Reflection

Fox reflecting a thrown Capsule in Brawl.

A reflection is the process of deflecting incoming projectiles. The projectile then becomes property of the reflector's user and is often redirected to hit the original attacker, though some moves such as Thunder are not redirected when reflected. Most reflectors increase the damage done by projectiles, while some also increase their speed. Projectiles can be reflected from any direction.

It is possible for a single projectile to be reflected multiple times, such as back and forth between two characters' reflectors. However, this cannot be kept going indefinitely, as all reflectors cannot withstand a projectile that becomes too powerful: a very strong projectile just passes through most reflectors, while actually physically shattering others (such as Guardian Orbitars and Reflect Barrier).

Note: In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, certain spirits can affect the hitboxes produced by reflection moves, but has no effect on the reflected projectiles.

Moves with reflecting abilities

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Reflection moves only available as custom moves are in italics.

User	Move	Damage multiplier	Speed multiplier	Max damage reflectable
Dark Pit	Electroshock Arm**	1	1	50
	Electrocut Arm**	1	1	50
	Quickshock Arm**	1.3	1	50
	Guardian Orbitars	1.5	1.7	50
	Amplifying Orbitars	2	2	50
Dr. Mario	Super Sheet	1.5	1	50
	Breezy Sheet	1.5	1	50
Falco	Reflector	1.5	1	50
		1.2	1.3	50
	Accele-Reflector	1	2.1	50
	Reflector Void***	0.7	?	?
Fox	Reflector	1.5	1	50
		1.4	1.4	50
	Big Reflector	1.2	1	50
	Amplifying Reflector	2.1	1.8	50
Hero	Bounce	?	?	?
Joker	Makarakarn****	1.6	1.9	50
King Dedede	Inhale	1.5	1.6	—
King K. Rool	Gut Check	1.5	2	50
Lucas	Forward smash	1.5	1.5	50
Mario	Cape	1.5	1	50
	Gust Cape	1.5	1	50
Mega Man	Skull Barrier	1.2	1.2	25
Mewtwo	Confusion*	1.4	1.2	50
Mii Gunner	Echo Reflector	1.4	1.1	50
		1.5	1.9	50
Mii Swordfighter	Reversal Slash	1.5	1	50
		1.8	1.5	50
Mr. Game & Watch	Oil Panic***	1	0.8	50
Ness	Forward smash	1.5	1	50
			1.5	80
		2	2.5
Palutena	Reflect Barrier	1.17	1.25	50
		1.4		50
Pit	Angel Ring	1.5	1	50
	Mirror Shield	1.5	1.7	50
	Upperdash Arm**	1	1	50
	Interception Arm**	1	1	50
	Quickdash Arm**	1.3	1	50
	Guardian Orbitars	1.5	1.7	50
	Amplifying Orbitars	2	2	50
R.O.B.	Arm Rotor	1.5	1	50
			1.3	50
	Reflector Arm	1.8	1.5	50
	Backward Arm Rotor	1.5	1.3	50
Wolf	Reflector	1.3	1.8	50
		1.5		50
Zelda	Nayru's Love	1.5	1	50
		1.2	1.2	50
		1.25	1.4	50
	Nayru's Rejection	1.25	1.2	50
Franklin Badge		1.3	1.3	—
Gray Fox		1.0	1.0	100
Gardevoir		2.2	1.3	100
Home-Run Bat		2.0	?	?

* Confusion in Melee simply reverses projectiles without changing their owner.

** Upperdash Arm and Electroshock Arm does not change the ownership of certain projectiles reflected.

*** Can only reflect physical projectiles while absorbing energy based projectiles.

**** Only available when Arsene is active.

In SSB64 and Melee, if a projectile is too strong for a reflector, the reflector breaks (as if it was a shield) and stuns its user. In Brawl and SSB4, the overpowered projectile simply ignores the reflector and hits its user anyway. In the case of Ness's or Lucas's forward smash, should the overpowered projectile collide with the move's hitbox without striking the user, he will undergo a proportionally-substantial amount of lag due to being outprioritized.

Reflectors are generally very useful moves that can be vital, as they help prevent projectile camping and spamming. As such, characters with reliable reflectors tend to have better matchups against characters that rely upon projectiles, such as Samus, than those who lack a reliable reflector.

