Olimar using his down smash in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The Red Pikmin generates a flame effect.
Mario throwing a Fireball, a flame attack, on Link as he is set on fire in Super Smash Bros.
There are various attacks in the Super Smash Bros. series that cause the flame effect. Targets hit by these attacks will momentarily be set on fire, flashing red and orange. Flame attacks have other effects:
- They thaw frozen characters.
- They cause Blast Boxes to detonate instantly (with the exception of the Hothead).
- They do no damage to Red Pikmin, which will not flinch.
- They deal 1.1x knockback to Ivysaur and 0.9x knockback to Squirtle.
- They are strengthened by Flame Attack stickers and resisted by Flame Resistance stickers.
Flame is by far the most common "elemental" attack in the Smash Bros. series, with over half of Brawl's roster having access to at least one.
The vast majority of explosive attacks use the flame effect.
List of flame attacks
By characters
| Character | Move(s) | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Bowser | Fire Breath |   
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| Fire Shot (custom Fire Breath) |
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| Fire Roar (custom Fire Breath) | ||
| Bowser Jr. | Abandon Ship! (Clown Car explosion) | |
| Meteor Ejection (custom Abandon Ship!, Clown Car explosion) | ||
| Mechakoopa | ||
| Impatient Mechakoopa (custom Mechakoopa) | ||
| Big Mechakoopa (custom Mechakoopa) | ||
| Captain Falcon | Forward smash | 
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| Falcon Dive | ||
| Falcon Kick | ||
| Falcon Punch |
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| Raptor Boost | ||
| Falcon Dash Punch (custom Falcon Punch) |
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| Mighty Falcon Punch (custom Falcon Punch) | ||
| Heavy Raptor Boost (custom Raptor Boost) | ||
| Wind-up Raptor Boost (custom Raptor Boost) | ||
| Explosive Falcon Dive (custom Falcon Dive) | ||
| Charizard | Flamethrower |
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| Forward tilt (sweetspot) | ||
| Neutral air (sweetspot) | ||
| Back air (sweetspot, second hit in Brawl) | ||
| Down throw | ||
| Fire Blast (in both Triple Finish and Mega Charizard X) | ||
| Forward air |
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| Flare Blitz |
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| Diddy Kong | Rocketbarrel Boost |
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| Rocketbarrel Barrage (ending explosion) | ||
| Peanut Popgun (overcharge explosion) |
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| Exploding Popgun (custom Peanut Popgun; overcharge explosion) | ||
| Jumbo Peanuts (custom Peanut Popgun; overcharge explosion) | ||
| Rocketbarrel Attack (custom Rocketbarrel Boost) | ||
| Rocketbarrel Kaboom (custom Rocketbarrel Boost) | ||
| Donkey Kong | Hot Slap (custom Hand Slap; flame pillars) | |
| Dr. Mario | Ol' One-Two (custom Super Jump Punch) | |
| Duck Hunt | Trick Shot | |
| High-Explosive Shot (custom Trick Shot) | ||
| Zigzag Shot (custom Trick Shot) | ||
| Wild Gunman (sombrero gunman) | ||
| Quick Draw Aces (custom Wild Gunman; sombrero gunman) | ||
| Mega Gunman (custom Wild Gunman; sombrero gunman) | ||
| Falco | Fire Bird |
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| Landmaster shots |
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| Fast Fire Bird (custom Fire Bird) |
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| Distant Fire Bird (custom Fire Bird) | ||
| Fox | Fire Fox |
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| Landmaster shots |
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| Fox Burst (custom Fox Illusion; explosion) |
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| Ganondorf | Volcano Kick |
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| Giga Bowser | Forward smash | |
| Fire Breath | ||
| Pummel | ||
| Forward throw | ||
| Ike | Eruption |
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| Furious Eruption (custom Eruption) |
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| Jigglypuff | Rest |
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| Wakie Wakie (custom Rest) |
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| King Dedede | Jet Hammer (hammer head when fully charged) |
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| Armored Jet Hammer (custom Jet Hammer; hammer head when fully charged) |
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| Dash Jet Hammer (custom Jet Hammer; hammer head when fully charged) | ||
| Dedede Burst (ending explosion) | ||
| Kirby | Dash attack |
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| Cook Kirby |
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| Hammer Flip (fully charged) |
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| Giant Hammer (custom Hammer Flip; fully charged) | ||
| Kirby (copy abilities) | Falcon Punch (except in Smash 64) |
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| Fireball | ||
| Chef (pan) |
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| Fire Breath | ||
| Eruption |
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| Flamethrower | ||
| Robo-Beam (close range) | ||
| Blazer |
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| Hand Grenade |
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| Peanut Popgun (overcharge explosion) |
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| Shakunetsu Hadoken | ||
| Trick Shot | ||
| Little Mac | Up smash (sweetspot) | |
| Burning Straight Lunge (custom Straight Lunge) | ||
| Link | Bomb |
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| Giant Bomb (custom Bomb) |
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| Meteor Bomb (custom Bomb) | ||
| Lucas | PK Fire |
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| PK Starstorm |
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| Luigi | Fireball |
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| Fire Jump Punch (sweetspot) | ||
| Green Missile |
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| Bouncing Fireball (custom Fireball) |
