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furthest point from which a character can grab a ledge, see edge sweet spot. The sweet spot of an attack is the area of the hitbox with the most desirable

The term sweet spot is used in two ways: An attack's sweet spot, or the part of an attack's hitbox with the most desirable knockback The edge sweet spot of

is the only single-typed Pokémon that evolves from a dual-typed Pokémon. Sweet Scent is a status move introduced in Generation II which lowers the evasiveness

Pokémon Y (10/2013) Swirlix has a serious sweet tooth – it eats so many sweets that even its fur is sticky and sweet. Not that you should try eating its fur

moves having large edge sweet-spots, while others cannot sweetspot at all. In addition, some fighters have notoriously large edge sweet spot hitboxes, particularly

roster. Conversely, both the sour spot and the sweet spot deal very little shield damage, however. The sweet spot hit causes the opponent to crumple, similarly

will give you a Checkpoint Bonus, so hurry up and chase it down for your sweet, sweet reward. One of the cuter enemies to come from Kid Icarus: Uprising. We

of his sword being the sweet spot and being stronger than the rest of his blade. Roy features a "reverse tipper", as his sweet spot is at the base of his

option. The sweet spot has decent horizontal launch power, while the late hit is long lasting, making it a useful edgeguarding tool. The sweet spot hit is

performing well in the first half of 2014. Voting finished before Super SWEET and the final part of the list was released on June 19th, 2014. Summer 2014

the regular Super Jump Punch hit at its sweet spot, although the two are related, having to do with the sweet spot of the original attack. Main article:

up aerial or a sweet spotted Knee Smash if the opponent is read correctly. It is notable that Captain Falcon has a true setup for a sweet spotted Knee Smash

to the Sinnoh region and can be lured out by coating certain trees with sweet honey. Once it's attached to its Trainer, it will level up and evolve into

during Chain Attack. In Ultimate, these sounds also play for Marth and Roy's sweet spotted sword attacks, alongside all of Chrom's sword attacks. Marth using

distances. Due to slower average falling speeds and increased ease of edge sweet spotting, recoveries are generally more powerful in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Masamune downwards while falling at a high speed. Being a stabbing move, the sweet spot is situated around the tip of the blade but is only active during its

Isabelle's Down aerial is her primary means of attacking beneath her. The sweet spot possesses a smaller hit box in the center that that changes the landed

head to check the temperature and humidity around it. Chikorita releases a sweet aroma from its leaf to becalm opponents into a slumber. It can also learn

inflict the glitch. This can be simply broken by dodging at the critical time, sweet-spotting the ledge, or swift timing of an appropriate aerial attack. A grab

Horizontal Velocity: 1.3 > 1.0 Up tilt Sweet spot damage: 14 > 13 (No KB Comp) Sour spot: 60 BKB > 40 BKB, 70 KBG > 80 KBG Sweet spot now takes priority over sour

and 1% or 2% if they are hit while in the middle of the trail. This move's sweet spot at the end of the trail is weakened, dealing 6% to 7% of damage, and

fatal to him). His two recovery moves additionally both have small edge sweet spots, which significantly limits his recovery flexibility on stages with

allowing for juggling scenarios to sometimes continue even if the hit is not sweet spotted. Along with her slow fall speed, plus Up aerial's disjoint and long

poke option, functioning primarily as Isabelle's 'shield breaker' tool. A sweet spotted hit can net a KO at higher percents, and it is possible to hit large

personality is mostly a reflection of the person Mythra wishes she was: sweet, caring, graceful, and an excellent cook. While she seems softer on the surface

moved to her down taunt. She now says "Uh-huh" rather than "Sweet!". She does however say "Sweet!" in her new up taunt, and the voice clip for her Melee taunt

into a large flower soon, which would be heralded by the bud giving off a sweet, pleasant aroma and the species' evolution into its final form, Venusaur

reappearing, dealing some damage and knockback. Farore's Wind is hard to sweet-spot the ledge with. In Super Smash Bros. 4, the explosion when Zelda reappears

9-Volt's imagination. Outside of that, even if sometimes strict, she's a sweet and careful mother for 9-Volt that also adores to cook dishes. 5-Volt is

Animation tweaked further on Up tilt to enlarge sweet spot range Sweet spot base knockback reduced: 55 → 50 Sweet spot knockback growth reduced: 120 → 112 Knockback

(10/8 in Melee to 8/6 in Brawl and 7 in Smash 4 onward). The move has a sweet spot closer to Mario in Melee and the move is weaker in Melee and Brawl.

distance make it a solid recovery tool. It deals damage while rising, and the sweet spot on Kazuya's wings at the beginning of the move boasts impressive strength

end up stuck underneath the stage for a likely KO. It is more difficult to sweet spot the edge using characters such as Marth and Fox on this stage compared

whilst backflipping. Being one of the moves where he performs a slash, the sweet spot is situated around the middle of the blade and as such, does the most

