Drill

Drill
Diddy Kong fires a Drill.
Universe	Super Smash Bros.
Appears in	SSB4 Ultimate
Item class	Shooting/Throwing

The Drill (ドリル, Drill) is an item in Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Origin

Official artwork of a Drill Arm from Kid Icarus: Uprising, which is nearly identical to the Drill.

While official and in-game sources refer to the item as originating from the Super Smash Bros. universe, its appearance is nearly identical to the Drill Arm from Kid Icarus: Uprising and behavior is nearly identical to the Stone-Needle combination from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. Similarly to the item, the Drill Arm's charged shot fires a drill that plows through enemies, dealing ongoing damage for a time. Unlike the Drill Arm, however, the item has a much shorter base, no homing ability, and can only be fired once.

The drill is based off the real life object of the same name. The drill is a tool of various sizes that is primarily used to bore holes and fasten other objects into a surface. However, real drill bits do not usually detach from the handle and act as projectiles.

Overview

A drill head stuck in a wall.

This item is composed of two parts: a yellow base and a detachable drill head. The drill can only be thrown horizontally; when fired, the drill advances in a line dealing multiple hits, allowing it to easily break shields or, upon a successful hit, drag the enemy along in the direction it is fired. The projectile is very hard to DI out of, causing a trapped victim to either be dragged off of the stage for a KO or be pinned against a wall and hit continuously until the drill explodes. After firing the drill, the base remains in the user's hand: it can then be thrown for a surprisingly large amount of knockback, similar to a hammer head. Both the drill and the thrown base can be reflected or perfect shielded to nullify it. If fired into a wall, the drill will linger on the wall for several seconds before exploding. Said explosion will do high damage to any player nearby, including the one who originally fired it.

Damage (yellow base)

Action	Damage
Throw	22%
Forward tilt throw	22%
Up tilt throw	23%
Down tilt throw	24%
Dash throw	24%
Forward smash throw	25%
Up smash throw	26%
Down smash throw	28%
Drop	14-21%
Air throw	22%
Air forward tilt throw	22%
Air up tilt throw	23%
Air down tilt throw	24%
Air forward smash throw	22%
Air up smash throw	23%
Air down smash throw	24%

Trophy

The Drill trophy appears in both versions. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, it is part of the Gunner Trophy Box.

Drill's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Drill's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Drill

This may look like a handy hand-to-hand weapon, but the steel bit actually fires like a bullet. You only get one shot, but if that shot hits enemies, it will drill into them, doing continuous damage and carrying them back. Don't forget to throw the base at them afterward, adding insult to injury!

This may look like a handy hand-to-hand weapon, but the steel bit actually fires like a bullet. You get only one shot, but if that shot hits enemies, it will drill into them, doing continuous damage and carrying them back. Don't forget to throw the base at them afterward, adding insult to injury!

The drill may look like a blunt tool, but it is actually a single-use ballistic weapon that uses the drill bit as a bullet! Shoot the drill into an opponent and its point will fly straight and true, inflicting continuous damage and eventually knocking them over. Then, just to add insult to injury, throw the drill base at them.

: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Spirits

Equipping the Moley, Drill Man, Muddy Mole, or Professor Riggs & Plaise & Lerna support spirits will give the player a Drill at a start of their stock.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
349		Moley		★	1	Drill Equipped	Kirby Series
894		Drill Man		★	1	Drill Equipped	Mega Man Series
1,146		Muddy Mole		★	1	Drill Equipped	Mole Mania
1,319		Professor Riggs & Plaise & Lerna		★	1	Drill Equipped	Nintendo Labo Series

Appearances outside of Smash

Kid Icarus: Uprising

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  Idol of the Drill Arm in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

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  The Drill Arm being used in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ドリル	Drill
English	Drill	—
French	Foreuse	Drill
German	Bohrer	Drill
Spanish	Taladro	Drill
Italian	Trivella	Drill
Chinese (Simplified)	钻头	Drill
Chinese (Traditional)	鑽頭	Drill
Korean	드릴	Drill
Dutch	Drilboor	Drill
Russian	Бур	Drill

External links

The Drill in action