Sheik (SSB4)

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Sheik in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	The Legend of Zelda
Other playable appearances	in Melee in Brawl
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Light Arrow

“	Sheik Appears on the Scene!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Sheik returns as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. 4. She was confirmed during the Super Smash Bros. Direct on April 8, a day before the Australian releases of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures and The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Unlike in previous Smash games, she is now a completely separate character from Zelda, and the two are no longer able to transform into the other under any circumstance. Like the other The Legend of Zelda characters, Sheik maintains the same aesthetic style she had in Brawl. However, Sheik appears physically more muscular than her appearance in Brawl. This gives her a body-type closer to her Ocarina of Time incarnation, which was more masculine in appearance than her Twilight Princess concept art.

Changes from Brawl

Sheik has been significantly buffed from Brawl, taking many top spots at Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS tournaments. Many of her attacks have been partially reverted or changed, giving Sheik many options back that she lost in the previous game, while she was not significantly nerfed, losing only a situational tether recovery and access to Zelda's superior up special (although Sheik has gained a new recovery option, Bouncing Fish, which almost completely alleviates these flaws.)

• Short hop is much faster.
• Neutral infinite now transitions into a finisher.
• Forward smash has been strengthened again, now being able to KO under 115%.
• Forward aerial has a new animation, and is much faster and links into follow-up options more reliably.
• Up aerial is now a multi-hit attack that deals higher damage and can reliably KO under 150% in the air.
• Up tilt has less ending lag and slightly lower knockback growth, allowing neutral/forward aerial followups at percentages under 95%.
  • Its weaker knockback limits its use as an edgeguarding move, and the attack deals 1% less damage.
• Down tilt can now more reliably follow into other attacks at lower percentages.
• Down aerial is now a meteor smash. It also leads into a second hit on grounded opponents.
  • However, it falls much faster, giving less time to act out of it.
• Forward throw appears to have been sped up. It also deals 1% more damage than in Brawl, and sends foes at a slightly higher trajectory.
• Back throw has less ending lag, allowing more followups.
• Down throw's trajectory has been reverted to its Melee self. While it deals much more knockback than in Melee, it still gives Sheik several follow-up options.
  • It deals only 6% damage (down from the 10% it dealt in Brawl).
• Aerial Needle Storm no longer has landing lag and can be pivoted on the ground.
• Burst Grenade appears similar to the previous side special of Chain, except that the chain now has an explosive on the end instead of dealing damage itself. Her side taunt has changed to reflect this, where she pulls out the string from Burst Grenade as opposed to her Chain.
  • Due to Burst Grenade's function, and its property of leaving Sheik helpless in the air after usage, Sheik cannot use this move as a tether recovery.
• Vanish now has a hitbox when Sheik appears.
• Bouncing Fish is her new down special move; it is an acrobatic kick attack similar to Zero Suit Samus' down special, but covers much more horizontal range. It has extremely high base knockback and is a reliable KO move at high percents, and aids greatly in Sheik's previously mediocre recovery by providing a great deal of horizontal distance without leaving her helpless.
• Sweetspotted dash attack deals 1% less damage.
• Up smash is harder to sweetspot, and the sourspot is slightly weaker.
  • Its sweetspot is a bit stronger.
• Down smash deals less damage and knockback.
• Sheik can no longer transform into Zelda.
  • Because of this, Sheik can no longer use Zelda's Farore's Wind for a better recovery option.

The following moves appear visually unchanged:

• Neutral attack
• Forward tilt
• Down tilt
• Up smash
• Down smash
• Neutral aerial
• Back aerial
• Vanish
• Light Arrow
• All taunts
• Sheik retains the ability to wall cling.
• Sheik retains the ability to crawl.

Special Moves

In Super Smash Bros. 4, special moves can be swapped out for different variants. She retains her final smash as well as two of her original special moves. Burst Grenade has replaced Chain. Transform has been replaced with Bouncing Fish, because Zelda has become her own character. These are Sheik's special moves:

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	Needle Storm	Penetrating Needle	Paralyzing Needle
Side Special	Burst Grenade	Gravity Grenade	Skimming Grenade
Up Special	Vanish	Gale	Abyss
Down Special	Bouncing Fish	Jellyfish	Pisces
Final Smash	Light Arrow

Trophies

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy descriptions

Sheik

In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Sheik claimed to be a surviving Sheikah. However, this was just a cunning disguise for Princess Zelda so that she could escape Ganondorf. In Smash Bros., she's the complete opposite of Zelda, striking with fast attacks that can keep an opponent off balance.

Sheik (Alt.)

Sheik's Burst Grenade side special throws a small grenade that draws in nearby fighters before exploding. Once the button has been released, it'll hop or explode after a time. The down special Bouncing Fish is an attack where Sheik strikes with both heels, falling similarly to the way a fish might flop around.

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  Classic

• SheikAllStarTrophy3DS.png

  Alt.

Update history

1.0.4

• Forward aerial damage reduced from 6.8% to 5.5% (sweetspot) and 6% to 4.8% (sourspot).
• Up aerial hits one less time and does 7% damage instead of 8%.
• Bouncing Fish knockback decreased.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Sheik's introduction picture.

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  A pose

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  In the air

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  Throwing an attack at Samus

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  Burst Grenade.

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  Neutral aerial

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  A face closeup

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  With Navi

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  A pose

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  Back-to-back with Zelda in the 3DS version.

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  Posing

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  Attacking Little Mac

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  Charging up Needle Storm

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  Burst Grenade

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  Back-to-back with Zelda in the Wii U version.

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  On the 3DS Version.

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