Ness's best killing aerial when sweet spotted. It has a decent startup and endlag, but can autocancel easily.

set up various combos into other moves, including his Super Jump Punch's sweet spot. It is even capable of killing at reasonably high percents. Dr. Mario's

Damage 17, BKB 40, KBG 85, Angle 361 No longer freezes Ice Up Smash Initial sweet spot Angle 65 > 80, BKB 50 > 45, KBG 88 > 90 Ice Forward Air Active frames

attack has a tipper effect as with all of Marth's other moves. It also has a sweet spot in the direct middle of the swing that is a meteor smash.

hindered his combo game and efficiency respectively, and his Knee Smash's sweet spot is more difficult to land. Also, one of his most glaring flaws from

some moves that Pikachu and Raichu can, it can learn three moves (Charm, Sweet Kiss and Nasty Plot) that its evolved forms could not learn until Pokémon

Pizza's The Noid, Dungeons & Dragons, Area 88, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Sweet Home. Currently headquartered in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan, Capcom has grown

Diddy Kong plunges both feet forward. It deals 10% damage sweet spoted and 8% if it hits late. It is one of his most effective options due to its range

grab ledges before the downwards slash begins, or has a very specific ledge sweet spot (usually at the peak of the upward slash), making it very easy to interrupt

technique, one can use mindgames to assist in recoveries by choosing either to sweet spot the ledge or grapple another point of the wall; however, should the

invincibility duration reduced significantly Dash Attack (ground & air) sweet/sourspot roles reversed from previously. Sweetspot now sends upward and has

Being one of the moves where Sephiroth performs a stab, this move has a sweet spot on the tip of the blade. Has slow start-up but boasts impressive horizontal

Taigas are cold counterparts to forest biomes, filled with spruce trees, sweet berry bushes, and other flora. Rabbits, foxes, and wolves often spawn in

above-average KO potential in addition to his speed and maneuverability, with his sweet spotted attacks boasting impressive damage and knockback. His forward tilt

Peach's hitboxes, see here. Performs a spin, then poses and winks, saying "Sweet!" Note: According to the debug menu in Melee, Peach will always perform the

With this in mind, she originally based the design on daifuku, a Japanese sweet that is often crafted to resemble a rabbit (the basis of its long, rabbit-like

front of him with his tail. Like most moves involving his tail it has a sweet spot at the barbed tip which deals more damage. Covers a very large area

startup, coming out on frame 5, but is also her strongest, possessing a small sweet spot on her feet on the first active frame that has very high knockback.

removing stage hazards Pokémon Stadium 2 - Stage does not change forms No auto sweet spot ledges. Lag-less edges - characters can now drop from or climb onto

put the opponent to sleep, then the Ridley hits the opponent with Skewer's sweet spot. This infinite requires a Snake and a Ganondorf, where the Ganon uses

protagonist and Ryuji locate Madarame's palace. After this tactic, Ann tries to sweet talk Yusuke into entering Madarame's studio. While Ann fails to seduce Yusuke

difficult to score clean hits with and highly punishable on block or whiff, the sweet spot of her forward aerial is similarly precise, and her back aerial is prone

long landing lag, and also for mindgames. Stall-then-falls are useful for sweet-spotting the edge. The player can use the attack in midair, fall to below

Lucario has a quick air speed while using this move, and it has a large sweet spot, making ledge-grabbing easier. From Super Smash Bros. 4 onwards, the

frames 13 and 14, and a weaker one on 15 and 16. Both of these have sour and sweet spot, on the tip of the spear and base of the spear, with the tipper being

reliable KO setups at high percentages, and only a handful of KOing options (sweet spotted up smash, up aerial, Vanish's disappearing hitbox, and Bouncing Fish)

techniques like perfect pivoting makes it much more difficult to land his tipper sweet spots. He also received several direct nerfs: his jab is no longer an effective

special) and the sour spot has the ability to push the opponent into the sweet spot, effectively KOing most characters around 110% if it's not stale. Her

hitbox, possesses a strong sweet-spot on the tip that makes it a kill option against opponents in the air, as an uncharged sweet-spot hit can kill as early

powerful forward smash, down smash, or down tilt that can hit even an edge sweet spotting enemy. While this method of edgeguarding requires the least setup

sourspot hitboxes enable it Wall of pain potential. Knee Smash now requires a sweet spot (the hitbox on his knee) to land a clean hit. The clean hitbox duration

and 8% if started in the air; in both cases, the tip of the lance has a sweet spot which deals 15% damage and increased knockback. However, this thrust

Mario's sweetspotted neutral is in between Dr. Mario's neutral aerial's sweet and sour spots. Also, when it first comes out, it has a larger hitbox than

