Smash 4 Wii U - All Reflectors can BREAK!

[@RoundPi]

The best way to play volleyball is with a giant broccoli.

[@antonywu6672]

XD

[@irok1]

Yup

[@KSW2004]

Round Pi so true

[@Frezshii]

Round Pi totally not a tree

[@snoda8350]

Round Pi XD

[@flurriestone]

Pictured at 2:33 : Lucas and Claus's favorite childhood game, Tree Tennis.

[@ashketchup7354]

i cry evry tiem

[@perkypears]

Their favorite game later: Lightning tennis

[@HozukiHangetsu]

perkypears Claus served it but he had no racket to hit it back.. T.T

[@flurriestone]

HozukiHangetsu oh my god no too soon

[@theherohartmut]

Flurriestone But that's a horribly dangerous game! Trees explode in their world!

[@EtheRenard]

Just imagine walking in the street, and see a tree passing by, flying above the buildings.

[@JT-pv2nj]

CATCH IT PIT

[@antonywu6672]

No, Lucas and Claus will play tree tennis.

[@stotab8700]

"Huh. Is it tree season already?"

[@antonywu6672]

+Crotoman111 XD

[@penguinb0mb787]

EtherFoxMIDI "oh shit Mother Nature taking revenge"

[@WinEntity]

2:45 Mewtwo uses Reflect! But nothing happens! Tree uses Ear Rape! It's super effective!!

[@Ninetails2000]

More like Tree used Roar and Mewtwo was ejected from battle. XP

[@tabpolSSBU]

;-;

[@NessMotherBound]

XD

[@climaxusgaming]

XDDDDDDD

[@300PIVOTMASTER]

It just occurred to me that this was probably done to prevent the black-hole glitch.

[@NonJohns]

Or maybe the op pikmin. We will never know... How does this prevent the black hole glitch anyway?

[@300PIVOTMASTER]

Don Lam You can't spam reflect.

[@NonJohns]

300PIVOTMASTER can you send me a video demonstrating this?

[@atari_hmb]

300PIVOTMASTER Well SM64 Fox broke his reflector with a red shell so this isn't the first game to do so. Also yes I agree this prevents the black hole

[@blaze4109]

Non Johns This prevents the Black Hole because the Black Hole's main component is a line of Super Scope blasts being infinitely reflected. With this mechanic, the blasts would break through the reflectors before there are enough blasts to create the black hole.

[@Spitfire_94]

I remember the first time I saw my Palutena's reflect break. I thought I was on drugs but then it happened again a few months later and I was highly shocked by that. Glad to see it's not just her otherwise...oh god, Palutena XD

[@meallionaire7590]

"I thought I was on drugs"

[@cyrinaefox6828]

I feel like you should know if you're on drugs.

[@Spitfire_94]

I don't understand why this is getting so many thumbs up lol.

[@Spiralviper]

Sonicman0123456789 I thought the same thing when I saw the in-game tip for the "Squeaky Hammer". Weeks later, while playing a golden-hammer-only match with my cousin, I actually got a squeaky hammer.

[@meallionaire7590]

I honestly don't understand why my comment got so many likes. But hey I'm not complaining lol

[@MasterEnex]

Lucas: I need a Baseball Bat u.u

[@NessMotherBound]

Lucas' stick reflects too if you didnt know

[@entrenadorrojoketchum9973]

@@NessMotherBound but the ness one is without damage

[@MrMetnasty]

So no one else is wondering what happened at the end? Ok.

[@pengoschwortz4734]

Woah...wtf was that?

[@lyoshi1022]

In a black hole xD

[@baconmaster8865]

***** Correct me if I'm wrong but, I think this is a glitch. Usually if enough damage is dealt to a tree, then it will sort of shrink and disappear. However, it seems that Nintendo didn't create a shrinking animation for an airborne tree, so the tree will just disappear abruptly after taking enough damage..

[@BeefySmashDoods]

Bacon Master your theory sound probable

[@jeffreycanfield1939]

***** Every single move, item, and projectile in the game has different coding and animations (for the most part) that differ from the ground and air. The tree only has ground physics and animations, so in the air, it will have the same effect, but jot the animation.

