Editing Tripping

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'''Tripping''' ({{ja|転倒|Tentō}}, ''Tumble/fall over''; officially called '''prat falling''' and referred to in game files as '''slipping''') is a gameplay mechanic introduced in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' in which a fighter trips, falls over, and sits in a prone state with a confused expression. Whenever the [[control stick]] is [[tap]]ped, whether from [[dash]]ing, turning, or performing a [[side special move]] or [[forward smash]], there exists a 1% chance that the character will trip instead of perform the desired input. Furthermore, certain attacks and [[item]]s can also cause tripping. ''Brawl'' keeps track of the total number of Prat Falls each character or [[name]] has experienced in [[Group Brawl]]s.

When sitting down, a character has the same [[Floor Recovery|options]] as when lying down; however, a tripped character is more vulnerable. Unlike prone or supine fighters, sitting fighters can be [[grab|grabbed]]; attacks from a sitting position are weaker than from a lying down position, usually dealing 5% as opposed to 6%, lacking [[transcendent priority]], and possessing only 8 [[intangibility|intangible]] [[frame|frames]] (getup attacks are usually intangible until the attack's hitboxes end); and rolls and stand-ups are generally subpar to their lying down counterparts, possessing fewer invincibility frames while still retaining their long animations.

 

[[File:Brawl-Tripping.gif|thumb|200px|[[Dash-dancing]] is based on the intial dash animation, so tripping can occur during dash-dancing.]]

*In ''Brawl'', whenever the [[control stick]] is smashed left or right to input a dash, there is a 1% chance for the player to trip. Note that by doing a side-smash or side-special input, they will usually start with some dash frames, so these can also have a 1% chance to trip.

**[[Terrain]] with a lack of traction, such as ice, can increase the chances of tripping.

*Any attack with a low angle, more than 55 units of knockback, and an angle that doesn't lift the foe off the ground has a low chance of tripping them. This rate is 13.5% in ''Brawl'', and in version 1.1.4 of ''SSB4'' it was changed to 7%.

**In addition, some attacks have an additionl trip chance. For example, a move with an additional trip chance of 40% has a combined trip chance of 53.5% (''Brawl'', old ''SSB4'') or 47% (current ''SSB4''). Even with less than 55 units of knockback, moves with a bonus trip chance always add the base trip chance.

 

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Most attacks can only make an opponent trip if the target is not already sitting down and the attack knockback does not knock the target into the air. However, some have the [[slip]] effect and will therefore result in a trip regardless of these circumstances; these are represented in this list with "Always".

|{{SSBB|Diddy Kong}}||{{b|Banana Peel|move}}||Always

|rowspan=3|{{SSBB|King Dedede}}||Neutral attack (hit 2)<!--Hitbox 1 only-->||20%

|[[Wario Waft]] (uncharged)||Always

|rowspan=4|[[Items]]||[[Banana Peel]]||Always

As in ''Brawl'', attacks can only trip if they do not knock the target into the air, so most attacks with trip chances will never trip or will only trip at low percents. Some attacks have the ''slip'' effect and cause soft trips that immobilize for around 30 frames, while attacks with trip chances cause hard trips that immobilize for around 40 frames. Attacks with ''slip'' are noted here with ''Always''.

|[[Slip Bomb]]||Always

|{{b|Banana Peel|move}}||Always

|{{SSB4|Kirby}}||Down tilt||35% (foot)<br>30% (toe)

|[[Slip Gyro]]||Always

|[[Timber Counter]] (sapling)||Always

|[[Garlic Breath]] (far)||Always

|[[Wario Waft]] (uncharged)||Always

|[[Quick Waft]] (uncharged, slightly charged)||Always

|rowspan=14|[[Items]]||[[Banana Peel]]||Always

|[[Barrel]]||

|[[Beam Sword]] (neutral and side swipes)||  

|[[Bumper]]||

|[[Crate]]||

|[[Fire Bar]] (neutral swipe)||

|[[Home-Run Bat]] (thrown or dropped)||

|[[Inkay]]||Always

|[[Lip's Stick]] (thrown or dropped)||70%

|[[Mr. Saturn]]||

|[[Ore Club]] (thrown or dropped)

|[[Riki]] (Roly Poly)||Always

|[[Star Rod]] (neutral swipe)||

|[[Tingle]] (banana peels)||Always

''Brawl''{{'}}s addition of random tripping was highly controversial. Though sometimes a mere annoyance in a brawl, random tripping has the potential to significantly impact matches. Since tripping leaves the player in a significant state of vulnerability while moving them a small distance forward, it is a common occurrence for players to unintentionally trip into an otherwise avoidable attack; the effects of this can range from minor damage to a premature KO. Though it is rare, random tripping also makes it slightly more difficult to read an opponent; a fighter may [[read]] an opponent's action and input a punish, but instead, the opponent trips, keeping them out of the [[reach]] of the attack.

While random tripping is considered a detriment to tournament play, forced tripping by certain moves is generally better-received, since, unlike random tripping, its deliberate use can be planned for and planned against. As such, forced tripping is an integral part of some characters' metagames, such as in the case of {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} and his banana peels. Despite random tripping being removed in ''Smash 4'', forced tripping is still important in some characters' metagames, such as {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}} again.

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' features a [[List of bonuses|bonus]] called "Pratfaller". It has no relation to ''Brawl''{{'}}s and ''SSB4'''s tripping, and is instead awarded to players who always fall face-up after [[tumbling]].

*While characters from the ''{{uv|Kirby}}'' and ''{{uv|Kid Icarus}}'' universes generally use the "cartoonish" tripping sound, [[Meta Knight]] and [[Palutena]] use the "realistic" sound, even though they have similar aesthetics to the other characters in their respective series; this is presumably due to their being more "serious" and adultlike in terms of personality, although other such characters as [[Mewtwo]] or [[Rosalina & Luma (SSB4)|Rosalina]] do not follow this rule. Similarly, [[Toon Link]] is the only ''{{uv|The Legend of Zelda}}'' character to make the "cartoony" noise, but this is justified because of his being based on the cartoonish ''Wind Waker'' aesthetics rather than the more realistic ''Twilight Princess'' ones used by the other characters. Additionally, [[Mii Brawler (SSB4)|Mii Brawler]]s use the "cartoon" tripping sound effect, while [[Mii Gunner (SSB4)|Mii Gunner]]s and [[Mii Swordfighter (SSB4)|Mii Swordfighter]]s use the "realistic" noise.