and Ultimate, this is purely aesthetic and does not use the bury effect or cause the buried condition. Even fighters with a Bury Immunity Spirit and grabable Assist Trophies will be shown embedded in the ground, despite being unable to be buried.
• When the bury effect was introduced in Melee, it was exclusively used for two attacks, Donkey Kong's Headbutt and Togepi's Magnitude.
  • Subsequently, Donkey Kong has the distinction of being the only character to have always had a bury attack in every game since the effect's introduction.