Sheik (SSB4)

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Sheik in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	The Legend of Zelda
Other playable appearances	in Melee in Brawl
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Light Arrow

“	Sheik Appears on the Scene!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Sheik returns as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. 4. She was confirmed during the Super Smash Bros. Direct on April 8, a day before the Australian releases of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures and The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Unlike in previous Smash games, she is now a completely separate character from Zelda, and the two are no longer able to transform into the other under any circumstance. Like the other The Legend of Zelda characters, Sheik maintains the same aesthetic style she had in Brawl. However, Sheik appears physically more muscular than her appearance in Brawl. This gives her a body-type closer to her Ocarina of Time incarnation, which was more masculine in appearance than her Twilight Princess concept art.

Changes from Brawl

• Short hop is much faster.
• Needle Storm air no longer has its landing lag and be pivoted on the ground.
• Down aerial is now a meteor smash. It also leads into a second hit on grounded opponents.
• Forward throw appears to have been sped up. It also deals 1% more damage than in Brawl, and sends foes at a slightly higher trajectory.
• Neutral infinite now transitions into a finisher.
• Forward aerial is much faster and has much higher knockback scaling.
• Forward smash has been strengthened again, now being able to KO under 115%.
• Burst Grenade appears similar to the previous side special of Chain, except that the chain now has an explosive on the end instead of dealing damage itself. Her side taunt has changed to reflect this, where she pulls out the string from Burst Grenade as opposed to her Chain.
  • Due to Burst Grenade's function, Sheik cannot use this move as a tether recovery.
• Bouncing Fish is her new down special move, an acrobatic kick attack similar to zero suit samus' down special.
• Down throw's trajectory has been reverted to its Melee self.
  • It deals more knockback (roughly twice as much base knockback), removing some of Sheik's guaranteed follow-up options.
• Sweetspotted dash attack deals 1% less damage.
• Sheik can no longer transform into Zelda.
• Up aerial is now a multi-hit attack that deals higher damage.

The following moves appear visually unchanged:

• Neutral attack
• Forward tilt
• Down tilt
• Up smash
• Down smash
• Neutral aerial
• Back aerial
• Vanish
• Light Arrow
• All taunts
• Sheik retains the ability to wall cling.
• Sheik retains the ability to crawl.

Special Moves

In Super Smash Bros. 4, special moves can be swapped out for different variants, but Sheik's have yet to be seen. She retains her final smash as well as two of her original special moves. Burst Grenade has unprecedentedly replaced Chain. Transform has been replaced with Bouncing Fish, because Zelda has become her own character. These are Sheik's special moves:

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	Needle Storm	Penetrating Needle	Paralyzing Needle
Side Special	Burst Grenade	Inviting Grenade	Rolling Grenade
Up Special	Vanish	Instant Warp	Abyss
Down Special	Bouncing Fish	Jellyfish	The Fish
Final Smash	Light Arrow

Palette Swaps

Trophy

Sheik's trophy has been seen in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

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  Sheik trophy.

Gallery

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  Sheik's introduction picture.

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  A pose

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  In the air

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  Throwing an attack at Samus

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  Burst Grenade.

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  Neutral aerial

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  A face closeup

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  With Navi

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  A pose

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  Back-to-back with Zelda in the 3DS version.

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  Stretching

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  Posing

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  Attacking Little Mac

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  Charging up Needle Storm

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  Burst Grenade

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  Back-to-back with Zelda in the Wii U version.

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  On the 3DS Version.

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