Air acceleration

This article is about how quickly a character can change speed in midair. For the maximum speed a character can move in midair, see Air speed.

Air acceleration is the rate at which a character can change their horizontal velocity in midair. High air acceleration is advantageous for recovery and aerial combat, as it allows a character to reach their maximum air speed sooner and change direction more easily. Characters with high air acceleration do not necessarily have high air speed.

Air acceleration operates the same whether the character is attempting to speed up, slow down, or reverse direction. When the player is providing no horizontal input, air friction controls the character's rate of deceleration instead of air acceleration.

Air acceleration is controlled by two values: a base value that determines the minimum acceleration, and an additional value that is scaled based on how much the control stick is tilted. A character's maximum potential acceleration is the sum of these two values. For example, if a character has a base value of 0.01 and an additional value of 0.07, their acceleration can vary from 0.01 at minimum input to 0.08 at maximum input. It is most beneficial for a character to have a low base value with a high additional value, as this combination offers the most precise aerial control; a character with a high base and low additional would have a very limited range of possible speeds.

Air acceleration values

Note: By default, these lists are sorted first by total maximum acceleration, then by additional value in case of a tie.

Super Smash Bros.

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In SSB, characters have a single maximum acceleration value instead of the later games' two-value system.

Rank	Character	Acceleration
1	Jigglypuff	0.07
2	Pikachu	0.055
3-7	Captain Falcon	0.04
3-7	Kirby	0.04
3-7	Link	0.04
3-7	Ness	0.04
3-7	Yoshi	0.04
n/a	Metal Mario	0.035
8-9	Fox	0.03
8-9	Samus	0.03
10-12	Donkey Kong	0.025
n/a	Giant Donkey Kong	0.025
10-12	Luigi	0.025
10-12	Mario	0.025

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Rank	Character	Base	Additional	Max
1	Jigglypuff	0.19	0.09	0.28
2	Fox	0.02	0.06	0.08
3	Falco	0.02	0.05	0.07
4	Peach	0.01	0.06	0.07
5-11	Captain Falcon	0.02	0.04	0.06
5-11	Ganondorf	0.02	0.04	0.06
5-11	Kirby	0.02	0.04	0.06
5-11	Link	0.02	0.04	0.06
5-11	Ness	0.02	0.04	0.06
5-11	Sheik	0.02	0.04	0.06
5-11	Young Link	0.02	0.04	0.06
n/a	Male Wire Frame	0.02	0.04	0.06
12-18	Bowser	0.02	0.03	0.05
n/a	Giga Bowser	0.02	0.03	0.05
12-18	Marth	0.02	0.03	0.05
12-18	Mewtwo	0.02	0.03	0.05
12-18	Mr. Game & Watch	0.02	0.03	0.05
12-18	Pichu	0.02	0.03	0.05
12-18	Pikachu	0.02	0.03	0.05
12-18	Roy	0.02	0.03	0.05
19	Zelda	0.01	0.038	0.048
n/a	Female Wire Frame	0.01	0.038	0.048
20	Yoshi	0.02	0.028	0.048
21	Ice Climbers	0.02	0.027	0.047
22	Mario	0.02	0.025	0.045
23	Dr. Mario	0.02	0.024	0.044
24	Luigi	0.015	0.025	0.04
25	Donkey Kong	0.02	0.02	0.04
26	Samus	0.02	0.0125	0.0325

