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[[File:CH_SA_demo1.jpg|thumb|200px|{{SSBB|Ike}}'s super armor from his [[Aether]] move. Notice how Ike didn't take any knockback from {{SSBB|Marth}}'s [[Critical Hit]], which is an invariable [[OHKO]] under standard circumstances.]]  
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'''Armor''' (spelled '''armour''' in the PAL version of ''Smash Smash Bros. 4''), also called '''flinch resistance''' or '''[[knockback]] resistance''', is an effect of certain moves or actions in all ''Super Smash Bros.'' games. It was first introduced through {{SSB|Kirby}}'s [[Stone]] move.
[[File:CH_SA_demo1.jpg|thumb|200px|{{SSBB|Ike}}'s super armor from his [[Aether]] move. Notice how Ike didn't take any knockback from [[Critical Hit]], which is an invariable [[OHKO]] under standard circumstances.]]  


Armor is the concept of sustaining hitlag and damage, but not sustaining any [[knockback]] or sustaining reduced [[knockback]]. Most instances of armor have full [[damage]] taken; however there are exceptions. Some instances of armor, such as {{SSBU|Piranha Plant}}'s [[Long-Stem Strike]] or [[Mega Charizard X]], can reduce what is taken during knockback calculation. [[Grab]] hitboxes ignore all variations of armor. This is not to be confused with [[invincibility]] or [[intangibility]], mechanics where characters are hit, but sustain no damage or knockback at all; in the case of invincibility, the hitbox connects and thus hitlag is sustained, while in the case of intangibility the hitbox does nothing.  
'''Armor''', also called '''launch resistance''', '''[[knockback]] resistance''', '''super armor''' (for infinite knockback resistance), or '''heavy armor''' (for finite knockback resistance), is an effect of certain moves or actions in all four ''Super Smash Bros.'' games. When a character has super armor, they will generally not [[flinch]] nor take any knockback when attacked by a harmful hitbox; while heavy armor also provides protection from attacks, a sufficiently strong attack can still deal more damage or knockback than the heavy armor can sustain, and cause the character to receive full knockback. Most types of armor only affect knockback and the attack's full [[damage]] is still taken; however, {{SSBB|Kirby}}'s [[Stone]] takes no damage at all, [[Focus Attack]] grants heavy armor that reduces the damage taken to half, and [[Mega Charizard X|two]] [[Mega Lucario|Final Smashes]] grant super armor with the same damage reduction. Armor can also be known as '''light armor''' if it only protects against extremely weak low-knockback attacks, such as [[jab]]s or individual hits of multi-hitting attacks).


==Types of armor==
There are two unrelated phenomena with similar effects; one is known as [[faux super armor]], which occurs when two characters are hit with the same hitbox while one has the other in a grab. Whoever has higher controller [[port priority]] takes full damage but only flinching slightly from the attack, while the other takes full damage and full knockback. The other phenomenon is called grab armor; in ''Brawl'', when a grab connects with a character that also has an active hitbox, the character that attempted the grab takes the full damage from the hitbox but not the knockback, giving the illusion that grabs have launch resistance, though this will only occur if the grab actually connects with the other character's hurtbox, and in both previous games, the same character would not have taken the damage. In ''Smash 4'', this situation is reversed; the character that attempted the grab will now take full damage and knockback from the hitbox, and the other character will only flinch slightly and take 3% damage or more, depending on the type of grab that was used.
===Super armor===
[[File:DKPunchArmorSSBB.gif|thumb|300px|{{SSBB|Donkey Kong}} using [[Giant Punch]]'s armor to beat a fully charged [[Super Scope]].]]
When a character has '''super armor''', or '''infinite knockback resistance''', they will not [[flinch]] nor take any knockback when attacked by a harmful hitbox, but flinchless hitboxes (like "windboxes") will still move the character. All [[boss]]es except [[Giga Bowser]] in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and [[Master Core]]'s doppelganger form in ''Smash 4'' use this trait or an equivalent. However, they also cannot be [[grab]]bed, removing the main form of counterplay to armor itself.  


