Weight

"Heavy" redirects here. For the Special Smash gravity condition, see Special gravity.

Mario's back throw speed differs depending on the weight of the character being thrown.

Weight is a measurement of how much a character can resist knockback. Weight is one of several factors used in calculating the amount of knockback a character experiences. Characters with a higher weight (heavy) tend to suffer less knockback, and characters with a lower weight (light) tend to suffer more knockback, all other factors controlled.

Overview

A graph demonstrating how the rate of knockback increase is affected by weight, labeled with Bowser's and Pichu's weights in SSBU

Weight is in practice understood as how difficult it is to send a character flying away. In this sense, it is usually considered an advantage for a character to be heavy, as less knockback makes it more difficult to KO a character. Additionally, many throws take longer to execute on heavier characters, giving the opponent more time to properly react to throws and DI effectively. Because throwing heavier characters causes the throwing animation to continue longer once the target is let go, the viability of throw combos may be affected; for example, Mr. Game & Watch's down throw-to-down smash combo isn't guaranteed on heavier characters who don't tech the throw; the Ice Climbers' infinite chain grabs in Brawl are more difficult to perform on heavyweights; and in Melee, Captain Falcon is not vulnerable to many of the up throw chain throws (such as from Marth) that the space animals are vulnerable to despite having equivalent falling speed.

Lighter characters have a few advantages. Weight-sensitive platforms such as those in Mushroom Kingdom and Rainbow Cruise fall slower while holding less weight, making them safer to use for lighter characters. Many combos are less effective on lighter characters because their higher received knockback makes it easier to escape — these combos include some of Fox's waveshine combos in Melee and King Dedede's chaingrab in Brawl, where characters below a certain weight usually receive enough knockback to escape. Finally, certain weight-based throws have hitboxes that appear for very short lengths of time, and if the target is very light, the animation may progress so quickly that the hitbox appears and vanishes in less than a frame without hitting — this causes the lightest characters to take less damage, notably with Bowser's down throw in NTSC Melee and Link's down throw in Brawl, both of which miss their pre-throw hit on Jigglypuff. As of Ultimate, weight dependant throws are no longer present. In addition, weight is now a factor in determining how much a character can be pushed by an opponent running into them, and how far they will push other opponents.

Heavier characters tend to have stronger attacks, longer range, worse recovery, bigger hurtboxes, and slower movement, while lighter characters tend to have weaker attacks, shorter range, better recovery, smaller hurtboxes, and faster movement. However, this is a very loose correlation that many characters defy in some way — Captain Falcon is heavy but dashes incredibly fast, Yoshi is heavy but rather weak for his weight, Wario is heavy but short and highly maneuverable, Zelda is light-medium with slow and strong attacks, Falco is light with a very high falling speed and lackluster vertical recovery, and Little Mac is light but is considered among the worst at recovering in SSB4.

In single player modes, sometimes unnaturally high weight is introduced to challenge the player, such as when fighting Metal Mario; this is often paired with additional knockback resistance, since even characters with infinite weight will still take knockback from any attack with a base knockback greater than 0.

On an additional note, some attacks are weight independent, and will always act as if the target fighter's weight is set to 100; the amount of knockback dealt would remain consistent, no matter how light or heavy the target is. This is especially notable for attacks that have the bury, paralyze, or stun effects. However, other factors, such as knockback taken multipliers, and knockback resistance, would still affect the amount of knockback dealt.