[@nathanjansen5944]

Falco's reflector is one of the safest lol

[@wigglerwednesday]

Lol this is like a sport XD

[@lyoshi1022]

The new "treeball" Last month with a random person found in smash vs.1 for glory I invented a "volleyball" with king dedede....I launched the Gordo and if he was in time pressing 2/A pick up the Gordo in his hammer and this is infinite if you are in time.... I wanted to do a video but I decided to not because I haven't the right struments to do this.....sorry for my English, I'm Italian:/ Can you leave like to comment, then he can make a video! Pliiiiiiiz :D

[@insertrandomurlhere]

LYoshi102 I did the volleyball thing with Kirby and Dedede. Hammers only. :D

[@slipperysnake3822]

How do you know if you invented it? Somebody else could've invented it before you.

[@TERRIFICmuse]

LYoshi102 Whether or not you invented it, I would love to see you display your Gordo Volleyball. Haha.

[@sullyfera9014]

I saw you from one of Etika's videos in the comments.

[@monkeyman2497]

Man, R.O.B's sice special looks neat.

[@pinelpal1218]

Lol

[@AuraLink]

Paulatena's reflector broke in my latest video and everyone was super surprised xD I would be a bit unfair if you could just hold your reflector forever

[@ezra8138]

Wow you're like the new Silver Smasher You are everywhere lol

[@michaelrashford6925]

Yoshi Star IKR! My time on the internet is very limiting these days. xD

[@ezra8138]

Silver Smasher XD

[@jameswxy1736]

AuraLink yeah dude I literally see you everywhere smash related. xD

[@repletive]

I was looking for you :D

[@-Fraud]

What Ness said when his bat broke: OH NO!

[@LydCal999]

Don't you mean OHkay

[@banjo3180]

How did you know :/

[@datdamnmegabusta5604]

Ness From Onett This is not okey!

[@seanb3226]

Must have been a corked bat

[@Xeroskia]

By this, can I assume that different reflectors have different durabilties? Or are they all the same but the different multipliers make the stronger ones volley less times? Possibly a combination of these two?

[@BeefySmashDoods]

***** thats a good question but we didnt look into it too much :/ sorry we dont know..

[@Xeroskia]

Beefy Smash Doods All good, man. It's things like this that get more questions like the one I asked out there. Great videos and good luck to you.

[@BeefySmashDoods]

***** we started making the video without showing the % to make it look better.. midway in I (cFive) actually thought it might have been interesting to see the % the tree makes after breaking through the shield (and hitting the characters), but we were too lazy to redo it^^

[@obichukwu8321]

***** All Reflectors except Ness's Bat/Lucas's stick can reflect anything that is 49% or lower before becoming useless(Or in the case of Kid Icarus characters, completely breaking since they can also take physical hits and break from them, with 50% being beyond it's endurance.) \] Lucas and Ness' fsmashes take 99% before the reflector part of the hitbox becomes useless, causing the damaging part of the hitbox to clash with the 99% Tree's hitbox and get outprioritized due to being outdamaged by more than 9%. And the more you're outdamged, the more lag you suffer, hence why Ness has insane cooldown due to being outdamaged by nearly 80%. Villager's does not break as far as I know, having 1.93 dmg multiplier and resetting all other multipliers. As for the multipliers, each Reflector has a different power and speed multiplier. For Example, Falco's Acelee-Reflector Custom has a 2.0 Speed multiplier with a 1.1* damage multiplier, while Fox's normal Reflector has 1.5 in both speed and damage.

[@Crysceil]

Beefy Smash Doods villagers pocket can break.....the game that is.(it freezes)

[@ThankSwalot]

I like how Palutena's reflector breaking has a unique sound and effect when it shatters

[@FireDetection101]

Palutena's side special+villager's tree=pong!!!

[@theblueyoshi6394]

*gravity pong

[@Pinchonad]

Yes. R.O.B's Sice Special is my favorite move.

[@antonywu6672]

Lucas and Ness are mine!