Super armor has been given to a variety of moves, with no true definition in terms of consistency. It has been given to some fast attacks and even grabs, such as {{SSBU|Charizard}}'s [[Fly]] and {{SSBU|Little Mac}}'s [[KO Uppercut]], respectively. Many [[Final Smash]] transformations, such as [[Mega Lucario]] or {{b|Giga Bowser|Final Smash}}, also grant passive super armor. Some attacks may also give an opponent super armor to prevent animations from being interrupted, like Mario's [[Cape]] in ''Melee'', ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'', and Ganondorf's [[Flame Choke]] in ''Brawl''.  
Note that [[grab]] hitboxes ignore all variations of armor, and many [[boss]]es (except [[Giga Bowser]] in ''Melee'' and [[Master Core]]'s final form in ''Smash 4'') cannot flinch or be knocked back at all, effectively giving them permanent super armor.


Most moves that use super armor are slow to offset the power of the mechanic, making them easily avoided. However, it isn't uncommon for them to deal significant shield damage as well, such as Little Mac's low angled forward smash. Some can also outright break shields, such as [[Warlock Punch]] when reversed. However, most moves with super armor are also very unsafe on shield, especially with [[perfect shield]]s factored in, giving them an inherent form of counterplay. Some moves using super armor also have inherent drawbacks programmed in, such as {{SSBU|Kazuya}}'s [[Rage Drive]] depleting his Rage mechanic if it misses and only being usable once per stock if it connects.  
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''==
[[File:YoshiDJResistanceSSB64.gif|thumb|{{SSB|Yoshi}} double jumping through an attack.]]
Armor is not an established mechanic in the first two games. In both games, launch resistance is limited to Yoshi's [[double jump cancel counter]] and [[crouch cancel]]ing, neither of which are infinite. The difficulty setting on the single player modes (and [[event]]s in ''Melee'') also affects the ability to be launched for both the player's character and the CPU characters, with the player's character taking more knockback and the CPUs taking less knockback as the difficulty setting increases. Adjusting the handicap levels in the multiplayer modes in ''Melee'' has the same effect.


''Smash 4'' introduced numerous Custom Specials with super armor as alternatives to the default ones. Some of these were extremely quick or lasted long lengths of time, such as [[Volatile Breathing]] and [[Stubborn Headbutt]]. Custom Specials also allowed characters such as {{SSB4|Toon Link}} to access armor when they otherwise wouldn't, in this case with [[Flying Spin Attack]].
According to [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/Lv11.html the Japanese Super Smash Bros. website], Yoshi's double jump resistance works by subtracting 120 units from the knockback that would have been delivered, with Yoshi not flinching if the result is negative, and Yoshi taking the difference in knockback if the result is positive.


===Damage-based armor===
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''==
[[File:DamageBasedArmorUlt.png|300px|thumb|{{SSBU|Snake}}'s [[Cypher]] being hit by Pichu's neutral aerial, but armoring through thanks to damage-based armor.]]
Armor was formally introduced in ''Brawl''; several characters have moves that provide them with infinite launch resistance, usually to allow for such characters to counter attempts to disrupt the incoming attack. Some of these moves are not offensive, however, and there are a few cases of finite launch resistance, as listed below. Crouch canceling no longer affects knockback, but instead affects the amount of [[freeze frame]]s sustained.
Damage-based armor was originally introduced as a HP mechanic for {{SSBB|Kirby}}'s [[Stone]], wherein it would sustain damage until it reached below a set value. This has since been dubbed "Cumulative damage-based armor". Non-cumulative damage-based armor was introduced in ''Brawl'', specifically for {{SSBU|Snake}}'s [[Cypher]]. Under the effect of damage-based armor, characters will suffer [[hitlag]] and damage, but not flinch or take knockback unless the attack deals enough [[percentage]] to go over a defined threshold. For example, {{SSBU|Byleth}}'s [[Aymr]] in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' will handle up to 30% from frame 34 onwards before it can be interrupted, but dealing above 30% will interrupt it during its duration. This mechanic isn't to be confused with [[Belly Super Armor]], a similar mechanic where {{SSBU|King K. Rool}}'s belly will protect him from attacks.  


