Down smash/Knockback chart

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These are charts showing the post hit data (base knockback, knockback scaling, and KO percentages) of the strongest hitbox in every down smash (or in the case of multi-hit smashes, the values of the final hit when all hits connect) for every character in the Super Smash Bros. series. The down smashes are given a general rank in power in comparison to other down smashes based on the knockback produced by their strongest hitbox at critical percentage.

Chart (SSB)

KO percentages are estimated by the knockback on Mario in the center of Dream Land.

NA/AUS/EUR

Rank	Character	Strongest Hitbox Damage	Strongest Hitbox angle	Base knockback	Knockback scaling	Strongest Hitbox KO percentage
1.	Pikachu	16%	361	30	120	86%
2.	Link	16%	40	35	100	102%
3.	Donkey Kong	19%	60	30	100	104%
4.	Mario	17%	361	20	100	109%
4.	Luigi	17%	361	20	100	109%
4.	Ness	19%	361	0	100	109%
7.	Yoshi	14%	30	20	105	114%
7.	Jigglypuff	16%	40	20	100	114%
9.	Kirby	18%	34	30	75	126%
10.	Captain Falcon	16%	60	25	100	131%
11.	Fox	14%	25	35	80	138%
12.	Samus	16%	60	35	80	162%

JPN

Rank	Character	Strongest Hitbox Damage	Strongest Hitbox angle	Base knockback	Knockback scaling	Strongest Hitbox KO percentage
1.	Pikachu	16%	361	30	120	86%
2.	Ness	21%	361	0	100	96%
3.	Link	16%	40	35	100	102%
4.	Kirby	20%	34	40	75	103%
5.	Donkey Kong	19%	60	30	100	104%
6.	Mario	17%	361	20	100	109%
6.	Luigi	17%	361	20	100	109%
8.	Jigglypuff	16%	40	20	100	114%
9.	Yoshi	13%	35	20	105	129%
10.	Captain Falcon	16%	60	25	100	131%
11.	Fox	14%	70	30	100	137%
12.	Samus	16%	60	35	80	162%

NTSC-J to NTSC-U

• Kirby clean down smash damage (20% → 18%).
  • Base knockback (40 → 30).
• Yoshi down smash damage (13% → 14%).
  • Angle (35° → 30°).
• Fox down smash knockback (30 (base)/100 (scaling) → 35/80).
  • Angle (70° → 25°).
• Ness down smash damage (21% → 19%).

Chart (SSBB)

The following chart shows the power of the strongest hitbox of every character's down smash in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (or in the case of multi-hitting down smashes, the power of the attack if all hitboxes connect). For Olimar, the down smash of each Pikmin is presented separately on the chart. For the Ice Climbers, Popo and Nana have their down smashes represented on the chart separately (though due to testing difficulties, when both land their down smash is not on the chart). In the case of Lucario, he is represented on the chart at minimum power, half power, and maximum power (however the chart does not take the stock modifier into account).

The data on the chart was collected from testing on Mario, with the approximate KO percentages based from the center of Final Destination. The down smashes are ranked by which KO the earliest when the opponent doesn't DI.

Legend

• Lucario
  • 0% = Damage at 0%
  • 85% = Damage at 85%
  • 170% = Damage at 170% (max power)

• Olimar:
  • W = White Pikmin
  • Y = Yellow Pikmin
  • B = Blue Pikmin
  • R = Red Pikmin
  • P = Purple Pikmin

• Ice Climbers
  • P = only Popo lands his smash
  • N = only Nana lands her smash

Rank	Character	Base knockback	Knockback scaling	KO percent with poor DI	KO percent with no DI	KO percent with good DI
1.	Mr. Game & Watch	3124	39.62	66.28%	77.64%	93.41%
2.	Lucario 170%	2328	47.83	71.55%	80.95%	94.02%
3.	Donkey Kong	2514	45.12	71.72%	81.69%	95.55%
4.	Bowser	2905	36.51	77.92%	90.25%	107.37%
5.	Lucas	2481	40.69	80.34%	91.40%	106.76%
6.	Ike	2265	42.82	81.39%	91.90%	106.49%
7.	Marth	2720	36.17	83.77%	96.21%	113.49%
8.	Captain Falcon	2223	40.46	87.17%	98.29%	113.74%
9.	Olimar P	2182	40.43	88.25%	99.38%	114.84%
10.	Link	2085	40.69	90.07%	101.13%	116.49%
11.	Kirby	2105	38.04	95.82%	107.65%	124.08%
12.	King Dedede	2608	33.15	94.78%	108.36%	127.21%
13.	Meta Knight	2575	32.27	98.39%	112.33%	131.70%
14.	Luigi	2327	34.26	99.91%	113.05%	131.29%
15.	Wolf	2313	34.23	100.41%	113.56%	131.81%
16.	Pikachu	3652	22.29	94.12%	114.31%	142.35%
17.	Ganondorf	2936	28.53	98.63%	114.41%	136.31%
18.	Lucario 85%	1907	36.72	104.66%	116.91%	133.93%
19.	Sonic	2287	33.25	104.15%	117.68%	136.48%
20.	Snake	3559	22.06	99.32%	119.72%	148.05%
21.	Ice Climbers P	2015	34.91	106.99%	119.88%	137.78%
22.	Olimar R	2000	34.58	108.44%	121.46%	139.53%
23.	Toon Link	2176	33.02	108.23%	121.87%	140.79%
24.	Charizard	2262	32.12	108.59%	122.60%	142.06%
25.	Ness	3538	21.39	103.41%	124.45%	153.67%
26.	Olimar B	1965	33.25	113.83%	127.37%	146.17%
27.	Diddy Kong	2223	30.83	114.41%	129.00%	149.27%
28.	Pit	1926	32.08	119.20%	133.23%	152.71%
29.	Samus	3507	20.21	110.98%	133.25%	164.18%
30.	Mario	2176	29.51	121.11%	136.36%	157.54%
31.	Olimar Y	1847	30.86	126.47%	141.06%	161.31%
32.	R.O.B.	3744	17.34	115.69%	141.64%	177.68%
33.	Squirtle	1631	31.48	130.84%	145.14%	164.99%
34.	Zelda	1593	31.59	131.59%	145.83%	165.62%
35.	Ice Climbers N	1900	29.47	130.64%	145.91%	167.12%
36.	Sheik	1980	28.52	132.19%	147.97%	169.88%
37.	Wario	1819	28.52	137.83%	153.61%	175.53%
38.	Fox	2350	24.72	137.54%	155.74%	181.03%
39.	Falco	1495	28.30	150.35%	166.25%	188.34%
40.	Lucario 0%	1612	26.03	158.97%	176.26%	200.27%
41.	Yoshi	1683	23.96	169.74%	188.52%	214.61%
42.	Jigglypuff	1754	21.95	182.05%	202.55%	231.03%
43.	Ivysaur	1911	18.95	202.59%	226.33%	259.31%
44.	Olimar W	1665	18.9	216.14%	239.95%	273.02%
45.	Zero Suit Samus	1700	15.28	265.05%	294.50%	335.41%
46.	Peach	1757	13.21	302.27%	336.34%	383.65%

See also

• Down smash
• Forward smash/Knockback chart
• Up smash/Knockback chart