Wolf (SSBU)

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Wolf in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Star Fox
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Team Star Wolf

“	The leader of the Star Wolf mercenary team makes his grand return after 10 years! He puts his sharp claws to good use in wild attacks, and his Final Smash is an all-out attack by Team Star Wolf! If Fox or Falco is in the battle, you may hear a unique line of dialog.	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Wolf (ウルフ, Wolf) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed playable on June 12th, 2018. Wolf is classified as fighter #44.

Mike West and Kōsuke Takaguchi, Wolf's English and Japanese voice actors from Star Fox 64 3D, Star Fox Zero, and, for the former, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, reprises their roles with new voice clips, replacing Jay Ward and Mahito Ōba from Brawl.

How to unlock

Complete one of the following:

• Play VS. matches, with Wolf being the 51st character to be unlocked.
• Clear Classic Mode with Fox or any character in his unlock tree, being the eighth character unlocked after Bowser Jr..
• Have Wolf join the player's party in World of Light.

With the exception of the third method, Wolf must then be defeated on Lylat Cruise.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Aesthetics

• Wolf's bust is based on his appearance in Star Fox Zero. He now sports a traditional eye patch, and his eye is red instead of purple. His fur is also more detailed and fluffier.
• Wolf's design is mostly original to Ultimate. His jacket is now purple with heliotrope accents and has a more traditional appearance: it has a collar, buttons, a zipper, and a belt; it also appears to have more depth, and his necklace and choker have been replaced with a hopbush bandana (also wears one on his left leg). His gloves match his jacket and are wrapped around in bands. Wolf's boots are less metallic and instead have metallic detailing protruding from his heels and toe boxes; he also now wears shin guards that possess similar metallic details, and his knee pads are asymmetrical. The spikes on his shoulder pads and knee pad are significantly more protruding and they are old gold. Lastly, Wolf no longer carries his Reflector on his person.
• Like many other characters, Wolf is now more expressive.
• The majority of Wolf's animations are more fluid and polished, and none are visibly borrowed from other characters unlike Brawl. Many of his attacks also sport purple claw trails.
• Dash and crouch's animations have also changed. Wolf no longer limps when he dashes, and he now kneels akin to the other spacies instead of laying on all four limbs when crouching. However, he transitions to his couching animation from Brawl when holding a small item.
• Wolf now has a new side taunt, a beckoning gesture with one finger while asking, "Are you scared?" This replaces his taunt from Brawl, in which he kicked the air three times and said "What's the matter, scared?".
• Wolf now says "You're good, but I'm better." during his claw-swiping victory pose, one of his famous lines from Star Fox 64. This will replace the line from Brawl, "I will be the one to... Take you down!".
• Wolf's victory poses where he reaches for the sky is now a bit different. He now turns around and extends his right arm, keeping his left arm closer to his face as the camera zooms in. In addition, he says "Weaklings! The lot of you!" instead of "Weaklings! The bunch of you!".

Attributes

• Wolf's upright posture adjusts his hurtbox, resulting in its shape being less awkward. However, he will revert to his posture and idle poses from Brawl while holding a small item.
• Wolf's new upright posture has translated into his moveset, be it through a tweaked animation or a completely new move.
• Like all characters, Wolf's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete (down from 5).
• Wolf walks slower (1.3 → 1.208).
• Wolf dashes faster (1.4 → 1.54).
• Wolf's air speed is faster (1.222 → 1.281).
• The removal of meteor canceling benefits Wolf, as he is now equally as vulnerable to meteor smashes as the rest of the cast instead of having a significantly longer meteor cancel delay. It also makes his meteor smashes much more effective.
• The removal of chain grabbing significantly improves Wolf's endurance against certain characters.
• Wolf's fast fall speed is much more in line with the rest of the roster (1.9 → 2.88), being far more useful than before.
• Wolf is significantly lighter (102 → 92), and is no longer classified as a heavy weight. This significantly hinders his endurance but makes him less susceptible to combos.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack:
  • Neutral attack has a much cleaner look overall. The ending hit is now a third claw swipe, instead of a dashing bite.
    • The second and third hits of neutral attack have less startup lag (frame 5 → 4).
    • Neutral attack deals slightly less damage (9% → 8%).
    • All hits have a shorter duration (2 frames → 1). Due to this, the third hit can now whiff at high percents.
• Forward tilt:
  • Forward tilt retains two hitboxes and high freeze frames. It also has an updated animation where he forcefully brings his claws together.
    • Forward tilt has more ending lag (frame 33 → 35).
• Up tilt:
  • Up tilt has a new ending animation where Wolf flicks his nose with his thumb while smirking.
• Dash attack:
  • Dash attack is now a short ranged kick instead of a backflip. It has more horizontal range but less vertical.
    • Dash attack deals more damage (9% → 11%).
    • Dash attack no longer halts Wolf's forward momentum, and boosts him forward a good distance.
    • Dash attack is now a great burst option that can KO at reasonable percents.
    • Dash attack has a longer duration (2 frames → 8).
• Forward smash:
  • Forward smash is now a forceful, standing palm strike that deals one hit. The new animation gives it significantly more startup lag (frame 10 → 20), and Wolf does not lunge forward, decreasing its reach.
    • Forward smash deals more knockback and has less ending lag (frame 46 → 42).
• Up smash:
  • Up smash has an altered animation, now performing a breakdance-style rotation before the kick. The hits are also now clearly highlighted by trails.
    • The second hit of up smash has a longer duration (3 frames → 4).
    • Up smash has more ending lag (frame 44 → 48).
    • The removal of DACUS significantly hinders up smash's approach potential.
• Down smash:
  • Down smash has an altered animation. Wolf now swipes both sides with one hand.
    • Down smash deals more damage (14% → 16% (hit 1), 13% → 14% (hit 2)).
    • Down smash is significantly more laggy, having more startup (frame 8 → 14 (hit 1), frame 14 → 21 (hit 2)) and ending lag (frame 35 → 44).

