Weight

"Heavy" redirects here. For the Special Smash gravity condition, see Special gravity.

A weight demonstration from the Mushroom Kingdom stage.
Pichu and Bowser have very different weight values, while both Lucario and Mythra have the same weight values.

Weight is a measurement of how much a character can resist knockback. Weight is one of several factors used in calculating the amount of knockback a character experiences. Characters with a higher weight (heavy) tend to suffer less knockback, and characters with a lower weight (light) tend to suffer more knockback, all other factors controlled.

Overview

A graph demonstrating how the rate of knockback increase is affected by weight, labeled with Bowser's and Pichu's weights in SSBU

From Melee to Smash 4, some throws had different speeds depending on the weight of the character being thrown.

Weight is, in practice, understood as how difficult it is to send a character flying away. Because of this, it is generally considered an advantage for a character to be heavy, as less knockback makes it harder to KO a character. Additionally, in Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4, many throws take longer to execute on heavier characters, giving the opponent being thrown more time to properly react to throws and to DI effectively. Because throwing heavier characters causes the throwing animation to continue longer once the target is released, the ending lag of the throw is increased and thus the viability of throw combos may be affected; for example, in Melee, Captain Falcon is not vulnerable to many of the up throw chain grabs (such as from Marth) that the space animals are vulnerable to despite his equivalently fast falling speed; in Brawl, the Ice Climbers' infinite chain grabs are more difficult to perform on heavyweights as the increased ending lag gives the player a smaller window in which to execute regrabs; and in Smash 4, Robin's down throw to up aerial "Checkmate" KO setup doesn't true combo for a KO on Bowser and Charizard at any percent, due to the combination of their weight extending the throw's ending lag enough and their slow falling speed allowing them to stay out of the up aerial's range at KO percents. In Ultimate, weight is a factor in determining how much a character can be pushed by an opponent running into them, and how far they will push other opponents.

Super Smash Bros. characters are often divided into separate "weight classes", with the most common method being a separation of the roster into three roughly equal groups: lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight. Weight class divisions are often arbitrary and not universally agreed upon. "Middleweights" are usually described as characters with a close to average weight, or a similar weight to Mario, who is often seen as the "default" character in Super Smash Bros. In Melee, "lightweight" usually encompasses characters who are knocked down by Fox's shine (with a weight of 85 or below); thus Marth is often considered a middleweight in NTSC but a lightweight in PAL, due to his decreased weight in that version of the game. In Brawl "lightweight" often encompasses characters who are knocked down by King Dedede's down throw, with a weight of 85 or below (Zelda, Sheik, and all lighter characters).

Another commonly used weight class is the "super heavyweights", which describes the heaviest characters in the series, who also usually have the largest sizes and hurtboxes and often shake the screen upon landing on the ground. These characters commonly include Donkey Kong, Bowser, King Dedede, Charizard, King K. Rool, Incineroar, Snake (Brawl only), and Ganondorf (Ultimate only).

Lighter characters do have their own advantages. Because of the higher knockback they receive, they can usually escape combos earlier. However, since weight affects high knockback values more than low ones, this advantage is less significant compared to the disadvantage of being easier to KO; the size of a character's hurtboxes, as well as their falling speed and gravity prior to Ultimate (and especially in Melee), have a larger impact than weight on how vulnerable a character is to combos. As previously mentioned, a few specific combos are less effective on lightweights to a much greater degree, such as Fox's waveshine combos in Melee and King Dedede's down throw chain grab in Brawl; in both cases, characters with a weight value below 86 receive enough knockback to the point where they are put into tumble, allowing them to tech or execute a floor recovery and escape subsequent uses of such moves, whereas heavier characters are stuck in their non tumble animation, making them very vulnerable. Other advantages to light weight include weight-sensitive platforms, such as those in Mushroom Kingdom and Rainbow Cruise, which fall slower while holding less weight, making them safer to use for lighter characters. Finally, certain weight-based throws have hitboxes that appear for very short lengths of time, and if the target is very light, the animation may progress so quickly that the hitbox appears and vanishes in less than a frame without hitting — this causes the lightest characters to take less damage, notably with Bowser's down throw in NTSC Melee and Link's down throw in Brawl, both of which miss their pre-throw hit on Jigglypuff (and Mr. Game & Watch in Bowser's case). Because of this, most throws with hitboxes from Brawl onwards are not weight dependent, although there are a few exceptions, such as Link's aforementioned down throw.

