Air acceleration

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Air acceleration is the rate at which a character can change their horizontal velocity in midair. High air acceleration is advantageous for recovery and aerial combat, as it allows a character to reach their maximum air speed sooner and change direction more easily. Air deceleration and air friction also factor into how quickly a character can reverse direction. Characters with high air acceleration do not necessarily have high air speed.

Air acceleration values

Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank	Character	Air acceleration
n/a	Wario-Man	0.3
1-4	Peach	0.1
1-4	Rosalina	0.1
1-4	Palutena	0.1
1-4	Mega Man	0.1
5-7	Falco	0.09
5-7	Pikachu	0.09
5-7	Ness	0.09
8-10	Zero Suit Samus	0.085
8-10	Lucas	0.085
8-10	Bayonetta	0.085
11-15	Wario	0.08
11-15	Toon Link	0.08
11-15	Sheik	0.08
11-15	Jigglypuff	0.08
11-15	Wii Fit Trainer	0.08
16	Luigi	0.075
17-28	Mario	0.07
17-28	Bowser Jr.	0.07
17-28	Fox	0.07
17-28	Lucario	0.07
17-28	Greninja	0.07
17-28	Marth	0.07
17-28	Lucina	0.07
17-28	Robin	0.07
17-28	Olimar	0.07
17-28	Duck Hunt	0.07
17-28	Pac-Man	0.07
17-28	Mii Gunner	0.07
n/a	Mega Lucario	0.07
n/a	Mii Brawler (Fighting Mii Team)	0.07
n/a	Mii Gunner (Fighting Mii Team)	0.07
29	Yoshi	0.068
30-34	Kirby	0.065
30-34	Meta Knight	0.065
30-34	Captain Falcon	0.065
30-34	Pit	0.065
30-34	Dark Pit	0.065
35	Cloud	0.06
36	Mii Brawler	0.058
37	Dr. Mario	0.0574
38	Zelda	0.055
39-43	Donkey Kong	0.05
39-43	Diddy Kong	0.05
39-43	Samus	0.05
39-43	Charizard	0.05
39-43	Villager	0.05
44	R.O.B.	0.045
45-52	Bowser	0.04
45-52	Link	0.04
45-52	King Dedede	0.04
45-52	Ike	0.04
45-52	Corrin	0.04
45-52	Shulk	0.04
45-52	Sonic	0.04
45-52	Mii Swordfighter	0.04
n/a	Giga Mac	0.04
n/a	Mii Swordfighter (Fighting Mii Team)	0.04
53-56	Ganondorf	0.03
53-56	Mewtwo	0.03
53-56	Mr. Game & Watch	0.03
53-56	Roy	0.03
57	Little Mac	0.028
58	Ryu	0.025
n/a	Giga Bowser	0.025

Update history

1.0.8

• Falco's air acceleration: 0.07 → 0.09

Air deceleration

Air deceleration is the opposite of air acceleration: it is the rate at which a character can reverse their momentum when holding a direction opposite to where they're traveling.

Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank	Character	Air deceleration
1	Mr. Game & Watch	0.07
2	Jigglypuff	0.05
3-5	Wario	0.04
3-5	Samus	0.04
3-5	R.O.B.	0.04
n/a	Wario-Man	0.04
6-7	Yoshi	0.03
6-7	Kirby	0.03
8-9	Mewtwo	0.02
8-9	Roy	0.02
n/a	Giga Bowser	0.02
10-55	Every other character	0.01
56-58	Luigi	0
56-58	Diddy Kong	0
56-58	Lucario	0
n/a	Mega Lucario	0

Air friction

Air friction is the rate at which a character loses aerial momentum when the Control Stick is returned to its neutral position. Coupled with air acceleration and deceleration, high air friction can allow a character to "zig-zag" very quickly in midair, most notably Mega Man.

Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank	Character	Air friction
1	Mega Man	0.05
2	Wario	0.04
3	Jigglypuff	0.0375
4	Ness	0.0225
5	Mewtwo	0.016
6-20	Every other character	0.015
21	Lucas	0.014
22-23	Meta Knight	0.012
22-23	Mr. Game & Watch	0.012
24-32	Falco	0.01
24-32	Mii Gunner	0.01
24-32	Palutena	0.01
24-32	Peach	0.01
24-32	Rosalina	0.01
24-32	Sonic	0.01
24-32	Toon Link	0.01
24-32	Villager	0.01
24-32	Wii Fit Trainer	0.01
33-36	Cloud	0.009
33-36	Corrin	0.009
33-36	Ike	0.009
33-36	Shulk	0.009
37-42	Bayonetta	0.008
37-42	Charizard	0.008
37-42	Dark Pit	0.008
37-42	Diddy Kong	0.008
37-42	Pit	0.008
37-42	Zero Suit Samus	0.008
43-48	Bowser	0.0075
43-48	Captain Falcon	0.0075
43-48	Little Mac	0.0075
43-48	Luigi	0.0075
43-48	Pikachu	0.0075
43-48	Samus	0.0075
49	Robin	0.007
50-51	King Dedede	0.006
50-51	Zelda	0.006
52-54	Lucario	0.005
52-54	Roy	0.005
52-54	Yoshi	0.005
55-56	Link	0.0038
55-56	Mii Swordfighter	0.0038
57-58	Lucina	0.00375
57-58	Marth	0.00375

See also

• Air speed
• Gravity