Damage-based armor is usually applied to attacks used by super-heavyweight characters such as {{SSB4|Charizard}} and {{SSBU|Bowser}} to make up for their slow but powerful attacks. Most of the time, moves with this mechanic have low percentage thresholds for breakage, usually not going above 8%. Naturally, there are exceptions to both of these rules, with characters such as the aforementioned Byleth having the mechanic applied to generally powerful attacks instead, even with high thresholds.  
All of the moves are '''super armor''' unless otherwise stated.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Character !! Moves !! Notes
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| {{SSBB|Bowser}} || [[Giga Bowser (Final Smash)|Giga Bowser]]|| Entire duration.
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| {{SSBB|Charizard}} || [[Fly]] || Frames 4-13, making it useful when jumping out of shield and an effective combo breaker.
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| {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} || [[Rocketbarrel Boost]]|| Grounded version only.
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| rowspan="3" | {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}} || [[Giant Punch]] || Only if fully charged; while moving his arm forward but the attack needs to make contact with his left arm and before it is released.
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| [[Spinning Kong]] || Only the grounded version; just before he starts to release it (frames 10-16 first hitting on frame 19); if he leaves the ground with Super Armor frames when using the grounded version, a glitch will make the Super Armor frames last for the entire move.
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| [[Forward throw|Cargo throw]] || DK gains knockback-based launch resistance for the entire duration of the move. Also works while holding heavy items.
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| {{SSBB|Ganondorf}} || [[Flame Choke]] || In the grounded version, when holding the opponent off the ground; the opponent also gets super armor. In the aerial version, the opponent gets super armor but Ganondorf does not, allowing for strange KOs in places like [[Norfair]] or [[Brinstar]] where Ganondorf will bounce off the acid, while the opponent will continue their plummet.
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| rowspan="2" | {{SSBB|Ike}} || [[Aether]] || After throwing his sword in the air, but before he leaps up towards his sword.
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| [[Eruption]] || Some frames after the special move button is released but before the sword hits the ground.
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| {{SSBB|King Dedede}} || [[Super Dedede Jump]] || From the start until just before the apex of the jump.
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| {{SSBB|Kirby}} || [[Stone]] || The entire duration of the period Kirby is in his Stone transformation. Will flinch when taking more than 29% damage while in the transformation and take the full knockback of the move that causes him to exit the transformation, but none of the damage.
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| {{SSBB|Olimar}} || [[Pikmin Order]] || During the first few frames. Lasts until right after he puts his head down.
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| {{SSBB|Pit}} || [[Mirror Shield]] || Grounded version only; while pulling the shield out: frames 4-6.
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| {{SSBB|Snake}} || [[Cypher]] || From the beginning of the move until Snake lets go of the Cypher. Will flinch to hitboxes that deal more than 7% damage.
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| {{SSBB|Squirtle}} || [[Forward smash]] || While moving forward.
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| rowspan="2" | {{SSBB|Wario}} || [[Forward smash]] || While moving forward: frames 8-12.
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| [[Wario Waft]] || When fully charged, during the first few frames.
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| {{SSBB|Yoshi}} || Double jump || Yoshi retains the double jump armor from previous games, and it can still sustain 120 units of knockback. However, instead of taking the difference in knockback if the attack is strong enough to surpass the armor, Yoshi takes the full knockback of the hitbox.
|}