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Rank	Character	Base	Additional	Max
1	Wario	0.04	0.3	0.34
n/a	Wario-Man	0.04	0.3	0.34
2	Jigglypuff	0.05	0.08	0.13
3	Squirtle	0.01	0.11	0.12
4	Peach	0.01	0.1	0.11
5	Kirby	0.03	0.08	0.11
6-9	Ness	0.01	0.09	0.1
6-9	Pikachu	0.01	0.09	0.1
6-9	Zelda	0.01	0.09	0.1
6-9	Zero Suit Samus	0.01	0.09	0.1
10	Mr. Game & Watch	0.07	0.03	0.1
11-12	Ivysaur	0.01	0.085	0.095
11-12	Lucas	0.01	0.085	0.095
13-18	Fox	0.01	0.08	0.09
13-18	Ice Climbers	0.01	0.08	0.09
13-18	Mario	0.01	0.08	0.09
13-18	Sheik	0.01	0.08	0.09
13-18	Toon Link	0.01	0.08	0.09
13-18	Wolf	0.01	0.08	0.09
n/a	Fighting Alloy Team	0.01	0.08	0.09
19	Samus	0.04	0.05	0.09
20-24	Falco	0.01	0.07	0.08
20-24	Marth	0.01	0.07	0.08
20-24	Meta Knight	0.01	0.07	0.08
20-24	Olimar	0.01	0.07	0.08
20-24	Yoshi	0.01	0.07	0.08
25	Luigi	0.0	0.075	0.075
26	Pit	0.01	0.065	0.075
27	Lucario	0.0	0.07	0.07
28-30	Captain Falcon	0.01	0.05	0.06
28-30	Charizard	0.01	0.05	0.06
28-30	Donkey Kong	0.01	0.05	0.06
31	Diddy Kong	0.0	0.05	0.05
32-36	Bowser	0.01	0.04	0.05
32-36	Ike	0.01	0.04	0.05
32-36	King Dedede	0.01	0.04	0.05
32-36	Link	0.01	0.04	0.05
32-36	Sonic	0.01	0.04	0.05
37	R.O.B.	0.04	0.006	0.046
38	Ganondorf	0.01	0.03	0.04
n/a	Giga Bowser	0.015	0.025	0.04
39	Snake	0.01	0.02	0.03

Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank	Character	Base	Additional	Max
n/a	Wario-Man	0.04	0.3	0.34
1	Jigglypuff	0.05	0.08	0.13
2	Wario	0.04	0.08	0.12
3-6	Mega Man	0.01	0.1	0.11
3-6	Palutena	0.01	0.1	0.11
3-6	Peach	0.01	0.1	0.11
3-6	Rosalina	0.01	0.1	0.11
7-9	Ness	0.01	0.09	0.1
7-9	Pikachu	0.01	0.09	0.1
7-9	Falco	0.01	0.09	0.1
10	Mr. Game & Watch	0.07	0.03	0.1
11	Yoshi	0.03	0.068	0.098
12-14	Bayonetta	0.01	0.085	0.095
12-14	Lucas	0.01	0.085	0.095
12-14	Zero Suit Samus	0.01	0.085	0.095
15	Kirby	0.03	0.065	0.095
16-19	Fox	0.01	0.08	0.09
16-19	Sheik	0.01	0.08	0.09
16-19	Toon Link	0.01	0.08	0.09
16-19	Wii Fit Trainer	0.01	0.08	0.09
20	Samus	0.04	0.05	0.09
21	R.O.B.	0.04	0.045	0.085
22-31	Bowser Jr.	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Duck Hunt	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Greninja	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Lucina	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Mario	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Marth	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Mii Gunner	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Olimar	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Pac-Man	0.01	0.07	0.08
22-31	Robin	0.01	0.07	0.08
32	Luigi	0.0	0.075	0.075
33-36	Captain Falcon	0.01	0.065	0.075
33-36	Dark Pit	0.01	0.065	0.075
33-36	Pit	0.01	0.065	0.075
33-36	Meta Knight	0.01	0.065	0.075
37	Lucario	0.0	0.07	0.07
n/a	Mega Lucario	0.0	0.07	0.07
38	Cloud	0.01	0.06	0.07
39	Mewtwo	0.02	0.05	0.07
40	Mii Brawler	0.01	0.058	0.068
41	Dr. Mario	0.01	0.0574	0.0674
42	Zelda	0.01	0.055	0.065
43-45	Charizard	0.01	0.05	0.06
43-45	Donkey Kong	0.01	0.05	0.06
43-45	Villager	0.01	0.05	0.06
46	Diddy Kong	0.0	0.05	0.05
47-54	Bowser	0.01	0.04	0.05
47-54	Corrin	0.01	0.04	0.05
n/a	Giga Mac	0.01	0.04	0.05
47-54	Ike	0.01	0.04	0.05
47-54	King Dedede	0.01	0.04	0.05
47-54	Link	0.01	0.04	0.05
47-54	Mii Swordfighter	0.01	0.04	0.05
47-54	Shulk	0.01	0.04	0.05
47-54	Sonic	0.01	0.04	0.05
55	Roy	0.02	0.03	0.05
n/a	Giga Bowser	0.02	0.025	0.045
56	Ganondorf	0.01	0.03	0.04
57	Little Mac	0.01	0.028	0.038
58	Ryu	0.01	0.025	0.035

