How Much HEALTH Does a Smash Ball Have? | Smash Ultimate Item Trivia

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Like, this game is super lopsided in that regard. Some items I could talk about for hours, others I struggled to think of even one thing to bring up. But, in the end, I think this format for things is just what my channel is best at, so I hope everyone enjoys and looks forward to more!

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00:00 Intro
00:42 Smash Ball
03:02 Assist Trophy
03:55 Pokéball / Master Ball
04:15 Sponsor
05:53 Dragoon
07:04 Daybreak
07:48 Crates
08:35 Rolling Crate
09:09 Party Ball
09:48 Barrel
10:24 Capsule
11:01 Grass
11:50 Blast Box
12:37 Bomber
13:25 Fake Smash Ball
14:13 Outro

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EDIT: As some of the comments are mentioning, yes, the Smash Ball also has an underdog system where it takes less hits to break for someone in last place and vice versa! I neglected to cover it since the Smash Ball section was already going on a lot longer than I anticipated, but it really should've been brought up to some extent (even if it makes calculated the exact Smash Ball percent way more difficult).

So, if you've ever felt like it's taken way too much to break a Smash Ball, that's probably why. If you're in the lead and start attacking it really close to its spawn time, then it's kinda bulky.

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[blug]

"How much health does the Smash Ball have?" The answer is an infinite amount when I try to break it and almost none when my friend hits it

[elkarlo]

The dragoon and daybreak both actually have a chance to not spawn at all in some matches to make them more elusive of sorts, it's explained in the Brawl Dojo and nowhere else

[Happymbm]

8:54 Ganondorf casually kicking a crate with an exploding Electrode on it is very much a Ganondorf thing to do

[herothecrow]

I imagine the reason Freezies and Pitfalls can't come from grass is probably because whatever process happens to automatically consume powerups and food would also cause whoever picks it up to freeze/get buried, and they didn't want the grass to randomly ruin your game with no warning. It was probably a situation where they could have made them work fine, but decided it was a niche enough case that it wasn't worth it to fix.

[meltingrocketyt]

I’ve always been so curious about how final smashes health worked, especially because sometimes you just get that final smash in game that just refuses to break no matter how much you hit it

[CanvasK]

I did some testing and looked at some code and found some things regarding Smash Balls. (only going to mention SSBU info) In normal matches it will spawn with 40 HP while in Training it will spawn with 10 HP. Every 1 second, its health will reduce by 2--if its health is 2.5 or less, it won't reduce its health. At a score of -3 or less, players will deal 2.55x damage to it while players with a score of +3 or more will only deal 0.55x damage (smaller numbers the more even they are).

The wiki has been updated with this info as well as the info for SSBB and SSB4. Similar info was also added for Fake Smash Balls.

[Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

We always see people talk about final smashes, but never the smash ball itself

[skeletorthebest]

No mention of the fact that the smash ball breaks slower for the winning player, and faster for the losing player?

[Dergy]

Silly fact: In training mode, you can only spawn in one Boss Galaga at a time. However, breaking a crate in the same mode has a chance to drop multiple, bypassing the goofy limit

[EGOyarzoH]

Another fun fact related to the assist trophy is that if you manage to get an assist trophy item in the air with villager and then use their neutral b before touching the ground, villager will put the item in his inventory, being this probably one the most unnecesary and stupidly hard way to put something into villager's inventory

[peytonthompson]

There’s a fun “game mode” I like to play with friends where we turn item spawns to max and only include smash balls and fake smash balls. This way it’s a literal minefield and every attack puts you and everyone near you at risk of blowing up. We included the smash ball because if you can tell which “smash ball” is the real one, you deserve the final smash.

[MrFlame-zkcy]

2:54 personally id assume that its 36% because thats a multiple of twelve which we established was the training mode HP so it being scaled down to 1/3 in training mode makes sense

[gingersolacemusic]

10:32 The capsules are a direct reference to the ones in Dragon Ball, which can contain anything of any size in a palm-size capsule. The Home-Run Bat's KRING sound is also directly pulled from Dragon Ball's impact sounds

[kagerisu]

Another thing to note is during a match a losing player (one that has less stocks or points) will be able to break smash balls easier. The opposite is true where a winning player will have a harder time breaking smash balls

[MaxWelton]

7:47 uh…half the Levin Sword is clearly visible sticking out of the daybreak

[Qualske]

What about when the smash ball refuses to break for people? Literally seen the Ball tank hits and refuse to break them just goes away...

[nathanflinchum]

9:46 I dunno it sounds like a blast to me tbh

[kribby]

I love how much content smash ultimate has been providing for you channel for nearly 7 years now, it just goes to show how much love and effort was put into this game

[Majorrickyloc]

I always have a feeling when the smash ball is one hit. It’s normally when the smash ball has been hit a lot and hasn’t cracked. When that happens, it’s best to keep hitting it and you’ll normally get it