Projectile

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Mario's fireball is an example of a projectile

A projectile is an attack or other object that operates independently of the character that used it. Common examples of projectiles include the Charge Shot, Blaster shots, and thrown items. Most projectiles can be reflected, while others can also be absorbed.

A majority of characters have at least one projectile attack, while some have two or even three. It is considered a disadvantage to lack a projectile, as they can be very useful in both approaching and camping out opponents' approaches. Projectiles also cause the target to take hitlag while the user does not, which allows a few free frames of action.

As projectiles are (in general) considered indirect attacks, the vast majority of enemies in the Subspace Emissary resist them - in fact, only Porky, Meta Ridley, and Tabuu do not. Projectiles are also generally special moves executed with the B button, but some characters, including Snake, the Villager, and Mega Man have smash attacks that are projectiles.

Projectiles used by characters

This table includes all non-Final Smash projectiles for every character, as well as some important properties of each.

Character	Projectiles	Reflectable	Absorbable	Unique/Special Properties
Bowser	Fire Breath			Size and length decreases as Bowser continues to breathe, releasing the move slowly recharges it.
Bowser Jr.	Mechakoopa
	Clown Car	?	?	Becomes a projectile when he abandons ship.
	Clown Cannon		?
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun			Can be charged, which increases damage and speed while flattening the movement angle, but charging too much causes the move to fail. Can be grabbed and subsequently thrown as an item.
	Banana Peel			Produces a banana peel.
	Rocketbarrel Boost (when the barrels come off)			Has a random trajectory. Cannot be shielded.
Dr. Mario	Megavitamins			Affected by gravity, bounces on the ground.
Duck Hunt	Trick Shot		?	Can be launched higher and/or farther by pressing B repeatedly. Explodes after a while, or if it hits an enemy.
	Clay Shooting		?	The clay pigeon is shot if the B button is pressed. If hit by an attack (including ones that normally would reflect projectiles), then it breaks automatically.
Falco	Blaster			Follows straight trajectory. Causes flinching. The lasers are also used in his up, back and down throws (can also be absorbed and reflected).
Fox	Blaster			Follows straight trajectory. Does not cause flinching (except in Smash 64). The lasers are also used in Fox's back, down and up throws in Melee and Brawl (can also be absorbed and reflected).
Greninja	Water Shuriken	?	?
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot			Bounces off shields, causing it to travel the other direction. Hugs the ground, following straight trajectory.
	Blizzard
King Dedede	Inhale (spit-out character)			Spits in straight trajectory.
	Waddle Dee Toss	/	/	Affected by gravity, can be angled up or down and shortened or lengthened. Waddle Doos' Beam Whip can be reflected or absorbed, Gordos and thrown items can be reflected, while tossed Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos cannot.
	Super Dedede Jump (stars produced)
Kirby	Inhale (spit-out character and swallow)			The character that's been turned into a star will be shot out of Kirby's mouth in a straight trajectory in front of him if he spits that character out. If he swallows a character, the star will appear behind him with the same properties but with much shorter range. If reflected and it hits Kirby, he will keep his copy ability, but the swallow animation will stop a few frames earlier.
	Final Cutter's shock wave			Produces a wave after Kirby touches the ground, hugging it and following a straight trajectory.
	May copy another character's neutral special projectile.
Link	Boomerang/Gale Boomerang			Tries to return to Link. Can be angled. In Brawl, produces a vacuum effect on return.
	Bomb			Produces a Bomb, which acts as an item. It explodes after 7 seconds, and can deal self-damage.
	Bow/Hero's Bow			Can be charged, and held forever before releasing. The charge affects the firing speed and distance. Affected by gravity, stops moving when it hits the ground.
Lucario	Aura Sphere			Waves up and down slightly; moves perfectly straight when fully charged. Can be held forever (damages foes who touch the Aura).
	Force Palm's aura			In very close distance, acts as a throw instead.
Lucas	PK Freeze			Affected by gravity and can be tilted forward and backwards.
	PK Fire			Travels straight forward and disappears after about 3/8 of the way across Final Destination.
	PK Thunder			Controllable.
Luigi	Fireball			Follows straight trajectory.
Mario	Fireball			Affected by gravity, bounces on the ground.
	F.L.U.D.D.			Pushes opponents and does no damage. Can be tilted up and down.