[@thetoontastictoon1720]

same

[@Maceyoshiman]

nobody cares

[@thetoontastictoon1720]

:(

[@elwandalw135]

lol

[@Mohandar881]

The flying trees are absolute cancer.

[@ShinyKelp]

Can the villager pocket things infinitely?

[@jbap7777]

YiToSmash no he holds what he pockets

[@scannerooni]

I'm pretty sure villager can pocket no matter how strong the projectile is

[@SkaiCyan]

When he pockets something it returns to it's original power (unless you're using Amplifying Pocket).

[@ShinyKelp]

SkaiCyan But the pocket itself amplifies the pocketed projectile's power by 1.5

[@SkaiCyan]

YiToSmash Then I guess it returns to it's original+ power. I've tried throwing strong and/or reflected things at it and it never breaks. The thing thrown out always deals the same damage as it should too.

[@KurenaiHideyoshi]

Reflecting that tree back and forth as if it were nothing.... ...Made me laugh so hard, my eyes became watery.

[@christophergeelhoed6115]

Rob: Sice special.... SICE? WHAT IS A SICE?

[@ThreeSingleandco]

4:08 tune in next time for all trees can break

[@KyletheReflectionist]

XD

[@lpfan4491]

xD

[@KyletheReflectionist]

XDD

[@cloroxhammer3289]

Ness tried PK Thunder! Lucas's Franklin Badge reflected the lightning back! Ness's Franklin Badge reflected the lightning back! Lucas's Franklin Badge reflected the lightning back! Ness's Franklin Badge reflected the lightning back! Lucas took mortal damage!

[@NinSega89]

Haha, Tree tennis, looks very fun! Pit is afraid of the tree, "Stay back" Mario's Cape didn't break, it just became a napkin

[@shaftmastr7753]

no, it's not that they break (well, pit's does), its just that after a while of reflecting, the projectile becomes too strong to be reflected.

[@JoystickStereo]

Indolent Emover You're telling me that Palutena's reflector, which CLEARLY shattered like a glass window, didn't break? The reflectors do indeed break.

[@shaftmastr7753]

Obvious ninja not all of them break

[@Yokokazuo]

Haven't gotten to testing it in Smash 4 yet, but I believe that in previous Smash Bros. games at least, Fox's reflector could break if it took enough hits and it would look like a shield break (he would be dazed for a bit)

[@Ninetails2000]

Too strong to be reflected? Almost as if it BROKE through their defenses....

[@Versitax]

Joystick Stereo you’re telling me that because a tree went through a Light Screen that means it broke? The projectile just becomes too powerful.

[@theapprovr]

2:35 And now, Lucas and Claus playing tennis with a tree.

[@shadchu3o4]

are you sure this is the case? it sometimes looks like you jsut mistimed the reflector?

[@BeefySmashDoods]

Wesley Hsieh We tried every scenario multiple times. Some moves just lose their ability to reflect again. So yes: this is the case.

[@shadchu3o4]

mk just wondering

[@HealthyWC-2]

Wesley Hsieh Smash does have that mechanic "Spam the same move it gets weaker type of thing"

[@shadchu3o4]

i believe most people call the it that the move is getting "stale", but I guess that makes more sense than saying that reflectors get weaker, but rather they just get stale

[@HealthyWC-2]

Wesley Hsieh Stale it is!

[@SonicTheCutehog]

In Palutena's case, her reflector can literally break!

[@SonicTheCutehog]

Same for Pit's and Dark Pit's Down B!

[@TechBlade9000]

Rachel Flores Fits with the music

[@ph3nix_v732]

isn't funny that only Kid icarus characters actually have breaking animations?

[@sorrydudebros]

S-tier LOLOLOOLOL SKAURAI GAME BAIS! Skaruai make Kid ICarus charactrs unfari.

[@chouytheboy99]

Dante UMvC3 yes please nerf palutena 2 stronk

[@Ninetails2000]

Well I know that if you manage to break Fox's reflector without getting hurt in the process, Fox will be left holding his reflection device without any shield animation.

[@traviskoser883]

Mario and Dr. Mario just look like they didn't get their capes out fast enough.

[@Huanchee]

wow it must be 1999 in here. breaking reflectors has been possible since smash64

[@jairuhhme]

because nothing has ever changed between iterations right?

