Editing Peach (SSB4)

|name = Peach

|image = [[File:Peach SSB4.png|250px]]

|game = SSB4

|ssbgame1 = SSBM

|ssbgame2 = SSBB

|tier = B

|ranking = 20

'''Peach''' ({{ja|ピーチ|Pīchi}}, ''Peach'') is a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. Her return to the series was confirmed on September 12th, 2013, the day before the 28th anniversary of ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Bros.}}'', the landmark NES game in which she debuted. She is among the first wave of compatible [[amiibo]] figures.

Samantha Kelly reprises her role as Peach in ''Smash 4'', albeit via voice clips from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.<ref name="jtails">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoyXOsw5YzU</ref><ref name="zero">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDd9YbqgVk</ref>

Peach is ranked at 20th place out of 54 characters on the [[tier list]], placing her at the bottom of the B tier. This is a moderate improvement from her prior rank of 19th out of 38 in ''Brawl'', where she is ranked as the lowest character in upper mid-tier. Peach's ability to [[float]] gives her a uniquely strong air game and allows her to pressure opponents safely; this along with her [[Vegetable]] projectiles makes for a good [[neutral game]] in most matchups. Peach has great combos and can perform complicated combos with high damage output. She also has surprisingly good KOing ability due mainly to the high knockback of her forward aerial.

 

However, Peach suffers from light weight, slow ground movement and difficulty landing safely, which can lead to her being overwhelmed by aggressive opponents.

 

Currently, her tier placement has been debated. Despite having mediocre representation, she has attained strong results and wins against top players, largely thanks to {{Sm|Samsora}}, who has achieved great placings at majors like [[GameTyrant Expo 2017]]. Due to this, many believe that her current place on the tier list is too low.

Peach is a tall, [[weight|light]] character who is quite slow in terms of [[walk]]ing speed, [[dash]]ing speed, [[air speed]] and [[falling speed]]. While this is an unfavorable combination of traits, it is compensated by her unique [[float]]ing ability. Her float ability grants her the power to hover at any height she chooses, giving her a distinct advantage in combat. This, combined with a potent aerial moveset, makes her a force to be reckoned with.

Peach can play an effective keep-away game. [[Vegetable]] serves as her projectile, and as a throwable [[item]], it is quite a versatile one; the move also has a 1/250 chance of spawning a powerful [[Bob-omb]] and a 1/166 chance of spawning a shield-shattering [[Mr. Saturn]]. Peach's floating ability also helps her to control space; floating low to the ground and using retreating aerials makes her difficult to [[punish]], and this greatly helps her own approach as well, as with good spacing she can attack the opponent's shield with little fear of reprisal. Float can increase her mobility and movement options, allowing her to frustrate her opponents with quick and unpredictable mixups. Her [[tilt]] attacks are less safe, but given the right opportunity have decent combo potential. She has a decent grab game, as her down throw can be followed up with a variety of moves and her back throw is relatively strong. All of this gives her a solid set of options in the [[neutral game]].

Peach does of course have drawbacks, mainly relating to her slow movement. Faster opponents may be able to overwhelm her before she can begin throwing vegetables or otherwise defend herself. If thrown into the air she can have difficulty landing, and this along with her low weight makes her susceptible to [[juggling]] and vertical KOs. Peach's ability to approach suffers against characters with long reach and disjoints, as she lacks the agility to get in close before they can hit her. Her recovery is also a potential point of failure, as while she can travel a great deal of horizontal distance, she is left vulnerable if forced to rely on [[Peach Parasol]], and her vertical recovery is average at best (discounting the incredibly dangerous and situational Bob-omb), as well as predictable and slow, making it possible for her to be [[gimp]]ed. Due to this Peach has a very high learning curve.

 

In terms of custom moves, Peach has a few notable ones. Sleepy Toad knocks airborne opponents and puts grounded opponents to sleep, allowing for great followups. Light Veggie is great at keeping projectiles out in the open for a while, disrupting her opponents' neutral game. Parasol High Jump addresses her issues regarding vertical recovery, but loses its ability to deal damage as it rises and severely hinders Peach's horizontal recovery. Flying Peach Bomber also assists Peach's recovery by extending her impressive horizontal distance even more, as well as dealing more damage overall, at the cost of a smaller hitbox. All of her other customs are situational to inferior in comparison to her standard moves, notably Heavy Veggie, which travels vastly less distance than the default Veggie when thrown.

Peach has received a mix of [[buff]]s and [[nerf]]s in the transition from ''Brawl'' to ''SSB4'', but she was [[buff]]ed overall relative to the cast. Peach's overall mobility has improved due to having a better double jump, quicker dashing speed, and better air speed. Her ground game has been particularly improved thanks to her stronger smash attacks, faster Peach Bomber and her tilt attacks leading to many follow ups (due to the changes to [[hitstun canceling]]). Furthermore, her dash attack, forward aerial and back throw received significant increases in knockback, improving her KO power and reducing one of the main weakness she had in ''Brawl''. Peach's approaches from below are also safer with the gain of a new [[up aerial]]. She also has a slightly easier time defending against juggles and aerial followups due to her improved air dodge and slightly faster falling speed. Her grab game is also better as while her dash grab and standing grab are laggier, her forward throw, up throw and especially her back throw are all stronger and the removal of hitstun canceling has made down throw a more potent combo throw.

However, Peach has seen various nerfs as well. Her damage output and frame data are overall worse with many attacks dealing less damage and/or being laggier. While her aerial mobility was improved, her overall aerial game was not. Her aerials have higher landing lag overall and they [[auto-cancel]] later with her forward aerial in particular suffering from its later auto cancel window. Neutral aerial is slower and both it and back aerial can no longer link their clean hits into their late hits, up aerial has less combo potential and down aerial is weaker and its final hit has higher knockback making it a less effective combo tool (although this is largely compensated with the general mechanic changes). Lastly, [[Vegetable]] now takes longer to pluck as Peach has lost all of the advanced techniques she once had, worsening her projectile game.