Mewtwo	Shadow Ball			Huge recoil when used fully charged. Waves up and down slightly. Can be held forever (damages foes who touch the ball during charging). Small Shadow Balls are launched during Mewtwo's forward throw (which can also be absorbed).
	Disable
Mr. Game & Watch	Chef			Random trajectory. In Brawl, the projectiles created by Kirby copying this move can be absorbed, unlike the Mr. Game & Watch version.
Ness	PK Flash			Affected by gravity and can be tilted forward and backwards.
	PK Fire			Creates gravity-affected fire pillar on impact, trajectory changes when used in midair.
	PK Thunder			Controllable.
Olimar	All of Olimar's Pikmin attacks - namely, his smash attacks, directional aerials, grabs, throws, Pikmin Chain, and Pikmin Throw - are considered projectiles due to the Pikmin being the active object, not Olimar.
Peach	Toad			The spores produced on a successful counterattack are projectiles.
	Vegetable			Produces a vegetable item, and rarely Bob-ombs, Mr. Saturns, or Beam Swords.
Pichu	Thunder Jolt			Causes 1% recoil damage. Hugs the stage.
	Thunder			Causes 3% recoil damage if the bolt hits Pichu.
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt			Hugs the stage, can travel up walls, along ceilings, and below the edge (except in SSB). Has diagonal trajectory in the air.
	Thunder			Cannot go through platforms above Pikachu.
Pit	Palutena's Arrow			Chargeable and controllable. Can be held for a limited time, and can be aimed up.
Pokémon Trainer	Flamethrower (Charizard)			Can be tilted up and down. Can be held forever, but fire length gradually decreases.
	Rock Smash fragments (Charizard)
	Bullet Seed (Ivysaur)			Can be held for limited time.
	Razor Leaf (Ivysaur)			Can be tilted up and down, but trajectory is fairly random.
	Water Gun (Squirtle)			When charged, pushes opponents and does no damage unless uncharged. Can be tilted up and down.
R.O.B.	Robo Beam			Can reflect off surfaces at certain angles, can be tilted up and down. Charges automatically.
	Gyro			Produces a Gyro item.
Robin	Elwind		?	Can meteor smash opponents.
Rosalina	Luma Shot			When distanced, Luma can be called back.
	Star Bits		?
Samus	Charge Shot			Follows straight trajectory; chargeable. In Smash 64, it can go on for an infinite distance. In Melee and Brawl, it will disappear if it doesn't hit anything for a few seconds.
	Missile			Can fire a homing missile or super missile.
	Bomb			Detonates either instantly upon contact with an opponent (Melee/SSB) or after a set period of time (Brawl).
Sheik	Needle Storm			Can be tilted up and down. Can be charged forever, but only six needles can be held and fired.
	Vanish			Considered a projectile because the explosion and hitbox do not follow Sheik.
Snake	Hand Grenade			Can be picked up, grenade itself does not cause flinching and can be tilted forward and backwards (when tilted backwards it will fall next to Snake). Can also injure the user. Detonates after few seconds. Does not explode on contact.
	Remote Missile			Controllable. Shielding against it makes the user lose control of its trajectory.
	Cypher (once let go of)
	Up smash
	Down smash
	C4
	Taunt			Affected by gravity. Can be picked up by opponents (while Snake is still inside of it), though only Donkey Kong can move around while holding it.
Sonic	Spring Jump (aerial usage)
Toon Link	Bow			Can be charged, and held forever before releasing. The charge affects the firing speed and distance.
	Boomerang			Tries to return to Toon Link. Can be angled.
	Bomb			Produces a bomb item. Explode after some seconds. Can damage the user.
Villager	Forward Smash		?	Drops a bowling ball
	Lloid Rocket		?
	Timber (cut tree)		?
Wario	Wario Bike (once dismounted, can be thrown)			Can be destroyed (resulting in two tires that can also be picked up and thrown).
Wii Fit Trainer	Sun Salutation		?	Also heals when fully charged.
	Header		?	Shoots a soccer ball at a downward angle; acts as a melee attack in close ranges.
Wolf	Blaster			Follows straight trajectory; acts as a melee attack in close ranges.
Yoshi	Egg Throw			Can be tilted forward, backwards, up and down (when tilted backwards the egg will go next to Yoshi). Holding down the special button will make the egg travel further.
	Yoshi Bomb (stars)
Young Link	Bow			Can be charged, and held forever before releasing. The charge affects the firing speed and distance.
	Boomerang			Tries to return to Young Link.
	Bomb			Produces a bomb item. Explode after some seconds. Can damage the user.
Zelda	Din's Fire			Reflectors cannot affect the projectile as it is travelling, but they will reflect the explosion.
	Phantom Slash		?	Confirmed to be a reflectable projectile, not yet known if it's absorbable.
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer			Stuns opponent in place. Chargeable for a limited amount of time.