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| Floating Missile (custom Green Missile) | ||
| Quick Missile (custom Green Missile) | ||
| Fiery Jump Punch (custom Super Jump Punch; sweetspot) | ||
| Mario | Fireball |
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| Forward smash (sweetspot) |
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| Mario Finale |
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| Fast Fireball (custom Fireball) |
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| Fire Orb (custom Fireball) | ||
| Explosive Punch (custom Super Jump Punch) | ||
| Scalding F.L.U.D.D. (custom F.L.U.D.D.) | ||
| Mega Man | Down smash | |
| Forward air | ||
| Hyper Bomb (custom Metal Blade) | ||
| Crash Bomber | ||
| Mii Brawler | Exploding Side Kick | |
| Burning Dropkick | ||
| Mii Gunner | Jab (third hit) | |
| Dash attack | ||
| Up tilt | ||
| Down tilt | ||
| Up smash | ||
| Down smash | ||
| Back aerial | ||
| Down aerial (sweetspot) | ||
| Floor attacks and trip attack | ||
| Grenade Launch | ||
| Flame Pillar | ||
| Stealth Burst | ||
| Gunner Missile | ||
| Lunar Launch | ||
| Bomb Drop | ||
| Mr. Game & Watch | Forward smash (sweetspot) |
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| Chef (pan) | ||
| Judge #6 | ||
| XXL Chef (custom Chef; pan) |
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| Short-Order Chef (custom Chef; pan) | ||
| Ness | PK Fire |
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| Down throw |
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| PK Starstorm |
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| PK Bonfire (custom PK Fire) | ||
| PK Fire Burst (custom PK Fire) | ||
| Olimar | With a Red Pikmin, all Pikmin-based attacks (all smashes, all aerial attacks except neutral air, pummel, all throws, Pikmin Throw and Pikmin Chain) |
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| Pac-Man | On-Fire Hydrant (custom Fire Hydrant) |
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| Dire Hydrant (custom Fire Hydrant) | ||
| Palutena | Celestial Firework | |
| Explosive Flame | ||
| Rocket Jump | ||
| Pit | Three Sacred Treasures (energy pillars) | |
| Peach | Peach Bomber |
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| Flying Peach Bomber (custom Peach Bomber) |
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| R.O.B. | Up smash |
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| Neutral air | ||
| Back air | ||
| Down air | ||
| Robo Beam (close range) | ||
| Fire Gyro (custom Gyro) |
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| Robin | Jab finisher (Fire Tome) | |
| Arcfire | ||
| Arcfire+ (custom Arcfire) | ||
| Fire Wall (custom Arcfire) | ||
| Pair Up (last hit) | ||
| Roy | Up smash |
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| Flare Blade | ||
| Double-Edge Dance (last hits) | ||
| Blazer | ||
| Counter | ||
| Ryu | Shakunetsu Hadoken |
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| Samus | Up smash |
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| Forward air | ||
| Bomb | ||
| Down tilt |
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| Missile | ||
| Forward smash (sweetspot) |
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| Relentless Missile (custom Missile) | ||
| Turbo Missile (custom Missile) | ||
| Slip Bomb (custom Bomb) | ||
| Mega Bomb (custom Bomb) | ||
| Sheik | Vanish |
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| Burst Grenade |
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| Gravity Grenade (custom Burst Grenade) | ||
| Skimming Grenade (custom Burst Grenade) | ||
| Snake | Forward smash |
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| Up smash (shell) | ||
| Down smash | ||
| Hand Grenade (explosion) | ||
| Remote Missile | ||
| C4 | ||
| Grenade Launcher | ||
| Sonic | Burning Spin Dash (custom Spin Dash) |
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| Toon Link | Bomb |
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| Fire Bow (custom Hero's Bow) |
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| Time Bomb (custom Bomb) | ||
| Short-Fused Bomb (custom Bomb) | ||
| Villager | Up smash | |
| Lloid Rocket | ||
| Liftoff Lloid (custom Lloid Rocket) | ||
| Pushy Lloid (custom Lloid Rocket) | ||
| Extreme Balloon Trip (custom Balloon Trip) | ||
| Wii Fit Trainer | Volatile Breathing (custom Deep Breathing) | |
| Wolf | Landmaster (shot) |
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| Young Link | Down aerial (above Young Link with the hilt of the sword) |
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| Fire Bow | ||
| Bomb | ||
| Yoshi | Super Dragon (fireballs and fire breath) |
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| Zelda | Up air |
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| Din's Fire | ||
| Farore's Wind (hitbox upon reappearance) |
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| Nayru's Passion (custom Nayru's Love) |
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| Din's Flare (custom Din's Fire) | ||
| Din's Blaze (custom Din's Fire) | ||
| Zero Suit Samus | Plasma Whip (sweetspot) |
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| Forward smash (sweetspot of second hit) |
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| Plasma Dash (custom Plasma Whip; last hit) |
By items
| Item | Attack | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Assist Trophies | Infantry & Tanks: Bullets and missiles |
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| Jeff: Rockets | ||
| Knuckle Joe: Smash Punch, Rising Break | ||
| Ray MK III: Missiles |
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| Dr. Kawashima: Number explosions |
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| Blast Box | Explosions |
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| Bob-omb |
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| Bombchu |
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| Containers (Barrels, Crates, Capsules and Party Balls) | Explosion (occurs at random) |
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| Fire Bar | All swings and throws |
