Air acceleration

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 is measured in units/frame².

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.

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

JPN/NA/AUS

Rank	Character	Stick Multiply	Max
1	Jigglypuff	0.07	5.6
2	Pikachu	0.055	4.4
3-7	Captain Falcon	0.04	3.2
	Kirby
	Link
	Ness
	Yoshi
N/A	Metal Mario	0.035	2.8
8-9	Fox	0.03	2.4
	Samus
10-12	Donkey Kong	0.025	2
	Luigi
	Mario
N/A	Giant Donkey Kong

EUR

Rank	Character	Stick Multiply	Max
1	Jigglypuff	0.07	5.6
2	Pikachu	0.055	4.4
3	Link	0.05	4
4-7	Captain Falcon	0.04	3.2
	Kirby
	Ness
	Yoshi
N/A	Metal Mario	0.035	2.8
8-9	Fox	0.03	2.4
	Samus
10-12	Donkey Kong	0.025	2
	Luigi
	Mario
N/A	Giant Donkey Kong

Version differences

PAL (EUR)

• Link's air acceleration: 0.04 → 0.05

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
	Ganondorf
	Kirby
	Link
	Ness
	Sheik
	Young Link
N/A	Male Wire Frame	0.02	0.04	0.06
12-18	Bowser	0.02	0.03	0.05
	Marth
	Mewtwo
	Mr. Game & Watch
	Pichu
	Pikachu
	Roy
N/A	Giga Bowser	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
	Pikachu
	Zelda
	Zero Suit Samus
10	Mr. Game & Watch	0.07	0.03	0.1
11-12	Ivysaur	0.01	0.085	0.095
	Lucas
13-18	Fox	0.01	0.08	0.09
	Ice Climbers
	Mario
	Sheik
	Toon Link
	Wolf
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
	Marth
	Meta Knight
	Olimar
	Yoshi
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
	Charizard
	Donkey Kong
31	Diddy Kong	0.0	0.05	0.05
32-36	Bowser	0.01	0.04	0.05
	Ike
	King Dedede
	Link
	Sonic
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
	Palutena
	Peach
	Rosalina & Luma
7-9	Ness	0.01	0.09	0.1
	Pikachu
	Falco
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
	Lucas
	Zero Suit Samus
15	Kirby	0.03	0.065	0.095
16-19	Fox	0.01	0.08	0.09
	Sheik
	Toon Link
	Wii Fit Trainer
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
	Duck Hunt
	Greninja
	Lucina
	Mario
	Marth
	Mii Gunner
	Olimar
	Pac-Man
	Robin
32	Luigi	0.0	0.075	0.075
33-36	Captain Falcon	0.01	0.065	0.075
	Dark Pit
	Pit
	Meta Knight
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	Zelda	0.01	0.055	0.065
42	Dr. Mario	0.00808	0.05656	0.06464
43-45	Charizard	0.01	0.05	0.06
	Donkey Kong
	Villager
46	Diddy Kong	0.0	0.05	0.05
47-54	Bowser	0.01	0.04	0.05
	Corrin
	Ike
	King Dedede
	Link
	Mii Swordfighter
	Shulk
	Sonic
N/A	Giga Mac	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	Peach	0.04	0.08	0.12
	Daisy
	Wario
5	Palutena	0.01	0.105	0.115
6-7	Mega Man	0.01	0.1	0.11
	Rosalina & Luma
8	Squirtle	0.01	0.095	0.105
9-12	Pikachu	0.01	0.09	0.1
	Ness
	Pichu
	Falco
13	Mr. Game & Watch	0.07	0.03	0.1
14	Yoshi	0.03	0.068	0.098
15	Sora	0.01	0.086	0.096
16-19	Zero Suit Samus	0.01	0.085	0.095
	Ivysaur
	Lucas
	Bayonetta
20	Kirby	0.03	0.065	0.095
21	Nana	0.0105	0.084	0.0945
22-28	Fox	0.01	0.08	0.09
	Popo
	Sheik
	Lucario
	Toon Link
	Wolf
	Wii Fit Trainer
29-30	Samus	0.04	0.05	0.09
	Dark Samus
31	R.O.B.	0.04	0.045	0.085
32-43	Mario	0.01	0.07	0.08
	Marth
	Lucina
	Olimar
	Greninja
	Pac-Man
	Robin
	Bowser Jr.
	Duck Hunt
	Inkling
	Joker
	Sephiroth	0.01	0.07	0.08
44	Luigi	0	0.075	0.075
45-48	Captain Falcon	0.01	0.065	0.075
	Meta Knight
	Pit
	Dark Pit
49-53	Cloud	0.01	0.06	0.07
	Ridley	0.01	0.06	0.07
	Incineroar
	Banjo & Kazooie
	Mythra
54	Mewtwo	0.02	0.05	0.07
55	Mii Brawler	0.01	0.058	0.068
56-57	Zelda	0.01	0.055	0.065
	Pyra
58	Dr. Mario	0.007648	0.053536	0.061184
59-66	Donkey Kong	0.01	0.05	0.06
	Charizard
	Villager
	Mii Swordfighter
	Isabelle
	Piranha Plant
	Terry
	Min Min
67	Young Link	0.02	0.04	0.06
68	Hero	0.01	0.045	0.055
69-70	Mii Gunner	0.01	0.043	0.053
	Byleth
71	Diddy Kong	0	0.05	0.05
72-80	Shulk	0.01	0.04	0.05
	Link	0.01	0.04	0.05
	Bowser
	Ike
	Sonic
	King Dedede
	Corrin
	King K. Rool
	Steve
81-82	Roy	0.02	0.03	0.05
	Chrom
83-85	Ganondorf	0.01	0.03	0.04
	Little Mac
	Kazuya
86-87	Ryu	0.01	0.025	0.035
	Ken
88-90	Snake	0.01	0.02	0.03
	Simon
	Richter

See also

• Air friction
• Air speed
• Gravity

References

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