Friend Ability



"You can add fire, ice, electricity, and other power effects to a weapon."

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Friend Abilities are a game mechanic introduced in Kirby Star Allies. They allow Kirby to perform new moves by cooperating with his friends or they can enhance his Copy Abilities.

Elemental Weapons
Elemental weapons consist of an ability that acts as a base and a second ability that adds an element to that base. Upon successfully imbuing an element to a base ability, its icon will have an elemental symbol dictating the element it has. The added element will cause the base ability to deal damage based on the element in question and alters the weapon's moveset. For example, the boomerangs from the Bluster Cutter will fly directly upward instead of returning to the user and can blow away leaf piles.

Element Abilities
* CPU players will not use Ice Kine or Giga Force Blast to give elements.

Dream Friends
Dream Friends are characters that are obtained via Dream Palaces. Some of them can also be enhanced by elemental abilities.

Team-Up Attacks
Team-up attacks allow abilities to perform powered-up moves, usually in combination with another ability; they do not place an elemental symbol next to an ability icon, as they are only extra moves, not modifying the whole ability.

Friend Action
Friend Actions occur at specific sections of the game, signified by a Friend Platform, and they require the leading player to have three friends with them.
 * Friend Circle: The leading player and their friends form a donut circle by holding each other. In this form, they constantly roll forward, only able to do a long or short jump. Any enemy or weak ground blocks they hit is destroyed. The Friend Circle is invincible to everything except falling into bottomless pits.


 * Friend Star: The leading player and their friends ride on a star. They can move freely in the air, can do spin attacks, and they can shoot projectiles, which can be charged, with different attributes depending on the leading friend's ability. Any enemy with an ability that is defeated leaves behind an ability item, which can be obtained to grant the leading friend that ability. Players are vulnerable to all attacks while on the Friend Star except during a spin attack. They are also vulnerable if they fly or fall off-screen. Obtaining Invincibility candy allows the player to use the Shooting Star move, which renders them invincible to all attacks; this effect lasts significantly longer than the normal invincibility effect does.


 * Friend Bridge: The leading player and their friends hold each other in a line to form a bridge, which they can move up or down. This form is mostly used to guide Key Dees to their respective locked door.


 * Friend Train: The leading player gets a train chimney on their head, while the other friends line up behind them. The train continuously runs forward, and any enemy and weak ground blocks the player hits is destroyed; the Friend Train is invincible to everything except falling into bottomless pits. The train travels up walls, across ceilings, and over the surface of the water, but it cannot jump while on a wall or ceiling.

Related Quotes
"Raise your weapon with ↑ to get a friend's flames put on it."

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"If a friend raises a weapon with ↑, attach effects like fire to your friend's weapon by hitting it with B."

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"Add the power of wind to a weapon to infuse it with airiness and see how some techniques flow!"

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"Climb onto a Friend Platform with three friends and press ↑ to perform a Friend Action!"

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"Use ↑ repeatedly to activate Friend Abilities with your current members in order."

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