Byleth (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

This article is about Byleth’s appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For other uses, see Byleth.

Byleth
Universe	Fire Emblem
Availability	Downloadable
Final Smash	Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven
Character Statistics
Number of Jumps	2
Can Glide	No
Has a Tether	Yes
Voice Actors
Voiced by (English)	Male: Zach Aguilar Female: Jeannie Tirado
Voiced by (Japanese)	Male: Yusuke Kobayashi Female: Shizuka Ito

Byleth is a newcomer fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game. Their inclusion was revealed in the character presentation through the Nintendo Direct on January 16, 2020. They are the fifth and last fighter announced for the first volume of the Fighters Pass and were released on January 28th, 2020.

Attributes

Strengths

• Disjointed reach.
• High damage output.
• Strong defensive game.
• Forward Aerial, Back Aerial, Forward Smash, and Aredbhar deal extra damage and knockback when connecting at the tip.
• Down Smash and Down Aerial deal high shield damage.
• Down Aerial is capable of Meteor Smashing.
• Up Smash and Up Air are active for long durations and good for juggling.
• Neutral Aerial possesses a landing hitbox, making it a useful tool for anti airing and combos.
• Failnaught deals high damage and shield damage, and can be shield or jump cancelled. The stronger variant covers massive range and deals high damage and knockback.
• Aredbhar covers a wide range above and covers platforms.
• Tether recovery in Sword of the Creator, which can also anti-air opponents.
• Aymr has super armor and can break shields, as well as deal massive damage when connecting.

Weaknesses

• Poor mobility.
• High startup and endlag on most attacks.
• Forward Aerial and Back Aerial have precise hitboxes, lacking vertical reach.
• Short grab range.
• Easily punished if misspaced.
• Can struggle to recover horizontally.

Moveset

Ground Attacks

Normal

• Neutral Attack: A knife-hand strike, followed by a roundhouse kick, and finally either a sidekick or if the button is mashed, a flurry attack with the whip-sword.
• Side Tilt: An elegant outward slash done at a downward angle.
• Up Tilt: Swings his sword in an upward arc above his head, akin to Mii Swordfighter’s up tilt.
• Down Tilt: A low swipe with his whip-sword.
• Dash Attack: An inwards swipe while sliding forward.

Smash Attacks

• Side Smash: Thrusts Areadbhar forwards.
• Up Smash: Swings his whip-sword above himself, hitting multiple times, akin to Zero Suit Samus.
• Down Smash: Sweeps Aymr from front to back.

Other attacks

• Floor Attack (Front): Slashes behind and then in front of himself.
• Floor Attack (Back): Same as his front floor attack.
• Floor Attack (Trip): Slashes in front and then behind himself.
• Edge Attack: Performs a low outward slash while climbing up.

Aerial Attacks

• Neutral Air: Spins Failnaught around himself.
• Forward Air: Swings Areadbhar horizontally forward.
• Back Air: Thrusts Areadbhar backward.
• Up Air: Swings his whip-sword upward, hitting multiple times.
• Down Air: Swings Aymr downward, with the ability to meteor smash opponents.

Grabs and Throws

• Grab: Reaches out with his left hand.
• Pummel: Knees the opponent.
• Forward Throw: An upward slash with the sword in its whip form.
• Back Throw: Wraps the Sword of the Creator around his opponent and swings them around twice, throwing them behind on the second spin.
• Up Throw: Shoves the opponent upward with his sword.
• Down Throw: A downward slash with the sword in its whip form.

Special Moves

Byleth's Special Moves
	Ultimate
Standard Special	Failnaught
Side Special	Areadbhar
Up Special	Sword of the Creator
Down Special	Aymr
Final Smash	Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven

Taunts

While she is taunting, Female Byleth has slightly different animations. This does not change her hitboxes, though.