[@LilacMonarch]

But smash 64 came out in 1998...

[@Huanchee]

Jan 21, 1999 was the official release date of smash64 in japan.

[@LilacMonarch]

xxTheFallenAngelxxx yeah i just checked, you're correct

[@caidsavoia5461]

EarthBoundNess no it was 1999

[@AnimeForeverAnimEien]

Its interesting to see that it breaks after an item gets reflected for the third time in total. It doesnt matter which player reflected it, the person reflecting it for the third time will always get a failed reflection.

[@BeefySmashDoods]

Anime Forever it actually depends on the % the tree deals... since after every reflection it becomes stronger, at some point the reflectors break! (i think its about 50%, not sure tho)

[@AnimeForeverAnimEien]

Beefy Smash Doods ahh no wonder there were some exceptions I saw in the video.

[@Soxviper]

But that's wrong.

[@carlbloke8797]

+Beefy Smash Doods Awesome video you put together!

[@mightybear5441]

We got ourselves a new sport here! Tree volleyball! >:D

[@HiJello64]

Oddly Satisfying

[@XC11301991]

I noticed this playing a game of Mewtwo Tennis with a friend. Since it was with shadowball, I always thought it was because the projectile was moving too fast for the active reflect box to detect and reflect back. Interesting to see this property in other stuff.

[@fieryglaceon4973]

I've also seen that Fox's reflector can break if he's hit enough while it's up. It acted as if he had his shield broken.

[@frankieocchiogrosso6431]

Beefy Smash Doods there's a typo at 2:12. I don't mean to criticize, I just want to help!

[@BeefySmashDoods]

Frankie Occhiogrosso thx we already noticed it and placed an annotation^^

[@tabbender1232]

Ness' bat seems to be the best since he don't take damage from the attack (and sometime actually reflect it). I thought Lucas' one had the same properties...

[@bnzaz6562]

I think your timing is off, not that the reflectors (in some cases) are being broken. I'd have to see it closer to be sure.

[@BeefySmashDoods]

BNZAZ it looks that way sometimes.. but we did it many times and i can guarantee you that we didnt miss :)

[@Koala_Bar]

Beefy Smash Doods its not that the reflector is breaking (necessarily)...if you noticed, the tree could only ever be returned twice, and the third hit always "breaks" the next reflection. I think the number of times that projectiles can be reflected differs with each one. Haven't tested it though

[@saint_zero]

Beefy Smash Doods where's megaman's skull barrier?

[@scribblenaut19]

Mii fighters had the only custom moves

[@brian742]

+rob dee Old, but the game flat out tells you that reflection moves will fail once the projectile is strong enough.

[@JJ-iw8ub]

It was awesome how you thought of Gardevoir's reflect and tested it to see if it had a limit.

[@Duplighost_]

I've never heard of R.O.B's sice special. I've heard of his SIDE special though....

[@zofialmia]

"Hey, you have plans for later?" "Yeah. Gonna go throw a tree around in a park" "K"

[@Daniel-ks4th]

You didn't use Megaman's skull shield with customs.

[@ashrhoades6485]

Customs lol

[@Daniel-ks4th]

It says ALL reflectors.

[@rejuno1991]

Daniel megaman skull only reflects 1 time

[@NintendoFan021]

Daniel Exposed

[@johanliebheart501]

I have a suggestion for one video, I don't know if you have already done it. Taking up the idea of the reflectors and how they multiply the damage/potency of objects, what about a situation where you combine them with counters, and then combine it again with another counter and so on (here I'm assuming a counter-attack gains power depending on what it returns)? Having at the end a super damaging object/action. For example: Villager throws the tree, Ness hits it to another Ness who hits again, then Marth receives with counter and at his side is Shulk waiting within his counter, then again Roy awaits absorbing all that damage ending up with an attack that can cause a high percent hit.

[@streled5361]

PONG : Smash Edition!