This mechanic isn't without its weaknesses, however. For one, many moves, such as {{SSBU|Bowser}}'s [[tilt attack]]s, have very low thresholds, making the armor completely useless in high-damage matchups, especially [[heavyweight]]s. Moves with the armor are typically very unsafe on shield or whiff, meaning they can't be used without a plan and/or spacing. The attacks also tend to have low active armor frames in comparison to others, so they cannot be used for survivability very often; there are exceptions, however, most notably {{SSBU|Little Mac}}'s [[Straight Lunge]]. All the usual weaknesses of armor also apply, with moves such as [[Crownerang]] easily having the armor ignored by [[grab]]s due to the slow nature of the attack.  
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''==
''Smash 4'' continues the trend of implementing launch resistance to certain characters, though there is more variation with the strength of armor (some negligible, some infinite, and some based on damage). Crouch canceling now acts as a combination of ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''{{'}}s version of the tactic, although the knockback sustained is only reduced to 85% of the original value.


{{SSBU|Ryu}} and {{SSBU|Ken}}'s [[Focus Attack]]s have a unique form of damage-based armor which accumulates its threshold every frame. It also lasts for only a single hit, allowing moves with multiple hits to break it. As of ''Ultimate'', their thresholds begin at 14% and rise at 0.24% per frame, before finally capping out at 28%. Ken's armor frames also end a frame later than Ryu's<ref>[https://rubendal.github.io/ssbu/#/Character/Ryu Ryu]/[https://rubendal.github.io/ssbu/#/Character/Ken Ken], Article SpecialLw</ref>.
All of the moves are '''super armor''' unless otherwise stated.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Character !! Moves !! Notes
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| rowspan="2" | {{SSB4|Bowser}} || All animations || Bowser has universal light armor against attacks that deal negligible knockback, a property nicknamed "Tough Guy" in the [[tips]].
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| {{b|Giga Bowser|Final Smash}} || Giga Bowser retains the infinite knockback resistance from ''Brawl''.
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| rowspan="2" | {{SSB4|Bowser Jr.}} || [[Clown Kart Dash]] || Can block attacks which deal up to 7% damage.
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|[[Grounding Dash]] || During the startup of the move.
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| rowspan="5" | {{SSB4|Charizard}} || [[Rock Smash]] || During the move's start-up, starting from frame 5. Is negated if the boulder is broken before Charizard headbutts it.
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| [[Rock Hurl]] || Same as Rock Smash, except the super armor starts on frame 1.
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| [[Fly]]/[[Rising Cyclone]] || During the move's start-up, like in ''Brawl''.
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| [[Flare Blitz]]/[[Blast Burn]] || During the active charge portion it has Heavy armor which blocks attacks which deal up to 14% damage.
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| [[Mega Charizard X]] || Entire duration. Takes half damage.
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| {{SSB4|Dark Pit}} || [[Electroshock Arm]] || Gains super armor during the uppercut.
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| rowspan="5" | {{SSB4|Donkey Kong}} ||[[Giant Punch]] || Only receives full super armor when the move is fully charged, when his arm is moving forward just before and during the punch (on frames 11-20).
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| [[Spinning Kong]] || Only the grounded version, DK gains super armor when he pulls back or just before he starts spinning (frames 8-17, first hit on frame 19).
|-
| [[Stubborn Headbutt]] || Gains super armor for the entire move, including start-up.
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| [[Kong Cyclone]] || From the 2nd hit in front until shortly before the last 2-3 swings.
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| [[Forward throw|Cargo throw]] || Gains knockback-based heavy armor while carrying the opponent or heavy object (i.e. boxes, crates etc.).
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{SSB4|Ganondorf}} || [[Warlock Punch]]/[[Warlock Blade]] || When initiated on the ground, the move will have super armor until Ganondorf begins his punch/thrust forward; also has super armor even when reversed. Does not have super armor if initiated while Ganon is airborne, even if Ganondorf lands on the ground before punching.
