Reflection

Fox reflecting a thrown Capsule in Brawl.

For the move shared by the Star Fox characters, see Reflector.

Reflection is the process of using a particular special move to deflect incoming projectiles. The projectile then becomes property of the reflector's user and is often redirected to hit the original attacker, though some moves such as Thunder are not redirected when reflected. Most reflectors increase the damage done by projectiles, while some also increase their speed. Projectiles can be reflected from any direction.

It is possible for a single projectile to be reflected multiple times, such as back and forth between two characters' reflectors, but if a projectile becomes too strong it will overcome a reflector.

Moves with reflecting abilities

User	Move	Damage multiplier	Speed multiplier	Max damage reflectable
All	Powershield	0.5		—
Dark Pit	Electroshock Arm	?	?	?
	Guardian Orbitars	1.5	1.7	?
Dr. Mario	Super Sheet	1.5	1.0	50
Falco	Reflector	1.5	1.0	50
Fox	Reflector	1.5	1.0	50
Lucas	Forward smash	1.5	1.5	50
Mario	Cape	1.5	1.0	50
Mega Man	Skull Barrier	1.2	1.0	25
Mewtwo	Confusion*	1.4	1.0	50
Mii Gunner	Echo Reflector	?	?	?
Mii Swordfighter	Reversal Slash	?	?	?
Ness	Forward smash	1.5, 2.0	1.5	80
Palutena	Reflect Barrier	1.2	1.2	?
Pit	Angel Ring	1.5	1.0	50
	Mirror Shield	1.5	1.7	50
	Upperdash Arm	?	?	?
	Guardian Orbitars	1.5	1.7	?
R.O.B.	Arm Rotor	1.5	1.0	50
Wolf	Reflector	1.3	1.8	50
Zelda	Nayru's Love	1.2	1.2	50
Franklin Badge		1.3	1.3	—
Gray Fox		1.0	1.0	100
Gardevoir		2.2	1.3	100
Home-Run Bat		2.0	?	?

* In Melee, Confusion simply reverses projectiles without changing their owner.

In Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, if a projectile is too strong for a reflector, the reflector breaks and puts its user into the same state as if their shield broke. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, the overpowered projectile simply ignores the reflector and hits its user anyway. In the case of Ness's and Lucas's forward smashes, should the overpowered projectile collide with the move's hitbox without striking the user, they will undergo a proportionally-substantial amount of lag due to being outprioritized.

Reflectors are generally very useful moves that can be vital, as they help prevent projectile camping and spamming. As such, characters with reliable reflectors tend to have better matchups against characters that rely upon projectiles, such as Samus, than those who lack a reliable reflector.

In addition to the above, the Villager in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U is able to grab projectiles and items and store them for later use via Pocket. While not strictly a reflector, retrieved projectiles gain a 1.9x damage multiplier generally associated with reflectors.

