User:Alex the weeb/Glide index tiers (SSB4)

When it comes to horizontal recovery distance, jump height is not the sole determining factor. Below is the ranking of characters in terms of their ability to "glide", i.e how far horizontally they get in comparison to how far they fall vertically in a given amount of time (with a glide index of 1 meaning fall speed and air speed are identical, 0.5 meaning air speed is half of fall speed etc). This is a useful factor for determining how easily a fighter can get back to the stage if they get launched after they've used up their jump, and is also a general indicator of recovery potential alongside jump height and up special.

Rank	Fighter	Glide Index
1	Jigglypuff	1.295
2	Yoshi	0.992
3	Shulk (speed art)	0.919
4	Mr. Game & Watch	0.903
5	Shulk (jump art)	0.869
6-7	Mewtwo, Rosalina	0.833
8	Peach	0.826
9	Lucas	0.803
10	Sonic	0.793
11	Samus	0.792
12-13	Pac-Man, Zelda	0.770
14	Mario	0.767
15	Wario	0.751
16	Wii Fit Trainer	0.746
17	Toon Link	0.734
18	Ness	0.732
19	Mii Gunner	0.724
20	Bowser	0.719
21	Cloud (with limit break)	0.714
22	Villager	0.712
23	Shulk	0.707
24-25	Mii Brawler, Zero Suit Samus	0.706
26	Donkey Kong	0.7055
27	Ryu	0.7
28	Roy	0.689
29	R.O.B	0.675
30-31	Duck Hunt, Robin	0.667
32	Charizard	0.657
33	Cloud	0.655
34-35	Bowser Jr., Ike	0.6545
36	Kirby	0.6504
37	Palutena	0.65
38	Lucario	0.649
39-40	Marth/Lucina	0.646
41	Greninja	0.638
42	Dr. Mario	0.629
43	Sheik	0.6285
44	Mega Man	0.611
45	Olimar	0.607
46-47	Pit/Pittoo	0.601
48	Mii Swordfighter	0.6
49	Captain Falcon	0.599
50	Meta Knight	0.596
51	Pikachu	0.588
52	Corrin	0.5878
53	Luigi	0.587
54	Little Mac	0.556
55	Link	0.55
56	Bayonetta	0.548
57	Falco	0.517
58	Diddy Kong	0.503
59	Ganondorf	0.479
60	Fox	0.468
61	Shulk (shield art)	0.424
62	King Dedede	0.323