Joker (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

This article is about Ren/Joker’s appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For other uses, see Ren Amamiya.

Ren Amamiya, or Joker, is a downloadable newcomer in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He is one of the DLC fighters of the Fighters Pass. He was released in April 17, 2019.

Attributes

Strengths

Weaknesses

Summary

Moveset

Ground Attacks

Normal

Neutral Attack:
Forward Tilt: Swipes downwards in a diagonal motion.
Up Tilt: Performs an upwards swing with his knife and throws it directly upwards. The knife hits multiple times when airborne.
Down Tilt: A baseball slide. Based off of Joker’s ability to slide under lasers in Persona 5.
Dash Attack:

Smash Attacks

Forward Smash: Swings downwards with both hands directly in front of him.
Up Smash: Performs an uppercut with his knife.
Down Smash: Sweeps the floor with a knife swipe on both sides of him.

Other attacks

Floor Attack (Front):
Floor Attack (Back):
Floor Attack (Trip):
Ledge Attack:

Aerial Attacks

Neutral aerial: Strikes in a circle while doing a corkscrew in the air.
Forward aerial: A hook kick, followed by a roundhouse kick.
Back aerial:
Up aerial: A corkscrew flying kick.
Down aerial:

Grabs and Throws

Pummel:
Forward Throw:
Back Throw:
Up Throw: Throws the opponent directly upwards and strikes a pose.
Down Throw: Traps the opponent in a blue energy then slams them to the ground.

Special Moves

Joker's Special Moves
	Ultimate
	w/o Arsene	with Arsene
Standard Special	Gun	Gun Special
Side Special	Eiha	Eigaon
Up Special	Grappling Hook	Wings of Rebellion
Down Special	Rebel's Guard	Tetrakarn/Makarakarn
Final Smash	All-Out Attack

Taunts

Up Taunt:
Down Taunt:
Side Taunt:

On-Screen Appearance

Idle Poses

Victory Poses

In competitive play

To be added

Trivia

His english voice actor, Xander Mobus, is also the announcer, Master Hand, and Crazy Hand in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but his voice sounds different than the announcer.
- This also marks the first time a Super Smash Bros. announcer has also voiced a playable character and the announcer in the same game.
Joker is the 3rd character which his invitation letter is seen during his trailer, the two first are Villager and Isabelle.
- Also, this means Joker is the first character outside of the Animal Crossing universe, first DLC character and first third-party character who have his invitation letter appearing.
Joker is the 3rd third-party character to originate from a mostly M-Rated series. The first two being Snake and Bayonetta.
Joker is the 1st character to have 2 differents trailers: a first one, a bit unusual, to reveal only his name and apparence as a DLC, then another, in a classic way, where gameplay and mechanics of the character are shown.

Palette Swaps

Classic Mode: Shadows

Round	Opponent	Stage	Music
1	Mr. Game & Watch (x8)	Mementos	Last Surprise
2	Giant Kirby	Kalos Pokémon League	Aria of the Soul
3	Samus and Dark Samus	Mementos	Mass Destruction
4	Meta Knight	Mementos	Beneath The Mask
5	Dark Link, Dark Toon Link and Dark Young Link	Mementos	Reach Out to the Truth
6	Giant Incineroar	Mementos (Omega Form)	Rivers in the Desert
	Bonus Stage
Final	Master Hand	Mementos (Omega Form)