The general mechanic changes of ''SSB4'' both helped and hindered Peach. On the negative side, the removal of edgehogging makes it much more difficult for Peach to edgeguard while benefiting her recovery less than most other characters. Peach is also too slow to benefit from the new untechable [[reel]]ing animation while still lacking reliable tools to [[lock]] opponents. The removal of chain grabbing does not highly benefit Peach as she was not only already immune to most chain grabs due to her floaty status but it also removes her ability to chain grab with down throw. Lastly, the most significant change which hindered her was the removal of [[glide toss]]ing as she was one of the most prominent users of the technique in ''Brawl'' and it overall further worsens her projectile game. Due to her status as a lightweight, Peach's lackluster endurance prevents her from making effective use of the rage mechanic herself. On the other hand, her opponents can use the [[rage]] mechanic to K.O. Peach relatively early.

 

On the positive side however, she heavily benefits from rage if she can survive long enough make use of it due to her kill moves being even stronger and her [[Peach Parasol]] being able to kill opponents at insanely early percents. The changes to hitstun and the weakening of [[DI]] also heavily benefits her combo game as many more of her moves can link into each other while she remains fairly difficult for most characters to combo. The weakening of SDI also benefits moves such as her down smash and down aerial with the latter also benefiting from the changes to hitstun.

 

Despite the nerfs to her damage output, frame data and projectile game, Peach is a stronger character overall relative to the cast having greater KO potential and being less susceptible to juggling and the changes to the game's mechanics help her more than they hinder her as she received multiple significant benefits from them while only receiving one significant hindrance. As a result, she has seen greater results in competitive play.

*{{change|Due to the aesthetics being used in this game, Peach looks sleeker and more cartoony than she did in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl.'' Her facial features are softer, and her dress is more vibrant and less detailed. The lace and other parts of Peach's dress are also now fully-modeled in contrast to ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' where they were simply textured on a flat mesh.}}

*{{change|Peach has received two new [[alternate costume]]s, one of which is based on her appearance as [[mariowiki:Fire Mario|Fire Peach]] in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 3D World}}''.}}

*{{change|Peach has a new [[victory pose]]: she now twirls with hearts surrounding her, poses, then says "This is fun!" This replaces her old victory animation where she holds her hands together.}}

*{{change|With the exception of her orange costume, all of her alternate costumes now have the same earring color as her default costume.}}

*{{change|Like other characters, Peach is more expressive. For example, she now scowls during certain attacks.}}

*{{change|Peach now holds her dress when running, akin to her running animation from ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario 3D World}}''.}}

*{{change|The underside of Peach's dress is now obscured by shadows, obscuring her undergarments that were previously visible in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''.}}

*{{change|Peach's previously unused damage yells from ''Brawl''{{'}}s [[Sound Test]] are now heard when taking high knockback.}}

*{{buff|Peach's [[air speed]] is higher (0.893 → 0.95).}}

*{{change|Peach's [[falling speed]] is slightly higher (1.05 → 1.15), although it still remains the second lowest.}}

*{{buff|Peach's [[fast fall]] is noticeably faster (1.47 → 1.84), although it still remains the second lowest.}}

*{{buff|[[Air dodge]] has less startup lag with a longer duration (frames 4-19 → 3-28), and it has less ending lag (FAF 50 → 34), which has ended its status as the worst air dodge among the cast.}}

*{{nerf|[[Spot dodge]] has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 2-20 → 3-18) and it has more ending lag (FAF 26 → 28).}}

*{{nerf|Peach's item toss is weaker (1 → 0.9633333).}}

*[[Neutral attack]]:

**{{nerf|Neutral attack's first hit deals less damage (3% → 2%).}}

**{{buff|The second hit's near hitboxes are larger (2.4u/3.5u → 3u/4u).}}

**{{nerf|The second hit's far hitbox is smaller (3.5u → 3u), and it has been moved closer to Peach (x offset: 4 → 2.5), reducing its range.}}

**{{buff|Forward tilt's clean foot hitbox deals more knockback (35 (base), 85 (scaling) → 55/102), improving its KO potential despite its lower damage.}}

**{{buff|The late hit deals much more knockback (50 (base), 55 (scaling) → 40/120).}}

**{{buff|The changes to [[hitstun canceling]]/[[Directional Influence]] improves forward tilt's ability to set up juggles.}}

**{{nerf|Forward tilt has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 6-8 (clean)/9-16 (late) → 7 (clean leg)/8-9 (clean leg and foot)/10-15 (late)).}}

**{{nerf|The clean hit deals much less damage (13%/11%/10% → 7%/7%/8%), and it launches opponents at less favorable angles (90°/100°/80° → 88°/80°/75°). This hinders the body/leg hitboxes' KO potential despite their increased knockback (35 (base), 85 (scaling) → 50/102) and even the foot hitbox is weaker than the previous body hitbox.}}

**{{nerf|The heart blast deals much less damage (13% → 8%) and its knockback was barely increased (60 (base), 70 (scaling) → 40/84), greatly hindering its KO potential despite its more favorable launch angle.}}

**{{nerf|Down tilt deals less damage (10% → 7%) without full compensation on its knockback scaling (100 → 105), noticeably hindering its KO potential.}}

**{{nerf|The aerial hitbox is smaller (5.1u → 4.5u), and it has been moved closer to Peach (x offset: 2 → 0), noticeably reducing its range.}}

***{{nerf|This also means that the move can no longer meteor smash aerial opponents, significantly hindering its edgeguarding potential.}}

**{{nerf|Down tilt has a new animation where Peach performs a straighter arm swipe. This gives the move less vertical range, especially considering the removal of the arm and body hitboxes.}}

***{{nerf|This new animation is also longer, (34 frames → 41), increasing the amount of time Peach cannot walk after performing the move.}}

***{{nerf|Peach also does not move nearly as far back after performing the move, making it easier to whiff punish and removing the backwards slide Peach could do by interrupting the down tilt at the right time, removing down tilt's use as an advanced movement option.}}