Update history

1.0.8

Falco's max additional air acceleration: 0.07 → 0.09

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Rank	Character	Base	Additional	Max
1	Jigglypuff	0.05	0.08	0.13
2-4	Wario	0.04	0.08	0.12
2-4	Peach	0.04	0.08	0.12
2-4	Daisy	0.04	0.08	0.12
5	Palutena	0.01	0.105	0.115
6-7	Rosalina	0.01	0.1	0.11
6-7	Mega Man	0.01	0.1	0.11
8	Squirtle	0.01	0.095	0.105
9-13	Mr. Game & Watch	0.07	0.03	0.1
9-13	Pichu	0.01	0.09	0.1
9-13	Falco	0.01	0.09	0.1
9-13	Pikachu	0.01	0.09	0.1
9-13	Ness	0.01	0.09	0.1
14	Yoshi	0.03	0.068	0.098
15-19	Kirby	0.03	0.065	0.095
15-19	Zero Suit Samus	0.01	0.085	0.095
15-19	Bayonetta	0.01	0.085	0.095
15-19	Lucas	0.01	0.085	0.095
15-19	Ivysaur	0.01	0.085	0.095
20	Nana	0.0105	0.084	0.0945
21-29	Wolf	0.01	0.08	0.09
21-29	Fox	0.01	0.08	0.09
21-29	Sheik	0.01	0.08	0.09
21-29	Wii Fit Trainer	0.01	0.08	0.09
21-29	Lucario	0.01	0.08	0.09
21-29	Popo	0.01	0.08	0.09
21-29	Toon Link	0.01	0.08	0.09
21-29	Samus	0.04	0.05	0.09
21-29	Dark Samus	0.04	0.05	0.09
30	R.O.B.	0.04	0.045	0.085
31-41	Greninja	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Bowser Jr.	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Robin	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Inkling	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Mario	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Duck Hunt	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Marth	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Lucina	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Olimar	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Pac-Man	0.01	0.07	0.08
31-41	Joker	0.01	0.07	0.08
42-46	Captain Falcon	0.01	0.065	0.075
42-46	Meta Knight	0.01	0.065	0.075
42-46	Pit	0.01	0.065	0.075
42-46	Dark Pit	0.01	0.065	0.075
42-46	Luigi	0	0.075	0.075
47-51	Mewtwo	0.02	0.05	0.07
47-51	Incineroar	0.01	0.06	0.07
47-51	Cloud	0.01	0.06	0.07
47-51	Ridley	0.01	0.06	0.07
47-51	Banjo & Kazooie	0.01	0.06	0.07
52	Mii Brawler	0.01	0.058	0.068
53	Zelda	0.01	0.055	0.065
54	Dr. Mario	0.007648	0.053536	0.061184
55-62	Young Link	0.02	0.04	0.06
55-62	Charizard	0.01	0.05	0.06
55-62	Mii Swordfighter	0.01	0.05	0.06
55-62	Piranha Plant	0.01	0.05	0.06
55-62	Donkey Kong	0.01	0.05	0.06
55-62	Villager	0.01	0.05	0.06
55-62	Isabelle	0.01	0.05	0.06
55-62	Terry	0.01	0.05	0.06
63	Hero	0.01	0.045	0.055
64-65	Byleth	0.01	0.043	0.053
64-65	Mii Gunner	0.01	0.043	0.053
66-76	Roy	0.02	0.03	0.05
66-76	Chrom	0.02	0.03	0.05
66-76	Bowser	0.01	0.04	0.05
66-76	Shulk	0.01	0.04	0.05
66-76	King Dedede	0.01	0.04	0.05
66-76	Link	0.01	0.04	0.05
66-76	Ike	0.01	0.04	0.05
66-76	Corrin	0.01	0.04	0.05
66-76	Sonic	0.01	0.04	0.05
66-76	King K. Rool	0.01	0.04	0.05
66-76	Diddy Kong	0	0.05	0.05
77-78	Little Mac	0.01	0.03	0.04
77-78	Ganondorf	0.01	0.03	0.04
79-80	Ryu	0.01	0.025	0.035
79-80	Ken	0.01	0.025	0.035
81-83	Snake	0.01	0.02	0.03
81-83	Richter	0.01	0.02	0.03
81-83	Simon	0.01	0.02	0.03

References

Kurogane Hammer - Air acceleration
Kurogane Hammer - Air acceleration (Ultimate)