Super Smash Bros. weight values

These values use a different scale than the later games - heavier characters have lower numbers, representing a direct multiplier in the knockback formula. For comparison purposes, the equivalent value in the newer system is also listed.[1]

JPN
Rank	Character	Weight (coded)	Weight (comparison)
1	Donkey Kong	0.84	138.095
2	Samus	0.92	117.391
3	Yoshi	0.93	115.054
4-5	Captain Falcon	0.96	108.333
4-5	Link	0.96	108.333
6-8	Fox	1	100.000
6-8	Luigi	1	100.000
6-8	Mario	1	100.000
9	Ness	1.1	81.818
10	Pikachu	1.16	72.414
11	Kirby	1.19	68.067
12	Jigglypuff	1.3	53.846

NTSC
Rank	Character	Weight (coded)	Weight (comparison)
1	Donkey Kong	0.83	140.964
2	Samus	0.92	117.391
3	Yoshi	0.93	115.054
4-5	Captain Falcon	0.96	108.333
4-5	Link	0.96	108.333
6-8	Fox	1	100.000
6-8	Luigi	1	100.000
6-8	Mario	1	100.000
9	Ness	1.1	81.818
10	Pikachu	1.16	72.414
11	Kirby	1.19	68.067
12	Jigglypuff	1.3	53.846

PAL
Rank	Character	Weight (coded)	Weight (comparison)
1	Donkey Kong	0.83	140.964
2	Link	0.9	122.222
3	Samus	0.92	117.391
4	Yoshi	0.93	115.054
5	Captain Falcon	0.96	108.333
6-8	Fox	1	100.000
6-8	Luigi	1	100.000
6-8	Mario	1	100.000
9	Ness	1.1	81.818
10	Pikachu	1.16	72.414
11	Kirby	1.19	68.067
12	Jigglypuff	1.3	53.846

Super Smash Bros. Melee weight values

Following are the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ranked in order of heaviest to lightest. The Metal Box multiplies a character's base weight by 3, the Super Mushroom by 1.6, and the Poison Mushroom by 0.625.

NTSC
Rank	Character	Weight
n/a	Giga Bowser	140
1	Bowser	117
2	Donkey Kong	114
3	Samus	110
4	Ganondorf	109
5	Yoshi	108
6-7	Captain Falcon	104
6-7	Link	104
8-10	Dr. Mario	100
8-10	Luigi	100
8-10	Mario	100
11	Ness	94
12-14	Peach	90
12-14	Sheik	90
12-14	Zelda	90
15	Ice Climbers	88
16	Marth	87
17-19	Mewtwo	85
17-19	Roy	85
17-19	Young Link	85
20-21	Falco	80
20-21	Pikachu	80
22	Fox	75
23	Kirby	70
24-25	Jigglypuff	60
24-25	Mr. Game & Watch	60
26	Pichu	55

PAL
Rank	Character	Weight
n/a	Giga Bowser	140
1	Bowser	118
2	Donkey Kong	114
3	Yoshi	111
4	Samus	110
5	Ganondorf	109
6-7	Captain Falcon	104
6-7	Link	104
8-9	Dr. Mario	100
8-9	Luigi	100
10	Mario	98
11	Ness	94
12-14	Peach	90
12-14	Sheik	90
12-14	Zelda	90
15	Ice Climbers	88
16-19	Marth	85
16-19	Mewtwo	85
16-19	Roy	85
16-19	Young Link	85
20-21	Falco	80
20-21	Pikachu	80
22	Kirby	74
23	Fox	73
24-25	Jigglypuff	60
24-25	Mr. Game & Watch	60
26	Pichu	55

Super Smash Bros. Brawl weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Rank	Character	Weight
1	Bowser	120
2	Donkey Kong	116
3	Snake	113
4	King Dedede	112
5	Charizard	110
6	Ganondorf	109
7	Samus	108
8-9	Wario	107
8-9	Yoshi	107
10	R.O.B.	106
11	Ike	105
12-13	Captain Falcon	104
12-13	Link	104
14	Wolf	102
15-16	Ivysaur	100
15-16	Lucario	100
17	Mario	98
18	Luigi	97
19	Sonic	95
20-22	Lucas	94
20-22	Ness	94
20-22	Pit	94
23	Diddy Kong	93
24-25	Ice Climbers	92
24-25	Toon Link	92
26	Peach	90
27	Marth	87
28-29	Sheik	85
28-29	Zelda	85
30-31	Falco	82
30-31	Olimar	82
32	Zero Suit Samus	81
33	Fox	80
34-35	Meta Knight	79
34-35	Pikachu	79
36	Kirby	78
37-38	Mr. Game & Watch	75
37-38	Squirtle	75
39	Jigglypuff	68

Super Smash Bros. 4 weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. 4.

