Jump

Captain Falcon jumping in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sora jumping in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

A jump is an action that moves a character from the ground into the air. All characters can also jump a second time in midair, providing they are not attacking, air dodging, helpless, in hitstun, or have used it already. It is performed by pressing up on the Control Stick/D-Pad, or by pressing a certain button, which is by default:

• the C buttons on the Nintendo 64 or Wii Remote with Nunchuk
• the X or Y buttons with the GameCube, Classic Controller, 3DS, Wii U Pro Controller/GamePad, Switch Pro Controller, and dual Joy-Cons
• the top and left buttons on single Joy-Con (left)
• the Y and B buttons on single Joy-Con (right)

A few characters can jump more than once in the air:

• Kirby, Meta Knight, and Jigglypuff can do a midair jump five times.
• King Dedede can do a midair jump four times.
• Pit and Dark Pit can do a midair jump three times.
• Charizard, Ridley, and Banjo & Kazooie can do a mid air jump twice.
• Sephiroth can do a midair jump twice when Winged Form is active.
• In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, equipping a spirit with the "Additional Midair Jump" effect allows any character to do a midair jump an additional time.

There is a short delay between the jump button being pressed and the on-screen character actually jumping, during which the onscreen character will enter a crouching portion of their jumping animation. If the control stick or jump button is released during this time, then the character short hops. If the control stick is tilted backwards during this time, the character will jump backwards with a different animation than a regular jump. If the standard attack button is pressed during this time, then the character uses their up smash (but only if the jump was executed with the Control Stick). Because characters can jump while shielding (excluding Yoshi in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, due to his unique shield), this allows usage of up smashes (and up special moves as well) without having to drop the shield. This also makes it difficult for a player using the Wii Remote-only control scheme to perform up tilts. Inputting an aerial on the first frame that a character is airborne will cause the jump to be slightly lower, because gravity applies to the first frame of an aerial but not to the first frame of a jump.

Brawl added a jumping mechanic known as footstools. This allows characters to jump off the heads of other characters. This can be done even when all midair jumps have already been used.

In Ultimate, a character will emit a subtle wispy trail if they have no extra jumps available.

Types of jumps

All characters can perform several different types of jumps. The most basic type is a standing jump, which is a jump without any other inputs. There are also more complicated jumps that involve other inputs. One of these is the walk jump, which involves jumping while walking or dashing. Another one is the backward jump, which involves the player turning around, but jumping before the fighter can. All jumps have 2 performable variants. The first and most common type is the full hop, which involves the player holding the jump command so the fighter can jump to maximum height. The second type is the short hop, which involves the player quickly tapping the jump command so the fighter will only perform a slight jump. There are also 2 different methods of performing these jumps. The first way is by pressing the jump button. The second way is to press up on the control stick/D-pad. This totals to 12 different ways to jump, with all possible combinations of each having different heights.

Softhop

Softhopping is a technique introduced in Brawl in which a character can perform their grounded full hop within a few frames of running off any platform's edges. With this, the initial jump squat frames of a jump can be bypassed by inputting a jump within 4 frames of running off of an edge.

In Brawl and Smash 4, aside from removing the additional lag from a jump squat, softhops have no special properties when compared to full hops, however they allow the player to initiate the jump from slightly beyond the platform. The potential benefits of performing the technique depends on the fighter, as prior to Ultimate the duration of jump squats vary depending on the fighter.

In Ultimate, softhopping has an additional effect on full hops. Ultimate introduced a mechanic in which the first few frames of a fighter's full hop are sped up, causing them to reach their maximum jump height sooner. Performing a softhop disables this mechanic, causing full hops to behave the same way as midair jumps and full hops prior to Ultimate. This results in fighters taking longer to reach their maximum jump height, but allows them to cover more horizontal distance before beginning to fall, and potentially allows aerials to hit which the user would have otherwise been to high up to connect with by the time the first hitbox comes out, similarly to instant double jumping. Forcing the user to perform a full hop when performing the technique also removes the risk of accidentally performing a short hop, guaranteeing the full damage output of aerials rather than the reduced 0.85× damage from short hops.

