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[[File:Ultimate Stock.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Stock Icons for {{SSBU|Mario}} and {{SSBU|Bowser}} in ''[[Ultimate]]''.]]

In ''SSB4'', players cannot continue in All-Star Mode. Losing their one stock automatically makes a Game Over and they have to start all over again.

Players are assigned a set number of stocks to complete a level, which they can supplement by finding [[Stock Ball]]s. This does not carry over between levels.

Stock count is displayed on the left-hand side of the screen, as a head icon of each character remaining in their current party. In the event of the player holding more stocks than their current party size, the headshots are supplemented by ''Smash Bros.'' icons and the order of play repeats (e.g., a player with five stocks and a party consisting of, in order, {{SSBB|Mario}}, {{SSBB|Link}}, {{SSBB|Samus}} and {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}} would automatically use Mario again on their fifth stock.) This can only occur if the player has fewer characters available to choose from for their party than the number of stocks for the level or if they pick up a Stock Ball during it - players cannot choose one character to be placed in two spots in the order. If a second player enters a game in progress, they use up one of the available stocks and take the next character in the sequence - this means that if player 1 has no spare stocks, the second player cannot join.

In the event of a player losing all their stocks, they are sent to the [[Continue]] screen.

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The only exception to this rule is the final level of World of Light, where players are given three stocks. Much like The Subspace Emissary, each stock represents a character of the player's choosing; if one character is KO'd, then the next character will spawn in. The final level has three sections; between each section, if the player has two or fewer stocks, then they will regain a stock for the least recent character to be KO'd.

Home-Run Contest does not use stocks, as it is almost impossible to be KO'd in this mode, the sole exception being [[Jigglypuff]]'s [[shield jump]].

Stock is a mode that is playable in Versus mode in all five games. It can be chosen from one to ninety-nine lives. In this, the game acts as a "last man standing" game, where a player/team wins once all the other players/teams have lost all of their stocks and the announcer calls out "GAME!" ("GAME SET." in the original game, as well as the Japanese and Korean versions of all games and the Chinese versions of ''Ultimate''). When "GAME!" appears onscreen, it has a different color: blue (''Smash 64''), crimson (''Melee''), and green (since ''Brawl''). If a [[Match timer|time limit]] is set in addition, then the player/team who has the most stocks remaining when "TIME!" is called wins. Players tied for the most remaining stocks go to [[Sudden Death]] to break the tie. However, in most major [[tournament]]s, a Sudden Death tiebreaker is normally ignored, and in that case, the player who ended with the lowest damage percentage wins, with other pre-determined tie-breaking methods used if there is a tie both for stocks and damage percentage at the end of the match. As with all modes, a player who has lost all their stocks cannot participate in the match; they may only watch. However, it is possible to [[share stock]], allowing fallen teammates to take stocks from an active team member should they have at least one extra in reserve. While time mode is the default setting of the game, in tournaments and most serious matches, the mode is set to stock match due to the orderly, set fashion that it creates (though a time limit, usually of eight to ten minutes, is used to prevent a player from camping infinitely, and encourages players to approach). The standard number of stocks that are set in tournament matches are four for ''Smash 64'' and ''Melee'', three for ''Brawl'' and ''Ultimate'', and two for ''Smash 4''. The number of stocks is due to gameplay differences between the three games; ''Smash 64'' has many ways for players to create 0-death combos with nearly every character in the game; ''Melee'', while not as combo-heavy as the original due to reduced hitstun and the introduction of [[directional influence]], is generally faster-paced, resulting in a shorter amount of time for players in these two games to be KOed; and in ''Brawl'', KOs occur more slowly due to the lack of true combos at higher percents and generally slower movement speed. In fact, the slower pace of ''Brawl'' can be so taxing on the players and spectators that some ''Brawl'' tournaments use a format for one stock, three-minute matches, as a rarely seen "tiebreaker" match would normally be in other formats. In a one-on-one match in ''Ultimate'', the current stock count briefly appears onscreen when a fighter loses a stock.

The term "JV" refers to winning with a fresh stock with zero opponent-inflicted damage; for example, a "JV two-stock" means the victor defeated their opponent with one stock remaining and not having been damaged by the opponent in any way, referencing that the winner was only one hit away from a two-stock. This is often used for varying levels of bragging rights for skill. For example, (JV) three-stocking an opponent shows a greater difference of skill than if the player "merely" two-stocked them. Furthermore, a "JV five/four-stock" (winning with all four/three stocks remaining without taking any damage in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', respectively) is considered a [[wikipedia:Perfect game (disambiguation)|perfect game]], and successfully performing one shows an extreme difference in skill level or incredible ability of the winner to perfectly read the loser's actions, as the loser failed to land even a single hit on the opponent. The term "JV" was coined by {{sm|KishCubed}}, named after {{sm|Jv3x3}} during some friendlies at a Flame of Bowser Midwest tournament, and was popularized by {{sm|Ken}}, who would often yell the phrase at tournaments, such as [[Super Champ Combo]].

*In ''Ultimate'', there's a glitch in which [[Announcer|the announcer]] does not address each player by their respective number when they lose their last stock in a match where a player slot is skipped. For example, in a 3-player Smash involving players 2, 3 and 4, if Player 2 gets defeated, the announcer says "Player 1, Defeated!" despite no human players currently being Player 1 [https://youtu.be/wRnyTyZ-tHU?t=135].