Byleth (SSBU)

Byleth in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Universe	Fire Emblem
Availability	Downloadable
Final Smash	Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven

“	Byleth Joins Smash House!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Byleth is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and is the only Nintendo character in the Fighters Pass. He along with his female counterpart were officially announced on January 16th, 2020 as the final downloadable character for the first Fighters Pass. They will release on January 28th, 2020 and are classified as Fighter #75.

Zach Aguilar and Jeannie Tirado will reprise their roles as the male and female versions in English, while Yūsuke Kobayashi and Shizuka Ito reprise their respective male and female roles in Japanese.

Attributes

• Like most other swordfighters, Byleth is designed to be a "distance demon". Their average reach is long due to his weapons.
  • To compensate for this, Byleth's mobility is low (slightly faster than Robin) and his grabs have short reach.
• Byleth's main weapon is the Sword of the Creator, though he also uses Heroes' Relics throughout his moveset:
  • Areadbhar, the lance wielded by Dimitri.
  • Aymr, the axe wielded by Edelgard.
  • Failnaught, the bow wielded by Claude.
• Like Robin and Corrin, Byleth has a female variation as alternate costumes.

Moveset

• The Sword of the Creator is utilized in his basic attacks and upward-inputted moves.
  • Neutral attack - a knifehand strike, followed by a roundhouse kicked, followed by a flurry attack with the whip sword.
  • Dash attack - an inward swipe while sliding forward.
  • Forward tilt - an elegant downward strike.
  • Up tilt - swings his sword in an arc upwards and outwards over his head.
  • Down tilt - a low swipe with the whip sword.
  • Up smash - swings the whip sword upward, hitting multiple times.
  • Up aerial - swings the whip sword upward, hitting multiple times.
  • His up special has him fling the whip sword upwards, acting as a tether recovery. If it connects with an opponent, Byleth reels them in and bounces off them. At higher percents, this bounce will meteor smash. Functions similarly to Joker's Grappling Hook.
• Areadbhar has long range but is stronger at the tip. With the exception of side special, these moves generally have precise hitboxes. It is utilized in Byleth's forward-inputted moves.
  • Forward smash - stabs the lance forwards. Can be angled, though the upward-angled variation is the strongest.
  • Forward aerial - swings the lance forwards.
  • Back aerial - stabs the lance behind him.
  • His side special has him lunge forward swing the the lance upwards with extreme range. Using a tapped input increases the distance Byleth travels.
• Aymr is slow but its attacks are very powerful. Uses the same heavy sword sound effects as Ike's sword, Ragnell. It is utilized in Byleth's downward-inputted moves.
  • Down smash - sweeps the axe from left to right.
  • Down aerial - swings the axe downwards that meteor smashes.
  • His down special has him channel all of his energy into a single, powerful strike. Has super armor during startup, can be turned around, and can drop through platforms. Like other "bold" moves (such as Falcon Punch and Hatchet Man), it triggers Special Zoom.
• Failnaught is used for quick attacks. It is utilized in a few of Byleth's neutral moves.
  • Neutral aerial - spins the bow around him, similar to Pit's.
  • His neutral special has him fire an arrow. Byleth can charge it for more speed and damage, change directions while charging, and can charge-cancel at a certain duration. Charging at its maximum duration will fire a powerful arrow like a beam of light.

Trivia

• Byleth is the only first-party character in the first wave of the Fighters Pass, and the second first-party DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, after Piranha Plant.
• Byleth is the only character whose alternate costume is displayed alongside his default costume on the official Ultimate website.
• Byleth is one of only two characters whose alternate costume has a different idle stance animation from the default costume, the other being Inkling.
• With a July 2019 debut, Byleth is currently the most recent fighter in Ultimate.