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial:
  • Neutral aerial is now a sex kick similar to Fox's.
    • Neutral aerial now has more range.
    • Neutral aerial has slightly less landing lag (10 frames → 9 frames).
    • Neutral aerial deals more damage overall (8% → 12% (clean), 1%/3% → 8% (late hit)).
    • The sweet spot of Neutral aerial makes it a strong finisher at high percent, while the sour spot allows it to be followed up with another aerial or dash attack.
    • Neutral aerial has more startup lag and a shorter duration (frames 4-34 → 7-26).
• Forward aerial:
  • Forward aerial has an altered animation.
    • Forward aerial has less ending (frame 52 → 41) and landing lag (30 frames → 10). When combined with the changes to hitstun canceling, this allows it to combo into a multitude of moves beyond low percents, including another forward air, other aerials, Wolf Flash and into grab.
    • Forward aerial deals less damage (11% → 9%).
• Back aerial:
  • Back aerial has an altered animation, closely resembling Ridley's back aerial.
    • Back aerial's sweetspot deals more damage (13% → 15%).
    • Back aerial has much more startup (frame 6 → 13), ending (frame 30 → 45) and landing lag (9 frames → 16). It also has a shorter duration (4 frames → 3).
• Up aerial:
  • Up aerial is much stronger and the changes to hitstun canceling improve its combo potential beyond low percents.
    • Up aerial has slightly increased landing lag (9 frames → 10).
• Down aerial:
  • Down aerial has less ending lag (frame 60 → 54). The removal of meteor canceling also improves its reliability and allows for follow ups when used on grounded opponents beyond lower percents.

Throws/other attacks

• Grabs:
  • • Dash grab has less startup lag (frame 11 → 8).
    • All grabs have more ending lag (frame 30 → 37 (standing), frame 40 → 45 (dash), frame 35 → 40 (pivot).
• Forward throw:
  • Forward throw has a new animation: Wolf now slashes downward. It now also has a slash effect.
  • Forward throw deals more damage (7% → 9%.)
• Back throw:
  • Back throw has a new animation: Wolf now slashes upward.
  • Back throw has increased damage (7% → 11%) and knockback, making it a viable kill option at high percents.
• Up throw:
  • Up throw has a new animation. Wolf now jumps and slashes the opponent with one claw, instead of two like in Brawl. The animation is also cleaner overall.
  • Up throw can now be followed up with different aerials due to the changes to hitstun canceling.
• Down throw:
  • Wolf has a new down throw. Wolf now grabs the opponent by the head, jumps while spinning around once, and slams them into the ground.
  • Wolf can now follow up after down throw with different aerials.
  • Down throw deals less damage overall (12% → 8.5%).
    • Wolf can no longer chain grab with his down throw. Additionally, its new angle hinders its tech chasing and edgeguarding potential.
• Wolf has a new edge attack, an inward slash.

