Egg Lay is Yoshi's Standard Special Move in all Super Smash Bros. games to date. He sticks his tongue out, pulling in and swallowing any enemy touched near by, turning them into an egg for a few seconds.
Overview
The amount of time that the enemy remains in the egg is determined by how much damage they have. While trapped in an egg, one is open to attacks, although cannot be knocked back. Tilting the control stick back and forth will help the victim escape the egg more quickly. It can grab an opponent out of a shield, unless that opponent is invincible.
It is important to note that Yoshi has a few Super Armor frames in this move. From the second his tongue latches onto another character to the moment the egg is laid, Yoshi gains 120% knockback resistance. This is useful for 4-player battles, as the attack itself only affects one opponent, so Yoshi would potentially be vulnerable - the resistance negates that vulnerability. Another important aspect of this move is that it acts as an aerial grab, giving it high priority over many other aerial attacks. The only other aerial grabs are Ganondorf's Flame Choke, Bowser's Koopa Klaw, and Wario's Chomp.
Egg Lay can be used in an attempt to put the opponent off-stage, but unlike suicide techniques, such as Koopa Klaw and the Swallowcide, opponents tend to always break out long before they make it below the stage, it won't matter if they are at higher percents, unless he opponent is metal. If used in the right hands, Egg Lay can KO characters with bad recovery.
| Yoshi's Special Moves | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Melee | Brawl | 3DS/Wii U | Ultimate | ||
| Standard Special | Egg Lay | |||||
| Side Special | — | Egg Roll | ||||
| Up Special | Egg Throw | |||||
| Down Special | Yoshi Bomb | |||||
| Final Smash | — | Super Dragon | Stampede! | |||
Custom Variations
Lick
Lick is one of Yoshi's Neutral Special Move that can be used via customizations. Yoshi uses his tongue to "lick" the opponents, he's not able to transform them in eggs.
Egg Launch
Egg Launch is one of Yoshi's Neutral Special Move that can be used via customizations. Yoshi sticks his tongue out to transform the opponent into an egg, when he turns the opponent into an egg, he will jump, while the egg will be launched away.
| Yoshi's Custom Special Moves | ||
|---|---|---|
| Custom 1 | Custom 2 | |
| Standard Special | Lick | Egg Launch |
| Side Special | Heavy Egg Roll | Light Egg Roll |
| Up Special | High Jump | Timed Egg Throw |
| Down Special | Star Bomb | Crushing Bomb |
Origin
Concept art of Yoshi's Egg Lay in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Since his first appearance in Super Mario World, Yoshi's trademark move has been gulping his enemies using his chameleon like tongue. However, since Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi has been able to turn his eaten enemies into eggs. Throwing these eggs at enemies would be Yoshi's primary attacking method.
Trivia
- As Egg Lay has a very similar animation to Yoshi's grab, it can often be used to play mindgames with opponents.
- If Yoshi swallows an enemy who has consumed a Super Mushroom or Poison Mushroom, the egg's size will grow/shrink proportionately.
- In Brawl, if Egg Lay is used on Jigglypuff after doing the Puff Up glitch glitch on Bridge of Eldin, Jigglypuff will grow bigger.
- In Brawl, if the very tip of Yoshi's tongue grabs the enemy, Yoshi won't swallow the enemy: just pull them in and cause small damage. This is extremely tricky to perform though.