Heavier characters tend to have stronger attacks, longer range, worse recovery (that is; recoveries that are slower or cover less distance), bigger hurtboxes, and slower movement, while lighter characters tend to have weaker attacks, shorter range, better recovery, smaller hurtboxes, and faster movement. However, this is a loose trend that many characters defy in multiple ways — Captain Falcon is heavy but dashes incredibly quickly, Yoshi is heavy but has a high jump and weaker attacks, Wario is heavy but short and highly maneuverable especially in the air, Zelda is light but loaded with powerful attacks, Falco is light but has a very high falling speed, and Little Mac is light and speedy with excellent frame data but has among the worst recoveries in the games he appears in, which is the exact opposite of King K. Rool, who is heavy and slow with poor frame data but has a great recovery.

In single-player modes, sometimes unnaturally high weight is introduced to challenge the player, such as when fighting Metal Mario; this is often paired with additional knockback resistance, since even characters with infinite weight will still take knockback from any attack with a base knockback greater than 0.

On an additional note, some attacks are weight-independent, and will always act as if the target fighter's weight is set to 100; the amount of knockback dealt will remain consistent, no matter how light or heavy the target is. This is especially notable for attacks that have the bury, paralyze, or stun effects. However, other factors, such as knockback-taken multipliers, and knockback resistance, still affect the amount of knockback dealt.

Super Smash Bros. weight values

These values use a different scale than the later games - heavier characters have lower numbers, representing a direct multiplier in the knockback formula. For comparison purposes, the equivalent value in the newer system is also listed. The conversion rate from the old system to the newer system is (200/weight) - 100. [1]

JPN Rank Character Weight (coded) Weight (comparison) 1 Donkey Kong 0.84 138.095 2 Samus 0.92 117.391 3 Yoshi 0.93 115.054 4-5 Captain Falcon 0.96 108.333 Link 6-8 Fox 1 100.000 Luigi Mario 9 Ness 1.1 81.818 10 Pikachu 1.16 72.414 11 Kirby 1.19 68.067 12 Jigglypuff 1.3 53.846

NA/AUS Rank Character Weight (coded) Weight (comparison) 1 Donkey Kong 0.83 140.964 2 Samus 0.92 117.391 3 Yoshi 0.93 115.054 4-5 Captain Falcon 0.96 108.333 Link 6-8 Fox 1 100.000 Luigi Mario 9 Ness 1.1 81.818 10 Pikachu 1.16 72.414 11 Kirby 1.19 68.067 12 Jigglypuff 1.3 53.846

EUR Rank Character Weight (coded) Weight (comparison) 1 Donkey Kong 0.83 140.964 2 Link 0.9 122.222 3 Samus 0.92 117.391 4 Yoshi 0.93 115.054 5 Captain Falcon 0.96 108.333 6-8 Fox 1 100.000 Luigi Mario 9 Ness 1.1 81.818 10 Pikachu 1.16 72.414 11 Kirby 1.19 68.067 12 Jigglypuff 1.3 53.846

Super Smash Bros. Melee weight values

Following are the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ranked in order of heaviest to lightest. The Metal Box multiplies a character's base weight by 3, the Super Mushroom by 1.6, and the Poison Mushroom by 0.625.

The average weight value in NTSC version for all fighters is 90, while in the PAL version it still rounds down to 90, meaning that Peach, Sheik, and Zelda are the characters whose weights are the average.

