Weight


 * Not to be confused with Falling Speed.

Weight is a measure of how far a character can be knocked back horizontally by an attack, if damage is held constant. It also affects vertical knockback in concert with falling speed.

It is usually considered an advantage for a character to be heavy; however, extra weight can make characters more susceptible to combos and chaingrabs. A notable example in Melee is that characters with lower than 87 weight fall down when hit by Fox's shine, and thus are invulnerable to his shine combos. An example in Brawl is that characters at 87 units or heavier except Luigi (though he can be infinite chain grabbed) are susceptible to King Dedede's chain grab while lighter characters are not. In the opposite however, many characters below weight 95 and all below weight 87 have guaranteed down smash hit of Mr. Game & Watch after his down throw if they don't tech the down throw (which is not easy) while it's escapable for all others even when they don't tech. In Brawl Ice Climbers' infinite chain grabs are easier to perform on lightweights and harder to do on heavyweights. The weight class also explains the fighting style. Typical attributes of heavyweights include large size, high KO power, great attack range, fast falling speed, slow movement and attacks, and poor recovery. Opposite of that, the typical attributes of lightweights are small size, low KO power, slow falling speed, poor range, fast movement and attacks, and good recovery.

SSB Weight Ranking
These weights have been found using the Mushroom Kingdom weight scales.

SSBM Weight Ranking
Following are the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ranked in order of heaviest to lightest. This list is based on horizontal knockback on the Mushroom Kingdom weight scale and is featured on Mew2King's website of statistics. Mew2King credits Blake Mutschler and Aaron Kurtz for having calculated these data. The Metal Box multiplies a character's base weight by 3, the Super Mushroom by 8/5ths, and the Poison Mushroom by 5/8ths.

SSBB Weight Ranking
Here is the order of characters' weights in Brawl.