Editing Chain grab

A '''chain grab''', also referred to as a '''chain throw''' or abbreviated as '''CG''', refers to a series of [[grab]]s and [[throw]]s that the victim cannot escape. Generally, a player [[throw]]s the opponent in a specific direction (most commonly down or forward), chases the opponent's [[directional influence]], then grabs the opponent in midair before they can [[tech]]. {{SSBM|Sheik}} and the [[Ice Climbers]] are examples of characters who rely heavily on chain grabs. Due to the changes to [[hitstun]] and the more severe [[stale-move negation]] in ''Brawl,'' chain-grabbing is overall more prevalent. Generally, [[fastfaller]]s, [[weight|heavyweights]], and large characters tend to be more vulnerable to chain grabs than floaty characters, lightweights, and smaller characters. Some circumstances can enable a chain grab to be a [[zero-to-death combo]]. The [[Ice Climbers]] are particularly potent at this. It is one of the two advanced techniques that were in the first three ''Smash'' games but no longer possible in ''Smash 4''; the other is [[team wobble]].

[[File:SSBB King Dedede Chaingrab Infinite.gif|thumb|200px|King Dedede's infinite chain grab on Donkey Kong]]

[[File:Pika dthrow cg brawl.gif|thumb|200px|Pikachu takes advantage of Fox's very high [[falling speed]] acceleration attribute by chain grabbing him with its down throw in ''Brawl''.]]

[[File:SSBB Falco Chaingrab Meteor.gif|thumb|Falco performs two down throws before using his [[down aerial]] meteor smash out of a short hop to gimp Ike, and then quickly edgehogging to ensure the CPU couldn't recover.]]

*{{SSB|Pikachu}}: Can chain most characters with its [[forward throw]] at low percentages.

*{{SSB|Donkey Kong}}: Can chain all characters to extreme percents by release grabbing with his [[forward throw]] (known as the [[infinite throw trap]]). This technique caused moderate controversy within the Smash 64 community, as it was seen as "[[cheap]]" by some. {{SSB|Yoshi}} and {{SSB|Ness}} are the most difficult to get out of the chain grab due to their odd double jumps. Pikachu has by far the easiest time escaping because it's [[up special]], [[Quick Attack]], has [[invincibility frames]]. Donkey Kong players usually do this in order to either set up a stronger or better throw (as each grab release does 8% damage) or to make it so DK is closer to the edge and can back throw instead of up throw, as the back throw has much more power.

*{{SSB|Fox}}: Can chain throw forward and backward at low percentages.

The other main part of chain grabs can be seen on the "Combo Tent" portion of [[Hyrule Castle]]. {{SSB|Yoshi}} and {{SSB|Samus}} cannot do this due to their overly slow grabs (however, they can throw into a down aerial or a similar aerial to combo). {{SSB|Kirby}}, {{SSB|Ness}}, and {{SSB|Jigglypuff}} cannot do this due to their back throws having too much knockback to be able to combo before the opponent escapes [[hitstun]]. The majority requires down aerials and back throws. Here is a list of what each character can do.

*Pikachu: {{Sm|Isai}}'s "[[Greenhouse]]" Pikachu combo: Multiple backs throw into a back aerial, up smash, and then a [[Thunderspike]] for a Star KO. Alternately, multiple up tilts can be used to set up a grab, and a neutral aerial can also be used to knock the opponent into the wall, setting up an up tilt or grab.

*Fox: Back throw usually into a down aerial or forward aerial into another throw and at the end either an up aerial or an up smash at the end. Sometimes combined with forwarding throws, neutral aerials, or back aerials.

*{{SSB|Mario}}: Forward throw or back throw into down aerial into up smash. Sometimes combined with back aerials or neutral aerials.

*{{SSB|Captain Falcon}}: Back throw only, usually combined into multiple up aerials into either up special or down air for an [[edgeguard]]. His combos are usually the most varied by the [[edge]] as virtually all of his moves can combo against a ledge.

*{{SSB|Luigi}}: Back throws, down aerial, up special, or down aerials, back aerial/forward aerial into up special/down special.

*{{SSBM|Sheik}}: Can chain throw most characters (Bowser, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Ganondorf, Pichu, Roy, Young Link, Mr. Game & Watch, Link, Ness, and Sheik) with her down throw from as little as 0% to medium or high percentages, as high as 90% if the opponent's DI is poor. On other characters, it can reliably tech chase to high percents. This doesn't work in the PAL version of Melee, however, due to her down throw sending her opponents on a more horizontal angle, disallowing regrabs except at very low percentages.