NTSC Rank Character Weight n/a Giga Bowser 140 1 Bowser 117 2 Donkey Kong 114 3 Samus 110 4 Ganondorf 109 5 Yoshi 108 6-7 Captain Falcon 104 Link 8-10 Dr. Mario 100 Luigi Mario 11 Ness 94 12-14 Peach 90 Sheik Zelda 15 Ice Climbers 88 16 Marth 87 17-19 Mewtwo 85 Roy Young Link 20-21 Falco 80 Pikachu 22 Fox 75 23 Kirby 70 24-25 Jigglypuff 60 Mr. Game & Watch 26 Pichu 55

PAL Rank Character Weight n/a Giga Bowser 140 1 Bowser 118 2 Donkey Kong 114 3 Yoshi 111 4 Samus 110 5 Ganondorf 109 6-7 Captain Falcon 104 Link 8-9 Dr. Mario 100 Luigi 10 Mario 98 11 Ness 94 12-14 Peach 90 Sheik Zelda 15 Ice Climbers 88 16-19 Marth 85 Mewtwo Roy Young Link 20-21 Falco 80 Pikachu 22 Kirby 74 23 Fox 73 24-25 Jigglypuff 60 Mr. Game & Watch 26 Pichu 55

Super Smash Bros. Brawl weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

The average weight value for all fighters is rounded down to 94.79, meaning that Sonic's weight is closest to the average.

Rank	Character	Weight
n/a	Giga Bowser	400
n/a	Wario-Man	130
1	Bowser	120
2	Donkey Kong	116
3	Snake	113
4	King Dedede	112
5	Charizard	110
6	Ganondorf	109
7	Samus	108
8-9	Wario	107
	Yoshi
10	R.O.B.	106
11	Ike	105
12-13	Captain Falcon	104
	Link
14	Wolf	102
15-16	Ivysaur	100
	Lucario
17	Mario	98
18	Luigi	97
19	Sonic	95
20-22	Lucas	94
	Ness
	Pit
23	Diddy Kong	93
24-25	Ice Climbers	92
	Toon Link
26	Peach	89
27	Marth	87
28-29	Sheik	85
	Zelda
30-31	Falco	82
	Olimar
32	Zero Suit Samus	81
33	Fox	80
34-35	Meta Knight	79
	Pikachu
36	Kirby	78
37-38	Mr. Game & Watch	75
	Squirtle
39	Jigglypuff	68

Super Smash Bros. 4 weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. 4.

According to the game, weight is the base factor in determining how many powers can be equipped in Smash Run. There are other factors — namely a character's speed — so it is not a direct linear correlation, but as a general rule weight definitely carries a positive correlation: the higher the weight, the greater the number of powers, with the only exceptions being Miis and the DLC fighters having a power limit of 25.

Certain updates have made slight alterations to the weights of characters, affecting both survivability and resistance to combos. These changes have not had a major effect on most characters in the metagame, with the exceptions of Sheik and Bowser, who are considered to be worse and better after their weight alterations, respectively.

The average weight value for all fighters (except Miis) is rounded down to 94.76, meaning that Robin, Pac-Man, and Roy are the characters whose weights are closest to the average.