[@אבִיאל-ס5ר]

LMAO XDDDD

[@sonicdudeatdawn2]

when you realize that pong is already an assist

[@xkillamonjarox8761]

It would appear the number of times an item is reflected also effects if the reflector will break best examples of this are Ness's bat at 2:16 where 2 Ness's are able to hit the tree once, but the third Ness's reflect fails on the first try and at 3:08 with the Franklin badges, the little mac on the right uses the same Franklin badge twice while the little mac on the left reflects once with one Franklin badge, picks up a new one, then the reflect fails on the first attempt with the new badge. I'd have to guess there are 2 things going on here: 1. All reflectors have a durability limit and break after so much abuse 2. An item that has been reflected greatly increases in damage after each reflect

[@namyam2989]

who noticed the c in side for rob

[@Gamesmarts194]

There's something satisfying about seeing a tree phase through Gardevoir's shield.

[@VortexDS]

What is the name of the music u used?

[@BeefySmashDoods]

Isaiah Hanson One of us (Slice) made it :) Gutter Spin by Risuno soundcloud.com/risuno

[@VortexDS]

Thanks the song was really good

[@BeefySmashDoods]

Thank You! :) Kind regards, Slice

[@VortexDS]

In the sequel to All reflectors can break when you said you can do some crazy sh#t with king ddd I laughed cuz it sounded funny

[@VortexDS]

I have a question

[@dleondolan2908]

looks like every reflector has a cap of % of damage that can reflect, cuz the reflected tree gets stronger lets say fox reflector has a 100% damage capacity, if he tries to reflect a move that does 100%+ damage it wont be reflected, but he cna still reflect weaker moves, like link's arrows but its just a theory a SMASH theory thanks for reading

[@JangoMango5]

I'm pretty sure reflectors don't break but that items have a limit to how many times they can be reflected

[@lucaswinsor4469]

Jordan Ang That's obviously not true, because it was all the same item, and was very distinctly reflected a different number of times depending on the reflector.

[@JangoMango5]

Hmm... Ok

[@ziegogoboy]

Lucas Winsor I think someone had a better take on it, that all reflectors don't necessarily "break" (well, aside from the few with damage thresholds like pit and palutena), but that the projectile, after several reflects, grows too strong and can no longer be reflected. It's the reason why Gardevoir can't even block the first tree that hits her. In a way it's breaking the barrier/reflectors, but I think it's less "all these have blocking hp that destroy the barrier" and more "the game literally glitches the object through the character, either hitting them, or going through the reflector.

[@steptimusheap8860]

well, your kinda right. The reflectors don't have Hp, they just can't reflect if the projectile does too much damage. but it isn't a glitch, unless I i mistook what you said.

[@oldhabitrabbit]

The motions Pit and Dark Pit were making without the Guardian Orbitars went really well with the music.

[@TrueTrickster2016]

Nintendo you may better fix those Tips.

[@TrueTrickster2016]

Yeh...

[@TheBlueLanturnLPs]

Donnel Tinhead XD

[@ShiitakeWarrior]

I'm kinda curious to see how this would play out on Smash Ultimate.

[@ranmj]

LUCAS

[@psiplasma]

Omelet

[@PhirePhlame]

There's also something unique that happens if an attack is strong enough to one-hit-shield-break and you try to reflect it: the reflector will break in the exact same manner as a shield!

[@arshadsiddiqui9071]

Rob sice special. Kappa

[@thetoontastictoon1720]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

[@yoush2256]

Bayo's crawl can break kappa

[@arshadsiddiqui9071]

You guys didn't notice the typo?

[@aypapi9745]

+Batabii kappa is a meme-ish thing lol

[@arshadsiddiqui9071]

It's most probabily twitch's most used emote yet its buried in the middle of the list.

[@oshahott2532]

Don't you just love R.O.B.'S Sice Special

[@oshahott2532]

TheHide'n'Seek Channel I know! At Christmas, I'm gonna get a Sice of that pie! Mmhmm!

[@Maceyoshiman]

nobody cares

[@oshahott2532]

Maceyoshiman about you

[@GoldenJoe]

You forgot Mega Man

[@darkyishere]

GoldenJoe That one obviously breaks dude.

[@GoldenJoe]

Yeah, but it's good to see the limit.

