Air speed

Air speed, or lateral air movement, is the maximum rate at which a character can move left or right while in midair. Air speed, air acceleration, falling speed, and gravity are factors for how far a character can recover.

Air speed is often confused with how far a character can travel without landing. Characters with low falling speeds tend to be able to travel farther in the air, simply due to hitting the ground later, not due to traveling through the air faster. As a result, characters with higher falling speeds are often perceived as having lower air speeds, when in reality, some fast falling characters can move around in the air faster than the floaty characters.

Super Smash Bros. air speed ranking[edit]

JPN
Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Yoshi	40
2	Pikachu	37.5
3	Fox	36
4	Jigglypuff	35
5-6	Link	31
5-6	Captain Falcon	31
7-8	Mario	30
7-8	Donkey Kong	30
9-11	Samus	28
9-11	Kirby	28
9-11	Ness	28
12	Luigi	26

NTSC
Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Yoshi	44
2	Pikachu	37.5
3	Fox	36
4	Jigglypuff	35
5-6	Link	31
5-6	Captain Falcon	31
7-8	Mario	30
7-8	Donkey Kong	30
9-11	Samus	28
9-11	Kirby	28
9-11	Ness	28
12	Luigi	22.5

PAL
Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Yoshi	44
2	Pikachu	37.5
3	Link	37
4	Fox	36
5	Jigglypuff	35
6	Captain Falcon	31
7-8	Mario	30
7-8	Donkey Kong	30
9-10	Kirby	28
9-10	Ness	28
11	Samus	26
12	Luigi	22.5

Melee air speed ranking[edit]

Rank	Character	Air speed
1	Jigglypuff	1.35
n/a	Giga Bowser	1.22
2-3	Yoshi	1.2
2-3	Mewtwo	1.2
4	Captain Falcon	1.12
5	Peach	1.1
6-9	Donkey Kong	1
6-9	Link	1
6-9	Young Link	1
6-9	Mr. Game & Watch	1
10	Zelda	0.95
11	Ness	0.93
12-14	Dr. Mario	0.9
12-14	Marth	0.9
12-14	Roy	0.9
15	Samus	0.89
16	Mario	0.86
17-18	Pikachu	0.85
17-18	Pichu	0.85
19-20	Fox	0.83
19-20	Falco	0.83
21-22	Bowser	0.8
21-22	Sheik	0.8
23-24	Ganondorf	0.78
23-24	Kirby	0.78
25	Ice Climbers	0.7
26	Luigi	0.68

Brawl air speed Ranking[edit]

Rank	Character	Air speed
N/A	Wario-Man	1.692
1	Yoshi	1.316
2	Jigglypuff	1.269
3-4	Wario	1.222
3-4	Wolf	1.222
N/A	Giga Bowser	1.222
5	Captain Falcon	1.18
6	Sonic	1.1092
7-9	Donkey Kong	1.081
7-9	Squirtle	1.081
7-9	Mr. Game and Watch	1.081
10	Lucas	1.05
11-13	Bowser	1.034
11-13	Zero Suit Samus	1.034
11-13	Marth	1.034
14-17	Zelda	0.987
14-17	Samus	0.987
14-17	Charizard	0.987
14-17	Lucario	0.987
18	Ness	0.9588
19-21	Mario	0.94
19-21	Toon Link	0.94
19-21	Snake	0.94
22	Ike	0.9212
23	Pikachu	0.9118
24-26	Peach	0.893
24-26	Falco	0.893
24-26	Pit	0.893
27-28	Fox	0.89
27-28	R.O.B.	0.89
29	Kirby	0.85
30-31	Ganondorf	0.846
30-31	Sheik	0.846
32	Diddy Kong	0.8272
33	Olimar	0.82
34	Link	0.8084
35	Ice Climbers	0.7708
36-37	Meta Knight	0.752
36-37	Ivysaur	0.752
38	Luigi	0.7332
39	King Dedede	0.658

SSB4 air speed ranking[edit]

Rank	Character	Air speed
N/A	Giga Mac	1.7
N/A	Wario-Man	1.69
N/A	Mii Brawler (lightest)	1.422
1	Yoshi	1.28
2	Jigglypuff	1.269
3	Mewtwo	1.25
N/A	Mii Gunner (lightest)	1.24425
4	Roy	1.24
N/A	Giga Bowser	1.22
5	Wario	1.21
6-7	Mii Brawler (default)	1.2
6-7	Zero Suit Samus	1.2
8	Greninja	1.18
9-11	Donkey Kong	1.15
9-11	Mario	1.15
9-11	Sonic	1.15
N/A	Mii Brawler (Fighting Mii Team)	1.15
N/A	Mii Gunner (Fighting Mii Team)	1.15
N/A	Mii Swordfighter (lightest)	1.1376
12-13	Mr. Game & Watch	1.12
12-13	Ryu	1.12
14-19	Captain Falcon	1.1
14-19	Cloud	1.1
14-19	Duck Hunt	1.1
14-19	Lucas	1.1
14-19	Mega Man	1.1
14-19	Sheik	1.1
20	Lucario	1.09
21-23	Bowser Jr.	1.08
21-23	Ike	1.08
21-23	R.O.B.	1.08
24	Shulk	1.06
25	Mii Gunner (default)	1.05
26-27	Pac-Man	1.04
26-27	Zelda	1.04
N/A	Mega Lucario	1.04
28	Samus	1.03
29-30	Lucina	1.02
29-30	Marth	1.02
N/A	Mii Brawler (heaviest)	1.02
31-34	Bowser	1.0
31-34	Little Mac	1.0
31-34	Robin	1.0
31-34	Rosalina	1.0
35	Meta Knight	0.99
36-38	Bayonetta	0.97
36-38	Corrin	0.97
36-38	Wii Fit Trainer	0.97
39-40	Fox	0.96
39-40	Mii Swordfighter (default)	0.96
41	Ness	0.9588
42	Peach	0.95
43-44	Toon Link	0.94
43-44	Villager	0.94
45	Dr. Mario	0.9315
46	Falco	0.93
47	Charizard	0.92
48	Pikachu	0.9118
49	Palutena	0.91
N/A	Mii Swordfighter (Fighting Mii Team)	0.9
N/A	Mii Gunner (heaviest)	0.8925
50-51	Dark Pit	0.89
50-51	Pit	0.89
52-53	Diddy Kong	0.88
52-53	Link	0.88
54	Olimar	0.82
N/A	Mii Swordfighter (heaviest)	0.816
55	Kirby	0.8
56	Ganondorf	0.79
57	Luigi	0.7341766
58	King Dedede	0.63