Jump squat

A jump squat refers to the length of time between the input of the jump and the moment the character leaves the ground. Each character has a different window of time where they crouch before they jump. Characters with faster jump squats will leave the ground earlier, and can transition between their air and ground games easier; however, depending on the control scheme, the player may find it more technically demanding to perform short hops or up smashes. In Melee, characters with faster jump squats can also perform faster wavedashes, but the window of timing is also reduced, requiring more precise inputs from the player.

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros.

Rank	Character	Frames
1-7	Fox	3
	Kirby
	Luigi
	Mario
	Ness
	Pikachu
	Samus
8	Captain Falcon	4
9	Yoshi	5
10-11	Donkey Kong	6
	Jigglypuff
12	Link	7
N/A	Giant Donkey Kong	8
	Metal Mario

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Rank	Character	Frames
1-7	Fox	3
	Ice Climbers
	Kirby
	Pichu
	Pikachu
	Samus
	Sheik
8-15	Captain Falcon	4
	Dr. Mario
	Luigi
	Mario
	Marth
	Mr. Game & Watch
	Ness
	Young Link
16-22	Donkey Kong	5
	Falco
	Jigglypuff
	Mewtwo
	Peach
	Roy
	Yoshi
23-25	Ganondorf	6
	Link
	Zelda
N/A	Giga Bowser	6
	Fighting Wire Frames	7
26	Bowser	8

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The below values apply only to regular brawls; in The Subspace Emissary, all characters jump two frames faster.

Rank	Character	Frames
1-10	Diddy Kong	4
	Fox
	Ice Climbers
	Kirby
	Meta Knight
	Pikachu
	Samus
	Sheik
	Squirtle
	Zero Suit Samus
11-26	Captain Falcon	5
	Ivysaur
	Lucario
	Lucas
	Luigi
	Mario
	Marth
	Mr. Game & Watch
	Ness
	Olimar
	Peach
	Pit
	R.O.B.
	Sonic
	Toon Link
	Wolf
N/A	Fighting Alloys	5
27-35	Charizard	6
	Donkey Kong
	Falco
	Ike
	Jigglypuff
	King Dedede
	Wario
	Yoshi
	Zelda
N/A	Wario-Man	6
36-37	Ganondorf	7
	Link
N/A	Giga Bowser	7
38	Bowser	8
39	Snake	9

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank	Character	Frames
1-13	Bayonetta	4
	Cloud
	Diddy Kong
	Duck Hunt
	Fox
	Greninja
	Kirby
	Mega Man
	Meta Knight
	Pikachu
	Samus
	Sheik
	Zero Suit Samus
14-41	Captain Falcon	5
	Dark Pit
	Dr. Mario
	Little Mac
	Lucario
	Lucas
	Lucina
	Luigi
	Mario
	Marth
	Mewtwo
	Mii Brawler
	Mr. Game & Watch
	Ness
	Olimar
	Pac-Man
	Palutena
	Peach
	Pit
	R.O.B.
	Rosalina & Luma
	Roy
	Ryu
	Shulk
	Sonic
	Toon Link
	Villager
	Wii Fit Trainer
N/A	Giga Mac	5
	Mega Lucario
42-51	Bowser Jr.	6
	Corrin
	Donkey Kong
	Falco
	Jigglypuff
	King Dedede
	Mii Gunner
	Wario
	Yoshi
	Zelda
N/A	Wario-Man	6
52-57	Charizard	7*
	Robin
	Ganondorf	7
	Ike
	Link
	Mii Swordfighter
N/A	Giga Bowser	7
58	Bowser	8

*These characters' jumpsquat values are defined as 6 in fighter_param.bin, though they actually end up being 7.

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Every character has a 3-frame jump squat, with the exception of Kazuya (who has a 7-frame jump squat, though the value is defined as 6 in fighter_param.prc).

Jump height ranking

Below are characters ranked by the height of their first jump.

Note that there are two methods to encode jump height, depending on the game.