KO, and edgeguard opponents, owing to a safe approach from the distant sweet spot on Falchion, his down aerial spike, and a number of powerful finishers

forward in a stabbing motion via a reverse grip, with the sword's tip being a sweet spot, adding significantly more horizontal range at the cost of some power

for edge guarding onstage, as it will semi-spike any opponent who fails to sweet spot the edge, sending them away towards the blast lines. Link also has a

Up smash's coverage allows it to serve as an effective anti-air, and its sweet spot also deals a lot of shield damage. Finally, down smash is a semi-spike

Luigi Cyclone "Footstool jumping" Mario during Adventure Mode. Using his sweet spotted Super Jump Punch on Fox and Samus on Great Bay. Using Fireball alongside

deterred from approaching over fear of being hit at any time, and the various sweet spots force opponents into certain positions to avoid the most damage, which

his bombs to deal more damage than Link's. Young Link's down aerial his a sweet-spot near the hilt of his sword, which meteor smashes opponents while also

times slower instead of 2.0). Clown Cannon growth increased (60 (sour)/80 (sweet) → 65/85). Clown Cannon hitbox size increased: 4.5 → 5.5. Wind-Up Raptor

player can end up air dodging off the stage, beyond the range of the edge sweet spot. Although survival is possible if one uses Samus, Young Link or Link

on Sephiroth's moveset where he performs a slash, this move possesses a sweet spot in the middle of the blade. Much like his forward aerial, back aerial

(loop hits), 9u (final)). Back aerial: Back aerial has a slightly bigger sweet-spot compared to Melee version. And its sourspot is also much larger, greatly

air's knockback trajectory slightly raised to be straight vertical. Both sweet and sour spots have increased knockback growth. Spin Dash knockback stats

taunt: Faces the screen, takes out, and twirls her parasol while saying "Sweet!". Possibly a reference to an idle animation in Super Princess Peach. Side

allow him to set up potentially lethal combos. His up throw can lead into a sweet spotted up aerial, one of Fox's primary KO methods, and can even chain throw

for edgeguarding as it can easily 2-frame many recoveries. The move has sweet spots on the hammers which bury grounded opponents and can be easily followed

evade edgeguarders while recovering much easier, have been toned down. Edge sweet spots have become smaller, and recovery moves take longer to snap on ledges

to an extent, as it can be used to extend or finish combos as well. When sweet spotted (at the foot), it can KO at high percents near the ledge and is even

Her smash attacks are difficult to land overall and, outside of up smash's sweet spot, have little KO power. Lastly, Burst Grenade has a slow explosion, renders

power and weight is spot on, and his slow but mighty Falcon Punch is oh so sweet when it finally connects. Try starting the attack in mid-air and punching

recovery move, it is most well-known for its offensive utility, due to its sweet spot's high knockback and brief intangibility (frame 5). The input version

Unfortunately, her primary options, back aerial telegraphs itself, has a tiny sweet spot, and requires good setup, while the down aerial is rather slow and has

be angled and has two sweet spots (one on her hand and the other being a blade of magic) that possess respectable power. Its sweet spot KOs middleweights

and/or particularly strong finisher: his new forward smash consists of a sweet spot and sour spot, the back throw is burdened by his overall short grab

parasol saying "Hi!". Up taunt: Takes out and twirls her parasol. She says "Sweet!" as she does this. Side taunt: Dances in a taunting manner as little music

"This tasty little dude can increase a spirit's level a bit!" "Oh yeah, sweet pick! That'll level up a spirit real nice." "This crunchy munchy has that

makes this one of best forward smashes in Melee. However, if the move is not sweet spotted, it deals much lower damage with moderate knockback, and can have

is consistent with no sourspot, but does much less damage (Early: 19%/6% sweet/sour → 13%, Late: 3% → 10%). Forward aerial has less base knockback (Early:

vertical increased. Dash attack improved. It deals 4% more damage: 10% (sweet)/7% (sour)/5% (late) → 14%/11%/9%, its overall range and knockback have been

Charizard and Lucario sleeping after coming into contact with Bellossom's Sweet Scent. Teetering while Kirby is in the foreground after copying it. Crouching

Charizard's neutral aerial albeit backwards instead of forward, possessing a sweet spot on the tip of the tail. The move loses some of its power in the later

diagonal arc that overpowers opponents above and behind Charizard. Down air's sweet spot hitbox is large and powerful, allowing it to easily meteor smash opponents

in the game for several reasons: It is Mario's most powerful KO move when sweet spotted, KOing as low as 65% by the ledge and 90% center stage, the fireball

(sweetspot), 14% (sourspot) Rears his head back and performs a headbutt. The sweet spot takes priority over the sour spot and can be made into a fast KO option