Effects

Effects are a property of an attack or hitbox. They appear in all four installments of the Super Smash Bros. Series. While most of the effects only change the appearence of an attack, a few of them affect the gameplay.

Fire
Characters hit by attacks that have the fire effect will briefly ignite and flash orange. The effect is also capable of thawing frozen characters and detonating Blast Boxes in a single hit. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, attacks with the fire effect does 10% more damage and knockback to Ivysaur, and 10% less damage and knockback to Charizard. Red Pikmin are unaffected by this effect.

Electricity
The Electricity Effect causes yellow and blue sparks to appear for a second around any opponent hit by an attack with the effect. It causes 50% more freeze frames than an attack without the effect would and slightly increases the hitstun. Yellow Pikmin are unaffected by this effect.