Talk:Knockback

I can't think of a good way to edit this in at the moment, but I plan to make the initial explanation clearer and differentiate between the base knockback of an attack and the effective knockback once weight and damage are factored in. – MaskedMarth ^{(t c)} 02:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

And falling speed. – MaskedMarth ^{(t c)} 02:02, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Don't understand

I actually don't understand anything about knockback. Let's take Ness' and Ganondorf's down aerials as an example. Ness' stomp is arguably the most powerful aerial spike at 0% in Brawl, however deals 12%, and Ganondorf's thunderstomp deals 11% more damage (23%) but has much less knockback, and can't KO at exactly 0% (although can kill as low as 8%). However on grounded opponents and if not Staled, Ganondorf's thunderstomp can KO as low as 90%, unlike Ness' one, which can kill grounded enemys just at very high percents, as 170%. Can anyone explain this? 189.153.149.232 01:52, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

You appear to be assuming that knockback is only based on damage - while it's certainly important, it's not the critical factor. As said in the article, each move has two knockback values - one says how fast the target flies at 0%, and the second says how much faster it gets for each additional %. Therefore, in your example, Ness' dair has higher base knockback, but Ganondorf's has better knockback scaling. In other words, Ness' starts out more powerful, but Ganondorf's powers up faster, eventually overtaking Ness'. Toomai Glittershine The Stats Guy 02:09, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

Terminal knockback

I been doing some testing, and I think we can say the "terminal knockback", or the knockback a character is KO'd at, is 6200. With the standard horizontal trajectory from the center of Final Destination, Bowser, if holding the direction towards the stage after being hit, is KO'd at exactly 6202. With some more testing, this value varies slightly from character to character, but it doesn't sway more or less than 100 away from 6200 (with the exception of Fox, who got up to 6400 before being KO'd).

By implementing this as the terminal knockback, this can be combined with post calculation base knockback and knockback scaling to find the "terminal percentage", which will then give a reasonably accurate value (moreso than KO percentages) for how powerful a move is knockback wise in comparison to another move, regardless of the moves' trajectories. Omega Tyrant 00:27, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

I suggest having a go at forming some knockback data with the new information, then putting it into a userspace article. If all goes well, it can be implemented in here. ToastUltimatum Complaints Box 10:21, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

Anybody else have any comments about this, before I go implementing this? Omega Tyrant 14:58, 22 October 2011 (EDT)

One last bump before implementation. Omega Tyrant 19:49, 26 October 2011 (EDT)

What exactly are you "implementing"? Just changing the average KO range value of 5500-6500 into a value of 6200? Toomai Glittershine The Different 20:13, 26 October 2011 (EDT)

Know how we plan to document the statistics of each move? With this, we create a statistic called "terminal percentage" or something like that, which is the percentage the move/hitbox reaches 6200 in knockback, thus giving a statistic that can be used to compare the knockback power of one move against another under average circumstances, in a more accurate manner than KO percentages would. Omega Tyrant 20:24, 26 October 2011 (EDT)

What?

How much distance is a "unit"? Avengingbandit 20:14, 15 January 2012 (EST)

Read the article, it's simply the numbers the game uses. Omega Tyrant 20:33, 15 January 2012 (EST)

So, a unit is about a foot in HRC? Avengingbandit 12:41, 16 January 2012 (EST)

No, it's not a measurement, it's the numbers the game uses. Please stop being so dense on talk pages. Omega Tyrant 12:54, 16 January 2012 (EST)

Units are the measurement of length used by the game; Final Destination in Brawl is about 174 units long. Units differ in apparent length between the other two games. Toomai Glittershine The Riotous 13:33, 16 January 2012 (EST)

The units are actually measurable? Omega Tyrant 13:39, 16 January 2012 (EST)

Knockback units are not measurable without conversion. Distance units are. Toomai Glittershine The Labbie 13:48, 16 January 2012 (EST)

How do you know that FD is 174 units long? THEAVENGINGBANDIT 13:59, 16 January 2012 (EST)

Knockback scaling formula

Is the formula for knockback scaling

(knockback at x percent - base knockback)/damage percentage

If not, does anyone know the formula for knockback scaling? Awesome Cardinal 2000 17:09, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

Scaling is a designed number, not a formula result. For example Mario's up tilt in Brawl has a scaling of 130, meaning it increases in power 30% faster than attacks that have a scaling of 100 and the same statistics otherwise. Toomai Glittershine The Incomprehensible 17:24, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

Well on the meteor smash chart, it says that Ganondorf's d-air knockback scaling is 57.17. When the values for base knockback is subtracted from knockback at 100%, you get 5717, which divided by 100 is 57.17. I meant how do you figure it out when you have the two knockback values. Sorry about that. Awesome Cardinal 2000 18:07, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

Those values were recorded from the velocity characters get knocked back at in the game. It's not the actual technical data in the game that Toomai is referring to. Omega Tyrant 18:20, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

Is it possible to figure out that 57.17 is Ganondorf's d-air knockback scaling value? Awesome Cardinal 2000 19:35, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

The technical value can be found through hacking (which Toomai has access to). However, the value I recorded is meant to be "post calculation" (the result from the ingame calculation, instead of being the value that goes in to the game's knockback formula), intended to be a more "practical" value players can make better use of. Omega Tyrant 19:51, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

Thanks! Awesome Cardinal 2000 21:37, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

Zero knockback glitch in Melee??