In addition to the above, Villager and Isabelle are able to grab projectiles and items and store them for later use via Pocket. While not strictly a reflector, retrieved projectiles gain a 1.9x damage multiplier generally associated with reflectors.

List of reflectable attacks

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User/Item	Move	Part of Move	Games
By Characters
Bayonetta	Bullet Climax	Entire move
Bowser (Giga Bowser)	Fire Breath	Entire move
Bowser Jr.	Clown Cannon	Entire move
	Mechakoopa	Walking; Thrown
Charizard	Flamethrower	Entire move
	Rock Smash	Fragments
Cloud	Blade Beam	Entire move
Corrin	Dragon Fang Shot	Water Projectile
Daisy	Toad	Entire move
	Vegetable	Thrown
Dark Pit	Silver Bow	Entire move
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun	Entire move
	Rocketbarrel Boost	Loose barrels
	Banana Peel	Entire move; Thrown
Dr. Mario	Megavitamin	Entire move
Duck Hunt	Trick Shot	Can
	Clay Pigeon	Clay pigeon
	Wild Gunman	Shot
Falco	Blaster	Entire move
	Reflector	Entire move
Fox	Blaster	Entire move
Greninja	Water Shuriken	Entire move
	Hydro Pump	Entire move
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot	Entire move
	Blizzard	Entire move
Inkling	Splattershot	Entire move
	Splat Bomb	Entire move
Ivysaur	Bullet Seed	Entire move
	Razor Leaf	Entire move
Joker	Eiha	Entire move
	Eigaon	Entire move
	Grappling Hook	Entire move
King Dedede	Waddle Dee Toss	Thrown
		Waddle Doo's beam attack
	Gordo Throw	Entire move
	Super Dedede Jump	Stars
Kirby	Copy Ability	Some neutral special moves
	Final Cutter	Wave
Link	Hero's Bow	Entire move
	Boomerang	Entire move
	Gale Boomerang	Entire move
	Bomb	Thrown
Lucario	Aura Sphere	Entire move
	Force Palm	Damaging portion
Lucas	PK Freeze	Entire move
	PK Fire	Entire move
	PK Thunder	Lightning ball
Luigi	Fireball	Entire move
Mario	Fireball	Entire move
	F.L.U.D.D.	Entire move
Mega Man	Neutral attack	Entire move
	Forward tilt	Entire move
	Neutral aerial	Entire move
	Up aerial	Entire move
	Down aerial	Entire move
	Forward smash	Entire move
	Metal Blade	Entire move
	Crash Bomber	Entire move
	Leaf Shield	When thrown
Mewtwo	Shadow Ball	Entire move
	Disable	Entire move
	Forward throw	Shots
Mii Brawler	Shot Put	Entire move
Mii Gunner	Charge Blast	Entire move
	Laser Blaze	Entire move
	Grenade Launch	Entire move
	Flame Pillar	Entire move
	Stealth Burst	Blast
	Gunner Missile	Entire move
	Lunar Launch	Blast
	Bomb Drop	Entire move
Mii Swordfighter	Gale Strike	Entire move
	Shuriken of Light	Entire move
	Chakram	Entire move
Mr. Game & Watch	Chef	Entire move
Ness	PK Flash	Entire move
	PK Fire	Entire move
	PK Thunder	Lightning ball
Olimar	Pikmin Throw	Entire move
	Forward smash	Entire move
Pac-Man	Bonus Fruit	Entire move
	Fire Hydrant	Falling; Water
Palutena	Autoreticle	Shots
Peach	Toad	Entire move
	Vegetable	Thrown
Pichu	Thunder Jolt	Entire move
	Thunder	Bolt
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt	Entire move
	Thunder	Bolt
Pit	Palutena's Bow	Entire move
R.O.B.	Robo Beam	Entire move
	Gyro	Entire move; Thrown
Richter	Axe	Entire move
	Cross	Entire move
	Holy Water	Entire move
Ridley	Plasma Scream	Entire move
Robin	Thunder	Entire move
	Arcfire	Entire move
	Elwind	Entire move
Rosalina	Luma Shot	Entire move
Ryu	Hadoken	Entire move
Samus	Charge Shot	Entire move
	Missile	Entire move
