Editing Air friction

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Air friction only applies when the player is not holding the [[Control Stick]] in a horizontal direction (or the input is being ignored, such as when in [[hitstun]]). If the player is attempting to slow down, [[air acceleration]] applies instead, and air friction is ignored. This allows characters to be designed with several properties:

Air friction also determines how far a character travels when they are aerial [[grab release]]d (along with [[gravity]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''). A character with low air friction will travel a long horizontal distance whereas characters with high air friction will not travel far at all. This is because air friction acts as a force against the momentum granted by the aerial grab release. This results in characters with higher air friction being left in a more vulnerable position after being aerial grab released. This is especially significant in ''Brawl'', due to the long amount of time the grab released opponent cannot act. Characters with high air friction in ''Brawl'' are much more vulnerable to aerial grab release followups (unless they have extremely high gravity to compensate), especially if they can be forced into an aerial grab release from the ground. This is the reason why {{SSBB|Wario}}'s aerial grab release in ''Brawl'' sends him nowhere horizontally, making him extremely vulnerable to followups.

It is circumstantial as to whether high or low air friction is good or bad and it is also game dependent (as with the aforementioned ''Brawl'' aerial grab release example). Low air friction means a character will not slow down as much if the player attempts to use a [[neutral aerial]] when moving, and will cause them to travel a bit further during [[combo]]s. But on the other hand, high air friction helps resist being KO'd to a degree, and it may be beneficial in some cases to slow to a stop quicker without providing directional input.

==Air friction values==

===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===

{{technical data|only JPN/NA values here; check for potential EUR/AUS changes}}

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===

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