Staff
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“ | Become a staff-wielding martial artist and mow down your enemies! The product of a strange land, this staff is the ultimate telescoping weapon that extends to let you pole-vault over obstacles. | ” | — Kirby Star Allies quote |
Staff is a Copy Ability that debuted in Kirby Star Allies.
Overview
The Staff ability gives Kirby a long stylized pole which can extend when performing certain attacks, giving Kirby a long reach. He can also use the staff like a gymnast's pole, performing attacks that send him into the air upon execution. Staff can also hit enemies and other objects through walls, as well as be used underwater.
Like other weapon abilities, Staff can be imbued with various elemental powers to increase power and get additional effects.
- Blizzard Staff can create icicles during attack; Spinning Staff drops four ice blocks.
- Bluster Staff can jump higher with Pole Vault; Spinning Staff keeps ascending instead of staying in the air.
- Sizzle Staff can create flames during attack; Spinning Staff drops four fireballs.
- Splash Staff can create splashes during attack; Spinning Staff summons a raincloud.
- Zap Staff can create lightning bolts during attack; Spinning Staff leaves an electric ball.
In Kirby Star Allies, the Jammerjab enemy provides the Staff ability and can be recruited as a Friend.
Moveset
Staff moveset in Kirby Star Allies | ||||
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Skill | Button Execution | Description | Damage (Star Bullet=52) |
Elemental Damage (x1.25) |
Jab | Kirby jabs forward with his staff. | 18 | 22 | |
Back Jab | Kirby jabs back with his staff. | 18 | 22 | |
Up Jab | Kirby jabs up with his staff. | 12 (down) 18 (up; does another 8 if close) |
15 (down) 22 (up; does another 10 if close) | |
L-R Jab | Kirby jabs both sides with his staff. | 18 | 22 | |
Raging Staff | Kirby swings his staff repeatedly.
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8×3 20 (final swing) |
10×3 25 (final swing) | |
Pole Vault | Kirby uses his staff as a pole vault. Can hold B to jump higher.
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20 (up to 3 hits if close) | 25 (up to 3 hits if close) | |
Unrelenting Staff | Kirby jabs rapidly with his staff diagonally down.
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20→5→2 (3rd hit onward) 24 (final jab) |
25→6→2 (3rd hit onward) 30 (final jab) | |
Long Jab | Kirby extends his staff to jab forward.
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24 | 30 | |
Super Long Jab | Kirby extends his staff to jab forward further.
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30 | 37 | |
Spinning Staff | Kirby throws his spinning staff up.
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16→4→1 (3rd hit onward) | 20→5→1 (3rd hit onward) | |
Staff Counter | Kirby counter-attacks by spinning his staff.
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40 | 50 | |
Wet Jab | Underwater version of Jab. | 18 | N/A | |
Wet Up Jab | Underwater version of Up Jab. | 18 | N/A | |
Wet Down Jab | Kirby jabs down with his staff underwater. | 18 | N/A |
Staff is one of the few Copy Abilities with a counterattack move.
Gallery
Ability Star from Kirby Star Allies
- Stick Preview.jpg
Kirby battles Mr. Frosty using Pole Vault.
Trivia
- The design of the Staff ability is based on Sun Wukong, the Monkey King protagonist from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Sun Wukong wields an extendable staff and wears a circlet design similar to that of Staff Kirby.
- Kirby Star Allies is the first game in the Kirby series with Chinese localization, so it is possible that the Staff ability was designed for that.
- The Chinese name of the Staff ability reflects the Journey to the West reference.
- The pause flavor text describes the Staff ability as "the product of a strange land". In the Japanese version, this line says "まかふしぎだよ い国のウェポン!" (What a makafushigi/mystical foreign weapon!). This could be a reference to "Makafushigi Adventure!", the opening theme song of the Dragon Ball anime. The Dragon Ball series is also inspired by Journey to the West.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | スティック Sutikku |
Stick |
Chinese | 如意棒 rú yì bàng |
Ruyi Bang, the Chinese name of Sun Wukong's staff |
Dutch | Staf | Staff |
French | Bâton | Staff |
German | Stab | Staff |
Italian | Bastone | Staff |
Korean | 스틱 Seutik |
Stick |
Spanish | Bastón | Staff |