Special Moves

• Blaster:
  • Wolf has an altered animation for firing lasers from his blaster, which is significantly faster to fire than the old version.
    • Both the melee hitbox (4% → 7%) and the lasers from the blaster deal more damage (5%/6% → 6%/7%/8%).
    • The lasers now have an increased duration (frames 16-48 → 16-50).
    • The melee hitbox has more startup lag (frame 10 → 15). Blaster also has more ending lag (frame 45 → 50).
    • The lasers fired from Wolf's Blaster are now colored purple instead of green. The blaster itself has a new design and updated sound effects.
• Wolf Flash:
  • Wolf Flash has been given updated visual effects: its trail now features three long, red slash-marks. Another shorter, identical trail also appears in front of Wolf, which indicates the sweetspot.
  • Wolf Flash can now be angled by inputting up or down on the control stick, increasing recovery options. [3][4]
  • Wolf Flash's sweetspot is much stronger and benefits from the removal of meteor canceling. Wolf now also has various ways to combo into Wolf Flash due to the changes to hitstun canceling for a risky yet deadly kill confirm.
• Fire Wolf:
  • Fire Wolf has an altered animation, now being enveloped in purple aura. [5]
  • Fire Wolf goes a much longer distance vertically than it does when angled.
  • Fire Wolf goes a much shorter distance than before, making it a worse vertical recovery.
    • Fire Wolf has less startup lag (frame 23 → 18).
  • Fire Wolf's final hit deals far more knockback, and all of its hits connect properly.
• Reflector:
  • Reflector has an altered animation.
  • Reflector deals slightly more damage (3% → 4%).
    • Reflector has less startup lag and a longer duration (frames 8-9 → 7-9).
  • Reflector has more ending lag (frame 27 → 32).
  • Reflector now sends diagonally up and away instead of forward and down. This potentially allows it to be followed up with aerials, but weakens its gimping potential. [6]
• Final Smash:
  • Wolf has a new Final Smash, Team Star Wolf, replacing the Landmaster from Brawl. It functions similarly to Team Star Fox, Fox's and Falco's new Final Smash. Upon activating, Wolf yells, "Wolf Pack!" If the Wolfens successfully catch their target, Wolf yells, "Grahaha! The hunt is on, boys!" with it captioned on screen during the cinematic. The target is then fired at with the Wolfen's lasers, and then launched with an explosion at the end.
    • If Team Star Wolf is used against Fox, or Falco, Wolf will say, "I've got you now, Star Fox!"
    • Team Star Wolf is much easier to avoid compared to Landmaster and is overall less versatile.

Classic Mode: Reunited Roster

Wolf fights fighters who are veterans that didn't appear in Super Smash Bros. 4.

Round	Opponent	Stage	Notes
1	Ice Climbers	Summit
2	Young Link	Great Bay
3	Pichu	Pokémon Stadium
4	Squirtle	Pokémon Stadium 2	Squirtle's Pokémon Trainer is absent.
5	Ivysaur	Spear Pillar	Ivysaur's Pokémon Trainer is absent.
6	Snake	Shadow Moses Island
Bonus Stage
Final	Galleom	?

Role in World of Light

Although Wolf does not appear in the World of Light opening cutscene, he was vaporized and later imprisoned alongside the rest of the fighters (sans Kirby) when Galeem unleashed his beams of light.

Wolf is unlocked in the Mysterious Dimension of the World of Dark. The player must defeat the Andross spirit (which is the answer to a given question) to reveal a path leading to a wrecked airplane. His unlock battle is on the plane's tail (just to the left of the Krystal spirit).

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Wolf's amiibo.

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  Wolf's fighter card.

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  Wolf taunting on Corneria.

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  Posing with his Blaster in Skyloft.

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  Taunting on Skyworld.

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  Wolf attacking Duck Hunt with his neutral attack on Spear Pillar.

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  Wolf crouching near the Nintendog on The Great Cave Offensive.

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  Grabbing Fox on Skyworld.

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  Wolf, Lucario and Fox sleeping around Chrom with Super Leaf equipped on Living Room.

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  Firing his Blaster on Corneria.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• There are a few inconsistencies between Wolf's official render and his in-game model. The soles of his boots are blue in his official render while they are red in his in-game model, the straps behind his right shin guard is white instead of black, and his jacket and gloves are dark purple instead of light purple.
  • Oddly, in his showcase video, the inconsistencies only appear in the final part of the video, when he attacks Fox.
  • Additionally, the inconsistencies are used for his model in the first five screenshots of his character page on the Smash Bros. Ultimate official website.
  • They also appear in Mewtwo's character showcase video.
• The visual effects for all of Wolf's claw-based attacks displays three slashes despite Wolf using four fingers to strike.
• If Wolf wins a match with Fox present, there's a chance he will say, "Playtime's over, Star Fox!" in one of his victory animations, just like he did in Brawl. However, this line is not present in the Sound Test.