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Final Smash [FS] 6. General Strategies [GENS] 7. VS Specific Characters [VSC] 8. Stadium Mode Strategies [SMS] 9. FAQs [FAQU] 10. Version and Credits [VERC] ========================= 1. About the Guide [ABT1] ========================= Well, this'll be my second guide here on Gamefaqs. Basically, I wrote this guide as a source for people interested in picking up one of the series' best characters, Kirby. I don't profess myself to be the absolute authority on Kirby, but I have been using Kirby since the original Super Smash Bros. and have had some great successes with him. Hopefully this'll be a useful resource in getting you started out. ============================= 2. About the Character [ABT2] ============================= Hailing from Dream Land, Kirby has been in nearly 20 or so games and anime series since his debut in Kirby's Dream Land back in 1992. The Kirby series was created by Masahiro Sakurai and Hal Laboratory, whom you may recognize as the main developer and creators of this game as well. Where Kirby gets his name to this day is unknown exactly; the two main sources are that he was either named for John Kirby, Nintendo of America's legal counsel in the Donkey Kong/King Kong debacle with Universal Studios, or after the Kirby vaccums and their powerful suction capabilities. Sakurai himself states that he does not remember where Kirby got his name from. Being his cute, round, pink adorable self, you might find it hard to take Kirby seriously as fighter who has saved the land multiple time from numerous threats, most often involving King Dedede. His various attacks often revolve around inhaling and spitting out objects or puffs of air. Since the game Kirby's Adventure, he has also had the ability to inhale enemies and to copy their abilities for his own use. In the more recent Kirby games, he has a full set of moves to use without copying abilities, such as a slide kick, basic punches, and more. It is intersting to note that Kirby's species has no given name, or origin for that matter. Aside from potentially MetaKnight (who looks almost exactly like Kirby when unmasked, except being blue and black in color), Kirby is pretty much the only one of his species in the games. In the Super Smash Bros series, Kirby was a powerful fighter in the original, with quick, deadly moves despite his light weight. In Melee, Kirby was nerfed; his attacks were slower, his Dash A was replaced with a horrible fireball attack that killed you more often than it helped, and just overall was weakened nearly to the point of unplayability. However, Kirby makes a triumphant return to his near-original power; he is light, nimble, and has some very damaging attacks, as well as ditching that horrible Dash A. =================================== 3. Standard Moves and Smashes [SAS] =================================== -------------- Basic Attacks: -------------- Neutral A: Jab (2%) -Description: Basic jab, no knockback. Meant to be pressed more. A+A+A+...: Multi-hits (2, 3, 1,...%) -Description: Multiple consecutive hits that hammer your opponent. Easily to spammable, with light knockback after a while. Tilt Up A: Back Kick (5%) -Description: Basic upward kick, very low knockback. Tilt Forward A: Kick (8%) -Description: Basic kick, very low knockback. Tilt Down A: Low Kick (5-6%) -Description: Basic low kick, very low knockback. Dash + A: Upside-down whirl kicks (Up to 14%) -Description: One of your main means of doing damage. Gets you in close to the opponent, and if the last kick connects solid enough, will sends your opponent up into the air, setting you up for a combo. Jumps: Kirby can perform up to 5 jumps in the air, giving him some very great recovery capabilities. I figured this was important enough to note specifically. ------- Smashes ------- Forward Smash: Hard Kick (15% uncharged, up to 21% fully charged) -Description: This'll probably be your main attack right here. Great knockback potential at higher percentages and clears the opponent away. It is also fast to execute, and you can potentially get in 2-3 of these (uncharged) depending on your opponent. Up Smash: Flip Kick (15% uncharged, up to 21& fully charged) -Description: Your main means of anti-aerial maneuvering. Quick to do and ensures your opponent won't want to come back down near you. Also has decent knockback at higher percentages. Down Smash: Spin Kick (14% uncharged, up to 19% fully charged) -Description: Use this if your opponent is prone to rolling around you to clear them out. Has a small