**{{buff|Dash attack's first hit now has set knockback (30 (base), 50 (scaling) → 50/70 (set)/100) making it connect more reliably with the second hit at higher percents.}}

**{{buff|The second hit deals more damage (4% → 6%) and has increased knockback scaling (125 → 140), greatly improving its KO potential.}}

***{{buff|This makes dash attack connect more reliably when used near an edge.}}

***{{nerf|Additionally, this also means that the first hit can no longer occasionally [[lock]] and [[trip]].}}

**{{nerf|The first hit has smaller hitboxes (5u/4u/4u → 4u/3u).}}

**{{buff|Forward smash cycles regularly between the tennis racket, golf club, and frying pan, instead of picking them at random, making the move much more consistent.}}

**{{nerf|The handle hitbox has been moved closer to Peach (y offset: -0.4 → 0).}}

**{{nerf|The large ground hitbox deals more base knockback but less knockback scaling (40 (base), 100 (scaling) → 86/60). While this makes the move stronger when used near the horizontal blastzone, this also makes the move noticeably weaker overall.}}

**{{nerf|The large ground hitbox is smaller (8u → 7u).}}

**{{buff|The frying pan deals much more knockback (30 (base), 68 (scaling) → 70/65).}}

*[[Up smash]]:

**{{buff|Up smash's sourspots deal more damage (8% → 12%) and knockback (30 (base), 100 (scaling) → 40/97).}}

**{{buff|The 15% sweetspot deals slightly more knockback (40 (base), 100 (scaling) → 50/97).}}

**{{buff|The 15% sweetspot is larger (5u → 5.8u).}}

**{{buff|The late hit has increased base knockback (40 → 60).}}

**{{change|Peach now produces a pink ribbon when she performs her up smash.}}

**{{change|The sweetspots have swapped positions, with the 17% sweetspot now being positioned on Peach's hand.}}

**{{nerf|The 17% sweetspot deals less knockback (40 (base), 100 scaling) → 27/97), significantly hindering its KO potential to the point where it is now weaker than the 15% sweetspot.}}

**{{nerf|The 17% sweetspot now takes priority over the 15% sweetspot (ID# 1 → 0). Considering the fact that the 17% sweetspot is no longer the strongest, this hinders the move overall.}}

**{{nerf|The late hit's hitboxes have swapped priority, making the sweetspot harder to land.}}

*[[Down smash]]:

**{{buff|Down smash has a received a fifth hit, which deals much more knockback (38 (base), 80 (scaling) → 40/180) and launches opponents forwards (145° → 361°), significantly improving its KO potential.}}

***{{buff|This new final hit also increases down smash's duration (frames 6-7, 11-12, 16-17, 21-22 → 6-7, 11-12, 16-17, 21-22, 26-27).}}

***{{nerf|However, this new final hit also launches opponents at a higher angle (145° → 361°).}}

**{{buff|The first four hits now have set knockback (38 (base), 80 (scaling) → 30/20 (set)/100) and have altered angles (145° → 15°/170°), making them connect far more reliably.}}

**{{nerf|Down smash deals less damage (5% (hits 1-4)/20% (total) → 2%/3% (hits 1-4)/3% (hit 5)/11%-15% (total)).}}

**{{nerf|Down smash has smaller hitboxes (4.3u/4.3u/5u/5u → 2.5u/3.2u/3.2u (hits 1-4)/4.3u (hit 4), giving it less range, despite the hitboxes now being extended.}}

*{{bugfix|An issue where Peach's float would be cancelled if she interrupted an aerial during her float has been fixed. As none of Peach's aerials were interruptible in ''Brawl'' however, this does not change Peach's float game.}}

*{{nerf|All aerials have longer animations (49 frames (neutral)/54 (forward/back)/35 (up)/39 (down) → 57/75/63/53/47), increasing the amount of time Peach cannot grab ledges after performing an aerial.}}

**{{buff|Neutral aerial has less ending lag (FAF 50 → 49).}}

**{{nerf|Neutral aerial has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 3-6 (clean)/7-23(late) → 5-8/9-19).}}

**{{nerf|The late hit deals less damage (10%/9% → 6%/5%), making it much weaker.}}

***{{buff|However, this also improves the late hit's followup potential at higher percents.}}

*[[Forward aerial]]:

**{{buff|Forward aerial deals more knockback (60 (base), 68 (scaling) → 45/84).}}

**{{buff|Forward aerial has a longer duration (frame 16-19 → 16-20), increasing its range below Peach.}}

**{{nerf|Forward aerial has more ending lag (FAF 55 → 58).}}

**{{nerf|Forward aerial [[auto-cancel]]s much later (frame 20 → 41), no longer doing so straight after the hitboxes are no longer active. This drastically hinders forward aerial's use as a spacing tool, as Peach can no longer land completely safely with it, unless she spaces it.}}

***{{nerf|This also removes forward aerial's followup potential at very low percents.}}

**{{nerf|Forward aerial has a shorter initial auto-cancel window (frames 1-15 → 1-9).}}

*[[Back aerial]]:

**{{buff|Back aerial has less ending lag (FAF 55 → 54).}}

**{{buff|Back aerial's hitbox has been positioned further out (z offset: -4 → -5), improving its range.}}

**{{change|As with most back aerials, back aerial now always launches opponents behind Peach.}}

**{{nerf|Back aerial has a shorter duration (frames 6-8 (clean)/9-19 (late) → 6-7/8-13).}}

**{{nerf|Back aerial has double the amount of landing lag (9 frames → 18), greatly hindering its safety and followup potential.}}

**{{nerf|The clean hit deals less damage (14%/13% → 12%), although its knockback scaling was compensated (80 → 92).}}

**{{nerf|The front hitbox has been removed, reducing back aerial's range in front of Peach.}}

**{{nerf|If Peach cancels her float after landing the clean hit, she can no longer connect both hits of back aerial, significantly reducing its maximum damage output (21% → 12%).}}

*[[Up aerial]]:

