Air speed

Air speed, or lateral air movement, is the rate at which a character can move left or right while in midair. Air speed and falling speed are factors of how far a character can recover.

Air speed is often confused with how far a character can travel without landing. Characters with low falling speeds tend to be able to travel farther in the air simply due to hitting the ground later, not due to travelling through the air faster. As a result, characters with higher falling speeds are often perceived as having lower air speeds.

SSB air speed ranking

Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Yoshi	40
2	Pikachu	37
3	Fox	36
4	Jigglypuff	35
5-6	Link	31
5-6	Captain Falcon	31
7-8	Mario	30
7-8	Donkey Kong	30
9-11	Samus	28
9-11	Kirby	28
9-11	Ness	28
12	Luigi	26

Melee air speed ranking

Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Jigglypuff	1.35
2-3	Yoshi	1.2
2-3	Mewtwo	1.2
4	Captain Falcon	1.12
5	Peach	1.1
6-9	Donkey Kong	1
6-9	Link	1
6-9	Young Link	1
6-9	Mr. Game & Watch	1
10	Zelda	0.95
11	Ness	0.93
12-14	Dr. Mario	0.9
12-14	Marth	0.9
12-14	Roy	0.9
15	Samus	0.89
16	Mario	0.86
17-18	Pikachu	0.85
17-18	Pichu	0.85
19-20	Fox	0.83
19-20	Falco	0.83
21-22	Bowser	0.8
21-22	Sheik	0.8
23-24	Ganondorf	0.78
23-24	Kirby	0.78
25	Ice Climbers	0.7
26	Luigi	0.68

SSBB air speed Ranking

Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Yoshi	1.316
2	Jigglypuff	1.269
3-4	Wario	1.222
3-4	Wolf	1.222
5	Captain Falcon	1.18
6	Sonic	1.1092
7-9	Donkey Kong	1.081
7-9	Squirtle	1.081
7-9	Mr. Game and Watch	1.081
10	Lucas	1.05
11-13	Bowser	1.034
11-13	Zero Suit Samus	1.034
11-13	Marth	1.034
14-17	Zelda	0.987
14-17	Samus	0.987
14-17	Charizard	0.987
14-17	Lucario	0.987
18	Ness	0.9588
19-21	Mario	0.94
19-21	Toon Link	0.94
19-21	Snake	0.94
22	Ike	0.9212
23	Pikachu	0.9118
24-26	Peach	0.893
24-26	Falco	0.893
24-26	Pit	0.893
27-28	Fox	0.89
27-28	R.O.B.	0.89
29	Kirby	0.85
30-31	Ganondorf	0.846
30-31	Sheik	0.846
32	Diddy Kong	0.8272
33	Olimar	0.82
34	Link	0.8084
35	Ice Climbers	0.7708
36-37	Meta Knight	0.752
36-37	Ivysaur	0.752
38	Luigi	0.7332
39	King Dedede	0.658

See also

• Falling speed
• Weight