Weight
Weight is a measure of how far a character can be knocked back horizontally by an attack, if damage is held constant. It affects the vertical knockback also, in concert with falling speed.
It is considered an advantage for a character to be heavy; however, extra weight can make characters slightly more susceptible to combos. A notable example in Melee is that characters with lower than 87 weight fall down when hit by Fox's shine, and thus are invulnerable to his shine combos.
Melee Weight ranking
Following are the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ranked in order of heaviest to lightest. Metal weights assume that you multiply by 3 in order to achive them. Super mushroom weights are 1.6 times the original weight of the character and poison mushroom weights are 5/8 of the original weight.
Rank | Character | Weight (Poison) (NTSC) | Weight (Standard) (NTSC) | Weight (Super) NTSC) | Weight (Poison, Metal) (NTSC) | Weight (Metal) (NTSC) | Weight (Super, Metal)(NTSC) | Weight (Poison) (PAL) | Weight (Standard) (PAL) | Weight (Super) (PAL) | Weight (Poison, Metal) (PAL) | Weight (Metal) (PAL) | Weight (Super, Metal) (PAL) |
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Bowser | |||||||||||||
Donkey Kong | |||||||||||||
4 (PAL) |
Samus | ||||||||||||
5 (PAL) |
Ganondorf | ||||||||||||
3 (PAL) |
Yoshi | ||||||||||||
C. Falcon | |||||||||||||
Link | |||||||||||||
8-9 (PAL) |
Dr. Mario | ||||||||||||
8-9 (PAL) |
Luigi | ||||||||||||
10 (PAL) |
Mario | ||||||||||||
Ness | |||||||||||||
Peach | |||||||||||||
Sheik | |||||||||||||
Zelda | |||||||||||||
Ice Climbers | |||||||||||||
16-19 (PAL) |
Marth | ||||||||||||
16-19 (PAL) |
Mewtwo | ||||||||||||
16-19 (PAL) |
Roy | ||||||||||||
16-19 (PAL) |
Young Link | ||||||||||||
Falco | |||||||||||||
Pikachu | |||||||||||||
23 (PAL) |
Fox | ||||||||||||
22 (PAL) |
Kirby | ||||||||||||
Jigglypuff | |||||||||||||
Mr. Game & Watch | |||||||||||||
Pichu |
Brawl Weight Ranking
Here is the order of characters' weights in Brawl (Note: All weights are weight compared to Mario, thus Dedede is 1.071 times Mario's weight). 1. Bowser 1.111 2. Donkey Kong 1.091 3. Snake 1.076 4. Dedede 1.071 5. Charizard 1.061 6. Ganondorf 1.056 7. Samus 1.051 8. Yoshi 1.045 8. Wario 1.045 10. R.O.B. 1.040 11. Ike 1.035 12. Captain Falcon 1.030 12. Link 1.030 14. Wolf 1.020 15. Lucario 1.010 15. Ivysaur 1.010 16. Mario 1 17. Luigi 0.995 18. Sonic 0.985 19. Ness 0.980 19. Pit 0.980 19. Lucas 0.980 22. Diddy Kong 0.975 23. Toon Link 0.970 23. Ice Climber 0.970 25. Peach 0.960 26. Marth 0.944 27. Sheik 0.935 27. Zelda 0.935 29. Falco 0.919 29. Olimar 0.919 31. Zero Suit Samus 0.914 32. Fox 0.910 33. Pikachu 0.904 34. Meta Knight 0.904 35. Kirby 0.899 36. Squirtle 0.884 36. Mr. Game and Watch 0.884 39. Jigglypuff 0.849