*{{SSBM|Marth}} and {{SSBM|Roy}}: Up throw can chain throw Fox and Falco from 0% to about 60%. At very low percentages, they can pseudo-chaingrab with forwarding throw, though this is DI-dependent. Marth can also chaingrab Jigglypuff with forwarding throws and down throws until about 20%, depending on DI.

*{{SSBM|Ice Climbers}}: Can chain throw nearly every character in the game with hand-offs, edge throw exploits, and other traps, such as having Nana execute a down aerial as Popo down throws the opponent, forcing them to stand up and allowing them to be grabbed again. Wobbling, which is inescapable when performed right, can trap an opponent forever or until the player kills them or messes up. Even without Nana, Popo by himself can chain throw a handful of characters, such as Roy, Sheik, and Ganondorf with down throw until about 50%.

*{{SSBM|Peach}}: Can chain throw fast fallers, floaty characters, and heavyweight at high percentages with her down throw. She can also chain grab with her up throw against everyone at 0% (briefly) and fast fallers at around 40%.

*{{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}: Can pseudo chain throw with down throw against Marth, Sheik, and Roy from 0% to about 20%. It can easily be escaped with good DI. Up throw can also chain throw Fox/Falco/Falcon from about 50% to about 80% if they don't DI away.

*{{SSBM|Mewtwo}}: Can chain throw with its down throw on large characters like Bowser from 0-50%. Mewtwo can also chain throw fast fallers like Fox, Falco, Sheik, Captain Falcon and sometimes Roy, giving him an advantage against these characters.  

*{{SSBM|Donkey Kong}}: Can chain throw Fox, Falco, and Falcon with the up throw at low to mid percentages. Donkey Kong can also chain throw Fox, Falco, and Captain Falcon with the forward throw if he connects it into his up throw.

*{{SSBM|Fox}}: Can up-throw himself and Falco until mid percents, where he can then combo into either up-smash or up-air, depending on DI and whether or not the opponent jumps out of the chain grab.

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===

[[Image:ICsCG.gif|thumb|A sequence of chain grabs by the Ice Climbers.]]

*{{SSBB|Bowser}}: Can chain grab by grabbing and releasing the opponent. This action works on everyone except Donkey Kong and the Ice Climbers together. Becomes an infinite if used against a wall, until the opponent jump breaks. Bowser can also grab release every other character infinitely without a wall by usage of buffered pivot grabs, though this is difficult to do repeatedly in a match.

*{{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}: Can also carry release infinitely against Ness and Lucas, guaranteeing success by turning before releasing and turn grabbing so Ness/Lucas releases in his back (turned grab). He can also chain grab with his down throw at lower percentages.

*{{SSBB|Falco}}: Can chain grab with his down throw at lower percentages against everyone except very floaty characters, usually giving around 42% to most characters, more to the heavyweights. It easily combos into dash attack (which when canceled to up smash it allows a total of 65% damage), or his down aerial, setting up an early edge-guarding situation, and easily KOing {{SSBB|Wolf}} due to his 60 frame meteor canceling delay and the ease of edge-hogging his recovery. Most characters can be grabbed with both dash grab and standing grab, but the floaty characters need good timing and only the walking chain grab works. After the chain grab percent, it works as a [[Tech-chasing]] move. His forward throw also can chain grab, like {{SSBB|Fox}} and Wolf, at low percentages.

*{{SSBB|Fox}}: Can chain grab with using his [[forward throw]] on most characters by buffering a dash grab at very low percentages.

*{{SSBB|Ice Climbers}}: Can chain throw with their backward, forward, and down throws on everyone except another pair of Ice Climbers. There are an excessive amount of chain grabs that the Ice Climbers can perform such as the usual alternating grabs, grab spikes, footstool grabs, release grabs, and more. An Ice Climber player can make the chain grab "infinite" and "inescapable" when the timing is 100% perfect, and can potentially do a [[zero-to-death combo]]. A lone ice climber can chain grab with down throws at lower percentages on most fast fallers like Fox. Note that if both Ice Climbers are present, they are considered to be "immune" to chain grabs, due to one climber being able to interrupt the opponent while the other is incapacitated. See [[Ice Climbers (SSBB)#Chaingrabbing and desynching|here]] for more information.

