bombs are tweeked

[Jasona]

why is it that sometimes a bomb will hit twice and other times not? i was smacking undr around and i dropped a bomb on him. normally, its useless because of the timed explosion. this time it hit him and then exploded for additional damage. actually, i'm never watching the damage meter, so i don't know if the first hit did any damage. we paused and experimented with it. sometimes the bomb would hit twice. i don't play enough nowadays to worry about it, so i'm just throwing this out there for you guys. how can i consistently hit twice with the bomb? although, the first question should be, can anyone else do this?
bombs to stun and attack with sounds beastly

 

[SarahHarp]

Bombs are time for the most part, but near the end of their timer, they go into proximity mode (and will the explode on contact). So they'll explode sooner if someone's touching them at this point.
Mostly what happens to me is that someone will put their shield up the moment the bomb switches modes, and you'll hear the power-shield noise (but the bomb didn't explode yet).

 

[0RLY]

SarahHarp got it right on the money.

Bombs hit twice, contact for 5%, and explosion for another 5%. I learned this in about 5 minutes of messing around in Training mode. I got a bomb to dtilt 3 hit combo for 23% :O!

 

[Gum]

Bombs are really good. If you know their fuse and proxy timing you can set up some nice stuff and cover your ***. I've started to missile cancel then buffer a bomb on the retreat against Marth and its great.

 

[GotACoolName]

That's really interesting. I've been wondering why bombs suddenly do like 9% damage when I hit with them. That seemed like a lot compared to the ~4ish damage they always did in Smash.

 

[Crystanium]

That's really interesting. I've been wondering why bombs suddenly do like 9% damage when I hit with them. That seemed like a lot compared to the ~4ish damage they always did in Smash.

Actually, the Bombs do either 5% or 9%, depending on how close it is to your opponent. If you drop a Bomb on or very close to your opponent, it'll do 9%. Indirect hits do 5%.

 

[Undrdog]

It's especially funny when you actually eat the bomb so that it simply vanishes rather then explodes.