Talk:Spike

Toon Link and G&W

What about SSBB Toon Link's d-air (in initial frames) and Mr. G&W's? are they meteor strikes or spikes? I though they were spikes - Ashran111 (talk) 03:42, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Since there is no meteor cancelling in brawl,anything that meteors/hits them down is considered a spike,so yes they're technically spikes. Hatake91 (talk)

I don't know if it's worth mentioning since I can't prove it, but I have survived Meteor Smashes while at high percentages. Also, I believe Luigi's dair is a spike if you hit the sweetspot. MaxxDragon (talk) 21:31, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Definition

Okay, so I hate to be picky, but I must. The definition of a spike is an attack that sends the opponent down and which *cannot* be meteor-recovered. Falcon's dair is not a spike, neither is Samus dair. Not even Ganondorf's. The reason? The downwards trajectory can be cancelled by pressing "jump" or "up+b" at the right time. Once again, a spike cannot be meteored.

Few characters have spikes. In fact, there are 3. The rest may have "meteors" but not spikes.

To the best of my knowledge, there are 3 spike moves. 1) Falco's Dair. 2) Marth's Dair. 3) Ganondorf's Down+B

Note also that Spikes don't necessarily kill the opponent each time: at low damages the downwards thrust wears off and a character can recover. By 40 or so damage, though, this just isn't the case.

Yeah, i couldn't edit the top part for some reason. So my bad on typing this up here. --Firexemblemxpryde 00:47, March 26, 2007 (GMT)

Doesn't Young Link have a spike? When you hit the enemy with the hilt of your sword in D-air. It may not be very easy to execute but its a spike nonetheless.--DSMANIAC92 14:15, April 1, 2007 (GMT)

No, Young Link's dairspike can be cancelled. Eighteenspikes 04:35, April 8, 2007 (GMT)

Marth's D-air

It spikes perfectly well on my PAL version. M Shark 23:33, November 21, 2007 (EST)

On the PAL version it's a Meteor Smash, instead of a true spike. It can be meteor canceled. Taiketo 00:07, November 22, 2007 (EST)

Inconsistency

About the Meteor Smashes and Spikes in Brawl the two articles are incoherent. The Spike article says that Toon Link's Dair and Wolf's Side Special are spikes (images). But in the Meteor Smash article, it is written, and I'll quote, Till now, no spikes are found in Brawl, so all meteors can be canceled. This is confusing. So after all, are there spikes in Brawl or not? I'll be glad if someone could check this issue. Xeze (talk) 03:13, 13 December 2008 (UTC)