**{{change|Peach has a new up aerial: an arm swipe that draws a rainbow, consisting of two hits dealing 4% and 6% respectively.}}

**{{buff|Up aerial now uses a string of extended hitboxes which match the rainbow, giving it greater horizontal reach, and making it more disjointed.}}

***{{buff|These changes make this up aerial a superior juggling option in comparison to the previous up aerial.}}

**{{change|The second hit now always launches opponents vertically (80°/361° → 76°/70°).}}

***{{buff|This allows it to set opponents (especially grounded) up for a juggle more consistently.}}

***{{nerf|However, this also means that it can no longer setup certain grounded followups, lock/trip, or be used as an edgeguarding tool, as there is no longer a horizontal launching hitbox.}}

***{{nerf|In addition to this, it launches opponents at a lower angle compared to the previous vertical launching hitboxes, hindering its KO potential and making it more susceptible to DI.}}

**{{nerf|Up aerial has more startup lag (frame 8 → 10) and ending lag (FAF 36 → 46).}}

**{{nerf|Up aerial deals less damage (13%/12%/11% → 4% (hit 1)/6% (hit 2)/10% (total)), without full compensation on the second hit's knockback (0 (base), 100 (scaling) → 50/112).}}

**{{nerf|Up aerial has much less range below Peach, making it much harder to connect against grounded opponents.}}

**{{nerf|Due to it now being a multi hit, up aerial is less reliable overall.}}

*[[Down aerial]]:

***{{buff|When combined with Peach's higher double jump and the changes to hitstun cancelling/DI, this improves down aerial's combo potential at higher percents.}}

**{{buff|The weakening of [[SDI]] makes down aerial more difficult to escape from.}}

**{{nerf|Down aerial has more landing lag (9 frames → 13).}}

**{{nerf|Down aerial auto-cancels later (frame 32 → 38), no longer doing so straight after the hitboxes are no longer active.}}

**{{nerf|The first three hits deal less damage (3% → 2%/1%), reducing down aerial's total damage output (14% → 8%-11%).}}

**{{nerf|The final hit deals more knockback (40 (base), 120 (scaling) → 60/110) and launches opponents at a lower angle (70° → 60°). This hinders its followup potential (especially at lower percents), while also not improving its KO potential, due to its lower launch angle.}}

***{{buff|However, its total duration was unchanged, giving it less ending lag.}}

*[[Forward throw]]:

**{{buff|Forward throw has slightly increased base knockback (10 (hitbox)/45 (throw) → 12/48), slightly improving its KO potential.}}

**{{buff|The hitbox has a longer duration (frame 14 → 14-15).}}

*[[Back throw]]:

**{{buff|Back throw deals much more knockback (70 (base), 40 (scaling) → 35/95), now being a viable KO throw.}}

**{{change|Peach releases her opponent from back throw slightly later (frame 21 → 22).}}

**{{change|Peach no longer winks at her opponent while performing her back throw.}}

*[[Up throw]]:

**{{buff|Up throw deals more knockback (70 (base), 56 (scaling) → 72/80), although it is still not a particularly powerful KO move.}}

*[[Down throw]]:

**{{buff|Down throw's hitbox now deals damage (0% → 1%), making down throw deal more damage overall (7% → 8%).}}

**{{buff|Down throw sends opponents at a slightly more favorable angle (108° → 106°).}}

**{{nerf|Floor attacks now use one extended static hitbox rather than multiple normal hitboxes attached to Peach's body, which covers less range.}}

***{{buff|However, its total duration was not fully compensated (FAF 55 → 56), giving it less ending lag.}}

**{{nerf|Edge attack has a smaller hitbox (6.72u → 4.5u) which along with its new animation, gives it less range.}}

***{{buff|However, this hitbox is also extended, giving the move more range behind Peach.}}

**{{nerf|Edge attack launches opponents at a less favorable angle (361° → 45°).}}

*[[Toad (move)|Toad]]:

**{{buff|If Peach is hit from behind while performing Toad, she will now turn around in order to hit the opponent.}}

**{{buff|Toad's spores deal less damage (3% → 2%) and (with the exception of the final spore) have decreased knockback (40 (base), 180 (scaling) → 20/150), in addition to having altered angles (45° → 30°/361°/366°). This allows them to connect more reliably.}}

**{{buff|Toad produces 3 more spores, resulting in the move dealing the same amount of damage, despite its lower amount of spores.}}

*[[Peach Bomber]]:

**{{buff|[[Peach Bomber]] has much less startup lag (frame 24 → 14 (grounded), frame 34 → 20 (aerial)) which also reduces its ending lag if Peach lands with it.}}

**{{buff|Peach Bomber can now consistently hit shields, as opposed to passing right through them in most scenarios.}}

**{{buff|Peach Bomber now has a static hitbox, but it has been moved further outwards (y/z offsets: 0/0 → 5/4.5), improving its range.}}

**{{nerf|Peach Bomber has much more ending lag in the air (27 frames → 50), making it less useful for recovery.}}

**{{nerf|Peach Bomber deals less damage (15% → 10%) and is no longer a semi-spike (23° → 361°), hindering its edgeguarding potential.}}

**{{change|All hits of Peach Parasol no longer have a normal effect and a [[slash]] sound effect, instead having a {{b|magic|effect}} effect/sound effect.}}

**{{nerf|Peach Parasol gains slightly less height.}}

**{{buff|The first hit has increased set knockback (150 → 180/160). When combined with the introduction of [[rage]], this can allow the move to potentially KO opponents at 0%.}}

**{{nerf|The first hit has smaller hitboxes (5u/6u → 4u/5u) and the far hit has been moved closer to Peach (z offset: 6.5 → 5), reducing its range.}}

***{{buff|This gives them more horizontal range.}}

***{{nerf|However, this also gives them less range below Peach, now creating a blind spot on most of Peach's body.}}

**{{buff|The final hit launches opponents at a higher angle (60° → 81°) and it has increased base knockback (60 → 90), making it less susceptible to DI and significantly improving its KO potential near the upper blastzone.}}

