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'''Floating''' refers to a [[fighter ability]] exclusive to [[Peach]] that originated in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', enabling her to temporarily hover if the player performs and holds their [[jump]] input. As {{SSBU|Daisy}} is Peach's [[clone|Echo Fighter]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', she retains Peach's floating ability as well, with the exact same functionality.

Peach's float ability originates from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', in which she was the only playable character with the ability to float. ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' was a reskin of ''{{s|mariowiki|Doki Doki Panic}}''. In this game, the character Lina had the ability to float, and she was replaced by Peach in the ''Mario''-themed port. Peach is also able to float in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 3D World}}'' and ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Run}}''; in the former of the two games, the float functions similarly to how it appears in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, whereas in the latter, it merely slows down her falling speed instead of completely halting her vertical descent. In ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Bros. Wonder}}'', Peach cannot float on her own (due to the fact that all characters except for Yoshis and Nabbit play completely identically), but like other playable characters she is able to use the Cap Parachute badge to slow her downward descent in midair, functioning similarly to floating in ''Super Mario Run''.

Floating lasts for up to 2.5 seconds at a time. Peach can move a large distance horizontally while floating but will not move vertically. The player can also press the attack button while floating to perform an aerial attack, which will still keep them floating after the duration of the attack is finished. The float is a major part of Peach's [[recovery]] and is also essential to playing her competitively, especially due to the many powerful [[combo]]s and mix-ups it allows her to perform, as well as techniques such as jump-canceled fast falling, auto-floating, and float canceling. Floating also allows Peach to always perform any of her aerial attacks while holding a small, throwable item, such as one of her [[Vegetable]]s, without having to Z-drop the item first; this allows her to be more threatening against opponents than most other characters while holding such items.

In ''Ultimate'', aerial attacks done out of Peach's floating state do not apply the new multiplier applied to [[short hop]] aerials no matter how close she is to the floor, always dealing the same amount of damage as full hop aerials no matter what. This is an indirect [[buff]] for Peach.

The [[Super Leaf]] item functions similarly to Peach's float, but can be used by any character.

'''Float canceling''' (or FCing) is a ''Melee''-exclusive bug relating to floating. If Peach uses an aerial attack while floating, landing during the attack (whether still floating or not) will result in a normal 4-frame landing as if the attack was [[autocancel]]ed, effectively skipping landing lag altogether. Float canceling is more potent at lag reduction than [[L-cancel]]ing (which can only halve landing lag, not completely skip it) and is significantly easier to perform, making the technique essential for high levels of play.

*Effectively utilizing Peach's neutral aerial against a grounded opponent.

At her full jump height, the player can abuse the benefits of Peach's aerial arsenal, especially the spacing on her forward aerial and down aerial. Peach's full jump height can also be used to punish overaggressive combatants or overzealous players who like to jump the gun and attack too early. For example, a player who is using {{SSBM|Falco}} and constantly firing off [[SHL]]s, or a player busy [[SHFFL]]ing, can be punished with a float canceled aerial. Ground floating should be used against opponents who remain airborne; it may also be used for following an opponent's [[DI]] from one of her launcher attacks.

In ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate'', Peach can cancel her vertical momentum by initiating a float at any time during her jump and canceling the float instantly by falling down. This alleviates Peach's normally extremely low [[gravity]] value, allowing her to instantly descend downward akin to fast-fallers after the peak of her jump, and can aid her ability to effectively pressure opponents.