	Bomb	Entire move
Sheik	Needle Storm	Entire move
Simon	Axe	Entire move
	Cross	Entire move
	Holy Water	Entire move
Snake	Hand Grenade	Thrown
	Remote Missile	Entire move
	Cypher	Flying off
	Up smash	Shell
	Taunt	Box
Squirtle	Water Gun	Entire move
Toon Link	Hero's Bow	Entire move
	Boomerang	Entire move
	Bomb	Thrown
Villager	Lloid Rocket	Entire move
	Timber	Water; Chopped tree
	Forward smash	Entire move
	Forward air	Entire move
	Back air	Entire move
Wario	Wario Bike	Thrown
		Tires
Wii Fit Trainer	Sun Salutation	Entire move
	Header	Soccer Ball
Wolf	Blaster	Shot
Yoshi	Egg Throw	Entire move
	Yoshi Bomb	Stars
Young Link	Fire Bow	Entire move
	Boomerang	Entire move
	Bomb	Thrown
Zelda	Din's Fire	Blast
	Phantom Slash	Initial Summon
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer	Entire move
	Power Suit Pieces	When thrown
By Items
All Thrown Items
Blast Box		Explosion
Bob-omb		Walking
Bombchu		Collision
Bullet Bill		Collision
Bumper		When Set
Cracker Launcher		Shots
Drill		Collision
Fire Flower		Flames
Green Shell		Collision
Red Shell		Collision
Hocotate Bomb		Collision
Hothead		Collision
Killer Eye		Beam
Lip's Stick		Spores
Ore Club		Collision
Ray Gun		Shots
Rolling Crate		Rolling
Soccer Ball		Launch
Star Rod		Stars
Steel Diver		Shots
Super Scope		Shots
Superspicy Curry		Flames
Unira		When Set
By Pokémon
Blastoise	Hydro Pump	Water Jets
Bonsly	Tackle	Thrown
Charizard	Flamethrower	Flames
Chespin	Seed Bomb	Seeds
Chikorita	Razor Leaf	Leaves
Clefairy	Metronome	Some copied attacks
Cyndaquil	Flamethrower	Flames
Darkrai	Dark Void	Dark Void Balls
Fennekin	Incinerate	Flames
Genesect	Techno Blast	Beam
Kyogre	Hydro Pump	Water Jets
Marill	Tackle	Collision
Meloetta	Echoed Voice	Music Notes
Meowth	Pay Day	Coins
Oshawott	Surf	Collision
Piplup	Surf	Collision
Snivy	Razor Leaf	Leaves
Starmie	Swift	Stars
Staryu	Swift	Stars
Zoroark	Fury Swipes	Claw swipes
By Assist Trophies
Color TV-Game 15		Pong Ball
Dark Samus		Shots
Elec Man		Thunder Beams
Excitebikes		Collision
Hammer Bros.		Hammers
Infantry and Tanks		Shots
Jeff		Rockets
Knuckle Joe		Smash Punch
Phosphora		Electric Attacks
Ray MK III		Lasers
Saki Amamiya		Shots
Sheriff		Shots
Takamaru		Thrown Knives
Zero		Genmu Zero
By Stage Hazards
Corneria		Shots fired from Arwings, Wolfens, and the Great Fox
Green Greens		Apples
Mario Bros.		Shellcreepers and Sidesteppers
Sector Z		Shots fired from Arwings
Venom		Shots fired from Arwings and Wolfens
Wily Castle		Yellow Devil's energy blasts
By Enemies and Bosses
Armank		Energy Shot
Autolance		Launched lance
Bombed		Thrown Head
Boom Primid		Thrown Boomerang
Bullet Bill		Collision
Crazy Hand		Bombs
Duon		Scattershot
Fire Primid		Fireball
Gamyga		Lasers
Hammer Bro.		Hammers
Master Edges		Sword projectiles
Master Hand		Finger bullets
		Fireball Blitz
Meta Ridley		Small fireballs
		Medium fireballs
Poppant		Tossed gifts
Puppit		Lasers
Rayquaza		Energy ball
R.O.B. Blaster		Lasers
R.O.B. Launcher		Missiles
Roturret		Bullets
Scope Primid		Shots
Spaak		Electric ball
		Lightning bolt

Trivia

• Not counting Melee's powershield, since Zelda's Nayru's Love and King Dedede's Inhale in Ultimate are the only neutral special reflection moves, they are the only reflection moves that Kirby can copy or use.
• Pit is the only character to have different reflectors between games.