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[[File:Sakurai angle chart.png|250px|thumb|A graph of how the knockback of a Sakurai angle-attack affects its launch angle. Click for full-size version.]]
[[File:Sakurai angle chart.png|250px|thumb|A graph of how the knockback of a Sakurai angle-attack affects its launch angle. Click for full-size version.]]
The '''Sakurai angle''' (sometimes displayed as '''*''' or {{AngleIcon|361|s=20}} in moveset lists) is a special [[knockback]] behavior that many attacks use. While it reads in the game data as an [[angle]] of 361 degrees, the actual resulting angle is dependent on whether the victim is on the ground or in the air, as well as the strength of the knockback.
The '''Sakurai angle''' (sometimes displayed as '''*''' or {{AngleIcon|361|s=20}} in moveset lists) is a special [[knockback]] behavior that many attacks use. While it reads in the game data as an angle of 361 degrees, the actual resulting angle is dependent on whether the victim is on the ground or in the air, as well as the strength of the knockback.


The exact characteristics of the Sakurai angle have changed slightly in every game, but all share the same basic idea: at low knockback the opponent is not lifted off the ground, while at high knockback they are launched diagonally; the purpose seems to be to allow grounded battles between fresh opponents without allowing attacks to be deadly [[semi-spike]]s at KO percentages. The amount of knockback dealt determines the launch angle of grounded opponents; aerial opponents use the same angle regardless of knockback, which is typically very slightly higher than any grounded version. Starting in ''Melee'', if the knockback is between the low-knockback value and high-knockback value, the resulting angle will be linearly scaled between its two extremes.
The exact characteristics of the Sakurai angle have changed slightly in every game, but all share the same basic idea: at low knockback the opponent is not lifted off the ground, while at high knockback they are launched diagonally; the purpose seems to be to allow grounded battles between fresh opponents without allowing attacks to be deadly [[semi-spike]]s at KO percentages. The amount of knockback dealt determines the launch angle of grounded opponents; aerial opponents use the same angle regardless of knockback, which is typically very slightly higher than any grounded version. Starting in ''Melee'', if the knockback is between the low-knockback value and high-knockback value, the resulting angle will be linearly scaled between its two extremes.
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The Sakurai angle does not correctly tilt the impending [[angle indicator]]; it will remain at a flat angle. While a low-knockback grounded hit of a Sakurai angle-attack is technically a [[semi-spike]], it can never be used as one due to [[edge slip]]ping.
The Sakurai angle does not correctly tilt the impending [[angle indicator]]; it will remain at a flat angle. While a low-knockback grounded hit of a Sakurai angle-attack is technically a [[semi-spike]], it can never be used as one due to [[edge slip]]ping.


In ''Ultimate'', moves with a launch angle of 0 have been given the Sakurai angle-like property of changing to 32 degrees if they deal 120 units of knockback or more to an opponent, serving the same gameplay purpose of making them less deadly as KO moves, though to a lesser extent (with a lower result angle and higher knockback threshold). However, due to ''Ultimate''{{'}}s universally increased [[traction]] stats, this can actually enable such moves to KO more reliably from onstage, as grounded knockback decays far more quickly against fighters with higher traction stats.
In ''Ultimate'', moves with a launch angle of 0 have been given the Sakurai angle-like property of changing to 32 degrees if they deal 120 units of knockback or more to an opponent, serving the same gameplay purpose of making them less deadly as KO moves, though to a lesser extent (with a lower result angle and higher knockback threshold). However, due to ''Ultimate'''s universally increased [[traction]] stats, this can actually enable such moves to KO more reliably from onstage, as grounded knockback decays far more quickly against fighters with higher traction stats.


==Name origin and history==
==Name origin and history==
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Early in ''Brawl''{{'}}s lifetime, it was noticed that many attacks with the "generic horizontal launch angle" appeared to have a low chance of [[tripping]]. As decoding of moveset data progressed, it was discovered that most of said attacks have an angle of 361, and later that their technical trip chance was 0%. Due to being the most plausible theory at the time, the community concluded that the special angle was the source of the extra trip chance. As [[Masahiro Sakurai]] has publicly claimed credit for the inclusion of tripping in ''Brawl'', the angle was named after him. While it was later discovered that all attacks that leave opponents on the ground have an extra chance of tripping, and it was not the special angle's doing, the name stuck.
Early in ''Brawl''{{'}}s lifetime, it was noticed that many attacks with the "generic horizontal launch angle" appeared to have a low chance of [[tripping]]. As decoding of moveset data progressed, it was discovered that most of said attacks have an angle of 361, and later that their technical trip chance was 0%. Due to being the most plausible theory at the time, the community concluded that the special angle was the source of the extra trip chance. As [[Masahiro Sakurai]] has publicly claimed credit for the inclusion of tripping in ''Brawl'', the angle was named after him. While it was later discovered that all attacks that leave opponents on the ground have an extra chance of tripping, and it was not the special angle's doing, the name stuck.


With the release of future games in the series, the Sakurai angle has proved very valuable for data miners; since the number 361 (or 0x169 in {{iw|wikipedia|hexadecimal}}) appears commonly in attack data and rarely elsewhere, searching for it is an extremely effective signal that the data surrounding it is a hitbox of some sort.
With the release of future games in the series, the Sakurai angle has proved very valuable for data miners; since the number 361 (or 0x169 in [[wikipedia:hexadecimal|hexadecimal]]) appears commonly in attack data and rarely elsewhere, searching for it is an extremely effective signal that the data surrounding it is a hitbox of some sort.


==See also==
==See also==

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