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| [[Flame Choke]] || In the grounded version, when holding the opponent off the ground; the opponent also gets super armor.
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| [[Dark Fists]] || Frames 6-16 (when the hitbox of the first punch comes out).
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| rowspan="2" | {{SSB4|Ike}} || [[Aether]] || Gains a brief duration of super armor while his sword is thrown upwards (frame 18-21).
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| [[Eruption]] || Only gains super armor 3/4 to fully charged: shortly before the release (ends before hitbox appears) (frame 6-10).
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{SSB4|King Dedede}} || [[Super Dedede Jump]]/[[Rising Dedede]] || Just like in ''Brawl'', it has super armor during the rising portion of the move, until Dedede reaches the apex of his jump.
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| [[Armored Jet Hammer]] || Once Dedede starts charging the move, it has super armor until Dedede unleashes the move or is interrupted by other means.
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| rowspan="3" | {{SSB4|Kirby}} || [[Stone]]/[[Grounding Stone]]/[[Meteor Stone]] || Kirby can sustain up to 24% damage while transformed, where he'll take no knockback from all moves regardless of how strong their knockback is, while also taking no damage. Once he sustains more than 24% damage while transformed, he'll be launched as normal, while taking half the damage from the threshold-breaking hitbox. This is a variation of heavy armor.
|-
| {{b|Hammer|move}} || When fully charged, it'll have super armor during its swing.
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| [[Giant Hammer]] || Once Kirby begins charging the move, he'll have super armor until the frame he unleashes it or until he is interrupted by other means.
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| rowspan="4" | {{SSB4|Little Mac}} || [[Straight Lunge]] || Gains percent based heavy armor during the charging and execution (taking 15% or more will knock him out of the move).
|-
| [[KO Uppercut]] || Has brief super armor when the punch comes out (frame 8-9).
|-
| All [[smash attack]]s. || They all have super armor during their start-up (forward: 8-15 (angled up/straight), 9-15 (angled down); up: 8-11; down; 7-10 (first hit), 15-17 (second hit)).
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| [[Giga Mac]] || Entire duration.
|-
| {{SSB4|Lucario}} || [[Mega Lucario]] || Entire duration. Takes half damage.
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| rowspan="2" | {{SSB4|Mii Brawler}} || [[Ultimate Uppercut]] || During the start-up of the punch, only if fully charged.
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| [[Exploding Side Kick]] || During the start-up, before kicking.
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| {{SSB4|Olimar}} || [[Pikmin Order]] || Pikmin Order's armor frames are lesser than it was in ''Brawl''.
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| {{SSB4|Pac-Man}} || [[Power Pellet]] || Towards its end.
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| {{SSB4|Pit}} || [[Upperdash Arm]] || During the uppercut.
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| {{SSB4|Roy}} || [[Blazer]] || Has super armor on the grounded version during startup.
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| {{SSB4|Ryu}} || [[Focus Attack]] || While charging the attack, Ryu will armor through a single hitbox that doesn't deal more than 39% damage, while also sustaining half the damage of the hit, but he will still be hit as normal (interrupted) if struck by a second hitbox regardless of damage/knockback. This is a variation of heavy armor albeit the strongest.
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| {{SSB4|Wario}} || [[Wario Waft]] || During the startup when fully charged. (frames 5-10)
|-
| {{SSB4|Wii Fit Trainer}} || [[Volatile Breathing]] || During the startup of the move.
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| {{SSB4|Yoshi}} || Double jump || Yoshi retains the knockback-based heavy armor from ''Brawl''.
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| rowspan="2" | All [[character]]s || [[Home-Run Bat]] || When the bat is about to be swung.
|-
| [[Ore Club]] || When charging and releasing a smash attack.
|}


