Black Hole

Black Hole
Official artwork of the Black Hole from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Universe	Super Smash Bros.
Appears in	Ultimate
Item class	Throwing/Trap

For Palutena's Final Smash, see Black Hole Laser. For other uses, see Black hole (disambiguation).

“	Pulls fighters and items into its powerful gravity field. If someone throws a Black Hole in your direction, you'd better keep your distance!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

The Black Hole (ブラックボール, Black Ball) is an item introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It is based off a real-world black hole.

Overview

The Black Hole is an item that will set itself up in midair once thrown, creating a black hole. This then sucks in nearby fighters, items, and projectiles. While the hole itself deals no damage or knockback, fighters caught in the hole are continuously pulled into its center and forced into a tumble, leaving them extremely vulnerable to attacks from opponents and stage hazards. Moves that allow the user to move in quick bursts, such as Teleport, Warp, and Quick Attack, can be used to escape the black hole before it disappears, and fast attacks can be used repeatedly to deter other opponents from attacking while a player is trapped.

Origin

While the black hole in Smash is original to the series, it is functionally similar to the real life Black hole. There are certain points in outer space with gravity so strong that nothing can escape from it. Not even light, the fastest known thing in the universe, can escape when caught in a black hole's pull.

Many video-games utilize black holes as environmental hazards or power-ups. Notably, the Smash Bros. rendition is similar in use to the Black Hole power in Kid Icarus: Uprising, which also serves as the basis for Palutena's Final Smash.

Spirits

Equipping the Blathers, Loki, or, Caroline & Justine support spirits will give the player a Black Hole at the start of their stock.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
849		Blathers		★★★	2	Black Hole Equipped	Animal Crossing Series
1,016		Loki		★★★	2	Black Hole Equipped	Bayonetta Series
1,308		Caroline & Justine		★★★	2	Black Hole Equipped	Persona Series

Gallery

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  The Black Hole as it appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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  Throwing opponents in the Black Hole will trap them.

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  Fox holding a Black Hole.

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  Throwing the Black Hole will activate it.

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  Lucas using PSI Magnet near the Black Hole.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ブラックボール, Black Ball	—
English	Black Hole	—
French	Trou noir	Black Hole
German	Schwarzes Loch	Black Hole
Spanish	Agujero negro	Black Hole
Italian	Buco nero	Black Hole
Chinese	黑洞	Black Hole
Korean	블랙홀, Black Hole	—
Dutch	Zwart gat	Black Hole
Russian	Черная дыра	Black Hole

Trivia

• If a Black Hole is active when a stage is about to Stage Morph, it will disappear before the stage transitions.
• Oddly, Black Holes cannot be spawned at all after a Smash Ball is spawned in Training mode.