Ness (SSBM)/Forward smash

Overview

Ness brings out a baseball bat and swings it. This attack is similar to Marth`s in terms of function; the strongest part is at the tip and the strongest part is also at the bottom of the ID stack. This attack deals 24% with very high knockback (along with Mario`s). This attack is also unique among forward smashes (in fact, any smash attack in general) that it can reflect projectiles (like an actual baseball bat hitting a baseball). Unlike Smash 64, Ness`s side smash now has to be sweetspotted (with the weakest part of it dealing Smash 64`s damage, which is 18%). But it deals much higher damage, has better range, and has 1 frame faster start-up. So overall, Ness`s side smash is more effective in Melee than in Smash 64 (though not by that much).

Damage (ID: 0): 18% (Bone 0; 3.6, 4.4, 0)

Damage (ID: 1): 20% (Bone 42; 0, 0, 0)

Damage (ID: 2): 22% (Bone 42; 0, 4.6, 0)

Damage (ID: 3): 24% (Bone 42; 0, 9.2, 0)

Radius (ID: 0): 2.4

Radius (ID: 1): 3

Radius (ID: 2): 3.2

Radius (ID: 3): 3.4