An unblockable attack is an attack that cannot be defended against with a shield or a counterattack (although some can be perfect shielded). Unblockable attacks tend to be exceptionally powerful and are often Final Smashes, wielded by bosses, or attacks from rare Pokémon and Assist Trophies. Most characters have at least one unblockable attack, but very few have one that is not a Final Smash.
Unblockable attacks can be avoided by intangibility, such as spotdodges and air dodging.
All grabs are unblockable and so will not be included in the following list.
List of unblockable attacks by characters
Move | User | Portion of Move |
---|---|---|
Aether | Ike (Brawl only) | Sword while loose |
Aura Storm | Lucario | Entire move |
Beast Ganon | Ganondorf | Entire move |
Blue Falcon | Captain Falcon | Trapping hit |
Critical Hit | Marth and Lucina | Entire move |
Diffusion Beam | R.O.B. | Entire move |
End of Day | Olimar | Entire move |
Explosive Flame | Palutena | Last hit |
Great Aether | Ike | Sword while loose |
Guard Breaker | Little Mac | Entire move |
Konga Beat | Donkey Kong | Wind |
KO Punch | Little Mac | Entire move |
Landmaster | Fox, Falco, and Wolf | Entire move |
Light Arrow | Zelda and Sheik | First hit |
Mario Finale | Mario | Entire move |
Nayru's Love | Kirby (Brawl only) | Entire move |
PK Starstorm | Ness and Lucas | Entire move |
Puff Up | Jigglypuff | Entire move |
Rocketbarrel Boost | Diddy Kong | Loose Barrels |
Triforce Slash | Link and Toon Link | Swipes |
Waddle Dee Toss | King Dedede | Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos in certain situations |
- Luigi - Negative Zone
- Meta Knight - Shield Piercer, Galaxia Darkness (initiation)
- Mr. Game & Watch - up aerial (wind), Octopus
- Peach - Peach Blossom
- Pokémon Trainer - Triple Finish
- Samus - Zero Laser (last hit)
- Snake - Grenade Launcher
- Sonic - Super Sonic
- Toon Link - pummel, forward throw (hit 1), back throw (hit 1), up throw (hit 1)
- Yoshi - Super Dragon (fireball)
- Zero Suit Samus - Power Suit Samus (last pre-transformation hit)
List of unblockable attacks by items
- Banana - when stationary
- Bumper - when active
- Daybreak
- Deku Nut
- Dragoon
- Freezie - when it "bursts" (SSBB)
- Gooey Bomb
- Hothead - spark
- Motion-Sensor Bomb - explosion (can be blocked in SSB)
- Pitfall
- Poké Ball Pokémon:
- Smart Bomb
- Spring
- Warp Star
List of unblockable attacks by enemies and bosses
- The careening state of defeated Subspace Army goons
- Bucculus
- Crazy Hand - falling bombs (the explosion is blockable, Melee only)
- Duon - wind produced by spin attack
- Galleom - wind produced by various attacks such as dual smash, single stomp, and spin attack
- Meta Ridley - Megafireball, attack where it smacks the Falcon Flyer (?)
- Rayquaza - wind produced by Thunder, spiral dive
- Tabuu - Off Waves, electric shield