Stone

Kirby's transformations into various Stone items

Stone is Kirby's Down B special move. Kirby transforms into a rock, becoming impervious to damage for a short time. Kirby can still be taken out of Stone form by grabs or grab-type moves such as Yoshi's Egg Lay or Lucario's Force Palm. He can deal damage by using the move in mid air and falling on opponents. When this is done, Stone does excellent knockback, making it useful for avoiding juggling.

Although he cannot be harmed while stone, he can still be grabbed, so it's best to end the transformation early by pressing the B button again.

In Super Smash Bros., Kirby can only transform into one type of stone.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl, Kirby can transform into one of the following:

• The stone that Kirby normally turned into in his games
• A spiked ball
• A 100 ton weight, similar to his 8 ton one from Kirby Super Star
• Lip's garbage block from Panel de Pon
• A Thwomp from Super Mario 64

In Brawl, the move is more powerful than Melee, and it pushes characters away, even if used from the ground. However, very strong attacks and hazards are capable of knocking back Kirby out of his Stone form (it will take 30% to break him out of this form), such as the cars on the Onett stage, though he won't take any damage. If the hit is strong enough, Kirby will recieve full knockback from it.

Origin

Orgin of Stone Kirby

The move is one of Kirby's copy abilities from Kirby's Adventure, behaving in much the same way. Kirby Super Star introduced the ability for Kirby to transform into various other stone objects, including a rarely seen golden statue of Mario or Samus. It seems that the games before Kirby Super Star, there was no sliding mechanic invented: though notably Kirby was able to roll down the hills first time in Kirby's Dreamland 2 (due the hexagonal shape of his stone form in that game). After Kirby Super Star, every Kirby-game has made use of the sliding mechanic for Stone Kirby, allowing him to roll down slopes in this form.

Trivia

• In Brawl, it can be tested in Boss Battle Mode and Subspace Emissary that Kirby never automatically turns back into his normal form while being in his Stone form in midair, or at least for a very long time. However, in normal Group Brawls, this will hardly be useful.
• There is a glitch associated with this attack on the PictoChat stage, widely known as the Earthquake Glitch. If you go to the very edge on the right-hand side and use the Stone move, Kirby will create shockwaves that cause massive damage (this does not work on the left side, as Kirby will slide off the platform).

Gallery

Stone in Super Smash Bros.

Stone in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Spiky Ball

100 Ton Weight

Garbage Block

Thwomp

Kirby's Special Moves
	64	Melee	Brawl	3DS/Wii U	Ultimate
Standard Special	Inhale
Side Special	—	Hammer		Hammer Flip
Up Special	Final Cutter
Down Special	Stone
Final Smash	—		Cook Kirby	Ultra Sword
Fighter Ability	Copy Abilities