Projectile

A projectile is any hitbox able to leave the user's damagable collision bubbles and move by itself, and most of them can be reflected. Ness' yoyo is an exception, as it is not classified as a projectile despite its glitch. All non-item projectile attacks in Melee are special attacks and throws, usually neutral B. Common examples of projectiles include: Falco's laser (neutral B), Samus' missiles (forward B) and Young Link's bombs (down B). An example of a throw projectile is Mewtwo's forward throw, which launches multiple tiny Shadow Balls which can damage any character.

A majority of characters in Melee have at least one projectile attack; the characters that don't are Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Ganondorf, Jigglypuff, Marth, and Roy. It is considered a disadvantage to not have a projectile, because projectiles are very useful in setting up an approach.

All projectile attacks will not create hit lag for the user. Most projectiles can be easily identified by attacking a metal box: if the character becomes metal, then the move is not a projectile.

Number of Projectiles per Character

This table includes all non-Final Smash projectiles for every character, as well as some important properties of each, such as whether it is a physical or energy projectile. Generally, energy-based projectiles are not affected by gravity and can be absorbed, while physical projectiles follow gravity and cannot be absorbed.

Character	Projectiles	Energy/Physical	Unique Properties
Bowser	Fire Breath	Energy	Can be tilted up and down.
Captain Falcon	None.
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun	Physical	Can be grabbed in midair.
	Banana Peel	Physical	Produces a banana peel.
	Rocketbarrel Boost (when the barrels come off)	Physical	Has a random trajectory.
Donkey Kong	None.
Dr. Mario	Megavitamins	Physical
Falco	Blaster	Energy
	Reflector	Physical	Like other reflectors, can reflect projectiles, but oddly isn't considered a projectile itself.
Fox	Blaster	Energy	Does not cause flinching (except SSB) .
Ganondorf	None.
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot	Physical	Hugs the ground and can freeze opponents.
	Blizzard	Energy	Can freeze opponents.
Ike	None.
Jigglypuff	None.
King Dedede	Inhale (spit-out character)	Physical
	Waddle Dee Toss	Physical	Affected by gravity, can be angled up and down, shortened or lengthened, and can randomly produce waddle doo's, gordos, and items.
Kirby	Inhale (spit-out character)	Physical
	Final Cutter's shock wave	Energy	Hugs the ground.
	May copy another character's projectile.
Link	Boomerang/Gale Boomerang	Physical	Tries to return to Link.
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item.
	Bow/Hero's Bow	Physical
Lucas	PK Freeze	Energy	Affected by gravity and can be tilted forward and backwards.
	PK Fire	Energy	Large recoil.
	PK Thunder	Energy	Controllable.
Lucario	Aura Sphere	Energy
	Force Palm's aura	Energy	Cannot be reflected, so reflectors negate its damage.
Luigi	Fireball	Energy
Mario	Fireball	Energy	Affected by gravity.
	F.L.U.D.D.	Energy	Pushes opponents, does no damage.
Marth	None.
Meta Knight	None.
Mewtwo	Shadow Ball	Energy	Huge recoil when used fully charged.
Mr. Game & Watch	Chef	Physical
	Oil Panic (once absorbed three attacks, can dump oil on his opponents)	Physical	Cannot be reflected.
Ness	PK Flash	Energy	Affected by gravity and can be tilted forward and backwards.
	PK Fire	Energy	Creates gravity-affected fire pillar on impact, trajectory changes in midair.
	PK Thunder	Energy	Controllable.
Olimar	Pikmin Throw	Physical	Pikmin latch onto target.
Peach	Vegetable	Physical	Produces a vegetable item, Bob-omb, Mr. Saturn, or Beam Sword.
Pichu	Thunder Jolt	Energy	Hugs the stage.
	Thunder	Energy
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt	Energy	Hugs the stage.
	Thunder	Energy
Pit	Palutena's Arrow	Energy	Controllable.
Pokémon Trainer	Flamethrower (Charizard)	Energy	Can be tilted up and down.
	Rock Smash fragments (Charizard)	Physical
	Bullet Seed (Ivysaur)	Physical
	Razor Leaf (Ivysaur)	Physical	Can be tilted up and down and lengthened, but trajectory is fairly random.
	Water Gun (Squirtle)	Energy	When charged, pushes opponents and does no damage unless uncharged. Can be tilted up and down.
R.O.B.	Robo Beam	Energy	Can reflect off surfaces at certain angles, can be tilted up and down.
	Gyro	Physical	Produces a Gyro item.
Roy	None.
Samus	Charge Shot	Energy
	Missile	Physical	Can fire a homing missile or super missile.
	Bomb	Physical
Shiek	Needle Storm	Physical	Can be tilted up and down.
Snake	Hand Grenade	Physical	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).
	C4 (when used in the air)	Physical
	Remote Missile	Physical	Controllable.
	Cypher (once let go)	Physical
	Up smash	Physical
	Taunt	Physical	Affected by gravity.
Sonic	Spring Jump (aerial usage)	Physical	Can also be used as a recovery.
Toon Link	Bow	Physical
	Boomerang	Physical	Attempts to return to Toon Link.
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item.
Wario	Wario Bike (once dismounted, can be thrown)	Physical
Wolf	Blaster	Energy
Yoshi	Egg Toss	Physical	Can be tilted forward, backwards, up and down (when tilted backwards the egg will go next to Yoshi).
Young Link	Bow	Physical
	Boomerang	Physical	Attempts to return to Young Link.
	Bomb	Physical	Produces a bomb item.
Zelda	Din's Fire	Energy	Cannot be reflected, but reflectors will prevent the user from being hit.
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer	Energy	Stuns opponent in place.
	Down Smash	Energy	Can be absorbed like a projectile, but oddly isn't considered one, similar to how the Fire Flower's fire works.