Master Hand (SSBU)

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Master Hand
Master Hand's render in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
A boss in	Ultimate
Universe	Super Smash Bros.
Voice actor	Xander Mobus

Master Hand returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, playing a role in Classic Mode and Adventure Mode: World of Light.

He is voiced by Xander Mobus, who also serves as the game's announcer.

In Classic Mode

Master Hand appears as a boss in Classic Mode. For the first time since the original Super Smash Bros., Master Hand has the ability to face in either direction (left or right), which he combines with snapping his fingers to teleport around. Also for the first time in the series since Brawl's Boss Battles, Master Hand no longer has a stamina HP indicator, instead having a health bar akin to bosses from Subspace Emissary or World of Light. This results in Crazy Hand having a separate health bar as well, meaning that they no longer share the same pool of HP as they did in Smash 4. However, he can now be stunned, which renders him immobile on the ground for about 8 seconds.

Unlike other installments, not every fighter battles with Master Hand at the end of their Classic Mode route. Mario, Link, Yoshi, Kirby, Luigi, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Bowser, Zelda, Marth, Young Link, Dark Pit, Snake, R.O.B, Toon Link, Wolf, Mega Man, Rosalina & Luma, Pac-Man, Duck Hunt, Bayonetta, Inkling, Simon, Richter, King K. Rool, Piranha Plant, Hero and Terry all face someone other than Master Hand at the end of their route. Falco and Ken only fight Master Hand along with Crazy Hand if the intensity is 7.0 or above. Some fighters like Pikachu first fight Mewtwo before facing Master Hand. All the fighters who fight Master Hand, except for Pikachu and Pokémon Trainer, fight both of Master and Crazy Hand if the intensity is 7.0 or above. Some, like Diddy Kong, Ryu or Banjo & Kazooie always fight both of the Hands.

Moveset

Master Hand has received the greatest overhaul of any incarnation, gaining a significantly larger moveset overall. Moves that can be used while Master Hand is playable in World of Light are marked based on their input.

Individual

Move	Move Input	Damage	Description
Big Swipe	Side Attack	13.8%	Master Hand makes a big open-hand swipe across the stage.
Fake-Out Slap	Down Attack	15.2%	Master Hand holds a fist above the player as if to punch them, but instead opens up and comes down with a slap.
Finger Bullet	Neutral Special	12.4%(one pair) 9.7%(three)	Master Hand fires pairs of bullets - one pair normally, or three at low health. These can be reflected. When controlling, holding Special fires more pairs of bullets, also up to three.
Finger Drill	Up Attack	45.2%	Master Hand drops from above, spinning and drilling into the player. It buries the player if it connect dead-on, and also has a vacuum effect to pull the player in if they're barely out of range.
Fireball Frenzy	Unavailable	14.5%	Master Hand retreats into the background and produces between three and five fireballs, which he throws at the player. He then returns to the stage with a flying punch.
Hazardous Smudge	Unavailable	14.8%	Master Hand drags a finger over the floor, causing a string of damaging spikes to sprout in that location. If the player can get Master Hand to touch the spikes (by Finger Drill or Fake-Out Slap), he will become stunned. When fighting both Master Hand and Crazy Hand, the latter can also be stunned by getting him to touch the spikes (by Finger Drill, Spasm, or Spider Walk).
Ink Blob	Unavailable	9.7%	Master Hand creates a large ball of ink that covers both the player and the screen. The ink is an aqua color that doesn't match any Inkling.
Jetstream	Unavailable	13.75%	Master Hand flies into the air and swoops in from the background.
Laser Nail	Down Special	6.4%	Master Hand fires a blue laser from each fingertip.
Mirrored Laser	Unavailable	31.1%	Master Hand produces a series of mirrors and fires a single laser that bounces between them.
Ring Toss	Side Special	20.2%	Master Hand throws two rings across the stage. They may or may not circle back around for another pass.
Snapper	Neutral Attack	11.1%	Master Hand snaps his fingers, stunning the player.
Spike Bowl	Up Special	16.1%	Master Hand underhands a series of spiked balls across the stage, which may either roll or bounce. They can be attacked, reflected, or even picked up with the right timing.
Squeeze	Unavailable	19.4%	Master Hand's pummel, when low health he will throw the player out of blast line for finishing move.
Snap Teleport	Unavailable	0%	Master Hand teleports by snapping his fingers.

