Friend Ability

Friend Abilities are special combination attacks, formations, and augments which Kirby and his allies can perform in Kirby Star Allies. These abilities can be used to create devastating attacks, solve puzzles, or progress through certain obstacles.

List of Abilities

There are several types of Friend Abilities on offer. They fall into one of the three following categories:

Elemental Augments

Main article: Elemental Augment

Elemental enhancements can be applied to neutral-type Copy Abilities (typically those that resemble weapons). To do this, the weapon holder must raise their weapon, then the element wielder must use an elemental attack on the former ally to imbue it. There are five elemental augments in total, as follows:

• Blizzard - provided by ice-based attacks
• Bluster - provided by wind-based attacks
• Sizzle - provided by fire-based attacks
• Splash - provided by water-based attacks
• Zap - provided by electric-based attacks

In addition, weapons which have already been enchanted can be used in turn to enchant other weapons. Certain special attacks (like Hammer's Hammer Flip move) can also be used to add elemental effects.

Friend Combo Attacks

In addition to the above, there are special one-time moves which the Star Allies can perform by combining specific abilities together, or by simply having the allies involved. These abilities are as follows:

• Chumbrella (Parasol)
• Cook Potluck Cook + Friends
  • Supper Party (fully charged version of previous)
• Crash Rush (Crash + Friends)
• Clean Curling (Stone + Cleaning)
• Ice Curling (Stone + Ice)
• Splash Curling (Stone + Water)
• Fatal Chorus (Mike + Friends)
• Festival Dance (Festival + Friends)
• Friend Bounce (Spider + a Friend)
• Friend Super-Vac (Cleaning + Friends)
• Friend Throw (Beetle, Fighter, or Suplex + a Friend)
• Geokinesis (ESP + Stone)
• Icicle Lance (Water + Ice)
• Rising Sizzler (Fire + Cleaning or Wing)
• Rock Painter (Artist + Stone)
• Still Life (Artist)
• Thundersplash (Plasma + Water)
• Zap Splasher (Water + Beam or Plasma)

Friend Actions

Finally, there are five special formations which can only be used by finding a Friend Platform at various points in stages. These require four allies of any type to activate, and are as follows:

• Friend Bridge
• Friend Train
• Friend Circle
• Friend Star
• Star Allies Sparkler (used only during final boss battle)

Trivia

• While not technically a Friend Ability, there is a special ability for Sleep called 'Friend Wake-Up Call', wherein a friend pops Kirby's nose balloon while he's sleeping to wake him up early.