Reflection

Fox reflecting a thrown Capsule in Brawl.

Reflection is a phenomenon wherein one fighter gains control of an enemy's projectile and uses it as their own attack. Most, but not all projectiles reverse direction upon being reflected, sending them back to their original users.

To be reflected, a projectile must come into contact with an attack or object that reflects, such as the aptly-named Reflector, Ness's forward smash, or a character wearing a Franklin Badge. Most reflectors increase the damage done by projectiles, while some also increase their speed. Projectiles can be reflected from any direction, and can be reflected multiple times to multiplicatively increase the damage dealt.

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. From Brawl onwards, the 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, 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 reflectors

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Reflectors 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
Home-Run Bat	Forward smash	2.0	?	?
Franklin Badge		1.3	1.3	—
Gardevoir		2.2	1.3	100
Gray Fox		1.0	1.0	100

List of reflectable attacks

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User/Item	Move
By Characters
Bayonetta	Bullet Climax
Bowser (Giga Bowser)	Fire Breath
Bowser Jr.	Clown Cannon, Mechakoopa both when walking and when thrown as an item
Charizard	Flamethrower, Rock Smash fragments
Cloud	Blade Beam both normally and in Limit Break
Corrin	Dragon Fang Shot's projectile
Daisy	Toad's spores, Vegetables when thrown
Dark Samus	Charge Shot, Missile, Bomb
Dark Pit	Silver Bow
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun, stray barrels from Rocketbarrel Boost, Banana Peel whether stationary or thrown
Dr. Mario	Megavitamin
Duck Hunt	Trick Shot can, Clay Shooting clay pigeon, Wild Gunman gunfire
Falco	Blaster shots from forward throw, back throw, and down throw; Blaster, Reflector ( only)
Fox	Blaster shots from forward throw, back throw, and down throw; Blaster
Greninja	Water Shuriken, Hydro Pump
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot, Blizzard
Inkling	Splattershot, Splat Bomb
Isabelle	Dash attack, forward aerial, back aerial, Lloid Trap
Ivysaur	Bullet Seed, Razor Leaf
Joker	Eiha, Eigaon, Grappling Hook
King Dedede	Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, and Gordos thrown by Waddle Dee Toss ( only), Waddle Doo's beam attack ( only), Gordo Throw ( onwards), Super Dedede Jump landing stars
Kirby	All reflectable attacks he can copy, Final Cutter projectile
Link	Forward smash sword beam ( only), Hero's Bow (before ), Bow and Arrows whether fired or thrown as items ( only), Boomerang ( only), Gale Boomerang ( only), Bomb (before ), Remote Bomb ( only)
Lucario	Aura Sphere when launched, Force Palm blast
Lucas	PK Freeze, PK Fire, PK Thunder
Luigi	Fireball
Mario	Fireball, F.L.U.D.D. ( onwards)
Mega Man	Neutral attack, forward tilt, forward smash, neutral aerial, up aerial, down aerial, Metal Blade, Crash Bomber, Leaf Shield once thrown
Mewtwo	Forward throw shots, Shadow Ball, Disable
Mii Brawler	Shot Put
Mii Gunner	Forward aerial, Charge Blast, Laser Blaze, Grenade Launch, Flame Pillar, Stealth Burst at the moment of detonation, Lunar Launch, Bomb Drop
Mii Swordfighter	Gale Strike, Shuriken of Light, Chakram
Mr. Game & Watch	Forward aerial ( only), up aerial ( only), Chef
Ness	PK Flash, PK Fire, PK Thunder
Olimar	Forward smash, Pikmin Throw
Pac-Man	All Bonus Fruit projectiles, Fire Hydrant while falling, Fire Hydrant water blasts