[@darkyishere]

GoldenJoe its 3 lol he has 3 leaves around it and each hit breaks 1 leaf...

[@GoldenJoe]

...what? SKULL BARRIER.

[@luigigunman456]

GoldenJoe I'm pretty sure he wasn't counting customs for normal characters...

[@videogameadventure]

Falco's down+B and Pit/Dark Pit side+B seems a little more safer though. Despite Falco's break as well, he can somewhat dodge what could've been instant death for him. Same goes for Pit/Dark Pit.

[@adieu9194]

2:33 the wrong brother died

[@PHYTO18432]

Tree Ball 7 (or 8) players; 3 teams 1 (or 2) Villagers stand atop, planting trees : Team 1 2 vs 2 characters with reflectors: Team 2 and 3 2 chars positioned at the sides, representing 'goals' for each team, set at 300% : Team 1

[@aeronine6977]

Why can't counter break like dis... would balance it the fuck out.

[@bladefire2175]

SenecystRemarks Because counters suck, they could be punished so hard and if someone is spamming counter, you can read them and punish

[@aeronine6977]

souIess By punished hard you mean "Maybe grabbed because going for a hit is too dangerous."

[@dobleflamingo]

Or you can wait for the animation to finish, then punish with a smash attack. That's what I do.

[@aeronine6977]

The Omega Gamer 707 But the ending lag is hard to deal with, given that the end of the animation on shulk's isn't the end of the attack. He has VERY little time between the end of one vision and the startup of another. Not saying counters aren't punishable. But with the damage they now deal out (shulk's can KO at 30. that's fucking BROKEN.) there should be atleast SOME balance mechanic in place.

[@dobleflamingo]

SenecystRemarks Shulk is the only character out of the over 50 fighters who has a broken counter. But for most other counters, waiting for the animation to run out works.

[@GeneralShyGuy7]

If anyone is wondering, this has always been a thing in smash bros. In melee, fox's reflector can be broken by abusing redshells. Soon his reflector will fail to reflect and he will go into the "Shield Break," animation.

[@DarkLink1996.]

***** I thought the Black Hole glitch was a result of this *NOT* existing.

[@normal6483]

DarkLink1996 It's probably with weak projectiles like the rapid fire from scope gun that it won't break. But it can certainly break from red shells, I know that from personal experience. Maybe they capped how much a projectile will increase in power, meaning that the weaker stuff is incapable of breaking reflectors, even when reflected many times?

[@SlyEdits]

All reflectors have a durability of 50% damage, not collectively exept for pit and dark pit's, anything dealing at or above 50% damage with one hit will either break or pass right through the reflector

[@mynvs-]

I never knew R.O.B's "Sice Special" could break...

[@ssbbdiego]

I was impressed how long it took for ness to react, 8 seconds per second to get back to normal.

[@asianundertalelover5456]

As they say, when a Villager chop down a tree, it is time for Tree Tennis

[@tsunamininja]

Yeah I noticed the franklin badge one when playing some silly stuff with a friend. 150 stamina, franklin badge and flower on. (Intended no projectiles, hence badge, hit and run strategy). Found that Megaman's FSmash would bounce a lot of times but consistently hit the opponent regardless (depending on who fired)

[@ShowMeYaMovez]

lmao the sync with the reflect moves was great

[@mattwo7]

Captain Falcon with the Home Run Bat, Mii Swordfighter, Fox, Zelda, Mario and Dr. Mario look like they just missed the timing... and I'm pretty sure Gardivor's barrier didn't break, it just couldn't handle the force of the tree.

[@erictalaveramartinez4160]

In the "World of Light" trailer, this happens to everyone who uses a reflector.

[@marthagarvey1146]

On the home run bat, The fourth swing didn't happen in time, but captain falcon took the hit via the home run bat's super armor

[@GoonCommander]

I'm surprised at paluteana ( sorry if misspelled ) because hers actually broke while the others just didn't reflect at certain points.

[@555redkid]

You'd think some attacks would break most reflectors instantly, like Corrin's Lunge on Mario's/Dr. Mario's cape, Corrin's Counter, Cloud's Limit Breaker, most of Ganon's attacks or even Villager's Axe cutting tree move would break them instantly for a time being because it's so powerful but not after like 3 bounces off of it which is basically impossible while actually fighting...