***{{nerf|However, it also has decreased knockback scaling (120 → 70), hindering its overall KO potential.}}

**{{change|The open hit deals much more knockback (35 (base), 40 (scaling) → 90/100), improving its KO potential but removing its ability to chain into itself.}}

**{{nerf|Peach will automatically close her parasol after floating for 8 seconds and will be unable to open it again until she lands.}}

**{{change|Vegetable makes a different sound effect when Peach is plucking them out of the ground. It now makes the same sound effect as in the international version of [[Super Mario Bros. 2]]. It still makes the normal sound effect of picking up items if she pulls up a [[Mr. Saturn]] or [[Bob-omb]].}}

**{{nerf|Vegetable has more ending lag (FAF 30 → 43).}}

**{{nerf|Vegetable can no longer be edge cancelled in order to instantly pull turnips.}}

**{{nerf|Peach can no longer perform her [[Turnip Free Pull]] and bone-walking techniques, hindering her mobility while plucking turnips.}}

**{{nerf|The removal of [[glide toss]]ing significantly hinders Peach's approach potential with turnips or any other item.}}

**{{nerf|The turnips have increased gravity (0.06 → 0.08), meaning that Peach cannot throw them as high.}}

**{{nerf|Due to Peach's weaker item toss, the maximum damage increase turnips can have is lower (11.9% → 11.4%).}}

**{{nerf|Vegetable has an even lower chance to pull up an item (1.25% (any item)/0.625% (Mr. Saturn)/0.416667% (Bob-Omb)/0.208333% ([[Beam Sword]]) → 1%/0.6%/0.4%/0%).}}

**{{buff|[[Peach Blossom]] is now capable of putting aerial opponents to sleep (although the far hit and late mid hit still cannot do so), significantly improving its reliability.}}

**{{buff|Peach Blossom spawns three large peaches that each heal 20% damage, as opposed to thirteen normal-sized peaches that each heal 5%. While the total healing is slightly less (65% → 60%), the significantly reduced number of peaches makes it faster for Peach to pick them all up and reduces the chances of her opponents picking them up.}}

**{{nerf|Peach Blossom's sleep hitboxes have decreased knockback scaling (180/130/90 → 120/90/60 (mid), 150/90 → 100/80 (late)), putting opponents to sleep for less time.}}

Game updates for Peach have been somewhat unusual, and it is debatable whether or not she has been buffed or nerfed. [[1.0.4]] fixed several beneficial bugs that provided with various ways of cancelling lag on her moves, while also made her aerials get stale when floating, whereas in [[1.0.8]] and [[1.1.1]] she only received very minor and nearly unnoticeable buffs.

 

In spite of the bugfixes, Peach has benefited noticeably from the changes to [[shieldstun]] mechanics: most of her aerial moves have became safer on shield due to their damage output and speed combined with her float ability, an example being her forward aerial working as a very useful spacing tool and her down to neutral aerial becoming very hard, if not impossible to interrupt for most characters, bar a few characters with good [[out of shield]] games. Her down smash, dot-shaped eye and stitchface [[turnip]]s, Bob-ombs, Mr. Saturns and Peach Bomber also benefit from these changes, the latter two which also deal bonus shield damage. Altogether, these changes allow her to pressure opponents on shield more effectively, and to effectively wear down a shield more easily. Even so, her out of shield game itself has also been slightly nerfed to compensate, as it is harder for her to punish out of shield with an up smash or dash attack. Some of her laggier moves are also easier to punish out of shield compared to the rest of the cast.

However, [[1.1.5]] changed some of the type of her up aerial's hitboxes from hitting both grounded and aerial opponents to only hitting aerial ones, which has reduced significantly the amount of characters that got affected by her infinite combo, the "Umeki Rainbow". As a result, her matchups against certain characters that were vulnerable to the combo have been worsened.

In initial versions of the game, she was not able to pull out a turnip out of the ground in For Glory as that would lead into a ban for "cheating". This was remedied in patch [[List_of_updates_(SSB4-3DS)#1.0.2|1.0.2]] and the bans caused by this were overturned.

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*{{buff|Toad's counter has less startup lag with a longer duration (frames 11-31 → 10-34).}}

*{{buff|Toad (FAF 64 → 62) and Sleepy/Grumpy Toad (FAF 66 → 61) have less ending lag.}}

*{{buff|Light Parasol can be opened for longer (98 frames → 105).}}

|neutralname=Royal Slap ({{ja|ロイヤルビンタ|Roiyaru Binta}}) / Royal Round-Trip Slap ({{ja|ロイヤル往復びんた|Roiyaru Ōfuku Binta}})

|neutraldesc=Slaps the enemy twice, with unique "slapping" sound effects. The first hit can act as a setup for a down tilt, neutral air, back air, or even a grab, though the second hit has little utility outside of spacing since it cannot KO reliably. The move is similar to her {{s|supermariowiki|Super Slap}} attack in ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}''.

|ftiltname=Can-Can Kick ({{ja|カンカンキック|Kankan Kikku}})

|ftiltdesc=Kicks forward 180 degrees from low to high. Has good range for a forward tilt, and unusually for an attack of its type, launches opponents vertically, allowing it to perform air combos.

|utiltname=Royal Heart ({{ja|ロイヤルハート|Roiyaru Hāto}})

|utiltdesc=Extends her arm upward, making a pink heart burst above her head. Can KO at high percentages if the sweetspot hits.

|dtiltname=Elegant Underfoot Scoop ({{ja|エレガント足もとすくい|Ereganto Ashimoto Sukui}})

|dtiltdesc=A downward sweep of the hand to the ground. This move can meteor smash, but on grounded opponents only. Decently strong attack with moderate startup that can follow up into a forward smash at lower percents, forward or up aerials at mid-percents, and into an up special at higher percents, should the opponent not tech the move.

|dashname=Lady Push ({{ja|レディープッシュ|Redī Pusshu}})

|dashdesc=Strikes with both arms extended forward, then quickly spreads her arms out. Unlike in ''Brawl'', the first hit's knockback never grows, so both hits nearly always connect. The second hit has high knockback that can KO at high percentages.

