Forward tilt

Strong Side, also known as a forward tilt (abbreviated "ftilt,") is a Strong Attack performed by any character by holding the control stick forward and pressing A while on the ground. This is distinct from forward smash in that the control stick is only "tilted," not tapped, when performing this attack. Along with certain Forward smashes, a lot of strong sides can be "angled" up or down to some extent, pointing the hitbox in a diagonal direction instead of totally forward. Most attacks that are angled up are slightly more powerful than if they weren't angled, and if it's angled downwards, it becomes slightly weaker.

Characters in Brawl with Strong Sides that can be angled

Kicks/Legs

• Mario
• Luigi
• Ness
• Fox
• Falco
• Kirby
• Jigglypuff
• Samus
• Zero Suit Samus
• Pikachu (Pikachu plants his front legs in the ground and attacks with his hind legs)
• Sonic (Like Pikachu's, but the direction of the attack doesn't change as much when angled)
• Captain Falcon

Punches/Arms

• Wario (If angled upwards, Wario will grunt during the start-up lag instead of during the actual attack)
• Donkey Kong (Can be angled, but the results are very hard to see)
• Diddy Kong
• Bowser
• R.O.B.
• Zelda (Sparkles come out of her hand, but aren't a hitbox)
• Wolf (Does a slash with his claws)

Tail

• Yoshi
• Squirtle
• Charizard (Hard to see it being angled)

Weapons

• Ice Climbers
• Ike

Energy

• Lucas (Hard to see it being angled)
• Lucario

Characters in Brawl with Strong Sides that can't be angled

• Peach-Kicks straight up.
• Shiek-Does a spinning kick.
• Ganondorf-Kicks straight foward. Very much like Captain Falcon's aside from not being able to be angled. Known as the Sparta Kick.
• Pit-Thrusts both of his swords foward.
• Snake-Does a kick with fixed knockback in front of him. If another Strong Side is done right after the first one, he'll do a kick thats stronger than the first one, like Toon Link's foward smash. The properties of the first kick can be exploited. Doing that is called Knee Locking. Overall, one of the quickest moves of his arsenal and it's powerful as well.
• Meta Knight-Swings his sword foward, then can do two more swings into a combo like a three hit natural combo.
• King Dedede-Spins his hammer in front of him.
• Olimar-Thrusts his body foward in the air with a kick.
• Link-Swings his sword foward. Has a lot of knockback
• Toon Link-Same as Link's.
• Marth-Does a slashing uppercut.
• Mr. Game & Watch-Pulls out a chair from Lion in front of him.
• Ivysaur-Thrusts it's body foward and spins the leaves of it's flower. Can hit multiple times.