Ness (SSBM)

This page is about Ness's Melee appearance. For information about his SSB appearance, see here.

Ness (ネス, Nesu) is a character in SSBM and a secret character in SSB. Tierwise, he is towards the bottom. This is ironic because he was among the best in the original Smash Bros. He was originally going to be replaced by Lucas from Mother 3, but the game wasn't released by the time Melee was completed.

Pros

SSBM

• Long recovery
• Effective, as well as lowest double jump cancel
• Effective at comboing
• Very good aerial attacks
• Throws can KO and combo
• Powerful forward smash, and can deflect projectiles
• Very versatile projectile, arguably the best Up B in the game
• Largest ledge sweetspot range

Cons

SSBM

• Slow without advanced techniques
• Highly abusable recovery
• Extremely low grab range
• Slow special moves

SSBM Move Set Overview

Please note that some of these attack descriptions are incomplete.

A attacks

• A: Hook 1-3%
• A (Second): Straight 1-2%
• A (Third): Kick 2-4%
• Dash A: PK Shove 2-12%
• F-tilt: Short kick 6-11%
• U-tilt: Push up 3-7%
• D-tilt: Squat kick 1-3%
• Forward smash: Home run swing 9-32%
• Down smash: Walk the dog 3-25%
• Up smash: Around the world 3-22%

Aerial attacks

• Aerial A: Ness spin 4-11%
• Aerial forward A: Flying PK Shove 1-15%
• Aerial back A: PK Drop Kick 5-16%
• Aerial up A: Jumping headbutt 7-13%
• Aerial down A: Meteor kick 6-12%

Grab and throws

• Pummel: Captive headbutt 1-3%
• Forward throw: PK Throw 6-11%
• Back throw: Reverse PK Throw 6-11%
• Up throw: Cowboy PK Throw 5-10%
• Down throw: PK Inferno 1-8%

B attacks

• B: PK Flash
• Smash B: PK Fire
• Up B: PK Thunder 1-26%
• Down B: PSI Magnet N/A

Unique Abilities

• PK Thunder
• Thunder Jacket
• Yoyo Glitch
• Super Yoyo Glitch
• Ness Tag