Assist Trophy

An Assist Trophy () is an item in Super Smash Flash 2 that, when grabbed, summons a random non-playable character to aid the player who summoned it.
== Overview ==
Assist Trophies work nearly identical to Poké Balls. However, no come out of them, and once an Assist Trophy is grabbed, it is automatically activated, assuming the holder is standing on the ground, and not in a jump, attack or hitstun animation. Basically they are "guest" characters separate from the playable roster. The majority of Assist Trophies in SSF2 are undamageable, with only , Mother Brain and Starfy being able to be interrupted or otherwise hit.
== List of characters released from Assist Trophies ==
These are the characters that can be summoned from Assist Trophies:
Assist Trophy	Name 	Universe 	Universe 	Description
 	Bullet Bill 	 	 	Bullet Bills get launched from a Bill Blaster up to six times, homing in on the nearest opponent.
 	Hammer Bro 	 	 	Hammer Bro stands in one place and starts throwing hammers in the direction of opponents while also occasionally jumping.
 	Lakitu & Spinies 	 	 	Lakitu soars in the air, moving back and forth, dropping Spiny Eggs onto the stage that hatch into Spinies, whom will start walking around, damaging any opponents they touch.
 	Rambi 	 	 	Rambi moves back and forth ramming any obstacle in his path, damaging any opponent he hits. All players can stand on Rambi's back to hitch a ride.
 	 	 	 	Metroid chases any opponent and upon catching one, it latches onto it, racking up the damage of the opponent. It can be attacked to prevent it from latching on someone.
 	Mother Brain 	 	 	Mother Brain stands in one place, summoning a swarm of Rinkas that damage opponents on contact. She laters shoots her powerful Laser Brain Attacks several times that deals heavy damage on opponents. Players may stand on her container.
 	Starman 	 	 	Starman teleports around and shoots PSI moves, like PK Beam γ or PK Beam Ω, in various directions without moving. The lasers deal decent damage and knockback, and KO at very early percentages.
 	Lyn 	 	 	Lyn pauses for a moment and then teleports directly behind an opponent to deliver a quick, powerful slash with her sword.
 	Excitebike 	Excite 	Excite 	Multiple Excitebike riders race around the stage, dealing damage to any opponent they hit. They may drop from ledges.
 	Dr. Wright 	SimCity 	SimCity 	Dr. Wright summons a skyscraper from the ground that violently hits any opponent in the proximity.
 	Starfy 	The Legendary Starfy 	The Legendary Starfy 	Starfy attacks by performing a series of spinning moves, ironically called "Star Spins", with short range that trap nearby opponents, with possibilities of dragging them off-screen, KO'ing them. He is weak and can be attacked, but is hard to defeat.
 	Dillon 	Dillon's Rolling Western	Dillon's Rolling Western	Dillon curls into a ball and starts rolling around, ramming on opponents. The last time he does this is a lot more powerful than the others.
 	Silver the Hedgehog	 	 	Silver utilizes his psychokinetic powers to freeze the summoner's opponents, allowing the player to attack them repeatedly until he disappears.
 	Air Man 	 	 	
 	Proto Man 	 	 	Proto Man rushes across a selected portion of the stage, where there are opponents near; he will then ram into them using his Proto Shield and fire at them with his arm cannon.
 	Arthur 	Ghosts 'n Goblins 	Ghosts 'n Goblins 	
 	Magnet Bomber 	 	 	Magnet Bomber dashes across the stage, occasionally jumping and releasing a Magnet Bomb that targets an opponent and explodes on contact.
 	Moai 	Gradius 	Gradius 	
 	White Mage 	 	 	White Mage conjures one of several different white magic spells that will either directly aid the summoner or directly hinder the summoner's opponents.
 	Riku 	 	 	Riku jumps into the air and spins forward, traveling straight forward and back while delivering a circling slash with the Way to the Dawn.
 	Vegeta 	 	 	
 	Krillin 	 	 	Krillin stands in one place and begins charging five Kienzan that he throws at opponents.
 	Nagato 	 	 	Nagato uses Chibaku Tensei to form big rocks that he uses to attack opponents.
 	Rukia Kuchiki 	 	 	Rukia Kuchiki initially stands in one place preparing her signature Some no mai, Tsukishiro, which delivers a single quick slash with her Zanpakutō that freezes opponents.
=== Unconfirmed Assist Trophy ===
Assist Trophy	Name 	Universe 	Description
 	Viewtiful Joe	Viewtiful Joe	Viewtiful Joe fights alongside the characters using a plethora of moves, including Mach Speed and Voomerangs. His fate as an Assist Trophy is still unknown.
=== Removed Assist Trophies ===
Assist Trophy	Name 	Universe 	Universe 	Description
 	Bandana Dee 	 	 	Bandana Dee charges at opponents and jumps around. Very weak and can be defeated with a few weak attacks. Changed into a in Beta 1.0.
 	PAC-MAN 	 	 	PAC-MAN follows directions from the summoner and chomps down opponents to send them flying with high knockback. Changed into a in Beta 1.0.
 	Amigo 	Samba de Amigo	Samba de Amigo	Amigo plays Samba de Janeiro, which causes all grounded opponents except for the character who released him, to taunt uncontrollably until he leaves the screen. Removed for being increasily buggy in each update as well as being annoying to players.
 	Renji Abarai	 	 	Renji attacks with several combos while jumping and running around the stage, culminating with his strong Bankai: Hihiō Zabimaru. Removed due to collision bugs, as well as Rukia's larger importance in Bleach.
 	Light Yagami	Death Note 	Death Note 	Light, with the help of Misa Amane, uses the Death Note to write the name of one of the opponents in order to KO them after a 10-second timer ends. Due to his cheap nature, Light Yagami is one of the rarest Assist Trophies to appear. He was removed for being too overpowered.
== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
Assist Trophy in SSF2.png|An Assist Trophy centered between and on Waiting Room.
Mario grabbing a Assist Trophy.png| grabbing an Assist Trophy.
Assist trophy pose.png|Mario after getting an Assist Trophy.
=== Early designs ===
Assist old.png|Assist Trophy's first early design in Super Smash Flash 2 never used in the game.
At.png|Assist Trophy's second early design in Super Smash Flash 2 used from v0.7 to v0.8b.
Assist trophy.png|'s early design with the second early Assist Trophy design on .
Atheader.png|Assist Trophy's third early design used from v0.9a to v0.9b.
Beta_AT.png|Assist Trophy's fourth early design for SSF2 Beta but never released to the public.
BowserAT.png|Bowser crouching next to an Assist Trophy on Jungle Hijinx.
== Trivia ==
*Due to complications with some bugs, the Assist Trophies, Poké Balls, Bumpers, and Explosive Tags were disabled on demo v0.9b but were added back in patch 0.9.1.1965, except for the latter.
*PAC-MAN and Bandana Dee are the only characters so far to be upgraded from an Assist Trophy to a between updates.
*Within the SSF2 Beta data, there are unused Assist Trophy files for Birdo from the Mario series, the , Qbby from the series, and Sheena Fujibayashi from .
== External link ==
*Assist Trophy page on the DOJO!!!
Category:Helping items
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