Giant Punch

Giant Punch
File:Donkey Kong Giant Punch.png Giant Punch in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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“	Press File:GCN BButton.png to charge, then again to punch. Press File:GCN LButton.png, File:GCN RButton.png, or File:GCN ZButton.png to stop charging.	”
—Melee's instruction manual

“	Charge with B, then press again to punch. Quit charging with Z.	”
—Brawl's instruction manual

“	Charge with , and then press again to punch.	”
—Smash for 3DS's foldout

Giant Punch (ジャイアントパンチ, Giant Punch), commonly referred to as the Punch and Donkey Punch, is Donkey Kong's neutral special move. By pressing the special move button, DK will start swinging his arm around, charging a punch.

This is often a prime example of an "auto-charge special with a saveable charge", in that pressing any attack button once more during the charging period will deliver the blow, which gains knockback and damage for every completed swing. If no button is pressed, after ten swings DK will become fully charged and stop winding up; his head will start smoking to indicate this (while his arm also causes smoke in Melee and Brawl). The fully charged punch can then be delivered at any time by pressing the special move button; the punch is weaker when used in midair.

If the player presses a shield button or presses the control stick left or right while charging, DK will save whatever charge he has and shield or roll. He can then continue charging later. Being hit while charging will cancel out any charge. If charging in the air, DK will drop the charge normally instead of being able to shield or roll.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4, DK gains launch resistance when he throws a fully charged punch, making it very hard to interrupt, and can be saved to defend against an incoming KO move. On the other hand, a punch that's just under full charge has significantly more KOing power.

From Melee onward, this move puts Donkey Kong into a helpless state if used in midair. However, it has less ending lag in Brawl, and more invincibility frames.

Stages

Giant Punch has stages of being charged. These are recorded in swings of Donkey Kong's arm; each swing DK does increases damage and knockback for the punch. The charge has eleven stages in total; the eleventh stage is the fully charged stage. A fully charged Giant Punch will have a quicker animation, resulting in a quicker punch, and do the most damage, but is weaker in knockback. In Melee and Brawl, all stages of the punch are weaker when used in mid-air.

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Smash 64 stages

Stage	Number of swings	Damage	Percent that can KO	Elbow damage	Elbow percent that can KO
Stage 1	1	14%
Stage 2	2	16%
Stage 3	3	18%
Stage 4	4	20%
Stage 5	5	22%
Stage 6	6	23%
Stage 7	7	26%
Stage 8	8	28%
Stage 9	9	30%	65%
Stage 10	10	32%	50%	31%
Stage 11	11	36%	48%	35%

Brawl stages

Stage	Number of swings	Damage	Percent that can KO	Elbow damage	Elbow percent that can KO
Stage 1	1	10%	196%	12%	162%
Stage 2	2	12%	165%	14%	138%
Stage 3	3	14%	141%	16%	119%
Stage 4	4	16%	122%	18%	104%
Stage 5	5	18%	106%	20%	91%
Stage 6	6	20%	93%	22%	80%
Stage 7	7	22%	81%	24%	70%
Stage 8	8	24%	71%	26%	61%
Stage 9	9	26%	63%	28%	53%
Stage 10	10	28%	55%	30%	46%
Stage 11	11	28%	81%	18%	113%
Aerial stage 1	1	6%	338%	8%
Aerial stage 2	2	8%	259%	10%
Aerial stage 3	3	10%	215%	12%
Aerial stage 4	4	12%	179%	14%
Aerial stage 5	5	14%	153%	16%
Aerial stage 6	6	16%	131%	18%
Aerial stage 7	7	18%	117%	20%
Aerial stage 8	8	20%	100%	22%
Aerial stage 9	9	22%	89%	24%
Aerial stage 10	10	24%	79%	26%
Aerial stage 11	11	25%	105%	15%

• Note, not only does a stage ten Giant Punch have more knockback than a fully charged punch, but stages eight and nine also have more knockback.
• The sweet spot for an uncharged Giant Punch is at the elbow.

SSB4 stages

Stage	Number of swings	Damage	Percent that can KO	Elbow damage	Elbow percent that can KO
Stage 1	1	10%
Stage 2	2	12%
Stage 3	3	14%
Stage 4	4	16%
Stage 5	5	18%
Stage 6	6	20%
Stage 7	7	22%
Stage 8	8	24%
Stage 9	9	26%
Stage 10	10	28%
Stage 11	11	28%
Aerial stage 1	1
Aerial stage 2	2
Aerial stage 3	3
Aerial stage 4	4
Aerial stage 5	5
Aerial stage 6	6
Aerial stage 7	7
Aerial stage 8	8
Aerial stage 9	9
Aerial stage 10	10
Aerial stage 11	11

Video

Here's a video showing off all the stages of Brawl's Giant Punch.

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Customization

Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the known variations:

1. Giant Punch	2. Lightning Punch	3. Storm Punch
"A mighty punch. Press the button once to charge it, then again to release it."	"Charges up much faster, but isn't quite as mighty. Deals electrical damage."	"A punch that's not very strong, but it pushes opponents away with a gust of wind."

1. Giant Punch: Default.
2. Lightning Punch: Charges up much faster, but is weaker and doesn't have flinch resistance. Deals electric damage.
3. Storm Punch: Less powerful, but generates a whirlwind that blows opponents away.

Gallery

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  Charging a Giant Punch in Super Smash Bros.

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  Giant Punch in Melee.

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  Donkey Kong using the Giant Punch on Ike in Brawl.

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  Donkey Kong using the Giant Punch on Samus in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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  Donkey Kong using the Storm Punch, one of the customizable moves in Super Smash Brothers for Wii U.

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  DK's Giant Punch in SSB for 3DS.

Trivia

• In Smash 64, instead of DK's head steaming to show he's fully charged, his fist will spark. He also uses his right arm instead of his left to punch in this game.
• In Melee, the move is stronger if the player doesn't store the charge before using it.
• In the ending of Donkey Kong Country Returns, DK uses a move similiar to this when he is falling, charging his punch and striking the moon.
• Donkey Kong did something similar to this move in the Donkey Kong Country episode Bad Hair Day.

Donkey Kong's special moves

Neutral special	Giant Punch
Side special	—	Headbutt
Up special	Spinning Kong
Down special	Hand Slap
Final Smash	—		Konga Beat		Jungle Rush