Air speed is the rate a character can move left or right in mid-air. Air speed, along with falling speed, are factors in how far a character can recover.
SSB Air speed ranking
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Melee Air speed ranking
Brawl Air speed ranking
1 Yoshi 2 Jigglypuff 3 Wario 4 Wolf O' Donnell, Captain Falcon 6 Sonic The Hedgehog, Donkey Kong 8 Lucas, Bowser 10 Squirtle 11 Mr. Game & Watch, Marth 13 Zero Suit Samus 14 Charizard 15 Zelda 16 Samus 17 Lucario 18 Ness, Mario 20 Solid Snake 21 Toon Link, Ike 23 Pikachu, Peach 25 R.O.B, Pit, Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi 29 Ganondorf 30 Kirby 31 Sheik 32 Olimar 33 Diddy Kong 34 Link 35 Meta Knight 36 Ivysaur, Ice Climbers 38 Luigi 39 King Dedede
- Note that several characters with lower air speeds have ways of increasing their speeds (e.g. Meta Knight can glide, Luigi can use Green Missile etc)