Custom Moves

Kirby's custom moves.

Custom Moves are a feature in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U which allow the player to customize each character's special moves. Almost all characters initially only have one of each regular special move available, with the other two variations of each move having to be acquired from finding Custom Parts.

The exceptions are Palutena and the Mii Fighters, which their custom moves are already unlocked. Players can obtain Custom Moves by completing Classic Mode, All-Star Mode, Smash Run, Smash Tour, Master and Crazy Orders. amiibo also have a set of Custom Moves that can be used.

The only characters that do not have custom moves are Downloadable Characters, although only Mewtwo was planned to have them; it is unknown why they were cut., though it was most likely due to time constraints, as creating new Custom Moves would delay the release of the character.

Obtaining all Custom Moves is one of the 140 Challenges in Super Smash Bros for Wii U. Obtaining all Custom Moves is also one of the 105 challenges the Nintendo 3DS version as well. Both challenges can be completed by using a Golden Hammer.

Custom Moves make a return in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; however, they are now exclusive to the Mii Fighters.

List of Custom Moves

With the exception of Palutena and the Mii Fighters (who have all of them available at the start) and Downloadable characters (which have only their default special moves), each character can obtain 8 Custom Moves, for a total of 376 collectible Custom Moves.

Character	Standard	Side	Up	Down
Mario	Fast Fireball	Shocking Cape	Super Jump	Scalding F.L.U.D.D.
	Fire Orb	Gust Cape	Explosive Punch	High-Pressure F.L.U.D.D.
Luigi	Bouncing Fireball	Floating Missile	Fiery Jump Punch	Mach Cyclone
	Iceball	Quick Missile	Burial Header	Clothesline Cyclone
Peach	Sleepy Toad	Flower Bomber	Parasol High Jump	Light Veggie
	Grumpy Toad	Flying Peach Bomber	Light Parasol	Heavy Veggie
Bowser	Fire Shot	Dash Slam	Flying Fortress	Turbulent Bomb
	Fire Roar	Dash Slash	Sliding Fortress	Slip Bomb
Yoshi	Lick	Heavy Egg Roll	High Jump	Star Bomb
	Egg Launch	Light Egg Roll	Timed Egg Throw	Crushing Bomb
Rosalina & Luma	Luma Warp	Floaty Star Bit	Launch Star Plus	Catch & Release
	Power Luma Shot	Shooting Star Bit	Launch Star Attack	Guardian Luma
Bowser Jr.	Piercing Cannon	Koopa Drift	Meteor Ejection	Impatient Mechakoopa
	Air Cannon	Grounding Dash	Koopa Meteor	Big Mechakoopa
Wario	Inhaling Chomp	Speeding Bike	Widescrew	Rose-Scented Waft
	Garlic Breath	Burying Bike	Corkscrew Leap	Quick Waft
Donkey Kong	Lightning Punch	Jumping Headbutt	Chopper Kong	Focused Slap
	Storm Punch	Stubborn Headbutt	Kong Cyclone	Hot Slap
Diddy Kong	Exploding Popgun	Back Flip	Rocketbarrel Attack	Shocking Banana Peel
	Jumbo Peanuts	Flying Monkey Flip	Rocketbarrel Kaboom	Battering Banana Peel
Mr. Game & Watch	XXL Chef	Extreme Judge	Heavy Trampoline	Efficient Panic
	Short-Order Chef	Chain Judge	Trampoline Launch	Panic Overload
Little Mac	Flaming Straight Lunge	Grounding Blow	Tornado Uppercut	Compact Counter
	Shocking Straight Lunge	Guard Breaker	Rising Smash	Dash Counter
Link	Power Bow	Boomerang	Shocking Spin	Giant Bomb
	Quickfire Bow	Ripping Boomerang	Whirling Leap	Meteor Bomb
Zelda	Nayru's Rejection	Din's Flare	Farore's Squall	Phantom Breaker
	Nayru's Passion	Din's Blaze	Farore's Windfall	Phantom Strike
Sheik	Penetrating Needle	Gravity Grenade	Gale	Jellyfish
	Paralyzing Needle	Skimming Grenade	Abyss	Pisces
Ganondorf	Warlock Blade	Flame Wave	Dark Fists	Wizard's Dropkick
	Warlock Thrust	Flame Chain	Dark Vault	Wizard's Assault
Toon Link	Fire Arrow	Floating Boomerang	Sliding Spin Attack	Time Bomb
	Piercing Arrow	High-Speed Boomerang	Flying Spin Attack	Short-Fuse Bomb
Samus	Dense Charge Shot	Relentless Missile	Screw Rush	Slip Bomb
	Melee Charge Shot	Turbo Missile	Apex Screw Attack	Mega Bomb
Zero Suit Samus	Blast Shot	Plasma Dash	Impact Kick	Shooting Star Flip Kick
	Electromagnetic Net	Whip Lash	Lateral Kick	Low Flip
Pit	Piercing Bow	Interception Arm	Striking Flight	Impact Orbitars
	Guiding Bow	Quickdash Arm	Breezy Flight	Amplifying Orbitars
Marth	Storm Thrust	Effortless Blade	Crescent Slash	Easy Counter
	Dashing Assault	Heavy Blade	Dolphin Jump	Iai Counter
Ike	Tempest	Close Combat	Aether Drive	Paralyzing Counter
	Furious Eruption	Unyielding Blade	Aether Wave	Smash Counter
Robin	Thunder+	Arcfire+	Soaring Elwind	Distant Nosferatu
	Speed Thunder	Fire Wall	Gliding Elwind	Goetia
Duck Hunt	High-Explosive Shot	High-Explosive Shot	Duck Jump Snag	Quick Draw Aces
