Power Effect

Power Effect Artwork of Kirby obtaining the Sizzle Sword, the most distinguished Power Effect. Details Debut game Kirby Star Allies Usage type Unlimited use Elemental Requirements Elemental ability + weapon ability/character Power(s) Augments a Copy Ability/character with elemental powers.

A Power Effect refers to the many different ways in which weapon-based Copy Abilities can be enchanted in Kirby Star Allies. There are five different types of effects which can be applied; Blizzard, Bluster, Sizzle, Splash, and Zap. These elements are applied by having the ally wielding the weapon hold it up, then having the element-wielding ally use an elemental attack on the weapon to power it up. This effect then remains on the weapon indefinitely, only being lost if the ability is discarded and left to bounce as a star for a few seconds or the wielder defeated (not just fainted). Applying an effect to a weapon allows the user to perform more elaborate attacks, and often adds special properties in addition to raising the damage dealt by 25%. One example is 'Bluster Bomb', which allows the user to float up into the air while holding the bomb in hand.

Augments and Sources

There are five power effects in Kirby Star Allies. These can be applied to weapons using various Copy Abilities, from certain specific moves, or from other weapons which already have the effect. The following table lists every known source for each effect, as well as the general character of the element in question:

Augments in Kirby Star Allies
Effect	Granted by	Characteristic	Enemies weak to the element
Blizzard	Ice Daroach's Ice Laser Blizzard-enchanted character	Gives weapons an icy quality to them. Allows them to freeze foes and waterfalls as well as douse flames.	Fire-based: Sizzle Guard Flamberge's fire-based attacks, notably the flamethrower fuse Water-based: Floaty the Cellcore Most aquatic enemies Twin Kracko's Twin Waterfall (freezes him to make him crash onto the ground) Francisca's Shaking Soda (only freezes her water shots but does not freeze/stun herself) Black Hole minions summoned by Void Termina's Final Core (Phase 4) / Void Soul
Bluster	Cleaning Wing Coo's all attacks Bluster-enchanted character	Gives weapons a windy characteristic. Allows them to douse flames. Some of their moves can allow the wielder to fly while attacking. Can combine with Fire to perform the Friend Ability Rising Sizzler.	Fire-based: Sizzle Guard Flamberge's fire-based attacks, notably the flamethrower fuse
Sizzle	Fire Rick's Fire Breath Burning Gooey Fighter's Giga Force Blast Sizzle-enchanted character	Gives weapons a fiery characteristic. Allows them to melt ice blocks and leave smoldering pyres in several cases.	Whispy Woods Yggy Woods Puppet Waddle Dee Ice-based: Blizzard Guard Francisca's ice-based projectiles
Splash	Water Clean Pitch Parasol Gooey's tongue and Parasol attacks Kine's Fish Flop Splash-enchanted character	Gives weapons a water enchantment. Allows them to douse flames and destroy Electro Saws. Can combine with Ice to perform the Friend Ability Icicle Lance. Can combine with Plasma to perform the Friend Ability Thundersplash. Can turn the Dispose Food from buff King Dedede into healing food during his boss battle.	Electric-based: Electro Saw Zan Partizanne's lightning drums Fire-based: Sizzle Guard Flamberge's fire-based attacks, notably the flamethrower fuse
Zap	Beam ESP Plasma Zap-enchanted character	Gives weapons an electric enchantment. Allows them to electrify water and power Wires. Can combine with Water to perform the Friend Ability Zap Splasher.	Water-based: Floaty the Cellcore Most aquatic enemies Twin Kracko's Twin Waterfall (electrifies but does not stun him) Francisca's Shaking Soda (electrifies and stun her) Black Hole minions summoned by Void Termina's Final Core (Phase 4) / Void Soul

List of Augmentable Weapons

The following Copy Abilities (and characters) can receive a power effect:

• Bomb (Poppy Bros. Jr.)
• Cutter (Sir Kibble)
• Hammer (Bonkers & King Dedede)
• Marx
• Ninja (Bio Spark)
• Spear (Bandana Waddle Dee only)
• Staff (Jammerjab)
• Sword (Blade Knight & Meta Knight)
• Whip (Wester)
• Yo-Yo (Gim)

Friend Star / Star Allies Sparkler

Friend Star and Star Allies Sparkler fire elemental bullets based on the rider. Besides the five elements aforementioned, some abilities/characters have their own variants:

• Blizzard: Ice
• Bluster: Wing, Clean
• Sizzle: Fire, Rick & Kine & Coo
• Splash: Water, Gooey
• Zap: Beam, Plasma, ESP
• Slash: Sword, Meta Knight, Cutter, Ninja, Bandana Waddle Dee
• Strong: Stone, Hammer, King Dedede
• Bomb: Bomb

Weapon wielders will fire their default bullets even with an element granted. Those with no particular effect will fire normal shots with no element, which are slightly less powerful than elemental shots.

Void Termina's elemental effects during the Demon God Form (Phase 1) and the Angel Form (Phase 3) can be negated by the respective weakness bullets from Star Allies Sparkler, e.g. Void Termina's Blizzard Sword icicles can be destroyed by Sizzle bullets.

Trivia

• These combinations are similar to the various Ability Scroll elemental combos which Kirby could perform in Kirby: Squeak Squad, but are much broader in scope.
• In Kirby Star Allies, the move Hammer Flip has lost its fire element from previous games, possibly due to similarities with Sizzle Hammer as well as the purpose of receiving different elemental augments. The Bomb ability has already lost its fire element since Kirby's Return to Dream Land, thus able to become Sizzle Bomb.
• Paint-based attacks from the Artist ability have similar properties to the Splash effect (super effective on fire and electric), but do not grant Splash.
• Stone has some Friend Abilities that grant it elemental powers, albeit not a weapon-based ability. The Curling Friend Abilities have their respective element, Geokinesis with ESP grants it the zap effect, and Rock Painter with Artist covers the stone sculpture with paint.
• Among all Friends in Kirby Star Allies so far, Rick & Kine & Coo can provide Kirby and other Friends the most elemental powers, three in total: Bluster, Sizzle, and Splash.
  • While Kine has Kine Freeze and Freeze Kine, they can only be used underwater, which cannot provide the Blizzard element in reality.