Stock

Stock or lives are a feature in all Smash Bros. games. Unlike most fighter games, characters in Smash Bros. have a certian amount of stock along with a damage counter instead of one health bar and one life. As characters are attacked their damage percentage increases, making them soar farther when hit. When a character is hit out of the playing area they get KO'ed, thus losing one stock.

Single Player Modes
In various single player modes throughout the Smash Bros., including Classic mode and Adventure mode, the player can chose the amount of stock they will play with. The minimun has always been 1 and the maximum 5. Your score will be affected by the amount of stock you begin with and lose throughout the match.

Versus Modes
In every Smash Bros. game stock matches have been an option in Versus mode along with team stock battles. The amount of stock can be changed for all players in the Options menu and can range from 1 to 99. During team stock matches each character has their own individual stock but if a player on a team should run out of lives they can take one from their teammates by pressing the Start button.