	Zigzag Shot	Clay Break	Super Duck Jump	Mega Gunman
Kirby	Ice Breath	Hammer Bash	Wave Cutter	Grounding Stone
	Jumping Inhale	Giant Hammer	Upper Cutter	Meteor Stone
King Dedede	Dedede Storm	Topspin Gordo	Rising Dedede	Armored Jet Hammer
	Taste Test	Bouncing Gordo	Quick Dedede Jump	Dash Jet Hammer
Meta Knight	Entangling Tornado	High-Speed Drill	Blade Coaster	Shield Piercer
	Dreadful Tornado	Shieldbreaker Drill	Lazy Shuttle Loop	Stealth Smasher
Fox	Impact Blaster	Fox Burst	Flying Fox	Big Reflector
	Charge Blaster	Wolf Flash	Twisting Fox	Amplifying Reflector
Falco	Explosive Blaster	Falco Phase	Fast Fire Bird	Accele-Reflector
	Burst Blaster	Falco Charge	Distant Fire Bird	Reflector Void
Pikachu	Thunder Wave	Shocking Skull Bash	Meteor Quick Attack	Thunder Burst
	Thunder Shock	Heavy Skull Bash	Quick Feet	Distant Thunder
Charizard	Fire Fang	Blast Burn	Rising Cyclone	Sinking Skull
	Fireball Cannon	Dragon Rush	Fly High	Rock Hurl
Lucario	Snaring Aura Sphere	Advancing Force Palm	Ride the Wind	Glancing Counter
	Piercing Aura Sphere	Long-Distance Force Palm	ExtremeSpeed Attack	Stunning Double Team
Jigglypuff	Relentless Rollout	Sideways Pound	Hyper Voice	Leaping Rest
	Raging Rollout	Pound Blitz	Spinphony	Wakie Wakie
Greninja	Stagnant Shuriken	Shadow Strike	High-Capacity Pump	Exploding Attack
	Shifting Shuriken	Shadow Dash	Single-Shot Pump	Substitute Ambush
R.O.B.	Wide-Angle Beam	Reflector Arm	Robo Rocket	Fire Gyro
	Infinite Robo Beam	Backward Arm Rotor	High-Speed Burner	Slip Gyro
Ness	Rising PK Flash	PK Bonfire	Lasting PK Thunder	PSI Vacuum
	PK Freeze	PK Fire Burst	Rolling PK Thunder	Forward PSI Magnet
Captain Falcon	Falcon Dash Punch	Heavy Raptor Boost	Falcon Strike	Falcon Kick Fury
	Mighty Falcon Punch	Wind-Up Raptor Boost	Explosive Falcon Dive	Lighting Falcon Kick
Villager	Garden	Liftoff Lloid	Extreme Balloon Trip	Timber Counter
	Pocket Plus	Pushy Lloid	Balloon High Jump	Super Timber
Olimar	Hardy Pikmin Pluck	Sticky Pikmin Throw	Winged Pikmin Jump	Order Tackle
	Explosive Pluck	Tackle Pikmin Throw	Mighty Winged Pikmin	Dizzy Whistle
Wii Fit Trainer	Enriched Sun Salutation	Huge Header	Jumbo Hoop	Volatile Breathing
	Sweeping Sun Salutation	Weighted Header	Hoop Hurricane	Steady Breathing
Shulk	Decisive Monado Arts	Back Slash Leap	Advancing Air Slash	Dash Vision
	Hyper Monado Arts	Back Slash Charge	Mighty Air Slash	Power Vision
Dr. Mario	Fast Capsule	Shocking Sheet	Super Jump	Soaring Tornado
	Mega Capsule	Breezy Sheet	Ol' One-Two	Clothesline Tornado
Dark Pit	Piercing Bow	Electrocut Arm	Striking Flight	Impact Orbitars
	Guiding Bow	Quickshock Arm	Breezy Flight	Amplifying Orbitars
Lucina	Storm Thrust	Effortless Blade	Crescent Slash	Easy Counter
	Dashing Assault	Heavy Blade	Dolphin Jump	Iai Counter
Pac-Man	Freaky Fruit	Distant Power Pellet	Power Pac-Jump	On-Fire Hydrant
	Lazy Fruit	Enticing Power Pellet	Meteor Trampoline	Dire Hydrant
Mega Man	Hyper Bomb	Ice Slasher	Beat	Plant Barrier
	Shadow Blade	Danger Wrap	Tornado Hold	Skull Barrier
Sonic	Stomp	Hammer Spin Dash	Double Spring	Auto-Spin Charge
	Surprise Attack	Burning Spin Dash	Springing Headbutt	Gravitational Charge

In Competitive Play

Custom moves were initially met with some hype regarding new possible strategies and movesets. However, they never became a significant part of competitive play. While efforts have been made to include custom moves legally in tournaments, two debilitating flaws kept this from happening.

Firstly, custom moves are incredibly tedious to obtain. Regardless of whether it is on the 3DS or Wii U version, the amount of time needed to gain all custom moves for use is simply not practical to even bother with. Secondly, the custom moves themselves are notoriously unbalanced. Some of them are almost completely useless while others are borderline broken (a notable example is Villager's Timber Counter).

Overall, while a decent effort to deepen the metagame of Smash Bros, custom moves are unarguably one of the most unbalanced additions to any Smash Bros. game ever. Currently, custom moves are unanimously banned at major tournaments, although some smaller tournaments may allow them in side events.

Trivia

• Characters were originally intended to have three custom moves, as shown in slides from the game's early development that shows Mario launching two Fireballs at once; it is unknown why this was reduced to two.
• DLC characters don't have custom moves. Mewtwo was planned to have them at first, but this was scrapped. It's unknown why they were never implemented.
• The Mii Fighters and Palutena are the only characters who have all their custom specials as soon as you start the game.