Wolf suffers a darkness ailment when struck by the first hit of Crazy Hand's triple poke attack.

There are a few attacks in the Super Smash Bros. series, starting from Super Smash Bros. Melee, that cause the darkness effect. Characters hit by darkness temporarily flash purple and emit shadowy energy similar to that of fire. The darkness effect can be improved by stickers in Brawl, though they are usable only by Ganondorf.

List of darkness attacks

By characters

Character Move(s) Games
Ganondorf Forward smash     
Warlock Punch     
Wizard's Foot
Gerudo Dragon  
Flame Choke    
Dark Dive (ending uppercut)
Beast Ganon (dash)
Warlock Blade  
Warlock Thrust
Flame Wave
Flame Chain
Dark Fists
Wizard's Dropkick
Wizard's Assault
Giga Bowser Forward tilt    
Up tilt   
Down tilt
Forward aerial
Back throw
Kirby (Copy Abilities) Warlock Punch     
Shadow Ball    
Pikmin Pluck (White Pikmin)    
Mewtwo Neutral attack    
Dash attack
Forward smash
Up smash
Down smash
Forward aerial
Forward throw
Shadow Ball
Olimar With a White Pikmin, all Pikmin-based attacks (all smashes, all aerial attacks except neutral aerial, pummel, all throws, Pikmin Throw and customs) (while it is considered and commonly stated that White Pikmin inflict poison, they technically use the darkness effect for these specific attacks)    
Pikmin Chain (White Pikmin)  
Piranha Plant Poison Breath  
Robin Nosferatu   
Distant Nosferatu  
Goetia

By items

Item Attack Games
Assist Trophies Midna: throw   
Poké Ball Pokémon Ditto: Transform (if the summoner possesses darkness attacks)  
Marshadow: Spectral Thief (launching hit)

By enemies and bosses

Enemy/Boss Attack(s) Games
Chandelure Will-o-Wisp  
Crazy Hand Cross Punch (combo move with Master Hand)     
Spider Walk
Triple Poke (1st hit)   
Finger Bomb (explosion)  
Shadowball Bash  
Dracula Circling variant of Dark Inferno  
Ganon Darkness beam
Gastly Contact  
Marx Black eyeball attack  
Master Core Master Edges: 5-sword combination attack (finishing slash)  
Master Fortress - Swarm Lethinium and Plasma Wisp  
Meta Ridley Claw swipe

By stage hazards

Stage Hazard Games
Kalos Pokémon League Energy Blasts   

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