|fsmashname=Peach Smash ({{ja|ピーチスマッシュ|Pīchi Sumasshu}})

|fsmashdesc=Strikes with a bludgeon, cycling regularly between a golf club, frying pan, or a tennis racket. Each weapon has different properties - the frying pan has more vertical knockback (and the most damage), the golf club has more diagonal knockback (and the most range), and the tennis racket has more horizontal knockback and is the strongest semi-spike in the game.

|usmashname=Ribbon Dance ({{ja|リボンダンス|Ribon Dansu}})

|usmashdesc=Raises her arm and twirls a pink ribbon. Powerful vertical knockback if sweetspotted (Peach's body, as opposed to her arm).

|dsmashname=Dress Edge ({{ja|ドレスエッジ|Doresu Ejji}})

|dsmashdesc=Peach does an anticlockwise spin on her left leg and utilizes the edge of her dress like a blade, slashing whoever gets caught in it. Decent knockback (lower than in ''Melee'', higher than in ''Brawl'').

|nairname=Peach Spin ({{ja|ピーチスピン|Pīchi Supin}})

|nairdesc=Spins around at an angle with arms extended, dealing damage to her left and right sides. One of the strongest neutral aerials when hitting clean, though it is considerably weaker if the late hit connects, and it has low range.

|fairname=Crown Knuckle ({{ja|クラウンナックル|Kuraun Nakkuru}})

|fairdesc=Peach grabs the crown off her head with her left hand and strikes with it in a vertical arc. Has the slowest startup out of all her aerial attacks (frame 16) along with noticeable ending lag and a strict autocancel window. However, it is also her strongest aerial and one of the strongest forward aerials in ''SSB4'', KO'ing starting at 100% at the edge of Battlefield while it also has good range above and in front of her. The [[sweetspot]] is the visible flash at the start of the swing.

|bairname=Sky Hip ({{ja|スカイヒップ|Sukai Hippu}})

|uairname=Rainbow Bridge ({{ja|レインボーブリッジ|Reinbō Burijji}})

|dairname=Super Piston Kick ({{ja|スーパーピストンキック|Sūpā Pisuton Kikku}})

|dairdesc=Rapidly kicks straight downwards four times. Long duration. Fourth kick has some vertical knockback. While under the effects or [[rage]], the move can lead into the reversed first hit of Peach Parasol at low percentages for a zero-to-death against lighter characters.

|grabname=Grab ({{ja|つかみ|Tsukami}})

|grabdesc=Reaches out with her left arm. Peach's grab range is relatively short, though it has relatively short startup and ending lag.

|pummelname=Heel Stamp ({{ja|ヒールスタンプ|Hīru Sutanpu}})

|pummeldesc=Steps on the opponent with her left foot. A fast pummel.  

|fthrowname=Royal Slap Launch ({{ja|ロイヤルびんた飛ばし|Roiyaru Binta Tobashi}})

|fthrowdesc=Winds up and slaps the opponent away. Like her neutral attack, her forward throw has unique "slapping" sound effects. Decent knockback, though it does not KO unless used in Sudden Death.

|bthrowname=Iron Hip ({{ja|アイアンヒップ|Aian Hippu}})

|bthrowdesc=Places opponent behind her and bumps them away with her rear. It is her strongest throw, gaining KO potential starting at 130% on middleweights.

|uthrowname=Hand Toss ({{ja|ハンドトス|Hando Tosu}})

|uthrowdesc=Puts opponent above her, and strikes them upward. Can set up combos at low percentages and KO lightweight/floaty characters at high percentages.

|dthrowname=Peach Drop ({{ja|ピーチドロップ|Pīchi Doroppu}})

|dthrowdesc=Puts opponent lying face-down on the ground and sits on them, knocking them upwards. Good for combos.

|nsdefdmg=2% (per hit, up to 9 hits)

|nsc1desc=Toad is pulled out 2 frames later, and releases bubbles to inflict the [[Asleep|sleep]] status ailment for a brief amount of time to grounded opponents. Airborne opponents will be pushed back. Sleep duration lasts longer at high percentages. It has slightly lower ending lag.

|nsc2dmg=2.5% (per-hit near), 1.2% (per-hit clean far), 1.0% (per-hit late far) (4 total hits)

|ssdefdesc=Peach lunges her body forward to deliver a powerful bash with her rear. Upon impact, she rebounds away from the victim, allowing for hit-and-run tactics.

|ssc1desc=Peach travels a much shorter distance than normal, and deals less damage. Opponents hit by it will be inflicted the [[flower]] status ailment, similar to [[Rest]] or using the [[Lip's Stick]] item. Has more ending lag than the regular Peach Bomber, but less startup lag.

|ssc2desc=Peach launches forward and upward, travelling farther than the regular Peach Bomber. It is harder to land, but it deals more knockback and damage. It is a [[flame]] attack, akin to ''Melee''. Severe end lag when used in mid-air.

|usdefdmg=3% (first hit), 1% (middle, two hits), 4% (last hit), 3% (open)

|usdefdesc=Peach jumps upward and then opens her parasol, jabbing those above her in the process. It can then be used as a directional glide but can also be opened or closed at will. The first hit of Peach Parasol has very high base knockback and can KO at low percents against lighter characters depending on rage.

|usc2desc=At the cost of decreasing her initial jump, Peach gains additional vertical recovery every time she opens up her parasol. The move lasts roughly 2.5 seconds, with each parasol open adding a little time, just long enough to open it up to seven times while airborne. After that duration, Peach will become helpless.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RP0ZQydDwc&t=13m21s</ref>

|dsdefdmg=Varies (see table below)

|dsdefdesc=Plucks a ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Bros. 2}}'' Vegetable from the ground. She can then throw it as a [[projectile]] item. Its face determines how much damage it will do; the rarer the expression, the stronger the turnip. Along with turnips, Peach can rarely pull out [[Mr. Saturn]]s and [[Bob-omb]]s. She cannot use this in mid-air.

