Editing Yoshi (SSB4)

|availability = [[Starter character|Starter]]

|tier = D

}}

Another of Yoshi's strengths is the utility of his moveset: neutral attack and up tilt are very useful combo starters, down tilt can be used for [[tech-chasing]], neutral aerial is very useful for approaching and edge-guarding, [[Egg Lay]] is a [[Grab#Special attacks as grabs|command grab]], [[Egg Roll]] can force approaches or escape from pressure, [[Egg Throw]] is a projectile that has recovery and [[mindgame]] potential, and [[Yoshi Bomb]] is strong enough to KO outright and heavily pressure [[shield]]s. Yoshi's shield is also fairly useful, as it is completely immune to [[shield stab]]bing and, for the first time since ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', enables him to jump out of it.

==Attributes==

Yoshi's air game is also versatile and synchronizes very well with his attributes. Due to it hitting on frame 3, neutral aerial is the second fastest of its kind; when coupled with its [[sex kick]] properties, it is useful for edge-guarding, stopping approaches and breaking out of combos or juggles. Forward aerial can either [[meteor smash]] or powerfully launch opponents diagonally, and is capable of [[auto-canceling]] with a [[short hop]]. Up aerial is one of Yoshi's most viable KOing options: due to it hitting on frame 5 and possessing a respectable damage output, very high knockback growth and disjointed [[hitbox]], it can quickly and reliably KO any opponent of any weight while near the upper [[blast line]]. Back aerial is excellent at edge-guarding, as its first two hits launch opponents at the [[Autolink angle|auto-link angle]], whereas its third hit has extremely high knockback growth. Lastly, Yoshi's renowned down aerial hits repeatedly and is the most damaging aerial in the game. By extension, it can strongly pressure [[shield]]s to the point of potentially breaking one if it is auto-canceled with a jump and followed by [[Yoshi Bomb]].

==Changes from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''==

However, Yoshi has also received some noticeable [[nerf]]s. Yoshi's grab game was made even worse. He can no longer [[air release]] his opponents while he is pummeling them and the general changes to air releases hinder him more than almost any other character as he has now lost all of the followups he had out of an air release and the removal of [[chain grab]]bing further exacerbates this issue. His previously excellent pivot grab is also much laggier making it far less spammable and much easier to punish. His damage output is also lower and his forward and up tilts are laggier making them worse spacing tools and his down tilt is much weaker. His aerial game has also seen various downgrades. His air speed is lower, neutral aerial lingers for a shorter amount of time, forward aerial is weaker and has a stricter [[auto-cancel]] window, up aerial is weaker and down aerial has less edgeguarding potential. Back aerial while connecting more reliably and having a stronger final hit, it only has three hits making it weaker and it has drastically reduced combo potential as the first two hits have higher knockback and altered angles and the move has much higher ending and landing lag while also being unable to auto-cancel in a short hop which also greatly hinders its safety and spacing potential. The eggs from his [[Egg Throw]] also deal less damage and Yoshi can no longer edge cancel Egg Toss hindering its camping potential when used at the ledge although Egg Throw is faster.

===Aesthetics===

*{{change|Yoshi has received two new [[alternate costume]]s. The first is {{s|mariowiki|Purple Yoshi}}, and the second is {{s|mariowiki|Black Yoshi}}.}}

*{{change|Yoshi now faces the foreground at a slight angle, instead of facing directly forward.}}

===Attributes===

*{{buff|Yoshi [[dash]]es faster (1.68 → 1.86).}}

*{{nerf|Yoshi's [[air speed]] is slower (1.316 → 1.28) although it is still the fastest in the game (excluding [[Giga Mac]], [[Wario-Man]] and lightest {{SSB4|Mii Brawler}}).}}

*{{buff|Yoshi's [[air acceleration]] is higher (0.08 → 0.098).}}

*{{change|Yoshi's [[gravity]] is higher (0.07347 → 0.08).}}

*{{buff|Yoshi's [[shield]] drop is significantly shorter (16 frames → 7), now matching the rest of the cast.}}

*{{buff|Yoshi can now [[powershield canceling|powershield cancel]].}}

**{{buff|Altogether, these changes significantly improve Yoshi's out of shield options; resulting in his shield no longer being near unusable.}}