range, but hits both sides simultaneously as well. ------- Aerials ------- Remember, to perform any aerial attacks, you have to be in the air. Neutral A: Kirby Spin-star (10-12%) -Description: Simple spinning move in the air. Though it looks like it deals multiple hits, it actually doesn't, so be aware of that. Useful anti-air move. Forward A: Multi-air Kicks (4% initial, up to 12% if all 3 kicks connect) -Description: Kirby throws 3 kicks at the opponent. If the last kick connects, it will do decent knockback as well. Back A: No-look Kick (12%) -Description: Kirby kicks from behind. Simple, solid damage, with decent knockback to boot. Useful if you have to approach the opponent if he's behind. Up A: Air Flipkick (10%) -Description: Kirby does a flipkick in the air. Low knockback, but it will keep your opponent in the air. Down A: Whirl Kick (2-14% depending on how many kicks land) -Description: Kirby whirls in the air, dealing multiple kicks at the opponent. This is as close as you'll get to a Meteor: by timing your kicks right, you can force the opponent down low enough so he cannot recover easily, if at all. ------ Throws ------ Up Throw: Up and Crash (10%) -Description: Kirby grabs his opponent, leaps high into the air, and brings him down with a big crash! Has moderate knockback, especially at higher percentages. Down Throw: Stomp Stomp Stomp! (12%) -Description: Kirby grabs his opponent, then repeatedly stomps on them. Can be used for chain throwing at very low percentages, though it will fail later on if you can't force them into a corner or something. Forward Throw - Body Slam (8%) -Description: Kirby does a Body Slam, with slight knockback. Backward Throw: Piledriver (8%) -Description: Kirby does a piledriver. Has decent knockback. ------ Taunts ------ If anything, Kirby's taunts are quite fun to watch. Up: A part of Kirby's famous little victory dance. Down: Kirby's "Hi" taunt from the other Smash Bros games. Forward: Another part of Kirby's victory dance, with a spinning twist. ======================== 4. Special Moves [SPECM] ======================== Neutral B - Inhale: Kirby sucks up the enemy and copies their powers! More specifically, Inhale will copy the opponent's own Neutral B attack for Kirby's own use (note that it will replace inhale) and change Kirby's appearance (for example, he wears a Mario Hat when he uses Inhale on Mario). To copy the power, hit Down or B to do it, and the opponent will also take 6% damage. Alternatively, you can choose to spit them back out with A for 10% damage. For a final alternative, Kirby can commit what is commonly known as a "swallow/kirbycide", where he inhales the opponent and walks off the stage, killing both you and the opponent. Be forwarned though, it will not work well if you are at a high damage percent, and by doing so, you will lose the life first, so if you think this is your solution when you and your opponent have have 1 life left, think again. Best used if you have at least 1 life to spare and/or have very little damage. List of Characters and Neutral B attacks when copied: Mario: Red Fireball (5%) Luigi: Green Fireball (6%) Peach: Toad (varies, counter damage) Bowser: Fire Breath (1% all the way up to 52% depending on how much it hits) Yoshi: Tounge&Egg (7% and encases opponent in an egg) Wario: Bite (2% for each bite (mash B), up to 17% maximum) Donkey Kong: Windup Punch (10% uncharged, up to 28% fully charged) Diddy Kong: Popgun Peanut (5% uncharged, up to 17% fully charged) Link: Arrow (4% uncharged, up to 12% fully charged) Toon Link: Arrow (4% uncharged, up to 12% fully charged) Zelda: Barrier (4% if barely touched, up to 12%. Also deflects projectiles) Sheik: Needle Throw (3% uncharged with one needle, 18% fully charged) Ganondorf: Warlock Punch (27%) Kirby: Nothing Metaknight: Tornado (Up to 18% depending on the number of hits) King Dedede: Inhale 2.0 (10%) Pokemon Trainer: -Squirtle: Water Gun (14% if used close, otherwise 0%, but high knockback) -Ivysaur: Bullet Seed (Up to 60% depending on how many times it hits) -Charizard: Flamethrower (Up to 36% depending on how many times it hits) Pikachu: Thundershock (6% minimum, up to 9% if up close) Jigglypuff: Sing (No damage, makes opponent drowsy) Lucario: Aura Sphere (7% minimum, up to 18% fully charged) Marth: Shieldbreaker (8% uncharged, up to 24% fully charged) Ike: Eruption (10% uncharged, up to 37% maximum with 10% self damage) Lucas: PK Freeze (15-18% and freeze) Ness: PK Flash (9% uncharged, up to 37% fully charged) Fox: Blaster (1%, can be spammed for unlimited hits, no