List of Reflectable projectiles

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User/Item	Move	Part of Move	Games
By Characters
Bowser (Giga Bowser)	Fire Breath	Entire move
Bowser Jr.	Clown Cannon	Entire move
	Mechakoopa	Walking; Thrown
Charizard	Flamethrower	Entire move
	Rock Smash	Fragments
Cloud	Blade Beam	Entire Move
Dark Pit	Silver Bow	Entire move
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun	Entire move
	Rocketbarrel Boost	Loose barrels
	Banana Peel	Entire Move; Thrown
Dr. Mario	Megavitamin	Entire move
Duck Hunt	Trick Shot	Can; Shot
Falco	Blaster	Entire move
Fox	Blaster	Entire move
Greninja	Water Shuriken	Entire move
	Hydro Pump	Entire move
Ice Climbers	Ice Shot	Entire move
	Blizzard	Entire move
Ivysaur	Bullet Seed	Entire move
	Razor Leaf	Entire move
King Dedede	Waddle Dee Toss	Thrown
		Waddle Doo's beam attack
	Gordo Throw	Entire move
	Super Dedede Jump	Stars
Kirby	Copy Ability	Some Neutral Special attacks
	Final Cutter	Wave
Link	Hero's Bow	Entire move
	Boomerang	Entire move
	Gale Boomerang	Entire move
	Bomb	Thrown
Lucario	Aura Sphere	Entire move
	Force Palm	Damaging portion
Lucas	PK Freeze	Entire move
	PK Fire	Entire move
	PK Thunder	Entire move
Luigi	Fireball	Entire move
Mario	Fireball	Entire move
	F.L.U.D.D	Entire move
Mega Man	Neutral Attack	Entire move
	Forward Smash	Entire Move
	Metal Blade	Entire move
	Crash Bomber	Entire move
Mewtwo	Shadow Ball	Entire move
	Disable	Entire move
	Forward Throw	Shots
Mii Brawler	Shot Put	Entire move
Mii Gunner
Mii Swordfighter	Gale Strike	Entire move
	Shuriken of Light	Entire move
	Chakram	Entire move
Mr. Game & Watch	Chef	Entire move
Ness	PK Flash	Entire move
	PK Fire	Entire move
	PK Thunder	Entire move
Olimar	Pikmin Throw	Entire move
	Forward Smash	Entire move
Pac-Man	Bonus Fruit	Entire move
Palutena	Autoreticle	Shots
Peach	Toad	Entire move
	Vegetable	Thrown
Pichu	Thunder Jolt	Entire move
	Thunder	Bolt
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt	Entire move
	Thunder	Bolt
Pit	Palutena's Bow	Entire move
R.O.B.	Robo Beam	Entire move
	Gyro	Entire move; Thrown
Robin	Thunder	Entire move
	Arcfire	Entire move
	Elwind	Entire move
Rosalina	Luma Shot	Entire move
Samus	Charge Shot	Entire move
	Missile	Entire move
	Bomb	Entire move
Sheik	Needle Storm	Entire move
Snake	Hand Grenade	Thrown
	Remote Missile	Entire move
	Cypher	Flying off
	Up Smash	Shell
	Taunt	Box
Squirtle	Water Gun	Entire move
Toon Link	Hero's Bow	Entire move
	Boomerang	Entire move
	Bomb	Thrown
Villager	Lloid Rocket	Entire move
	Timber	Water; Chopped tree
	Forward Smash	Entire move
	Forward Air	Entire move
	Back Air	Entire move
Wario	Wario Bike	Thrown
		Tires
Wii Fit Trainer	Sun Salutation	Entire move
	Header	Soccer Ball
Wolf	Blaster	Shot
Yoshi	Egg Throw	Entire move
	Yoshi Bomb	Stars
Young Link	Fire Bow	Entire move
	Boomerang	Entire move
	Bomb	Thrown
Zelda	Din's Fire	Blast
	Phantom Slash	Initial Summon
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer	Entire move
	Zero Laser	Power Suit Pieces
By Items
All Thrown Items
Bob-omb		Walking
Bombchu		Collision
Bullet Bill		Collision
Bumper		When Set
Cracker Launcher		Shots
Drill		Collision
Fire Flower		Flames
Green Shell		Collision
Red Shell		Collision
Hocotate Bomb		Collision
Hothead		Collision
Killer Eye		Beam
Lip's Stick		Spores
Ore Club		Collision
Ray Gun		Shots
Rolling Crate		Rolling
Soccer Ball		Launch
Star Rod		Stars
Steel Diver		Shots
Super Scope		Shots
Superspicy Curry		Flames
Unira		When Set
By Pokémon
Blastoise	Hydro Pump	Water Jets
Bonsley	Tackle	Thrown
Charizard	Flamethrower	Flames
Chespin	Seed Bomb	Seeds
Chikorita	Razor Leaf	Leaves
Clefairy	Metronome	Some copied attacks
Cyndaquil	Flamethrower	Flames
Darkrai	Dark Void	Dark Void Balls
Fennekin	Incinerate	Flames
Genesect	Techno Blast	Beam
Kyogre	Hydro Pump	Water Jets
Marill	Tackle	Collision
Meloetta	Echoed Voice	Music Notes
Meowth	Pay Day	Coins
Oshawott	Surf	Collision
Piplup	Surf	Collision
Snivy	Razor Leaf	Leaves
Starmie	Swift	Stars
Staryu	Swift	Stars
Zoroark	Fury Swipes	Claw swipes
By Assist Trophies
Color TV-Game 15		Pong Ball
Dark Samus		Shots
Elec Man		Thunder Beams
Excitebikes		Collision
Hammer Bros.		Hammers
Infantry and Tanks		Shots
Jeff		Rockets
Knuckle Joe		Smash Punch
Phosphora		Electric Attacks
Ray MK III		Lasers
Saki Amamiya		Shots
Sheriff		Shots
Takamaru		Thrown Knives
By Stage Hazards
Corneria		Shots fired from Arwings, Wolfens, and the Great Fox
Green Greens		Apples
Mario Bros.		Shellcreepers and Sidesteppers
Sector Z		Shots fired from Arwings
Venom		Shots fired from Arwings and Wolfens
Wily Castle		Yellow Devil's energy blasts
By Enemies and Bosses
Armank		Energy Shot
Autolance		Launched lance
Bombed		Thrown Head
Boom Primid		Thrown Boomerang
Bullet Bill		Collision
Crazy Hand		Bombs
Duon		Scattershot
Fire Primid		Fireball
Gamyga		Lasers
Hammer Bro.		Hammers
Master Edges		Sword projectiles
Master Hand		Finger bullets
Meta Ridley		Small fireballs
		Medium fireballs
Poppant		Tossed gifts
Puppit		Lasers
Rayquaza		Energy ball
R.O.B. Blaster		Lasers
R.O.B. Launcher		Missiles
Roturret		Bullets
Scope Primid		Shots
Spaak		Electric ball
		Lightning bolt