Rank	Character	Weight	Power Limit
+2	Giga Bowser	400
+1	Giga Mac	140
1	Bowser	130	29
2	Donkey Kong	122	27
3	King Dedede	119	28
4	Charizard	116	27
5	Ganondorf	113	29
6-7	Bowser Jr.	108	27
	Samus
8-9	Ike	107	26
	Wario		27
n/a	Wario-Man
10	R.O.B.	106	26
11-13	Link	104
	Yoshi
	Captain Falcon		25
14	Ryu	103
15-17	Mega Man	102
	Shulk
	Mii Fighter (heaviest)
18-19	Cloud	100
	Mii Fighter (default)
20	Lucario	99
n/a	Mega Lucario
21-23	Corrin	98	25
	Dr. Mario
	Mario
24-26	Mii Fighter (lightest)	97
	Luigi		24
	Villager
27-29	Dark Pit	96
	Pit
	Wii Fit Trainer
30-32	Robin	95
	Roy		25
	Pac-Man
33-36	Ness	94
	Lucas
	Sonic		23
	Greninja		24
37-38	Diddy Kong	93
	Toon Link
39-40	Duck Hunt	91	23
	Palutena
41-42	Lucina	90
	Marth
43	Peach	89
44	Zelda	85	22
45	Bayonetta	84	25
46-47	Falco	82	22
	Little Mac		23
48	Sheik	81	24
49-50	Zero Suit Samus	80	23
	Meta Knight		22
51-54	Fox	79	24
	Olimar		23
	Pikachu
	Kirby		21
55	Rosalina & Luma	77	22
56	Mr. Game & Watch	75	23
57	Mewtwo	74	25
58	Jigglypuff	68	21

Update history

1.1.3

• Ganondorf's weight: 112 → 113
• Kirby's weight: 77 → 79
• Sonic's weight: 95 → 94

1.1.4

• Rosalina's weight: 78 → 77
• Sheik's weight: 85 → 84
• Zero Suit Samus's weight: 81 → 80

1.1.5

• Bowser's weight: 128 → 130
• Charizard's weight: 115 → 116
• Mewtwo's weight: 72 → 74
• Sheik's weight: 84 → 81

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Mii Fighters now have their weight determined by their class rather than their size modifiers from their creation.

The average weight value for all fighters is rounded down to 95.92, meaning that Pit, Dark Pit, Ivysaur, and Wii Fit Trainer are the characters whose weights are closest to the average.

Rank	Character	Weight
1	Bowser	135
2	King K. Rool	133
3-4	Donkey Kong	127
	King Dedede
5	Ganondorf	118
6-7	Charizard	116
	Incineroar
8	Kazuya	113
9	Piranha Plant	112
10-13	Samus	108
	Dark Samus
	Bowser Jr.
	Terry
14-18	Wario	107
	Ike
	Ridley
	Simon
	Richter
19-21	Snake	106
	R.O.B.
	Banjo & Kazooie
22-26	Link	104
	Yoshi
	Captain Falcon
	Mii Gunner
	Min Min
27-28	Ryu	103
	Ken
29	Mega Man	102
30	Hero	101
31-32	Mii Swordfighter	100
	Cloud
33-36	Mario	98
	Dr. Mario
	Corrin
	Pyra
37-39	Luigi	97
	Shulk
	Byleth
40-43	Pit	96
	Dark Pit
	Ivysaur
	Wii Fit Trainer
44-47	Roy	95
	Chrom
	Pac-Man
	Robin
48-51	Ness	94
	Lucas
	Mii Brawler
	Inkling
52	Joker	93
53-58	Ice Climbers	92
	Lucario
	Wolf
	Villager
	Steve
	Mythra
59-60	Toon Link	91
	Palutena
61-63	Marth	90
	Lucina
	Diddy Kong
64-65	Peach	89
	Daisy
66-68	Young Link	88
	Greninja
	Isabelle
69	Little Mac	87
70-71	Sonic	86
	Duck Hunt
72-73	Zelda	85
	Sora
74-75	Falco	82
	Rosalina & Luma
76	Bayonetta	81
77-78	Meta Knight	80
	Zero Suit Samus
79-83	Kirby	79
	Pikachu
	Mewtwo
	Olimar
	Sephiroth
84	Sheik	78
85	Fox	77
86-87	Mr. Game & Watch	75
	Squirtle
88	Jigglypuff	68
89	Pichu	62