stun) Falco: Blaster 1.5 (3%, light stun) Wolf: Blaster 2.0 (6%, stun and extra damage if gun hits up close) Pit: Light Arrow (5-9%) Ice Climbers: Icicle (3%, goes down to 2% if used consecutively) Mr. Game and Watch: Chef (4% per sausage, 9% if frying pan connects) Captain Falcon: Falco Paunch! (27%) Samus: Charged Shot (3% uncharged, up to 25% fully charged) Zero Suit Samus: Mini blaster shot (4% uncharged, 7% fully charged and stun) ROB: Eye Beam (X damage, depends on time charged) Snake: Pineapple Grenade (2% if hit by grenade, 12% if hit by explosion) Sonic: Homing Dash (8%) Olimar: Pikmin Pluck and Throw (2% to 5% depending on the Pikmin) Forward B - Hammer: Kirby brings out a hammer (which looks similar to King Dedede's hammer) and swings it for a mighty blow (23% damage). When used in the air, it now does two swings for 17% damage (one hit will knock them away, you can't get both to land) as opposed to a spin attack like in Melee. Though the hammer is slow to use, it has some great knockback potential, so it'd be a good thing to at least practice with. Up B - Final Cutter: Kirby pulls out a little sword, jumps up, and comes down with a bang, unleashing a small shockwave. The full combo has 3 hits, each doing 8% (rising hit), 2% (smack downward), and 5% (upclose shockwave damage). The shockwave itself covers about half the stage (giving Kirby a pseudo- projectile attack) and does 6% damage with good knockback as well. This is Kirby's only means of vertical recovery after you've exhausted all of his jumps. Down B - Stone: Kirby hardens himself into a stone and drops down on the enemy. The shape of the stone varies (Thwomp, Spiked Ball, 100 ton weight, pink rock), but it always deals 18% damage. While in this state, Kirby is also immune to all attacks (even some Final Smash damage), but he can still be thrown. The Stone form wears off after about 3 seconds or so as well. leumas292 has very kindly done an analysis on the effects of using Stone against all of the Final Smashes in the game: ############################################################################## Rating Key: * = Not viable (don't even try, it's not worth it) ** = Slightly viable (rarely can be used, and even then, not that useful) *** = Often viable (moderately useful, won't completely protect you, but does a fair job) **** = Always viable (slam that down+B, then laugh at your opponents pitful mockery of an attack!) Mario (****): Completely negates any damage or knockback. Ha! Luigi (*): Doesn't protect you from any status ailments, not even the damage caused by the flower. Slowed time makes you pathetically easy to grab and throw too. Avoid using this like the plague. Peach (****): Another complete negation. You can bypass any sleep she may try to incur. And you can steal her peaches too (not as sexual as it may sound)! It's what those philosophical types call a win-win! Bowser: (**): Can be used to a limited extant to protect yourself from killing blows, but don't expect it to save you. He can knock you out of stone pretty easily, especially at high damages, and the cooldown lag from stone makes you likely to catch a headbutt to the face. Dodging is preferred. Donkey Kong (*): It lasts too long for stone to provide any solid defense. You're best just to try to dodge and flee. Diddy Kong (*): May have a limited use against a novice, but any seasoned Diddy Kong player will pulverize you relentlessly. Not really viable; stick to dodging and erratic movements. Yoshi (**): Yoshi is a study in opposites. On one hand, his fireballs will destroy you. Stone only blocks two fireballs at low damages, even less when you're really hurting and need the protection. On the flipside, however, good timing with allow you to greatly limit and possibly even eliminate any damage caused by his fiery breath and physical impact. Unfortunately, most Yoshi players use exclusively fireballs (and for good reason), reducing the viability of stone as a defensive measure. Wario (*): Yeah right. You're better trying to hit him with Mr. Saturn then using stone. Stick to evasive maneuvers and edgehogging those precious invincibility frames. Link (*): Big surprise here, stone doesn't protect you in the least. Stick to your dodging (crouching doesn't help either, although it looks like it should...) Zelda/Sheik (*): Both tested, both failed. Run with all your little heart, Kirby! Oh, and crouching doesn't work here either (can't blame a guy for trying...) Ganondorf (***): An odd one. It protects you from the damage, but not the knockback, regardless of