|dsc1dmg=Varies (see table below)

|dsc1desc=The turnips are plucked much faster (in a similar way to ''Brawl''{{'}}s Vegetable) while dealing less damage. It travels the air more slowly and farther ahead. It will also fly back toward Peach if it hits an opponent, allowing her to throw another one while the last turnip is floating back towards her. The move will fail if there's already three Light Veggies out.

|dsc2dmg=Varies (see table below)

|fsdesc=Peach performs a mystic dance, causing all of her enemies to fall [[asleep]]. The closer they are to her when she activates it, more damage will be dealt and they'll slumber for a longer time. Sleep duration is notably shorter than in ''Brawl''. Additionally, instead of thirteen small peaches healing 5%, three giant peaches appear, each healing 20%.

|+Vegetable damage data

| Smiley || 2~13.4% || 7.5% || 15%

| Bored || 2~13.4% || 7.5% || 15%

| Sleepy || 2~13.4% || 7.5% || 15%

| Shocked || 2~13.4% || 7.5% || 15%

| Laughing || 2~13.4% || 7.5% || 15%

|desc-side=Dances in a taunting manner as little music notes flutter around her, while singing "La la la la laaa laaa!" in a tune similar to "Ring Around the Rosie". Unlike ''Brawl'', she does not grab her dress.

|desc-1=Twirls around, and waves, saying "Awww, did I win?" condescendingly.

|desc-3=Twirls with hearts surrounding her, poses, then says "This is fun!"

==In [[competitive play]]==

===Most historically significant players===

''See also: [[:Category:Peach players (SSB4)]]''

*{{Sm|Kie|Japan}} - One of the best Peach players in Japan. Placed 5th at {{Trn|Umebura 23}}, 7th at {{Trn|Sumabato 22}}, 13th at both {{Trn|Sumabato 17}} and {{Trn|Sumabato 23}}, and 17th at {{Trn|The Big House 7}} with wins over players such as {{Sm|NAKAT}}, {{Sm|Rich Brown}}, and {{Sm|ikep}}. Ranked 56th on the [[JAPAN Power Rankings]].

*{{Sm|LingLing|USA}} - One of the best Peach players in the United States. Placed 5th at {{Trn|The Legend of Glentendo}}, 13th at both {{Trn|Shine 2016}} and {{Trn|Collision XIV}}, 17th at {{Trn|Shots Fired 2}}, and 25th at {{Trn|EVO 2017}} with wins over players such as {{Sm|ANTi}}, {{Sm|Light|p=Connecticut}}, and {{Sm|Mr. E}}. Ranked 8th on the last [[New England Power Rankings]].

*{{Sm|MuteAce|USA}} - One of the best Peach players in North America, best known for defeating {{Sm|MkLeo}} at {{Trn|EVO 2017}}. He later found more success playing Peach alongside {{SSB4|Bayonetta}}, including placing 17th at {{Trn|MomoCon 2018}} with primarily Peach and defeating {{Sm|Larry Lurr}} with both characters to place 17th at {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2018}}

*{{Sm|Samsora|USA}} - The best Peach player of all-time and Peach's primary representative for most of competitive ''Smash 4'', ultimately ranking 22nd on the [[PGR 100]]. His best results took place in 2018, which saw him place 2nd at {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2018}}, the closest a Peach player came to winning a major, and top 8 several other majors including 5th at {{Trn|DreamHack Atlanta 2018}} and 7th at {{Trn|MomoCon 2018}}.

*{{Sm|SlayerZ|USA}} - One of the earliest-known Peach players, as well as the best Peach player from 2015 to mid-2016, ranking 29th on the [[PGR v1]]. He is best known for placing 7th at {{Trn|Paragon Los Angeles 2015}} defeating {{Sm|VoiD}} and {{Sm|ESAM}}, as well as 5th at {{Trn|2GGT: Fresh Saga}} defeating {{Sm|Elegant}} and {{Sm|Rich Brown}}. He stopped competing in 2017.

Since the game's release, expectations of Peach have been those of a mid-tier, and often a high-tiered character. Players noted her steep learning curve made her a situational choice for competitive play, though others also cited her improvements since ''Brawl'' and how her playstyle was very rewarding once she was mastered to her fullest. The changes to shield mechanics were also beneficial to her as they significantly improved her pressure game. As a result, and due to hardly any nerfs she got in game updates, she has always been seen as a viable, if hard to master, choice for competitive play. Despite her learning curve giving her a noticeably below average playerbase, smashers like {{Sm|Kie}}, {{Sm|SlayerZ}}, {{Sm|Samsora}} and {{Sm|Umeki}} have been able to demonstrate her capabilities in tournaments at a major degree. This led to Peach being placed at 19th in the first ''4BR'' [[tier list]].

Peach's results, however, while consistent, have never been as numerous as other characters ranked above her, and eventually, other characters ranked below her, causing expectations of her to slowly drop. This was further compounded by the worsening of her infinite combo (the "Umeki Rainbow"). Because of this, she dropped on the second tier list at 26th. She then saw a moderate rise to 21st on the third tier list, and finally to 20th on the fourth and current tier list. Regardless, while her mixed perception within the community has improved for the better, and she continues to gain rather strong results, it is unknown how her tier placement will fare in the long run due to the scarcity of these results.

==In Solo Modes==

===[[All-Star Mode]]===

In All-Star Mode, Peach is fought in Stage 2 in the 3DS version or Stage 6 in the Wii U version alongside {{SSB4|Link}}, {{SSB4|Samus}}, {{SSB4|Bowser}}, {{SSB4|Zelda}}, {{SSB4|R.O.B.}}, and {{SSB4|Duck Hunt}}.

*'''[[All-Star Battle: Melee]]''': Peach is one of the opponents fought in this event. All opponents debut in ''Melee'', and reappear in ''Smash 4''.

