The Buddy Slam, alternatively referred to as Ground Smash within the Toybox version, embodies a powerful technique skillfully employed by both Yooka and Laylee to hit the earth’s surface with purpose. Executed by initiating a midair jump with the A button and subsequently engaging the LT button, this special ability propels Yooka into an aerial ascent, adopting a compacted ball-like form, while Laylee does a backflip. Culminating in Laylee forcefully descending upon Yooka, the Buddy Slam delivers a resounding impact upon the ground. In the first Yooka-Laylee game, this versatile technique serves numerous practical purposes, such as the ability to strike a variety of tiles, activate switches or inflict damage upon adversaries. Meanwhile, in Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, the Buddy Slam facilitates the breach of trap doors and floor portals, facilitating traversal through treacherous environs. Notably, the game Yooka-Laylee offers the Super Slam Tonic, a special augmentation that amplifies the potency of Buddy Slam. This extraordinary tonic elevates the direct damage from its base value of two to an impressive eight, enabling the swift neutralization of formidable Corplet Punishers with a single decisive strike, contingent upon their vulnerability. Also, Super Slam Tonic engenders an expansive shock wave upon impact, dealing one point of damage and momentarily incapacitating nearby enemies. This far-reaching shock wave possesses the capacity to affect Bizzy Bees, Corplet Drones, and even Corplet Marines. In the game Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, players can use this ability to strike foes, shatter obstructive platforms, experience an instantaneous surge in speed when combined with others like the Reptile Roll, and unveil concealed secrets like coveted Play-Tonics dispersed throughout the expansive hub world, called Royal Stingdom. During the instructional discourse delivered by Trowzer, an intriguing exchange unfolds, wherein the protagonist Yooka ponders the logicality of assigning Laylee as the primary smasher. This playful banter may allude to the reminiscent Beak Buster ability from the Banjo-Kazooie series, wherein Banjo and Kazooie executed a comparable ground-smashing ability, with Kazooie assuming the role of making contact with the ground.
