The inert effect is used by a small amount of attacks in the Super Smash Bros. series. Inert hitboxes are used for hit detection where a normal hitbox would be unsuitable, dealing no damage or knockback on their own. For example, the starting portion of Captain Falcon's Raptor Boost uses inert hitboxes to detect a target; contact with an enemy does no damage itself, but initiates the damage-dealing uppercut portion of the attack.
The inert effect was introduced in Melee, and it has appeared (though remained rare) in every game since.
List of attacks with inert hitboxes
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| Character | Move | Games |
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| Captain Falcon | Raptor Boost |   
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| Dark Pit | Electroshock Arm |
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| Ganondorf | Gerudo Dragon |
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| Mii Gunner | Onslaught |
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| Mii Swordfighter | Airborne Assault |
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| Pit | Upperdash Arm |
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| Introduced in Super Smash Bros. | Normal  • Coin  • Electric  • Flame  • Slash  • Sleep 
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| Introduced in Super Smash Bros. Melee | Bury  • Darkness  • Flower  • Freezing  • Grab  • Inert  • Reverse  • Screw  • Stun 
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| Introduced in Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Aura  • Down  • Flinchless  • Grass  • Paralyze  • Plunge  • Slip  • Water 
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| Introduced in Super Smash Bros. 4 | Blaster  • Magic  • Obliviate  • Stab  • Solar 
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| Introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Autoreticle  • Chain  • Curse  • Dedede  • Grapple  • Ink  • Mushroom  • Poison  • Rapid  • Sparks  • Fist-Down  • Scintilla 
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