*'''[[Enough with the Kidnapping]]''': The player controls Peach and must defeat {{SSB4|Bowser}} and {{SSB4|Bowser Jr.}}

*'''[[Princess Punch-Up!]]''': Peach and {{SSB4|Mario}} are opponents that {{SSB4|Zelda}} and {{SSB4|Link}} must defeat.

*'''[[Unwavering Chivalry]]''': As {{SSB4|Meta Knight}}, the player must defeat {{SSB4|Marth}} while avoiding Peach and {{SSB4|Zelda}}. KOing either of the princesses results in failure.

*'''[[Peach in Peril]]''': {{SSB4|Bowser}} and {{SSB4|Bowser Jr.}} must defeat all opponents except for Peach. KOing Peach results in failure.

*'''[[The Ultimate Battle]]''': Two players select a character and must defeat the entire roster.

*'''[[Viral Visitors]]''': {{SSB4|Dr. Mario}} and Peach in her white [[alternate costume]] must defeat 4 {{SSB4|Kirby}}s in purple costumes.

SSB4-Wii U Congratulations Classic Peach.png|Classic Mode

SSB4-Wii U Congratulations All-Star Peach.png|All-Star Mode

==[[Trophies]]==

Peach's default trophy is obtained by clearing Classic Mode as Peach. Her alternate trophy is obtained by clearing All-Star Mode as Peach in the 3DS version or purchasing it in the Trophy Shop for 1000G in the Wii U version. The Peach Blossom trophy is obtained only in the Wii U version by clearing All-Star Mode as Peach.

{{Trophy/Fighter

|name=Peach

|image-3ds=PeachTrophy3DS.png

|desc-3ds-ntsc=Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach continues to prove that "powerful" and "cute" are not mutually exclusive. In Smash Bros., Peach uses her dress to float above the fray, suddenly descending and attacking with numerous weapons. A frying pan? Umbrella? TOAD?! Where does she keep it all?

|desc-wiiu-ntsc=Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach continues to prove that "powerful" and "cute" are not mutually exclusive. In Smash Bros., Peach uses her dress to float above the fray, suddenly descending and attacking with numerous weapons. A frying pan? An umbrella? TOAD?! Where does she keep it all?

|desc-pal=The Mushroom Kingdom's princess isn't just a pretty face – she's also strong and crafty. She can dodge attacks by gliding through the air, and she's hiding all sorts of stuff under that dress: a frying pan, a tennis racket, a golf club...even a Toad! If you're planning to take on Peach, just know that she's more than ready for you!

|gamelist-ntsc={{Trophy games|console1=NES|game1=Super Mario Bros.|release1=10/1985|console2=DS|game2={{iw|mariowiki|Super Princess Peach}}|release2=02/2006}}

|gamelist-pal={{Trophy games|console1=NES|game1=Super Mario Bros.|release1=05/1987|console2=DS|game2=Super Princess Peach|release2=05/2006}}

}}

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|name=Peach (Alt.)

|image-3ds=PeachAltTrophy3DS.png

|image-wiiu=PeachAltTrophyWiiU.png

|mode=Alt

|desc-3ds-ntsc=Peach may be a princess, but that doesn't mean she shies away from an honest day's work. Her down special Vegetable is basically farm labor, and the fruits...er, vegetables of her work can be thrown. An angry-looking vegetable will do extra damage, too! She can also pull up Bob-ombs, or even a Mr. Saturn!

|desc-wiiu-ntsc=Peach may be a princess, but that doesn't mean she shies away from an honest day's work. Her down special Vegetable is basically farm labor, and the fruits...er, vegetables of said labor can be thrown. An angry-looking vegetable will do extra damage too! She can also pull up Bob-ombs or even a Mr. Saturn!

|desc-pal=Peach normally sticks to tasks befitting a royal, but her Vegetable special is pretty much farm labour! You can tell how much damage the veggies will do by looking at them. Happy/indifferent ones just do a bit, while the ones that just look sick of life do a lot. And the ones that look like Bob-ombs or Mr. Saturn aren't veggies at all!

|gamelist-ntsc={{Trophy games|console1=NES|game1=Super Mario Bros.|release1=10/1985|console2=DS|game2=Super Princess Peach|release2=02/2006}}

|gamelist-pal={{Trophy games|console1=NES|game1=Super Mario Bros.|release1=05/1987|console2=DS|game2=Super Princess Peach|release2=05/2006}}

 

|name=Peach Blossom

|image=PeachBlossomTrophyWiiU.png

|desc-ntsc=Peach's Final Smash is quite a spectacle to behold. Giant illustrations of Peach herself frame the screen, giant peaches rain down, and all the other fighters fall asleep. The closer they are to Peach, the longer they'll stay snoozing, giving Peach plenty of time to send foes flying or to recover her health with the peaches.

|desc-pal=Peach's Final Smash is quite a spectacle to behold. Giant illustrations of Peach herself frame the screen, giant peaches rain down, and all the other fighters fall asleep. The closer they were to Peach, the longer they'll stay snoozing, giving Peach plenty of time to send foes flying or to recover her health with the peaches.

}}

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SSB4 - Zelda Screen-16.png|Peach being spied on by [[Zelda (SSB4)|Zelda]], while hanging out with [[Link (SSB4)|Link]].

SSB4 - Zelda Screen-27.png|Peach with Zelda and [[Rosalina (SSB4)|Rosalina]].

Peach blossom.jpg|Peach Blossom.

*Peach is the only character in ''SSB4'' to be unable to use her [[Down special move|down special]] in midair at all. [[Palutena's Guidance]] even warns about this. ("I don't know about that. It seems like tossing vegetables is more her idea of fun. She'll pelt you with them the entire match if you don't watch it. But she can't reload when she's jumping, so keep your eye on what she's up to.")

*Peach's Alt. trophy in {{forwiiu}} resembles her Adventure Mode trophy in ''Melee'', albeit flipped.

*The portrait and in-game model of her Daisy-themed costume feature the blue and red jewels on her crown in swapped positions, to match Princess Daisy's appearance. However, her Alt. trophy in the ''Nintendo 3DS'' version does not include this change.

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