According to the game, weight is the base factor in determining how many powers can be equipped in Smash Run. There are other factors — namely a character's speed — so it is not a direct linear correlation, but as a general rule weight definitely carries a positive correlation: the higher the weight, the greater the number of powers, with the only exceptions being Miis and the DLC fighters having a power limit of 25.

Certain updates have made slight alterations to the weights of characters, affecting both survivability and resistance to combos. These changes have not had a major effect on most characters in the metagame, with the exceptions of Sheik and Bowser, who are considered to be worse and better after their weight alterations, respectively.

Rank	Character	Weight	Power Limit
+2	Giga Bowser	400
+1	Giga Mac	140
1	Bowser	130	29
2	Donkey Kong	122	27
3	King Dedede	119	28
4	Charizard	116	27
5	Ganondorf	113	29
6-7	Bowser Jr.	108	27
6-7	Samus	108	27
8-9	Ike	107	26
8-9	Wario	107	27
n/a	Wario-Man	107
10	R.O.B.	106	26
11-13	Captain Falcon	104	25
11-13	Link	104	26
11-13	Yoshi	104	26
14	Ryu	103	25
15-16	Mega Man	102	25
15-16	Shulk	102	25
n/a	Mii Fighter (heaviest)	102	25
n/a	Mii Fighter (default)	100	25
17	Cloud	100	25
18	Lucario	99	25
n/a	Mega Lucario	99
19-21	Corrin	98	25
19-21	Dr. Mario	98	25
19-21	Mario	98	25
22-23	Luigi	97	24
22-23	Villager	97	24
n/a	Mii Fighter (lightest)	97	25
24-26	Dark Pit	96	24
24-26	Pit	96	24
24-26	Wii Fit Trainer	96	24
27-29	Pac-Man	95	25
27-29	Robin	95	24
27-29	Roy	95	25
30-33	Greninja	94	24
30-33	Lucas	94	25
30-33	Ness	94	25
30-33	Sonic	94	23
34-35	Diddy Kong	93	24
34-35	Toon Link	93	24
36-37	Duck Hunt	91	23
36-37	Palutena	91	23
38-39	Lucina	90	23
38-39	Marth	90	23
40	Peach	89	23
41	Zelda	85	22
42	Bayonetta	84	25
43-44	Falco	82	22
43-44	Little Mac	82	23
45	Sheik	81	24
46	Zero Suit Samus	80	23
47	Meta Knight	80	22
48-51	Fox	79	24
48-51	Kirby	79	21
48-51	Olimar	79	23
48-51	Pikachu	79	23
52	Rosalina	77	22
53	Mr. Game & Watch	75	23
54	Mewtwo	74	25
55	Jigglypuff	68	21

Update history

1.1.3

Ganondorf's weight: 112 → 113
Kirby's weight: 77 → 79
Sonic's weight: 95 → 94

1.1.4

Rosalina's weight: 78 → 77
Sheik's weight: 85 → 84
Zero Suit Samus's weight: 81 → 80

1.1.5

Bowser's weight: 128 → 130
Charizard's weight: 115 → 116
Mewtwo's weight: 72 → 74
Sheik's weight: 84 → 81

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Mii Fighters now have their weight determined by their class rather than their size modifiers from their creation.