• In Smash 64, Melee, and Brawl, the game encodes jump force, or the speed at which the character leaves the ground. The resulting jump height is dependent on the character's gravity.
• In Smash 4 and Ultimate, the game encodes jump height, and works backwards using gravity to figure out the correct force to use. This allows more natural behaviour to modifications of jump height from equipment or special moves such as Monado Arts.
  • However, for multiple aerial jumps, the game encodes jump force (except for Charizard and Sephiroth).
• In Ultimate, the game also encodes jump initial height, or the height that a character will reach in the first 4 frames of a full hop. After the first 4 frames, the normal method for Smash 4 will be used with the height being reduced by the intial height. This results in characters moving significantly faster during the begining of their jump and reaching their peak a few frames sooner. This has no affect on short hops or aerial jumps.

Super Smash Bros.

The jump physics of Smash 64 are significantly less understood than later games due to extra complexity in the data. It is currently believed that there are two values involved in a normal jump: a base jump force, and an additional jump force based on how much height is given to the Control Stick. Until this is more elaborated, only the typical maximum jump force is listed here.

The calculation of short hop jump force is currently unknown.

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JPN

Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height
1	Luigi	86	1718.214881
2	Captain Falcon	105	1569.248529
3	Samus	76	1482.2375
4	Jigglypuff		1406.25
5	Donkey Kong	92.6	1383.201667
6	Mario	82	1360.133333
7	Pikachu	90.6	1323.135
8	Link	92	1276.9
9	Fox	103	1275.125
10	Yoshi	83.5	1249.744907
11	Kirby	78	1228.8
12	Ness	82	1204.522685

NA

Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height
1	Luigi	86	1718.214881
2	Captain Falcon	104	1539.013235
3	Samus	76	1482.2375
4	Jigglypuff		1406.25
5	Donkey Kong	92.6	1383.201667
6	Mario	82	1360.133333
7	Pikachu	90.6	1323.135
8	Fox	103	1275.125
9	Kirby	78	1228.8
10	Ness	82	1204.522685
11	Yoshi	83.5	1203.644643
12	Link	92	1199.130882

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Jump

Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height
1	Falco	4.1	51.5
2	Luigi	2.4	46.546
3	Captain Falcon	3.1	38.52
4	Donkey Kong	2.7	37.8
N/A	Giga Bowser	4.2	37.4
5	Ness	2.5	35.98
N/A	Male Wire Frame	2.5	35.98
6	Ice Climbers	2.6	35.1
7	Marth	2.4	35.09
8	Yoshi	2.5	34.857
9	Samus	2.1	34.464
10	Sheik	2.8	34.08
11	Mewtwo	2.3	33.408
12	Young Link	2.62	32.52
13-14	Pichu	2.6	32.04
	Pikachu
15	Bowser	2.8	31.57
16	Peach	2.2	31.36
17	Fox	3.68	31.28
18	Zelda	2.1	31.262
N/A	Female Wire Frame			2.1	31.262
19	Roy	2.6	30.958
20	Link	2.5	29.67
21-23	Dr. Mario	2.3	29
	Mario
	Mr. Game & Watch
24	Ganondorf	2.6	27.3
25	Kirby	2.0	26
26	Jigglypuff	1.6	20.8

Shorthop

Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height	Difference
1	Samus	1.7	22.75	66.01%
2	Sheik	2.14	20.16	59.15%
N/A	Male Wire Frame	1.8	18.9	52.53%
3	Zelda	1.6	18.337	58.66%
N/A	Female Wire Frame	1.6	18.337	58.66%
4	Yoshi	1.8	18.33	52.59%
5	Peach	1.6	16.8	53.57%
6	Ganondorf	2.0	16.4	60.07%
7	Luigi	1.4	14.91	32.03%
8	Captain Falcon	1.9	14.85	38.55%
9	Kirby	1.5	14.82	57.00%
10-11	Pichu	1.7	14	43.70%
	Pikachu
12	Marth	1.5	13.995	39.88%
13	Donkey Kong	1.6	13.6	35.98%
14	Ness	1.5	13.26	36.85%
15	Mewtwo	1.4	12.654	37.88%
16	Falco	1.9	11.58	22.49%
17-19	Dr. Mario	1.4	11.025	38.02%
	Mario
	Mr. Game & Watch
20-21	Young Link	1.5	10.99	33.79%
	Link			37.04%
22	Bowser	1.6	10.66	33.77%
23	Fox	2.1	10.65	34.05%
24	Roy	1.5	10.626	34.32%
25	Ice Climbers	1.4	10.5	29.91%
26	Jigglypuff	1.05	9.146	43.97%
N/A	Giga Bowser	1.6	5.95	15.91%