*{{SSBB|King Dedede}}: Can chain grab with his down throw by chasing the sliding opponent and re-grabbing them before they can act, against any character with a weight of 87 (Marth's weight) or heavier, with lighter and lower [[traction]] characters requiring more precise timing due to sliding farther (which in turn can limit the amount of grabs possible). Characters with a weight below 87 are knocked down instead for a tech-chase opportunity, where Dedede can grab if he reads his opponent right. He can chain grab against a wall infinitely and finish with a back throw. He does not need a wall to infinitely grab some characters, such as {{SSBB|Mario}}, {{SSBB|Luigi}}, {{SSBB|Samus}}, and {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}, and can infinitely chain grab {{SSBB|Wolf}} and another {{SSBB|King Dedede}} over the edge of a platform or  a slope, though all these characters besides DK require the down throw to be fresh enough to deal at least 6% damage for the standing grab to connect. Also, by buffering a pivot grab out of the throw, Dedede can infinite the prior two without being over  an edge/slope in addition to {{SSBB|Snake}}, {{SSBB|Bowser}}, {{SSBB|Ganondorf}}, {{SSBB|Charizard}}, and {{SSBB|Ivysaur}}, though the extreme technical demands of buffering a pivot grab repeatedly led to this infinite never seeing real usage in competitive play. The down throw has [[set knockback]], so the chain throw can be performed at any percent on characters in which it is effective to use.  How long it can be performed for depends on the amount of space in front of Dedede remaining on the platform he is grabbing on. Dedede can decrease the distance needed for each grab by performing a walking grab on DK and Bowser while doing a precisely-timed running shield grab instead of a dash grab against other characters. When there is no more space to continue the chain grab, Dedede players typically finish with a forward throw for decent additional damage and to set up an edge-guarding opportunity. They may opt for a back throw for greater guaranteed damage, another down throw to put the opponent into a potentially more vulnerable recovery position, or a guaranteed down tilt followup from a down throw on the characters it works on for a stronger release. Overall the damage output of the chain throw varies significantly, but it'll generally get at least 20% damage each time.

*{{SSBB|Kirby}}: Can chain grab fast fallers with his down throw at low percentages. Can land a u-tilt between throws to add extra damage and finish with the f-throw to u-air to b-air combo. His forward throw can chain grab at low percentages too.

*{{SSBB|Link}}: Can chain grab characters (most notably fast fallers) with his down throw at low percentages. Also, his forward throw can be used to chain grab to around 20%, depending on the character.

*{{SSBB|Lucario}}: Can chain grab fast fallers with his up throw at low percentages. Moreover, [[Force Palm]] can chain at low percentages, though DI can be used to escape it, and characters can break out of Force Palm with fast enough mashing.

*{{SSBB|Ganondorf}}: Can chain grab at any percent with [[Flame Choke]] by predicting his opponent's action.

*{{SSBB|Mario}} and {{SSBB|Luigi}}: Can both chain grab with their forward throw across neutral stages, but only works at lower percentages.

*{{SSBB|Marth}}: Can chain grab {{SSBB|Fox}} and {{SSBB|Falco}} with his forward throw 2 times (these 2 times can truly set up a tipped down air), then chain grab with his down throw 3 to 4 times, then set up a sweet-spotted forward smash for 41%-45% damage. He can also infinitely [[grab release]] on Ness and Lucas. If Ness and Lucas were air released, he could follow up by using forward and up aerials. He can also set up a guaranteed tipper forward smash after a forward throw for 25% damage on most characters at 0%. His up special, [[Dolphin Slash]], can help him escape from most chain grabs (except Dedede's running chain grab, Falco's chain grab when buffered dash grab, though it limits it to 3 grabs and Ice Climbers' Infinite Chain Grab).

*{{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}}: Like Ganondorf with his Flame Choke he can infinitely chain grab opponents with his down throw by predicting their rolls.

*{{SSBB|Peach}}: Can dash grab Ness and Lucas across the stage. She can also chain grab with down throws, turning around to grab the opponent against about half of the cast. She can set up Bair (almost every character and it must be buffered), up tilt, forward tilt or a pair string combo(must be buffered with a dash). She can also chain grab heavies with her forward throw at low percentages provided that one buffers a dash grab. She can infinitely chain grab air release Wario as well, by using a footstool jump on him upon release, followed by a float without using a midair jump, then a fast fall down aerial without the fourth kick landing, and ending with a grab.

*{{SSBB|Pikachu}}: Can chain grab most characters by using dash grabs out of its forward throw, up to mid-percentages or until it runs out of space on the stage. It can additionally chain grab with its down throw by just repeated buffered standing grabs, with it not working as well as the forward throw on more floaty characters while being especially severe on characters with fast falling-acceleration. In particular, it works on the [[space animal]]s and {{SSBB|Captain Falcon}} until damages as high as 115% if it gets staled enough, which can then lead to an unavoidable up smash followup that can then lead to a [[Thunder]] KO, resulting in potentially a zero-death. Pikachu can also alternate between the two throws with a pummel to control [[Stale-Move Negation]], though generally, a Pikachu player would try to extend the length of the down throw chain throw by keeping it as stable as possible. Pikachu can also chain grab Wario on a ledge until 120%.