distance. You'll still die at medium to high damages, but at lower damages it can really save you. Toon Link (*): Plot twist!!! It....still.....hits you....ah well, what did you expect? He's Link v2.0. Samus (***): Stone can help a lot here in minimizing damage. You can't block an entire straight shot, but it absorbs enough to really take the sting off. Knockback still applies. Zero Suit Samus (****): It can be difficult to time this one, given the speed at which ZZS's smash executes, but if you succeed, you're in the clear. No damage, no knockback. Don't cancel out too early though, since there is a hit when she reappears too. Pit (**+1/2): Good ole' Centurions are still a pain in the rear! You can absorb two or three hits tops, but after that you are ejected out of stone. However, given the chaotic nature of this smash, it is possible to transform, take a hit or two, cancel out, dodge, and transform again. This strategy can greatly improve your odds against this attack.....if you can pull it off, that is. Ice Climbers (****): Keep your head and you'll be fine. Stone, cancel out, and repeat. Being on the same side as the Ice Climbers can make this a mite trickier, but you can still manage just fine. If they're stuck on the other side, then you're golden. R.O.B. (*): It protects you, but who cares?! You're just going to sit there until R.O.B. grabs you and begins to hurl you about. At which point your death will probably follow. Definitely want to retain your mobility on this one. Kirby (*): *gasp!* What kind of sick, twisted, depraved abomination of science has spawned this soulless doppleganger?! Oh, it's just Player 2. Stone does nothing to help you, unless you like bathing in scalding hot soup. Next! Meta-Knight (**): Kirby's arch rival/best friend/who knows can still scoop you into his cape and fling you to Alpha Centauri. All stone does is make it extra easy for him. Fortunately, if he hits someone else with his cape, you can block the indirect strikes completely. King Dedede (**): Good luck with this mess. You can block a couple Waddle Dees and Doos for a little while, but eventually your stone will fail and you'll start getting tussled about. After that, it's hard to get back into stone. Gordos also knock you out of stone in a single hit with no incurred damage, but knockback that is still calculated on your damage. Use it at the beginning maybe, then stick with dodging. Olimar (***): Forget about blocking the mauling damage. You can't. His kamikaze return, on the other hand....A direct ship hit will still knock you back, but not damage you, but an indirect hit will do nothing. And since that's the part that most times KOs you, it's smart to prevent this with a well-timed stone. Hey, at least you're not dead. Fox/Falco/Wolf (*): I saw this one coming. Stone doesn't help against any of the Landmasters (it's a tank, for God's sake, what did you think would happen?!). You can block one/two cannon shots depending on your opponent and damage, but other than that, no dice. In fact, they can push you right off the edge when you're on the ground, and if they DO A BARREL ROLL (I couldn't resist), you'll be ejected from your metamorphic form with little to do to defend yourself. You deserve death if you use it on top of the tank. Captain Falcon (****): This one I did not expect. It completely negates it. Completely. As in "no lengthy cinematic cutscene which teaches poor vehicular safety and manslaughter". Kirby and your parents approve. You have to be quick and/or telepathic to succeed though, since it comes out pretty fast. Faster than stone, anyway. Pikachu (**): Against an untrained Pikachu player (otherwise known as "Thunder -spammers"), you can probably avoid any and all damage. Then again, you could stand in the one spot without moving or defending and garner a similar result...Against a veteran electric mouse, your chances of survival decrease dramatically. Volt Tackle moves too quick for stone to be really useful against. Pokemon Trainer (**): Much like Samus, if you can't dodge out of the way, you might as well minimize your damage. You can't beat the whole thing, and you still get hit with some hefty knockback. Still, why not? Lucario (***): Similar to the Pokemon Trainer which in turn makes him similar to Samus. By running away from the center and timing your transformation well, you can avoid a decent chunk of hurt. Still, given Kirby's aerial prowess, it's probably best to evade rather than weather. Jigglypuff (***): Hmmm, a risk vs. reward scenario. If you use it and fail, then you're