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height
N/A	Giga Bowser	5.5	73.85696598
N/A	Wario Man	3.5	66.31680556
1	Falco	3.42	50.52007143
2	Zero Suit Samus	2.84	44.2109595
3	Luigi	2.35	41.31389423
4	Diddy Kong	2.8	41.22019565
5	Sheik	3.37	38.63389
6	R.O.B.	2.25	37.82543269
7	Lucario	2.2	37.6278125
8	Captain Falcon	2.82	37.31948794
9	Yoshi	2.34	36.10337322
10	Donkey Kong	2.45	35.83759414
11	Squirtle	2.8	35.35185671
12	Samus	2.05	35.21069828
13	Ice Climbers	2.35	34.69501461
14	Ness	2.25	34.48515332
15	Fox	3.55	34.25401786
16	Pikachu	2.48	34.11800144
17	Sonic	2.45	34.09444853
18	Marth	2.16	33.66852778
19	Olimar	2.04	33.6675
20	Toon Link	2.2	33.48017857
21	King Dedede	2.4	33.21906465
22	Bowser	2.65	32.87722406
23	Ivysaur	2.16	32.25446429
24	Wolf	2.95	32.01240385
25	Mario	2.22	31.755375
26	Zelda	2.09	31.56113619
27	Pit	2.17	30.31704167
28	Wario	2.3	30.27382666
29	Peach	1.98	30.03372278
30	Lucas	2.35	29.51680556
31	Ike	2.26	29.39181256
32	Meta Knight	2.4	28.93747301
33	Charizard	2.22	27.89121324
34	Link	2.26	27.57550702
35	Mr. Game & Watch	2.07	27.52134994
36	Ganondorf	2.34	25.50106535
37	Kirby	1.79	25.37573975
38	Snake	1.9	21.6225
39	Jigglypuff	1.44	19.79264911

Notes

• The Fighting Alloys all share Mario's jump force value of 2.22, just as they share his gravity and jump height.

Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank	Character	Full Hop	Short Hop	Air Jump	Combined Jump Height
1	Falco	50.506073	17.34	50.506073	101.012146
2	Greninja	46	22.114738	46	92
3	Zero Suit Samus	44.5	21.354742	44.199909	88.699909
4	Luigi	44	19.984556	41.305771	85.305771
5	Diddy Kong	41.208694	19.897078	41.208694	82.417388
6	Rosalina & Luma	40	19.370632	40	80
7-8	Bayonetta	39	21.354742	42	81
	Sheik		18.752533	40	79
9	R.O.B.	38	18.378603	38	76
10	Lucario	37.619999	18.193617	37.619999	75.239998
11	Captain Falcon	37.306652	17.980684	37.306652	74.613304
12	Samus	37	18	37	74
13	Mario	36.331814	17.539339	36.331814	72.663628
14	Yoshi	36.094189	17.434723	51.560001	87.65419
15	Palutena	35.900002	17.303881	35.900002	71.800004
16	Wii Fit Trainer	35.599998	17.179214	35.599998	71.199996
17	Pikachu	35.5	17.123371	35.5	71
18-20	Fox	35	16.403395	37	72
	Mii Brawler		17	35.5	70.5
	Sonic		16.887465	35	70
21	Shulk	34.799999	16.887465	34.799999	69.599998
22	Ness	34.476265	16.652296	34.476265	68.95253
23	Bowser Jr.	34.400002	16.592869	34.400002	68.800004
24	Pac-Man	34.099998	16.477137	34.099998	68.199996
25-26	Donkey Kong	34	17.297209	35.5	69.5
	Duck Hunt		16.477137	33.799999	67.799999
27	Toon Link	33.799999	16.320242	33.799999	67.599998
28-29	Lucina	33.660133	16.263107	33.660133	67.320266
	Marth
30	Olimar	33.5	16.191645	33.5	67
31	Robin	33.208813	16.018034	33.208813	66.417626
32-33	Bowser	33	15.699792	32.611839	65.611839
	Corrin		16	31	64
34	King Dedede	32.849998	16.019524	21.76799763	105.6356959
35	Mega Man	32.799999	11.492068	32.799999	65.599998
36-37	Cloud	32.5	17	32	64.5
	Villager		15.689452
38-40	Meta Knight	32	13.915902	20.91375	117.3169318
	Charizard		15.42625	28	78
	Mii Gunner		17.539339	33.500343	65.500343
41	Zelda	31.552761	15.239396	31.552761	63.105522
42	Mewtwo	31.110001	17.5	58.542999	89.653
43-44	Dark Pit	31	14.955608	23.70148302	88.82420216
	Pit
45	Roy	30.969999	13	28	58.969999
46	Wario	30.5	14.699989	30.5	61
47	Peach	30.025824	14.501237	30.025824	60.051648
48	Ike	29.9	16	31	60.9
49	Lucas	29.41	13	34.48	63.89
50	Dr. Mario	29.356105712	14.171785912	29.356105712	58.712211424
51	Mii Swordfighter	28.299999	15	28.299999	56.599998
52	Link	27.799999	13.380496	29	56.799999
53	Mr. Game & Watch	27.511969	13.261467	27.511969	55.023938
54	Little Mac	26	12.526741	26	52
55	Ryu	26	15	29.5	55.5
56	Ganondorf	25.488228	12.244264	26	51.488228
57	Kirby	25.368114	12.241816	21.04669712	104.9938427
58	Jigglypuff	19.786329	11.260982	24.865587	118.0996838

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The mechanic of "jump initial height" was introduced in Ultimate. This value is the height that a character will reach within the first 4 frames of their full hop (doesn't affect short hops or air jumps). It results in characters being able gain more height in less time compared to Smash 4, often having 1.5-3× the starting speed and reaching the same heights a few frames faster. For most characters the initial height is 0.55× their full hop height, the exceptions being the Ice Climbers at 0.35×, Simon and Richter at 0.4×, and Pyra and Mythra at 0.56×.

