Air speed

Air speed, or lateral air movement, is the rate at which a character can move left or right while in mid-air. Air speed and falling speed are factors in how far a character can recover.

SSB air speed ranking

Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Yoshi	40
2	Pikachu	37
3	Fox	36
4	Jigglypuff	35
5-6	Link	31
5-6	Captain Falcon	31
7-8	Mario	30
7-8	Donkey Kong	30
9-11	Samus	28
9-11	Kirby	28
9-11	Ness	28
12	Luigi	26

Melee air speed ranking

Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Jigglypuff	1.35
2-3	Yoshi	1.2
2-3	Mewtwo	1.2
4	Captain Falcon	1.12
5	Peach	1.1
6-9	Donkey Kong	1
6-9	Link	1
6-9	Young Link	1
6-9	Mr. Game & Watch	1
10	Zelda	0.95
11	Ness	0.93
12-14	Dr. Mario	0.9
12-14	Marth	0.9
12-14	Roy	0.9
15	Samus	0.89
16	Mario	0.86
17-18	Pikachu	0.85
17-18	Pichu	0.85
19-20	Fox	0.83
19-20	Falco	0.83
21-22	Bowser	0.8
21-22	Sheik	0.8
23-24	Ganondorf	0.78
23-24	Kirby	0.78
25	Ice Climbers	0.7
26	Luigi	0.68

SSBB air speed Ranking

Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Yoshi	1.316
2	Jigglypuff	1.269
3-4	Wario	1.222
3-4	Wolf	1.222
5	Captain Falcon	1.18
6	Sonic	1.1092
7-9	Donkey Kong	1.081
7-9	Squirtle	1.081
7-9	Mr. Game and Watch	1.081
10	Lucas	1.05
11-13	Bowser	1.034
11-13	Zero Suit Samus	1.034
11-13	Marth	1.034
14-17	Zelda	0.987
14-17	Samus	0.987
14-17	Charizard	0.987
14-17	Lucario	0.987
18	Ness	0.9588
19-21	Mario	0.94
19-21	Toon Link	0.94
19-21	Snake	0.94
22	Ike	0.9212
23	Pikachu	0.9118
24-26	Peach	0.893
24-26	Falco	0.893
24-26	Pit	0.893
27-28	Fox	0.89
27-28	R.O.B.	0.89
29	Kirby	0.85
30-31	Ganondorf	0.846
30-31	Sheik	0.846
32	Diddy Kong	0.8272
33	Olimar	0.82
34	Link	0.8084
35	Ice Climbers	0.7708
36-37	Meta Knight	0.752
36-37	Ivysaur	0.752
38	Luigi	0.7332
39	King Dedede	0.658

See also

• Falling speed
• Weight