In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', damage-based armor was distributed to a wide variety of characters. It also introduced the [[1v1 multiplier]], which causes characters to take more damage from attacks in one-on-one matches. In general, this does not alter whether an attack can break a move's armor: the extra damage taken is applied ''after'' all other calculations, including deciding whether the armor breaks. However, in the case of hitting an armored opponent more than once (or with a multi-hit attack), the higher damage dealt by previous hits may alter whether the next hit will succeed. For example:
==External references==
 
*[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=163775 A better 'Super Armor List' Thread]: lists characters and their moves that have Super Armor, along with some frame data.
*If a move provides 15% of damage-based armor, it will protect against a move that does 14% damage, even though in the aftermath of the hit the character will now be 16.8% higher.
*[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=182223 The Armor Project]: explains how knockback-resisting moves that are not super armor work, including Snake's Cypher and Yoshi's double jump.
*If this same move were hit by two attacks of 7% each (which normally totals 14%), the armor will be broken, as the unaltered damage of the first hit (7%) is added to all damage taken so far (8.4%) to form an overpowering 15.4%. This can be put into the following equation; '''{(Sum of base damage taken from prior hits} × 1.2) + Base damage of final hit > armor threshold'''.
* Additionally, because ''Ultimate'' does not represent floating points with the 1v1 multiplier properly, armor that would fit the aforementioned equation may still break it. For example, {{SSBU|R.O.B.}}'s [[Arm Rotor]] can break {{SSBU|King K. Rool}}'s [[Crownerang]] despite dealing less than the threshold with repeated hits.
 
===Knockback-based armor===
[[File:BowserToughGuySSB4.gif|thumb|300px|{{SSB4|Bowser}} using [[Tough Guy]] in the air to armor through a specific hitbox of [[Thunder Jolt]].]]
Knockback-based armor was introduced in ''64'' as a [[fighter ability]] for {{SSB|Yoshi}}'s double jump. This mechanic is used to prevent opponents from being knocked back unless it reaches a certain threshold in units. Some forms subtract the amount from the knockback received during calculation (known as subtractive knockback-based armor), such as the aforementioned Yoshi's double jump and [[Giga Bowser]] and [[Nana]]'s ''Melee'' appearances. Others, however, follow damage-based armor's system, not sustaining knockback until the threshold is surpassed. [[Crouch cancelling]] also gives a form of knockback resistance, although in ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'', this has changed to be a 0.85× knockback multiplier. Because of this, crouch cancelling improves {{SSB4|Bowser}} and {{SSBU|Kazuya}}'s Tough Guy and Tough Body abilities, respectively. The way knockback-based armor works varies by game and move. For some moves it will subtract the knockback, making the difference between the threshold and knockback received what is taken. This was covered on [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/Lv11.html the Japanese Super Smash Bros. website], covering Yoshi's double jump in ''64''. For other moves, however, it will instead have characters take full knockback when the threshold is surpassed. In these cases, knockback-based armor is separated by prefixes ''Subtractive'' and ''Non-Subtractive''.
 
This armor's nature means that its effectiveness directly correlates to the user's [[percentage]]. As they take more damage, their received knockback increases; ergo, knockback-based armor becomes harder to use as a game goes on. This also means that there will be a distinct cap on the armor in every matchup, and against characters that hit harder, such as [[heavyweight]]s, the armor can even be completely ineffective. Effects that increase knockback, such as [[rage]], will also further reduce the armor's effectiveness. Some characters can also increase their knockback by way of multipliers, such as {{SSBU|Hero}}'s [[Psyche Up]], which will assist greatly in breaking through.
 
Knockback-based armor is polarizing in terms of viability. Being generally quite low in numbers - only really notable for [[Neutral attack|jab]]s - it rarely sees relevance during gameplay. However, moves such as [[Power Pellet]] and Yoshi's double jump are notoriously hard to break due to their extremely high thresholds, often being able to take [[smash attack]]s at what would otherwise be a KO [[percentage]]. For example, it takes over 70% from Samus' [[Charge Shot]] at full charge to break Yoshi's double jump armor in ''Ultimate''.
 
In ''Melee'', the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}} — specifically Nana — have used knockback-based armor as a passive ability. Nana has 5KB units of subtractive knockback armor. [https://twitter.com/kyu_puff/status/730174703776604160 Kyu Puff's tweet] on the subject shows Nana not flinching when being hit by the weak hit of Luigi's up special. However, this has been removed in later games. [[Giga Bowser]] also has passive subtractive knockback-based armor of 20KB. Since ''Melee'', {{SSBU|Donkey Kong}}, {{SSBU|Bowser}}, and {{SSBU|Kazuya}} have received mechanics similar to this passive knockback-based armor for their Kong Karry, [[Tough Guy]], and [[Tough Body]] [[Fighter ability|fighter abilities]], respectively. In ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'', Giga Bowser is buffed to receive passive super armor instead, before later being given knockback-based armor reminiscent of Tough Guy in Ultimate when he becomes a [[boss]] again, which has an eye-watering threshold of 95 units.
 
