What Does the Red Lightning Mean in Smash 4?

3,032 views · Published 2 March 2016 · 2:16 · Indexed 1 November 2026

Channel: Game5 Smash · 2016 · Gaming

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A recent reddit post sparked lots of discussion about this phenomenon exclusive to Smash 4. We decided to make a video to help explain it more clearly.

The game defines this as the "Deadly Blow: A red and black flash of lightning when an attack lands means that the victim has been hit with enough force to launch them off the screen."

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