Donkey Kong (SSB)

This article is about Donkey Kong's appearance in Super Smash Bros. For other uses, see Donkey Kong.

Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu) is a starter character in Super Smash Bros. He is known as a slow yet powerful character, with his trademark move being the Giant Punch, which, when fully charged, deals 36% damage.

Standard Moves

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Weak attacks

• A Jab, 4%
• 2 Punch, 4%

Strong attacks

• ↔ Extended Punch, 12%
• ↑ Upward Knock, 13%
• ↓ Low Slap, 8%

Smash attacks

• ↔ Big Slap, 20%
• ↑ Upward Clap, 21%
• ↓ Spinning Splits, 19%

Aerial attacks

• A Spin, 15%
• → Spinning Spike, 16%
• ← Backwards kick, 15%
• ↑ Upward Knock, 12%
• ↓ Spike, 12%

Special moves

• B Giant Punch, 14% min charge, 36% max charge
• B↑ Spinning Kong, 12%, multiple hits possible
• B↓ Hand Slap, 10%

Throws

• → Trap Throw, 8%

Donkey Kong will hold his opponent on his back, dealing 8%. He can then move around before throwing them forward for another 8%.

• ← Backward throw, 18%

Other

• Dash attack: Kick, 12%

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Attacks deal lots of damage and have good knockback
• Long horizontal recovery
• Greatest grabbing range in the game
• Has two spikes
• Good reach, which allows for good combos despite slow attack speed
• Terrific throw combos
• One of the strongest throws in the game, in terms of knockback

Cons

• Huge target
• Slow movement and attacks
• Poor and unvaried approach
• Low vertical recovery
• Kills require setup
• No projectile
• Poor shield cover

Combos and General Strategy

Infinite Throw Trap

Main Article:Infinite throw trap

DK has the ability to use forward throw as a method to constantly stack damage to most characters. In order to do this, DK must use the Trap Throw, but not throw. If the opponent wiggles out, they will likely wiggle out into DK's grab range whereupon they can be grabbed again. This throw trap can be broken if the opponent can shake towards DK and his grab. Yoshi can break out of this throw trap with ease.

Ledge Dropping

Due to DK's laggy aerials, DK has very little comboing potential with his aerials except d-air or f-air into throw. However, if DK drops from a ledge, DK can quickly use a u-air and then land to move to do another attack. DK can also jump, use an aerial, and land on a ledge for a similar effect. As a result, on ledges, DK can juggle characters with u-air that he would otherwise never be able to combo.