*{{nerf|Forward roll has more ending lag (FAF 35 → 36).}}

*{{buff|Air dodge has less startup (frame 4 → 3) and ending lag (FAF 50 → 34).}}

*{{nerf|[[Spot dodge]] has more startup lag, a shorter duration (frames 2-20 → 3-18) and more ending lag (FAF 23 → 28), no longer being one of the fastest spot dodges in the game.}}

===Ground attacks===

*[[Neutral attack]]:

*[[Forward tilt]]:

*[[Up tilt]]:

**{{buff|Up tilt has a longer duration (frames 7-11 → 8-15).}}

*[[Down tilt]]:

*[[Dash attack]]:

*[[Forward smash]]:

*[[Up smash]]:

*[[Down smash]]:

===Aerial attacks===

*[[Neutral aerial]]:

*[[Forward aerial]]:

*[[Back aerial]]:

*[[Up aerial]]:

**{{nerf|Up aerial deal less damage (13% → 12%), hindering its KO potential as its knockback was not compensated.}}

**{{nerf|Up aerial can no longer be performed twice in a short hop due to Yoshi's lower short hop/higher gravity.}}

*[[Down aerial]]:

===Throws/other attacks===

*[[Forward throw]]:

*[[Down throw]]:

**{{buff|Front and back floor attacks deal 1% more damage (6% → 7%).}}

===Special moves===

*[[Egg Lay]]:

*[[Egg Roll]]:

*[[Egg Throw]]:

**{{buff|The Eggs have increased knockback scaling (40 → 55).}}

**{{buff|Egg Throw grants Yoshi more height during his first aerial Egg Throw (1.8 → 1.9).}}

**{{buff|Yoshi retains his horizontal momentum for a longer period of time after using Egg Throw, improving its horizontal recovery potential.}}

**{{change|The Egg's have increased gravity (0.07 → 0.088).}}

**{{change|Egg Throw's visual effects have changed. The Yoshi Egg now emits a rainbow-colored trail during its flight trajectory, making the move resemble Yoshi's "Rainbow Ball" Star Pitch and his "Rainbow Swing" Star Swing from ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Super Sluggers}}''.}}

**{{nerf|The Eggs have smaller hitboxes, especially the explosion (3.8u (egg)/12u (explosion) → 2.5u/6.5u).}}

**{{nerf|The Eggs and the explosion no longer deal extra shield damage (5/5 → 0/0).}}

**{{nerf|Yoshi can no longer slide off ledges when using Egg Throw, hindering its use as a movement tool.}}

**{{nerf|Consecutive uses of aerial Egg Throw grant Yoshi less height (0.84 → 0.5) and Yoshi cannot use it as many times before gaining no height (5 times → 3).}}

**{{nerf|The removal of ledge intangibility for consecutive ledge grabs combined with the reduced distance of held Egg Throws and the reduced height of consecutive Egg Throws has significantly hindered Egg Throw's camping potential.}}

*[[Yoshi Bomb]]:

**{{change|Yoshi no longer vocalizes when using Yoshi Bomb.}}

*[[Super Dragon]]:

**{{buff|Super Dragon's Fireball can now pierce multiple opponents.}}

'''{{GameIcon|ssb4-3ds}} [[1.0.4]]'''

'''{{GameIcon|ssb4}} [[1.0.6]]'''

'''{{GameIcon|ssb4}} [[1.1.0]]'''

*{{buff|Back aerial's first two hits' angles altered|365° (grounded/aerial opponents)|[[Sakurai angle|361°]] (grounded opponents)/[[Autolink angle|366°]] (aerial opponents) and its SDI multiplier decreased: 1× → 0.5×. These changes make its hits connect together better.}}

*{{bugfix|Fixed a glitch that allowed Yoshi to grab an edge as long as he used Yoshi Bomb while being very close to it and the [[Control stick|control stick/circle pad]] was tilted upward or toward the stage.}}

|nairdmg=10% (clean), 7% (mid), 5% (late)

|nairdesc=A flying kick. It is a [[sex kick]] and hits on frame 3, which is the lowest amount of start-up lag out of Yoshi's aerials. It also has high knockback growth and the lowest amount of landing lag out of Yoshi's aerials. Altogether, these traits make it very useful from out of shield and for approaching, edge-guarding, or breaking out of combos and juggles. While near the left/right [[blast line]] of Final Destination, its clean hitbox KOs middleweights at 118%/104% (''3DS''/''Wii U'').