[@Kamodomon]

There's a tip in the game itself that has said as much in regards to reflectors breaking. I think the % is 80 in the tip, but it was a while since I last saw it.

[@ImJayceeYO]

Very interesting! I like the little clip at the end too. How long did it take you guys to setup for the gardevoir test?

[@Zeik188]

It's always been like this. Even back in the first game. It's just, back then when the reflector broke Fox got stunned like his normal shield broke.

[@MillieTheSillie616]

Its friggen hilarious to just watch that tree fly around the map

[@kolegadetroida3725]

2:09 someone notice side special is named as sice special

[@tanookitrainwreck4262]

The tree had enough of the shannanigans and decided to break the reflector

[@WayTooSpicy]

That Ness set up was fresh

[@josephwilliams5292]

Shoutout to falco's reflector for being the only one safe on break

[@jordanwilliams5746]

Most of these "reflector breaks" are just the people playing missing the timing or aim, palutena, pit, and dark pit all break, but it's clear to see most of the others are just missing.

[@MysteryJack]

I actually noticed this happening when I reflected an opponent's star rod star with Mario's cape. They were wearing a franklin badge, and the star quickly bounced between the cape and the badge (twice) and then hit them for an instant KO. I was wondering about what happened there.

[@HyLo-rule]

Huh, I knew Pits orbitars could break, but I didn't know Palutena's reflector could break

[@kcalb7330]

Falco Reflector: Reflects an energy ball from Rayquaza. Can't reflect a tree.

[@digitalatom6433]

This means that Rosalina's gravitational pull is the only thing that can absorb projectiles infinitely, but I'm not sure about Villager's tree to that one...

[@charlieowens6708]

i don't think they actually break, but i think they put a cap on how many times a projectile can be reflected. they might have done this to prevent glitches like the black hole glitch from melee.

[@InfamousRaptor]

Try using another move after using the reflectors to reset the count on them for breaking before the projectile comes towards the characters again.

[@PhirePhlame]

In Melee, when Fox and Falco's reflectors broke, they broke just like shields did.

[@pedrorubino6942]

There still one question to be answered: in the Pokeball Gardevoir, did the pokemon actually reflect the move itself, even though could not send the tree flying back?

[@_Snowflame]

Jesus, Ness! If I ever hit something with a baseball bat so hard its entire mass immediately splintered apart into sawdust, I'd probably have to take more than a few seconds to catch my breath. My hands would be like strawberry Jell-O with little bone fragments suspended inside.

[@teuncb]

I love how you made this btw :P

[@AgentParsec]

It appears to me as if projectiles have some hidden reflection amount that is added every time they're reflected, and if it's beyond a certain value, it no longer reflects. Different reflectors appear to increase it different amounts. So it's not actually the reflectors that are breaking, it's the projectile gradually becoming non-reflectable. At least that's my observation. Pitt/Dark Pitt's reflector being broken by physical attacks is the only exception.

[@Niloc624]

I remember back i melee, if i held fox/falco's reflector when a Red shell was coming at me, it would eventually break, and leave me looking like i had gotten shield broken. What is the Physics of a Reflector? Is it they have a Cap on the damage they can reflect, like with Armor? Or is their just a cap on how many times the same thing can be reflected? are our games of Mewtwo tennis predetermined?

[@nebulasmessiah]

when pit and dark pit tries to reflect but when its broken it looks like they're trying to do a karate move

[@rexthesheep]

Well I knew about Pit and Dark Pit since I main them, but the rest I was unaware of. I guess it makes sense though, as you don't want a projectile getting too strong for the game to handle. Like how there's a way to freeze Melee using Roy's counter.

[@aclonymous]

For a lot of these, I didn't actually know they reflected. For example, rob's and (dark) pit’s side-B.

[@SkaiCyan]

When I tried this on the Mewtwo patch Fox's reflector didn't seem to break right. It stopped reflecting, but he didn't take a hit. Maybe it's because it was a Shadowball?