In combination with Crazy Hand

Move	Damage	Description
Cross Punch		Crazy Hand punches across the stage, with Master Hand catching him.
Dual Lasers		The two hands both use Laser Nail at once, sweeping across the entire stage.
Dual Sweep		Crazy Hand runs his fingers across the stage like a plow, while Master Hand flies in the other direction with an uppercut.
Shadow Puppet	25.8%	The two hands form a canine-like shape and emit three damaging "barks", the third, much larger than the rest, causes the player character to get stunned if unblocked and within range.
Static Discharge	33.8%	The two hands rub the back of their hands to charge up with electricity, then slap the stage to release electricity that covers the whole stage platform.
Zoom In	N/A	Master Hand and Crazy Hand create a "picture frame" (with their index fingers and thumbs), causing the screen to zoom in and flames to cover the corners in a similar vein to Sudden Death. During this time, the blast lines are closer, and the player can get KO'd much more easily. This effect is only temporary.

Role in World of Light

In the mode's introductory cinematic, an army of many Master Hands is seen attacking the fighters alongside new foe Galeem. The Master Hands transform into glowing, energy-like forms which are absorbed by Galeem before it unleashes a blast of light that destroys the fighters except for Kirby.

Master Hand can also be seen on the mode's overworld map, interfering with the player's path by creating force fields and destroying bridges. One is confronted before the player fights Galeem. After Galeem's initial defeat, Dharkon appears with his Crazy Hand army who begins to eradicate the Master Hands. When Galeem returns after the players initially defeat Dharkon, two more Master Hands are fought.

Once the player manages to get the true ending's requirements, Master Hand and Crazy Hand are freed and they help the player by using their Static Discharge joint technique to create a giant rift in the map, which Master Hand enters, leading to the penultimate level where Master Hand himself is made into a playable character, engaging in a Mob Smash against 50 light and dark puppet fighters. The only puppet fighters used in this battle are Mario, Link, Samus, Meta Knight, Snake, Sonic, Cloud, and King K. Rool.

Master Hand's freedom suggests that, like the fighters, he was captured by Galeem before the events of World of Light and then cloned into controllable puppets.

Trivia

• Master Hand's theme is mostly composed of the second and third verses of Lifelight, the main theme of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This is also shared with Galeem's theme.
• Master Hand, in the sole instance where he is playable, has 700 HP. This is the most HP he has in the series thus far, since he had merely 360 HP at maximum difficulty in Melee and Brawl.
• In the opening cinematic of Adventure Mode, Marth estimates that each fighter will need to take down about ten Master Hands, implying that there are around 740 Master Hands in Galeem's army.
• Master Hand's Mirrored Laser attack looks and acts very similarly to one of the attacks of the second form of Dark Mind, the final boss from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, making this the second time his attacks takes inspiration from the Kirby series. Coincidentally, Master Hand appears in said game both as a miniboss and a boss alongside Crazy Hand.
• Mewtwo, Ryu, Joker and Byleth are the only characters who fight Master Hand (with or without Crazy Hand in Joker's case), with a music track outside of said boss' universe playing in the background.
• The battle with Master Hand can be softlocked by defeating him on the exact frame he is rendered invulnerable, causing him to be immortal and confuse the game to be in a fighting and victory state. Since blast zones are disabled, the player is able to fall indefinitely. Eventually, the player's character's y-axis position goes so high, it is rendered as negative, in which it distorts some of Master Hand's attacks such as the Ink Blob to be thrown upwards, his Finger Bullets angling downwards, homing attacks missing entirely, and his grab being performed immediately and also missing. Even more effects can occur, one of them being the Radar and Magnifying Glass showing inconsistencies of where the character is.
• Another soft lock can occur when stunning Master Hand after countering his Fireball Frenzy.