Rank	Character	Full Hop	Initial Height	Short Hop	Air Jump	Combined Jump Height
1	Falco	50.51	27.7805	17.34	50.51	101.02
2	Greninja	46	25.3	22.11	46	92
3	Zero Suit Samus	44.5	24.475	21.35	44.2	88.7
4	Luigi	44	24.2	19.98	41.31	85.31
5	Diddy Kong	41.21	22.6655	19.9	41.21	82.42
6	Rosalina & Luma	40	22	19.37	40	80
7-8	Bayonetta	39	21.45	21.35	42	81
	Sheik			18.75	40	79
9	R.O.B.	38	20.9	18.38	38	76
10	Lucario	37.62	20.691	18.19	37.62	75.24
11	Piranha Plant	37.4	20.57	17.5	38.52	75.92
12	Captain Falcon	37.31	20.5205	17.98	37.31	74.62
13-14	Samus	37	20.35	18	37	74
	Dark Samus
15	Pichu	36.75	20.2125	17.43	36.02	72.77
16	Mario	36.33	19.9815	17.54	36.33	72.66
17	Yoshi	36.09	19.8495	14.43	51.56	87.65
18	Palutena	35.9	19.745	17.3	35.9	71.8
19	Wii Fit Trainer	35.6	19.58	17.18	35.6	71.2
20	Pikachu	35.5	19.525	17.12	35.5	71
21	Squirtle	35.35	19.4425	17.03	35.35	70.7
22-24	Fox	35	19.25	16.4	37	72
	Mii Brawler			17	35.5	70.5
	Sonic			16.89	35	70
25	Ice Climbers	34.69	12.1415	16.75	34.69	69.38
26	Ness	34.48	18.964	16.65	45.65	80.13
27	Bowser Jr.	34.4	18.92	16.59	34.4	68.8
28	Pac-Man	34.1	18.755	16.48	34.1	68.2
29-31	Ridley	34	18.7	14.2	25.80013889	78.91694444
	Donkey Kong			17.3	35.5	69.5
	Duck Hunt			16.48	33.8	67.8
32	Toon Link	33.8	18.59	16.32	33.8	67.6
33-35	Marth	33.66	18.513	16.26	33.66	67.32
	Lucina
	Young Link
36-37	Shulk	33.5	18.425	16.8	33.5	67
	Olimar			16.19
38	Robin	33.21	18.2655	16.02	33.21	66.42
39-42	Inkling	33	18.15	17.54	36.33	69.33
	Bowser			15.7	32.61	65.61
	King K. Rool			13.5
	Corrin			16	31	64
43	King Dedede	32.85	18.0675	16.02	28.50284665	107.2471598
44	Mega Man	32.8	18.04	11.49	32.8	65.6
45-48	Joker	32.5	17.875	14.2	34	66.5
	Cloud			17	32.5	65
	Villager			15.69
	Isabelle
49	Ivysaur	32.25	17.7375	15.58	32.25	64.5
50	Wolf	32.02	17.611	15.38	30.71	62.73
51-52	Meta Knight	32	17.6	13.92	20.91375	117.3169318
	Charizard			15.43	28	78
53	Incineroar	31.6	17.38	14.4	32.8	64.4
54	Zelda	31.55	17.3525	15.24	31.55	63.1
55	Mewtwo	31.11	17.1105	17.5	57.35	88.46
56-57	Pit	31	17.05	14.96	23.70148302	88.82420216
	Dark Pit
58-59	Roy	30.97	17.0335	13	28	58.97
	Chrom
60	Mii Gunner	30.9	16.995	14.6	32.3	63.2
61	Dr. Mario	30.8805	16.9843	13.414592	27.785184	58.665684
62	Mythra	30.8	17.248	15.6	33	63.8
63	Min Min	30.7	16.885	16	29	59.7
64-65	Sephiroth	30.5	16.775	10	34	64.5
	Wario			14.7	30.5	61
66-67	Peach	30.03	16.5165	14.5	30.03	60.06
	Daisy
68-70	Sora	30	16.5	17.2	40	70
	Simon		12	18	29	59
	Richter
71	Ike	29.9	16.445	16	31	60.9
72	Banjo & Kazooie	29.8	16.39	17.8	20.52556818	69.70840909
73	Lucas	29.41	16.1755	13	44.13	73.54
74	Hero	29	15.95	15.5	31	60
75	Mii Swordfighter	28.3	15.565	12.3	28.3	56.6
76	Link	27.8	15.29	13.38	29	56.8
77	Mr. Game & Watch	27.51	15.1305	13.26	27.51	55.02
78	Terry	27	14.85	15.2	29	56
79	Byleth	26.5	14.575	14	28.5	55
80	Pyra	26.3	14.728	15.2	29	55.3
81-83	Ryu	26	14.3	15	29.5	55.5
	Ken
	Little Mac			12.53	26	52
84	Ganondorf	25.49	14.0195	12.24	26	51.49
85	Kirby	25.37	13.9535	12.24	21.06378125	105.0616094
86	Snake	21.62	11.891	13.69	34.07	55.69
87	Jigglypuff	19.79	10.8845	11.26	24.865587	118.232559
88	Kazuya	18	9.9	12	49	67
89	Steve	16.5	9.075	10	22.5	39

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U digital manual description

"Jump by tapping up or by pressing or . You can then jump while in midair by tapping up or tapping or again."

Gallery

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  Mario jumping in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

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  Mario jumping backwards in Melee.

References

• Mew2King's page of statistics (archived)
• Aerials reduce jump height
• vl param (Ultimate)

See also

• Short hop
• Jump-canceling
• Double jump
• Triple jump