Rocketbarrel Boost

Rocketbarrel Boost
User	Diddy Kong
Appears in	Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U

The Rocketbarrel Boost (Japanese: Barrel Jet - バレルジェット, Bareru Jetto; labeled Rocketbarrel Blast in the Brawl instruction booklet) is Diddy Kong's Up Special Move. Diddy Kong activates his Rocketbarrel Pack and propels himself upwards.

Overview

The height the Rocketbarrel Boost will cover depends on how much the player charges the jetpack. The player can change the angle that Diddy travels by tilting the control stick left or right while the move is being charged; charging the move longer allows a more significant angle shift. Diddy falls slightly slower as the move is charging.

Touching an opponent while ascending will cause minor damage. The initial burst when used in the air may serve as a meteor smash, spiking the foe while Diddy recovers to safe ground. If Diddy is attacked while using the move, the barrels will fly off and become randomly-moving, unshieldable projectiles, exploding on contact with the stage. If Diddy hits a ceiling while using the move, he takes about 5% damage.

Rocketbarrel Boost used straight up.

Rocketbarrel Boost used sideways.

Should Diddy Kong be hit while using the move, the barrels will fly in a random direction.

Diddy Kong's Special Moves
	Brawl	3DS/Wii U	Ultimate
Standard Special	Peanut Popgun
Side Special	Monkey Flip
Up Special	Rocketbarrel Boost
Down Special	Banana Peel
Final Smash	Rocketbarrel Barrage		Hyper Rocket Barrel

Custom Variations

Rocketbarrel Attack

Rocketbarrel Attack hits harder than the Rocketbarrel Boost, but doesn't fly quite as well.

Rocketbarrel Kaboom

Rocketbarrel Kaboom charges faster and steers better, but the Rocketbarrels explode when he hits terrain.

Diddy Kong using Rocketbarrel Attack.

Diddy Kong using Rocketbarrel Kaboom.

Diddy Kong's Custom Special Moves
	Custom 1	Custom 2
Standard Special	Exploding Popgun	Jumbo Peanuts
Side Special	Back Flip	Flying Monkey Flip
Up Special	Rocketbarrel Attack	Rocketbarrel Kaboom
Down Special	Shocking Banana Peel	Battering Banana Peel

Rocketbarrel Pack

The Rocketbarrel Pack is a jet pack that Diddy Kong uses for Rocketbarrel Barrage and Rocketbarrel Boost.

An item that looks like regular barrels but becomes a rocket-powered jet pack when Diddy Kong straps them on his back. It's a convenient gadget to have when adventuring, but for whatever reason, Diddy also uses it when playing tennis and basketball. The moves he can pull off with the rocketbarrel pack are so cool that they're almost not fair. Almost.

• Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
• Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast (2007)

Trivia

• When playing as Diddy Kong on "low gravity" mode, charging his Rocketbarrel Boost in the air causes him to float up, as if the gravity was reversed.
  • If Diddy Kong is attacked in midair, jumps, and then uses this move, the same thing occurs.