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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.


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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
Galaxia Darkness Meta Knight Initiation
Great Aether Ike Sword while loose
Grenade Launcher Snake Entire move
Guard Breaker Little Mac Entire move
KO Uppercut Little Mac Entire move
Konga Beat Donkey Kong Wind
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, normal move by Zelda not unblockable
Negative Zone Luigi Entire move
Octopus Mr. Game & Watch Entire move
Peach Blossom Peach Entire move
PK Starstorm Ness and Lucas Entire move
Power Suit Samus Zero Suit Samus Last hit pre-transformation
Psystrike Mewtwo Entire move
Puff Up Jigglypuff Entire move
Pummel Toon Link Entire move
Rocketbarrel Boost Diddy Kong Loose Barrels
Shield Piercer Meta Knight Entire move
Super Dragon Yoshi Fireballs
Super Sonic Sonic Entire move
Throws Toon Link First hit Forward Throw, Back Throw, Up throw
Triforce Slash Link and Toon Link Swipes
Triple Finish Pokémon Trainer Entire move
Up aerial Mr. Game & Watch Wind
Vision Shulk If countered
Waddle Dee Toss King Dedede Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos in certain situations
Zero Laser Samus Last hit

List of unblockable attacks by items

Item Situation
Banana Stationary
Bumper When active
Daybreak Any situation
Deku Nut Any situation
Dragoon Any situation
Freezie When it "bursts" (Brawl Only)
Gooey Bomb Any situation
Hothead spark
Motion-Sensor Bomb explosion (Blockable in SSB)
Pitfall Any situation
Smart Bomb Any situation
Spring Any situation
Warp Star Any situation

Unblockable Poké Ball Attacks

Pokémon Situation
Articuno Any situation
Bellossom Any situation
Clefairy All attacks
Electrode Any situation
Entei Any situation
Ho-Oh Any situation
Lugia Any situation
Moltres Any situation
Scizor Any situation
Snorlax descent
Suicune Any situation
Togepi All attacks
Unown First attack
Weezing Any situation
Wobbuffet Any situation
Zapdos Any situation

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