dead. Simple as that. However, if you wait till the "JIGGLY" and watch your granite form soar off the cliff, then cancel out in mid-air, you'll completely halt your momentum. You then have the entire time Jigglypuff is deflating to use your 133t recovery skills to return to land safely. Then again, you could just use your l33t aerial skills to avoid the push entirely. Use at your discretion. Marth (-****): In case you were wondering, that's a negative 4-stars. Do not use stone to combat Critical Hit, ever!!! Ike (*): Must be a thing with Fire Emblem characters. Stone is worthless against Great Aether. Think Meta-Knight, but more fire. Ness (**): A matter of luck. If you get plowed with meteors, then you'll get knocked around, since stone can block about two at low percentages. The big problem is that your cooldown lag puts you at insane risk of being hit, so you may revert back right in time to catch a ball of fiery light to your face. Then again, you might be perfectly fine throughout the whole thing. Lucas (**): See above, just blonder. Mr. Game and Watch (*): You can weather a few strikes, but with your mobility gone, it doesn't really matter. Then again, trying to dodge an angry, two-dimensional octopus isn't likely to win Effective Plan of the Year either. Good luck. Snake (**): Snake? SNAAAAAKE!!!......you get the idea. Your maneuverability is a great asset in avoid Snake's barrage. However, after to grenade hits, you'll be flung without taking damage. You can use this to drop back into stone, thus messing up his aim, wasting his time, and putting yourself out of harm's way for another two shots. Unfortunately, try this more than once, and your opponent will just wait for your transformation to end before blowing you to Outer Heaven. Sonic (**): Sonic goes Super Saiyan and jacks his power level............. OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!!! Against a whelp, you can probably block, cancel out, and re-transform before he can manage his recoil. In the hands of an expert, Sonic is a deadly, glowing bullet whom you have little chance against. Judge your opponent, then take appropriate action (in that latter case, that's probably death). ############################################################################## ================================ 5. Final Smash - Cook Kirby [FS] ================================ For his Final Smash, Kirby dons a Chef hat and pulls out a giant pot while grabbing a frying pan and spatula. Any enemy close by is drawn into the pot, suffering 34% damage total and being chucked out. A few random items are also created for Kirby to (hopefully) collect and use while the enemies are airborne. The enemies do have to be in range (about less than a quarter of the stage away) for this Final Smash to work, otherwise it fails and Kirby will cook nothing. ============================ 6. General Strategies [GENS] ============================ Kirby has greatly improved since Melee, almost to his original power back in the original Super Smash Bros. Smashes are your best friend; Kirby executes almost all of his smashes very quickly, allowing you to even hit someone 2-3 times in succession with his Forward Smash. His Dash A is also great once again, not being some nerfed fireball thing. Dash A will generally be the best way to open with Kirby, allowing you to get in multiple hits. From there, depending on the opponent's total damage, you can follow this up with a Forward Smash (if they're at a low damage % or a heavy character) or alternatively your Forward A aerial if they're at a higher damage %. You will want to learn also what I call the basic strategies as well, which can be applied to any character. This includes: - Rolling/dodging properly: This is so you don't end up with your back to your opponent and don't start attacking in the wrong direction. - Short-hopping: Quickly tapping your jump button or the control stick to do a short jump, lets you get your aerial attacks in quickly and effectively. - Foxtroting: Dash, let go of the control stick, dash. Good for keeping your opponent guessing, and you can still smash. - Reverse aerial rush: Dash, hit back and jump while hitting the direction your momentum takes you so you can use the momentum to approach with a back aerial. - Pivot grabs: Run at your opponent as though you are going to Forward Smash, but instead run through, turn around (quickly), and grab. It gives you an extended reach. In approaching the enemy, I find the best way is a simple Dash A attack; it can score multiple hits and induce