Palutena	Autoreticle
Peach	Toad's spores, Vegetables when thrown
Pichu	Thunder Jolt, Thunder
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt, Thunder
Piranha Plant	Ptooie, Poison Breath
Pit	Palutena Bow
R.O.B.	Robo Beam, Gyro both when launched and when thrown
Richter	Axe, Cross, Holy Water
Ridley	Plasma Breath
Robin	All Thunder projectiles, Arcfire, Elwind, Levin Sword and all Tomes once expired and thrown as items
Rosalina	Luma Shot, Star Bits
Ryu	Hadoken
Samus	Charge Shot, Missile, Bomb
Sheik	Needle Storm, Burst Grenade ( onwards)
Simon	Axe, Cross, Holy Water
Snake	Up smash bomb, Hand Grenade, Remote Missile, independently flying Cypher, Box
Squirtle	Water Gun
Toon Link	Hero's Bow, Boomerang, Bomb
Villager	Dash attack, forward smash, forward aerial, back aerial, Lloid Rocket; Timber water, falling tree, and wood chip
Wario	Wario Bike when thrown, Wario Bike tires ( only)
Wii Fit Trainer	Sun Salutation, Header ball
Wolf	Blaster projectile
Yoshi	Egg Throw, Yoshi Bomb landing stars
Young Link	Fire Bow, Boomerang, Bomb
Zelda	Din's Fire at the moment of detonation, Phantom Slash
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer, thrown Power Suit Pieces ( only)
By Items
All throwable items except for the Spiny Shell
All projectiles fired by items, including Banana Gun shots, Fire Flower flames, Super Scope shots, Cracker Launcher bombs, Rage Blaster lasers, Ray Gun lasers, Staff shots, Steel Diver torpedos, Ramblin' Evil Mushroom spores, the Drill, beams shot by the Killer Eye, Superspicy Curry flames, tornados launched by forward smashes with the Ore Club, stars launched by forward tilts and forward smashes with the Star Rod, and spores launched by forward tilts and forward smashes with Lip's Stick
Bob-ombs and Bombchus while moving along the ground, Rolling Crates in motion, and players who have transformed into a Bullet Bill during flight
Soccer Balls when launched
The explosion from a Blast Box
Bumpers ( only) and Uniras when set
By Pokémon
Blastoise	Hydro Pump
Bonsly	Tackle when thrown as an item
Charizard	Flamethrower
Chespin	Seed Bomb
Chikorita	Razor Leaf
Clefairy	Some copied attacks with Metronome
Cyndaquil	Flamethrower
Darkrai	Dark Void balls
Ditto	Any reflectible moves it copies
Fennekin	Incinerate
Genesect	Techno Blast
Kyogre	Hydro Pump
Marill	Tackle
Meloetta	Echoed Voice
Meowth	Pay Day
Oshawott	Surf
Piplup	Surf
Snivy	Razor Leaf
Starmie	Swift
Staryu	Swift
Tapu Koko	Electroweb beams
Vulpix	Incinerate, Blizzard
By Assist Trophies
Chef Kawasaki	Plates
Color TV-Game 15	Pong ball
Dark Samus	Homing shots
Dr. Wily	Projectiles
Elec Man	Thunder Beam
Excitebikes	Collision
Ghirahim	Knives
Guile	Sonic Boom
Hammer Bros.	Hammers
Infantry and Tanks	Shots
Jeff	Multi-Bottle Rockets
Knuckle Joe	Smash Punch
Krystal	Ice Blast
Mother Brain	Rinkas
Phosphora	All attacks
Rathalos	Fireballs
Ray MK III	Lasers
Saki Amamiya	Shots
Sheriff	Shots
Shovel Knight	Dirt
Starman	PK Beam, PK Beam γ
Sukapon	Tondeker
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, missiles
Fire Primid	Fireball
Gamyga	Lasers
Hammer Bro.	Hammers
Master Edges	Sword projectiles
Master Hand	Finger bullets, fireball rain ( only)
Meta Ridley	Small and 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.
• Prior to version 1.0.8 of Smash 4, all but the final hit of Zoroark's Fury Swipes were technically considered projectiles. By wearing a Franklin Badge, a character trapped by Zoroark would only take damage from the final hit of the attack.