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| Fire Flower | Fire stream and throws |
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| Gooey Bomb | Explosion when attacked or after sticking into something |
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| Hocotate Bomb | Impact on land |
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| Home-Run Bat | Second hit of forward smash when used by Captain Falcon |
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| Hothead | Throw and contact with it while sliding |
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| Motion-Sensor Bomb | Explosion |
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| Poké Ball Pokémon | Charizard: Flamethrower |
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| Charizard: Contact with body |
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| Clefairy: Explosion, Fire Spin | ||
| Cyndaquil: Flamethrower | ||
| Electrode: Explosion (both by itself and when thrown) |
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| Entei: Fire Spin | ||
| Fennekin: Incinerate |
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| Groudon: Overheat (contact with body) |
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| Ho-oh: Both Sacred Fire and contact with body |
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| Moltres: Fly (contact with body) |
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| Torchic: Fire Spin |
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| Red Shell | Throw: only Red Shells by Koopa Troopas in Mushroom Kingdom |
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| Smart Bomb | Explosion upon being attacked or thrown |
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| Soccer Ball | Hit upon being struck by an attack with heavy knockback | |
| Super Scope | Fully charged shot |
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| Superspicy Curry | Spewed fireballs |
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| X Bomb | Cross-shaped explosion |
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By enemies and bosses
| Enemy/Boss | Attack(s) | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Banzai Bill | Explosion | 
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| Bombed | Head throw |
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| Bonkers | Hammer Flip |
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| Buckot | Bucket dump |
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| Bumpety Bomb | Explosion |
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| Chandelure | Fire Spin | |
| Crazy Hand | Center of sandwich punch combo move |
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| Hits of applause combo move | ||
| Vertical punch | ||
| Start of jet flight |
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| Bomb rain |
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| Duon | Fiery cut |
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| Fire Primid | Fireballs and fire streams | |
| Flame Chomp | Fireball shots and explosion |
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| Galleom | Missiles |
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| Glire | Fire burst |
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| Jyk (flame variety) | Contact with body |
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| Master Hand | Second hit of kick attack |
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| Start of jet flight |
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| Vertical punch | ||
| Center of sandwich punch combo move |
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| Metal Face | Death explosion | 
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| Meta Ridley | Fireballs (all kinds) |
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| Porky | Porky-Bots |
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| Rayquaza | Explosion | |
| Red Bubble | Contact |
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| Ridley | Fireballs |
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| Scope Primid | Fully charged shot |
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| Tabuu | Bullet Rain (last hit) | |
| Explosive Teleport | ||
| Ghost Projection | ||
| Pinpoint Explosion | ||
| Yellow Devil | Death explosion |
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By stage hazards
| Stage | Hazard | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 75m | Fireball enemies |
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| Bridge of Eldin | King Bulblin's bomb | |
| Brinstar | Acid |
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| Corneria | Arwing shots |
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| Gerudo Valley | Koume's fire spell |
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| The Great Cave Offensive | Danger Zones |
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| Halberd | Combo Cannon (cannonball explosion) |
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| Jungle Hijinks | Barrel Cannons (explosion) |
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| Kalos Pokémon League | Blazing Chamber fire pillars | |
| Mario Bros. | Fireballs |
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| Norfair | Lava |
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| Orbital Gate Assault | Great Fox (exhaust), missiles (exhaust, explosion) |
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| Planet Zebes | Acid |
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| Princess Peach's Castle | Banzai Bill (explosion) |
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| Saffron City | Charmander (contact, Flamethrower), Electrode (Explosion) |
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| Unova Pokémon League | Reshiram (Fusion Flare, ground fires) |
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| Stage Builder | Magma |
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| Subspace Emissary stages | Lava |
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| Rocket exhaust traps |