Rank	Character	Weight
1	Bowser	135
2	King K. Rool	133
3-4	Donkey Kong	127
3-4	King Dedede	127
5	Ganondorf	118
6-7	Charizard	116
6-7	Incineroar	116
8	Piranha Plant	112
9-11	Samus	108
9-11	Dark Samus	108
9-11	Bowser Jr.	108
12-16	Wario	107
12-16	Ike	107
12-16	Ridley	107
12-16	Simon	107
12-16	Richter	107
17-18	Snake	106
17-18	R.O.B.	106
19-22	Link	104
19-22	Yoshi	104
19-22	Captain Falcon	104
19-22	Mii Gunner	104
23-24	Ryu	103
23-24	Ken	103
25	Mega Man	102
26-27	Mii Swordfighter	100
26-27	Cloud	100
28-30	Mario	98
28-30	Dr. Mario	98
28-30	Corrin	98
31-32	Luigi	97
31-32	Shulk	97
33-36	Pit	96
33-36	Dark Pit	96
33-36	Ivysaur	96
33-36	Wii Fit Trainer	96
37-40	Roy	95
37-40	Chrom	95
37-40	Robin	95
37-40	Pac-Man	95
41-44	Ness	94
41-44	Lucas	94
41-44	Mii Brawler	94
41-44	Inkling	94
45-48	Ice Climbers	92
45-48	Lucario	92
45-48	Wolf	92
45-48	Villager	92
49-50	Toon Link	91
49-50	Palutena	91
51-53	Marth	90
51-53	Diddy Kong	90
51-53	Lucina	90
54-56	Peach	89
54-56	Daisy	89
54-56	Joker	89
57-59	Young Link	88
57-59	Greninja	88
57-59	Isabelle	88
60	Little Mac	87
61-62	Sonic	86
61-62	Duck Hunt	86
63	Zelda	85
64-65	Falco	82
64-65	Rosalina	82
66	Bayonetta	81
67-68	Meta Knight	80
67-68	Zero Suit Samus	80
69-71	Kirby	79
69-71	Pikachu	79
69-71	Olimar	79
72	Sheik	78
73-74	Fox	77
73-74	Mewtwo	77
75-76	Mr. Game & Watch	75
75-76	Squirtle	75
77	Jigglypuff	68
78	Pichu	62

Notes/Trivia

According to Super Smash Bros. Melee's Blue Smash Trophy of Mario, his mass is the standard upon which other Smash fighters are measured. While this is true in NTSC Melee (having a weight of 100), the PAL version dropped Mario's weight to 98, which was slightly below-average. This was carried over for future installments.
In each game, the enemy team all have the same weight as Mario, despite each being based on characters of different weights.
- However, one exception applies to the Female Wire Frame in Melee, who has a weight of 90. This is due to the development team copying Zelda's moveset over to the Female Wire Frame.
In Brawl, Giga Bowser and Wario-Man are programmed to have weights of 400 and 130, respectively; however, they cannot be knocked back, so their weight only has an effect on certain stage elements, such as Rainbow Cruise's see-saw platforms.
- In Smash 4, Giga Bowser retains his weight of 400, and Giga Mac possesses a weight of 140, however Wario-Man no longer has a higher weight than Wario. Additionally, unlike Giga Bowser, Giga Mac can be affected by windboxes (but is still unaffected by regular knockback), making him the only transforming character who has a weight change that can affect gameplay outside of stage elements.
Jigglypuff is the lightest character in every Smash game except for Melee and Ultimate; in Melee it is tied with Mr. Game and Watch and weighs more than Pichu while in Ultimate it weighs more than Pichu.
- Likewise, Bowser is the heaviest playable character in every game since his debut in Melee, with Donkey Kong being the heaviest in the original Super Smash Bros. and the second heaviest in every game afterwards until Ultimate where King K Rool replaces him.
A tip in Smash 4 states that Kirby is the third lightest character in the game, and Mr. Game and Watch is the second. While this was originally true, the addition of Mewtwo, as well as Kirby's weight being changed, made this tip incorrect.
Some moves treat character weights as a set value (such as 100), regardless of the recipient's actual weight. An example of this is Finishing Touch.
Weight changes from items such as the Metal Box do not affect the speed of throws affected by weight.
The PAL version of the original Super Smash Bros. is the only version of any Smash game where Link and Captain Falcon do not weigh the same.
In the Mario Kart series, Rosalina is seen as one of the heavier characters, while Yoshi is seen as a light-mediumweight. Though in the Smash series, Yoshi is one of the heavier characters while Rosalina is a lightweight.