The [[Metal Box]] offers knockback-based armor in that it gives users 30 units of subtractive knockback-based armor. Combined with the increased weight, the fighter will never flinch if the total knockback taken is less than or equal to 0, which can be a substantially long length of time. However, the knockback resistance is ignored if the fighter is hit by an attack that has the [[bury]] effect like most forms of armor.
 
In ''Ultimate'', given that [[knockback]] is calculated before the 1v1 multiplier is applied to damage, knockback-based armor is unaffected by it. However, as in previous games, moves like {{SSBU|Hero}}'s [[Oomph]] and [[Psyche Up]] that ''do'' apply their modifications before knockback will affect it. [[Stale-move negation]] can also affect this through the freshness and staleness multipliers.
 
==Oddities==
===Faux super armor (''Brawl'')===
Faux super armor occurs when two characters are hit with the same hitbox while one has the other in a grab. Whoever has their controller [[port priority|set to the highest numbered slot]] (starting with P4) takes full damage but only flinching slightly from the attack, while the other takes full damage and full knockback.
 
This is often utilized for the [[Omnigay]], a doubles combo popularized by [[Omni]]. This consists of having {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} or {{SSBB|Kirby}} use their [[up throw]] to send opponents close (or past) the blast zone, before a partner {{SSBB|Snake}} blows up [[C4]] attached to either character. This leaves the thrower unharmed, and the victim instantly [[KO]]'d. Due to the introduction of throw [[invincibility]] in ''Smash 4'' and more characters having throws akin to the ones used in the strategy, this has technically been [[buff]]ed in the post-''Brawl'' games, despite the removal of Faux super armor.
 
===Grab armor (''Brawl'')===
In ''Brawl'', when a grab connects with a character that also has an active hitbox, the character that attempted the grab takes the full damage from the hitbox but not the knockback, giving the illusion that grabs have a form of armor. However, this will only occur if the grab actually connects with the other character's hurtbox, and in both previous games, the same character would not have taken the damage.
 
In ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'', this situation is reversed; the character that attempted the grab will now take full damage and knockback from the hitbox, and the other character will simply be [[grab release]]d and take 3% damage (or more if the grab came from a special move and the grab itself dealt damage, like the beginning of [[Falcon Dive]]). In ''Ultimate'' specifically, a clash between grabs will also have characters take this damage, with an appearance similar to that of throw teching in traditional fighting games.
 
==Trivia==
*In ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'', a character's voice clip will get cut off if they get hit by an attack during their armor frames. This is best noticeable with {{SSBU|Ganondorf}} when charging up a grounded [[Warlock Punch]].
**This also applies to flinchless attacks such as the lasers from Fox's {{b|Blaster|Fox}}.
 
==See also==
* [[List of armored attacks (SSBB)]]
* [[List of armored attacks (SSB4)]]
* [[List of armored attacks (SSBU)]]
* [[Passive armor]]
* [[Stone]] - Kirby's [[down special]], which uses a mechanic similar to armor.
* [[Belly Super Armor]] - {{SSBU|King K. Rool}}'s exclusive form of armor that is active for specific periods during various attacks. Not to be confused with [[Crownerang]]'s damage-based armor. It is also affected by the 1v1 multiplier.
 
==External links==
*[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=163775 A better 'Super Armor List' Thread]: lists characters and their moves that have super armor, along with some frame data.
*[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=182223 The Armor Project]: explains how knockback-resisting moves that are not super armor work, including Snake's Cypher and Yoshi's midair jump.
 
==References==
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