*{{SSBB|Sheik}}: Can air release most characters. With correct timing, she can follow up with [[Needle Storm]], forward, up tilts or another dash grab at a low percentage. At high percentage, she can follow with up smash (with jump canceled up smash or DACUS), forward and neutral aerials for a KO or another dash grab. She can also ground release Ness and Lucas and then dash grab. If Ness and Lucas were air released, she can follow up by using forward and neutral aerials or up smash (by using jump canceled up smash or DACUS) at a high percentage. 

*{{SSBB|Snake}}: Can chain grab everyone at any percent with a down throw by predicting what action the opponent takes in their getup, made easier when close to the edge or on small platforms like on Battlefield due to limiting the ability to roll away from Snake, potentially allowing him to tech-chase on reaction. He can also infinitely grab release on Ness and Lucas as well. Because his Grenades appear in frame 1, this prevents some chain grabs like Pikachu's down throw.

*{{SSBB|Toon Link}}: Can chain grab like Link with his down throw to around 25%-30%. His forward throw can chain grab characters as well.

*{{SSBB|Wario}}: Can chain grab up to higher percentages with his down throw and buffering a turn-around and grab on characters like Captain Falcon (0-70%), Ganondorf (0-90%), Wolf (20-220%), Falco (52-120%, from 73% the throw must be stale), Donkey Kong (0-145%; can jump out at 100-110%, though it requires considerable reaction) and Bowser (0-180%, can even hit with his [[Wario Waft]] out of the attack and forward smash). At other percents or characters, it works as a tech-chasing move.

*{{SSBB|Yoshi}}: Can chain grab with grab releases, although it requires a [[pivot grab]] to grab them again when they come back down from the air. Called infinite pivot grabbing. Yoshi can also chain grab by using a forward throw.  

*{{SSBB|Zero Suit Samus}}: Can chain grab most characters with her forward throw. She can grab release infinite {{SSBB|Wario}} and {{SSBB|Squirtle}}, though it doesn't work at low percents because it makes them do a ground break.

===''Super Smash Bros. 4''===

In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', a new mechanic was introduced, where after escaping from a grab or being thrown, characters are immune to any grabs for one second, as mentioned in one of the [[tips]] (although this period is actually 70 frames, which is 10 frames longer than one second). This change makes chain grabs virtually impossible to perform, and it seems that this measure has been implemented as a direct counter to this technique from previous games, given its controversy. [[Special move]]s involving grabs, such as {{SSB4|Lucario}}'s [[Force Palm]] and {{SSB4|Kirby}}'s {{b|Inhale|Kirby}}, are also affected by this mechanic; this is more noticeable with the latter, causing the opponent to pass through Kirby without being swallowed if he uses the move again on them immediately after releasing them from it. However, if a player can keep an opponent stuck in [[hitstun]] after being thrown with other attacks over this immunity period, it's possible to grab the opponent before they can react and set up a pseudo-chain grab. {{SSB4|Luigi}}, {{SSB4|Ness}}, {{SSB4|Sheik}}, and {{SSB4|Roy}} are examples of characters with notable combos involving this. Additionally, {{SSB4|Donkey Kong}}'s cargo throws do not count by the game as grabs for this mechanic, allowing him to still chain grab opponents with his cargo down throw from low to mid percents when on a moving platform (such as [[Smashville]]'s) or against a wall.

Similar to ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', true chain grabs remain virtually impossible to perform in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' due to the grabbing mechanics remaining unchanged from the previous game. However, a character-specific technique that works like chain grabbing is present in ''Ultimate:''  

*{{SSBU|King K. Rool}}: Can "chain grab" by grabbing, using his down throw, and then hitting the buried opponent with the first hit of his jab or with other weak moves. The opponent will be then unburied and knocked out by such a little amount that King K. Rool is able to regrab while the opponent is still in hit stun, as the bury "bypasses" the 70 frame grab immunity. After regrabbing, King K. Rool can repeat the process, making it functionally a chain grab. Prior to patch 2.0.0, King K. Rool could regrab an unlimited amount of times, technically making it an [[infinite]], but patch 2.0.0 fixed this so that it's only possible to regrab the opponent two times after the first grab, as the opponent will simply be knocked off after the 3rd down throw. While it sounds useful on paper, in reality, it's possible to escape the down throw's bury before King K. Rool's jab connects up until 160-180% by mashing. As King K. Rool already has guaranteed kill confirms out of the down throw at those percents, such chain grab is practically useless in competitive play, even prior 2.0.0.

==Video==

*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=MgPDFsiQODM&feature=related DK's Release Grab on Kirby]

*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=zZRKYpzgVSI Ganondorf Chain Grabbing Falco, 0% to death]