Update history

3.0.0

• Mewtwo's weight: 77 → 79

Trivia

• According to Super Smash Bros. Melee's Blue Smash Trophy of Mario, his mass is the standard upon which other fighters are measured. While this is technically true, as he is coded with a "default" weight of 100, he has slightly above-average weight in every game since Melee; the average tends to be around 90 to 95. Furthermore, starting in the PAL version of Melee and continuing through Ultimate, Mario is coded with a weight of 98, slightly less than the "default" of 100.
• In each game, the enemy team (not counting the Fighting Mii Team) all have the same weight as Mario, despite each being based on characters of different weights.
  • However, one exception applies to the Female Wire Frame in Melee, who has a weight of 90. This is due to the development team copying Zelda's moveset over to the Female Wire Frame.
• In Brawl, Giga Bowser and Wario-Man are programmed to have weights of 400 and 130, respectively; however, they cannot be knocked back, so their weight only has an effect on certain stage elements, such as Rainbow Cruise's seesaw platforms.
  • In Smash 4, Giga Bowser retains his weight of 400, and Giga Mac possesses a weight of 140; however, Wario-Man no longer has a higher weight than Wario. Additionally, unlike Giga Bowser, Giga Mac can be affected by windboxes (but is still unaffected by regular knockback), making him the only transforming character who has a weight change that can affect gameplay outside of stage elements.
• Pichu is the lightest character in every Smash game it appears in, those being Melee and Ultimate. In the remaining three games, Jigglypuff is the lightest character, and it remains the second-lightest character in all games where Pichu is playable.
  • Likewise, Bowser is the heaviest playable character in every game since his debut in Melee, with Donkey Kong being the heaviest in the original Super Smash Bros. and the second heaviest in every game afterwards until Ultimate, where King K. Rool takes the runner-up spot instead.
• A tip in Smash 4 states that Kirby is the third-lightest character in the game, and Mr. Game and Watch is the second. While this was originally true, the addition of Mewtwo, as well as Kirby's weight being changed, made this tip incorrect (he is now the fifth-lightest, tied with Fox, Olimar, and Pikachu, while Mr. Game & Watch is now the third-lightest).
• Some moves treat character weights as a set value (such as 100), regardless of the recipient's actual weight. An example of this is Finishing Touch in Smash 4.
• Weight changes from items such as the Metal Box do not affect the speed of throws affected by weight.
• The European PAL version of the original Super Smash Bros. is the only version of any Smash game where Link and Captain Falcon do not weigh the same.
• For some characters, weights in the Smash series are sometimes inconsistent with those for said characters in other games, possibly due to balancing purposes rather than accuracy to source material. Yoshi, for example, is a heavyweight in every Smash title, but is in the medium and light classes in the Mario Kart series. The inverse is true for Rosalina, although the weight class of karts seems to be based on a character's size instead of how much they actually weigh (Rosalina is very tall, which might dictate her kart's size and weight). Another character, Mewtwo, weighs 269 pounds/122 kilograms according to the Pokédex, but is one of the lightest characters in every Smash game in which it is a playable character. However, it is explained in Melee that Mewtwo is easier to send flying around due to it using its psychic powers to constantly float. Sephiroth is, similarly, one of the lightest humanoid characters, despite having a canon given weight of 191 pounds; whether this is due to using telekinetic movement or simply to suit his Ultimate playstyle is not currently explained.
• Losing 27 units from his debut in the original game to Melee, Donkey Kong has the largest weight reduction of any character in the series from one game to the next.
  • Fox’s weight reduction from the first installment to Melee is the second most prolific, as he was originally a middleweight with 100 units but lost 25 units in the transition, and has remained a lightweight in each installment ever since.
  • Likewise, Mr. Game & Watch has had the greatest increase in weight, with 15 units being added in the transition to Brawl from Melee.

References

• Brawl weight and falling speed calculations and explanation
• Brawl weight list and falling speed calculations
• Some character's weight with DI
• Smash 4 character weight values
• http://smashboards.com/threads/1-1-4-patch-notes.430023/
• http://smashboards.com/threads/1-1-5-patch-notes.433162/
• http://kuroganehammer.com/Ultimate/Weight