- This article is about Young Link's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For other uses, see Young Link.
“ | He's back after 17 years! Young Link is faster than Link but he's also lighter, making him easier to launch. | ” |
—Description from the Super Smash Blog. |
Young Link (こどもリンク, Child Link) is a veteran fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, first playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee. He was confirmed to return during Nintendo's E3 2018 presentation. He retains his voice clips from Melee.
When unlocked, he is fought at Great Bay.
Attributes
Strengths
Weaknesses
- Short Knockback Range
Summary
Changes from Melee
Attributes
- The Lon Lon Milk taunt animation has been shortened.
Ground Attacks
Aerial Attacks
Grabs and Throws
Special Attacks
- As Young Link didn’t appear in Brawl, his Final Smash is Triforce Slash.
Moveset
Ground Attacks
Normal
- Neutral Attack: double sword slash that culminates in either a sword thrust or flurry and upward sword slash
- Forward Tilt: overhead sword slash
- Up Tilt: upward sword slash
- Down Tilt: crouching sword slash, quick, and launches foes
- Dash Attack: overhead slash with knockback
Smash Attacks
- Forward Smash: two-handed overhead sword slash coupled with launching foe away
- Up Smash: triple sword slash overhead; first two popup, while final launches foes upward
- Down Smash: almost full-circle sword slash
Other attacks
- Floor Attack (Front):
- Floor Attack (Back):
- Floor Attack (Trip):
- Ledge Attack:
Aerial Attacks
- Neutral aerial: quick kick
- Forward aerial: spinning double-strike sword attack
- Back aerial: double-kick combo, alternating legs
- Up aerial: upward sword thrust
- Down aerial: downward sword thrust, bouncing off hit enemies; spikes enemies into the ground and can cause meteor smash
Grabs and Throws
- Grab: grapple hook snare; can be used mi-air, especially to hook onto ledges
- Forward Throw: standard
- Back Throw: standard
- Up Throw: standard
- Down Throw: standard
Special Moves
Young Link's Special Moves | ||
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Melee | Ultimate | |
Standard Special | Fire Bow | Fire Arrow |
Side Special | Boomerang | |
Up Special | Spin Attack | |
Down Special | Bomb | |
Final Smash | — | Triforce Slash |
Taunts
- Up Taunt:
- Down Taunt:
- Side Taunt:
On-Screen Appearance
Idle Poses
Victory Poses
In competitive play
To be added
Palette Swaps
Trivia
- Young Link and Pichu share the longest gap between playable appearances in the Super Smash Bros. series, with seventeen years between Melee and Ultimate.
- This has been noted by the Super Smash Blog's "Today's Fighter" description for Young Link.
Gallery
External links
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