I know this is strange, but... in Melee, I have battled a lot of times, like 5000 matches, and I also mostly go to Training to test my skills and... sometimes, when I land an attack, it appears to deal half the damage it usually does, and NO knockback. And it happens to me very very, when I don't expect to. The hit indicator also appears to least for only one frame: fire attacks only show small flames, and electric attacks just show little sparks without the foe, all for about that amount of time. And I'm NOT lying. I don't know how this happens, and it scares me on serious battles. Here are some examples:

1- I entered Training with Mario to test SHFFL'd attacks and recoveries with him. Bowser was my enemy. I suddenly landed an up smash on him in the last attack frames, and... he only took about 10% damage, with the hit indicator showing for about one frame. Strange... I tested this over and over again, and it appeared to be well, unlike that hit. 2- I was completing 15-Minute Melee with Fox, as he can quickly kill the enemies with special attacks. At about 3 minutes passed, a Wireframe spawned below the upper platform, and right after that i used the Reflector on it, but... it only did about 2% damage, displayed an electric sound instead of the usual "burn" one, the wireframe didn't flinch, and the effect was shown as I said above. Very bizarre. 3- I was having a Melee against CPU Marth with Jigglypuff, on Mute City (i was ignoring tourney rules for that time, though items were set to None). After some hits, i landed a Rest on him, but... it only did 14% damage, again with no knockback, with the flames shwon as I said above. Scary.

And this also happened to me when I was battling a friend, but I don't remember exactly how it was. I also didn't say anything, as he didn't even notice the effect.

So, HOW THIS EXACTLY HAPPENS? I tested those thing many times after the situations, but the attacks appeared to be normal. And it only appears to happen on grounded foes. And if you try to test it, it happens VERY RARELY... it happens like 1/1000 of the time, like encountering a shiny Pokémon with Pokérus in a Pokemon game (only trainers will understand this). Well, that is what I think, because there appears to be no apparent reason for that to happen. My Melee version is NTSC of course, and 1.2 I think, because there are no Boomerang glitches. And I DON'T use any type of hack. Well, respond this is you know something about it, or if this happens to you. Crazymasterhand98 14:29, 1 September 2013 (EDT)

You are seeing phantom hits. This is not a glitch. Toomai Glittershine The Non-Toxic 14:42, 1 September 2013 (EDT)

Really? Because they are so hard to pull off, even with all that Training... and they look nothing like in Brawl :/ Crazymasterhand98 16:28, 1 September 2013 (EDT)

Luigi down taunt

the section on melee says that Luigi's down taunt has set knockback. there are no directional taunts in melee, is this supposed to just say "taunt"?DJLO (talk) 15:49, 26 September 2013 (EDT)

Yeah that's right. also minor things like this don't really need a talk page discussion, if you come across something like it just change it. Scr7(talk · contribs) 15:52, 26 September 2013 (EDT)

eh, you guys are pretty strict about what gets added. i think ill stick to asking first, instead of wasting time writing something only to have it be removed. its better to ask permission than forgiveness, right? besides, it makes more sense to me to discuss a change first, instead of putting incorrect information on the main article. as you can see from my contribs, i have no qualms about typos and similar things that i am 100% sure about fixing. but otherwise, it makes sense to me to ask. DJLO (talk) 16:05, 26 September 2013 (EDT)

Split

Nah... that's a bad idea. This page is small enough, and I don't see any way in which that tiny section can make a page. It's 90 percent "list of moves" anyway. Agree?Qwerty the lord 19:44, 20 May 2014 (EDT)

This should be getting discussed and resolved. I'm looking to feature this article, and I can't do that if there's a split tag on it. Omega Tyrant 21:50, 5 June 2014 (EDT)

Eh, I'm not seeing the need. This isn't an excessively large article, and I'd need to see a convincing case that the set knockback section really deserves the split. Right now, it seems to fit here fine. Miles (talk) 21:58, 5 June 2014 (EDT)

Yeah, it's fine the way it is. I don't see why we would need to split it. We don't need to shorten an already small page. Berrenta (talk) 23:02, 5 June 2014 (EDT)

Vertical Knockback in Melee

So I've been playing Melee and PM for a fairly short amount of time, and I was wondering how vertical knockback works in Melee (and I suppose Smash 64 since there's no such gravity involved until Brawl). Fox is pretty darn light, but he can survive very strong up smashes like his own and Pikachu's at say, 100% damage after being hit on certain stages. Meanwhile Samus is pretty darn heavy, but she generally gets KO'd earlier than that (maybe 90% damage-ish). Clearly falling speed has a lot to do with mitigating vertical knockback, so much so that Falco, the 5th lightest character in the game, has the highest falling speed, which makes him survive the 3rd longest overall. If my calculations on Pikachu's up smash is correct, it deals nearly 240 units of knockback (which is pretty darn strong) at 100% damage on Falco, but he easily survives the hit especially with good DI accounted for. So that brings up the question, how much exactly does falling speed impact vertical knockback if it allows even light characters to sponge high vertical knockback finishers at a reasonable percent? Moreover, are there any charts that show what the rankings are for best vertical endurance in Melee?--Smashgold347238 (talk) 01:27, 1 August 2014 (EDT)

Even though gravity might not be a factor when knockback is calculated, it factors into how fast the character slows down from upwards knockback, which results in varying vertical distance. Toomai Glittershine The Aurum 10:40, 1 August 2014 (EDT)

I'm still curious as to where people get their endurance rankings from. Is it just pure experimentation like M2K's huge list of frame data? Smashgold347238 (talk) 23:17, 1 August 2014 (EDT)