• Up Taunt: Male Byleth swings the Sword of the Creator outward and holds it to his side while raising his left hand to his chest and looking upwards, while female Byleth swings the sword behind her and holds it in a reverse grip while placing her hand over her chest. Based on Byleth's victory animation while wielding a sword
• Side Taunt: Holds the Sword and the Creator in front of them while saying, "Let the lesson begin!" or "Stay focused." The first quote is one of their lines used when activating a critical hit, while the latter is based off their quote when selected as a unit.
• Down Taunt: Spins the Sword of the Creator in whip form in front while saying "Try me!"
  

  

  

On-Screen Appearance

• Warps onto the stage with a pointer before replacing it with the Sword of the Creator

Idle Poses

• Swings the Sword of the Creator in a reverse grip before holding it out in front of them. Based on their animation when selected as a unit.

Victory Poses

• Plants the Sword of the Creator into the ground alongside the other Hero's Relics already planted, and walks forward saying "Each battle, a chance to grow" before swinging out their left arm and lowering it while facing the background. Combines the game over screen of Three Houses with Byleth's quote after defeating an enemy.

The following victory poses differ based on the gender selected.

Male

• Swings the Sword of the Creator outward and holds it to his side saying "Allow me to demonstrate!" while raising his left hand towards his chest and looking upwards. Based on Byleth's victory animation while wielding a sword, with the quote deriving from one of his critical hit quotes.
• Opens his eyes and takes the Sword of the Creator from his shoulder and swings it at the ground in front of him while in whip form saying "No hesitation!" before returning it to its normal form and holding it out in front of him. The quote originates from one of his lines upon activating a critical hit.

Female

Female Byleth has slightly different animations from her male counterpart.

• In the first victory animation, she swings the Sword of the Creator behind her and holds it in a reverse grip before he places her hand over her chest saying "Allow me to demonstrate!". Unlike Male Byleth, she looks toward the screen.
• Swings the Sword of the Creator twice in whip form before holding it vertically close to her saying "No hesitation!"

Palette Swaps

Gallery

Male Byleth's splash art

Female Byleth's splash art

Byleth's Hero's Relics as mapped to a certain direction

Byleth using Back Air in the Marketplace section of Garreg Mach Monastery

Byleth along with Lucina in the Garreg Mach Monastery stage.

Byleth in each lord's palette swap with their respective weapon in the Entrance Hall

Byleth's Screen KO.

Byleth's Final Smash: Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven.

Byleth along with Robin in the Garreg Mach Monastery stage.

Byleth along with Marth and Kirby in the Garreg Mach Monastery stage.

Byleth along with Ike and Kirby in the Garreg Mach Monastery stage.

Byleth along with Roy in the Garreg Mach Monastery stage.

Byleth along with Lucina and Kirby while using the Super Scope.

Videos

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - The Ashen Demon - Nintendo Switch

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Mr. Sakurai Presents "Byleth"

Trivia

• Byleth is the only fighter to have two splash arts, which is due to the Japanese version of Byleth having two names for each gender.
  • Both characters CAN be considered separate characters in the trailer, if not in the game as well.
    • Female Byleth's Splash art states that she was recruited by the male Byleth himself.
• Byleth is the only character in the Fighter's Pass to not originate from a third party.
• Byleth is the third character from the Fire Emblem universe to be added as DLC following Roy and Corrin, but the first one to come with a stage.
• When KO'd, male Byleth may shout "Not my best!", while female Byleth may say, "Forgive me!", being one of the few characters to say something while KO'd. Others include Simon Belmont ("Curses!"), Robin ("Reckless Fool!"), and
• When Star KO'd, Byleth screams, "My battle ends here!", being the second character to say something for their Star KO following Pit.
• Byleth is the third character from the Fire Emblem universe to be playable as both male and female, after Robin and Corrin, and the fourth overall after Robin, Corrin, and fellow Ultimate newcomer Inkling.
  • Fifth if the Pokemon Trainer (and not their Pokemon, the ACTUAL fighters) counts.
  • Unlike the other Fire Emblem characters to be playable as both male and female, Byleth has two appearances per gender that match canon appearances.
• Male Byleth has a palette swap that recolors him to match Three Houses characters Dimitri and Claude.
  • Female Byleth completes the trio as one of her palette swaps recolors her to match Edelgard.