knockback (especially noticable at higher levels), allowing you to set up your next move from there. This will generally be a Forward Smash or a short-hop Forward aerial. Kriby plays a solid ground game. His smashes are all quite fast and powerful, leaving many characters at a loss for a response. His regular A attacks as well as many of his copied abilities from Inhale also generally serve to improve his ground game. Whatever you do, when you come down on an opponent (in particular, human opponents), avoid using Down B; the reason for this is that it is both very predictable (especially with newbies) and it has a (relatively) long animation, allowing your opponent usually enough time to move out of the way and prepare a grab for you. If you have to use Down B, I recommend you cancel out of it just right above the surface; this will allow you to use any remaining jumps (if any) and, more importantly, use an aerial attack to catch your opponent off-guard. You see, whenever you cancel or break out of your Down B, Kirby will be in the air just long enough to lash out with an aerial attack or to jump some more. Overall, if you can, avoid having to come down on your opponents, Kirby is far too light to afford being nailed by a possible Up Smash. Down A aerial is your best bet if you have to otherwise. In aerial combat, Kirby is decent. His Forward A and Back A aerials are both decently powerful, and his Down A is just great for getting in multiple hits. His Up A is a bit lacking though, as it isn't quite as powerful as another character's similar move. It will still serve your purpose of keeping them up in the air though. Kirby's pseudo-Meteor Smash is his Down A aerial attack. If timed right, you can hit them at the very tip of your twirling kick, sending them downward. Alternatively, you can just connect with it as you regularly would, which will still drive them down, though not as much. On wifi battles, using the C-Stick (or in general, C-Sticking) will help to better serve your game. Due to lag, it's quite hard to get the timing on your smashes just right, so using the C-Stick for a nice, quick smash is great when in a pinch. Finally, DON'T BE PREDICTABLE! The number one thing you can do wrong in my opinion is to repeat the same move/combo again and again; eventually, your opponent will catch on and force you off-guard, potentially scoring a KO as well. Keep mixing up your strategies and be unpredictable. More contributions from leumas292: 1. "You can dash an opponent and hit Down+B (stone) as you slide into them for decent downish-horizontal knockback at medium to high percentages. However, it has some windup lag, it kinda telegraphs, and missing with it practically begs punishment. Still, it's something he can do, and can be used in some situations to edgeguard with enough practice (especially after a D-air spike when your opponent will just barely make the edge). However, if you overshoot, you'll plummet straight off the edge, which can also be good (given Kirby's awesome recovery) to catch opponents trying to vertically recover flush with the ledge (Kirby's Final Cutter being a notable example). I don't really recommend this strategy, since as it rarely works against skilled opponents. 2. His Side+B (hammer) works well in conjunction with short hops, since it lets his momentum carry forward instead of stopping him dead in his tracks like a ground hammer attack. It also eliminates much of the windup lag in the process, and if you jump just right, you'll still get both your swings before landing. You can also drift backward on the second swing to place yourself in a more defensive position or escape a shieldgrab. Also, the second swing commonly catches opponents off guard, since it happens so close to the ground they expect it to just cancel. It also is useful for edgeguarding, since Kirby can time it to get his two advancing or retreating swings off and near instantaneously grab (and more importantly, hog) the edge. Not only is this useful on opponents, but can pulverize (always a good adjective to use with hammers and the swinging of hammers at people's heads) SSE bosses like Rayquaza, Galleom, Petey Pirahana, pretty much any boss who isn't air-based, such as the Ridleys (except Duon, may he burn slowly in acid for his cheapness!), especially if you can get both swings in while drifting backward, as it hits fast enough to still allow time to prepare for any incoming attacks. This doesn't apply on Intense, however, where bosses attack too quickly for you to have a decent defense mounted in time |