|fairdmg=15% (head), 14% (nose)

|fairdesc=Rears back his head and then performs a downward headbutt. Its nose hitbox deals impressive damage and has a sweetspot that is a [[meteor smash]]. However, its head hitbox also deals impressive damage and has high knockback growth, which enable it to KO middleweights at 108%/97% (''3DS''/''Wii U'') while near the left/right blast zones of Final Destination. It is also capable of auto-canceling with a short hop, which allows it to function either as an approach option, or as a way to hinder approaches. Due to it hitting on frame 16, however, it is tied with down aerial for the highest amount of start-up lag out of Yoshi's aerials.

|uairdmg=12%

|uairdesc=Somersaults to flick his tail upward. Due to it hitting on frame 5 and having a respectable damage output, very high knockback growth, and a disjointed hitbox, it is one of Yoshi's most useful moves. It can combo into itself or juggle at low to medium percentages, and KOs middleweights at 112%/98% (''3DS''/Wii U'') while near the upper blast line of Final Destination.

|dairdmg=3% (center hits 1-6), 2% (side hits 1-6), 2.2% (center hits 7-13), 1.5% (side hits 7-13), 1% (hit 14), 1% (landing)

|dairdesc=A {{s|mariowiki|Flutter Jump}}-style series of kicks. Its multiple hits make it very useful for damage racking and pressuring shields, whereas its last hit has deceptive horizontal range. It is still as powerful as ever, being potentially the most damaging aerial in the game. Due to it hitting on frame 16, however, it is tied with forward aerial for the highest amount of start-up lag of Yoshi's aerials. It also has the highest amount of ending and landing lag out of his aerials, which make it punishable if used unwisely.

|fsdesc=[[mariowiki:Winged Yoshi|Grows a pair of angelic wings]] that allow him to freely fly around. While transformed, Yoshi can fire large {{s|mariowiki|Fireball}}s from his mouth when the attack or special attack buttons are pressed. The Fireballs deal respectable damage and have high knockback; the most damaging Fireball is strong enough to KO middleweights at 99% while near the edge of Final Destination in the ''3DS'' version. Conversely, not pressing any buttons will result in him briefly [[mariowiki:Fire Breath|exhaling a continuous stream of flames]]. Yoshi can also make use of his flight and invincibility to ram into opponents, although it is significantly weaker than his Fireball and Fire Breath.

}}

===[[On-screen appearance]]===

{{Appearance

|char=Yoshi

|game=SSB4}}

|char=Yoshi}}

===[[Official Custom Moveset Project]]===

{{OfficialCustomMoves

|set10=3112

}}

Although Yoshi has achieved more tournament success since then, his continually sparse results negatively affected his tier status in subsequent tier lists. On top of this, the additions of {{SSB4|Cloud}}, {{SSB4|Bayonetta}} and {{SSB4|Corrin}} hurt Yoshi as they proved to be very troublesome matchups. {{SSB4|Marth}} and {{SSB4|Lucina}} were also buffed durring patch 1.1.4 and they also proved to be difficult matchups for Yoshi. Yoshi's flaws such as his terrible grab game, poor range, being prone to edgeguarding, and lackluster landing capabilities became much more apparent. He would be ranked 23rd on the second tier list, but because of tier restructuring and Captain Falcon being reassessed as a high-tier character, Yoshi serendipitously became the highest ranking mid-tier character.

==In [[Event Match]]es==

==Trivia==

*Yoshi is the only member of [[List of Super Smash Bros. series characters#"Perfect-attendance crew"|"The Original 8"]] to not be revealed at E3 2013, and is once again the last one to be revealed in general.

*Yoshi is the only non-DLC [[veteran]] that is not an alternate form or part of a set to have splash art and an introduction tagline accompany his reveal.

*[[Yoshi Bomb]]'s voice clip is still available in [[Sound Test]], even though Yoshi no longer vocalizes upon using Yoshi Bomb.

*Yoshi is the only [[veteran]] who can no longer be rendered [[helpless]] upon using any of his special moves.

*Although Yoshi's back aerial now consists of three hits instead of four, the sound effect of the removed fourth hit can still be heard if one listens closely. This is much more noticeable in [[Training Mode]]'s 1/4× speed setting.

==References==