Walk

Mario walking in Melee.

Mario walking in Ultimate.

Walking is a form of ground-based movement slower than dashing. It is performed by slowly tilting forward on the control stick or d-pad while on the ground. In Smash games that can be played without tap jump, it's possible to walk by tilting the control stick diagonally up in the direction players want to walk to. While it is slower than dashing (though by exactly how much is dependent on the character), characters retain the use of their tilts and smash attacks while walking, giving it technical use. Characters have three different walking speeds depending on how far the control stick is tilted, with the slowest of these animations often being a sort of tip-toeing. In Brawl, however, if a character is controlled with a Wii Remote, they will always walk at their max speed. Pressing the attack button while walking will result in a forward tilt. This fact makes a fast walking speed considered an advantage, which is especially true for characters like Squirtle, Marth, and Donkey Kong. Walking speed is measured in units per frame.

Super Smash Bros. walking speeds

The control stick's horizontal position is a value between 8-80 (8 is the minimum amount required for a walk and the stick can reach 127, though it is capped at 80) and is multiplied by their "stick multiply" value. However, to walk in the opposite direction, the horizontal position of the control stick must be at least 20.

Rank	Character	Sitck multiply	Min speed	Max speed
1	Fox	0.45	3.6	36
2	Pikachu	0.42	3.36	33.6
3	Yoshi	0.38	3.04	30.4
4	Link	0.37	2.96	29.6
5	Kirby	0.35	2.8	28
6	Samus	0.34	2.72	27.2
7-8	Donkey Kong	0.32	2.56	25.6
	Captain Falcon
9-10	Mario	0.3	2.4	24
	Luigi
11-12	Jigglypuff	0.28	2.24	22.4
	Ness

Super Smash Bros. Melee walking speeds

Rank	Character	Speed
1-2	Fox	1.6
	Marth
3	Falco	1.4
4-5	Pikachu	1.24
	Pichu
6-10	Donkey Kong	1.2
	Link
	Roy
	Sheik
	Young Link
11	Yoshi	1.15
12-15	Mario	1.1
	Luigi
	Dr. Mario
	Mr. Game & Watch
16-17	Mewtwo	1.0
	Samus
18	Ice Climbers	0.95
19-21	Captain Falcon	0.85
	Kirby
	Peach
22	Ness	0.84
23	Ganondorf	0.73
24-25	Jigglypuff	0.7
	Zelda
26	Bowser	0.65

Super Smash Bros. Brawl walking speeds

Rank	Character	Speed
1	Marth	1.5
N/A	Giga Bowser	1.5
2	Fox	1.45
3	Sonic	1.4
4	Zero Suit Samus	1.33
5-6	Sheik	1.3
	Wolf
N/A	Wario-Man	1.3
7	Falco	1.28
8	Diddy Kong	1.25
9	Pikachu	1.24
10-11	Meta Knight	1.22
	Toon Link
12-14	Donkey Kong	1.2
	Link
	Squirtle
15	Pit	1.18
16	Yoshi	1.15
17-19	Mario	1.1
	Mr. Game & Watch
	R.O.B.
20	Luigi	1.08
21-22	Ivysaur	1.05
	Samus
23	Lucario	1.0
24	Ice Climbers	0.96
25-26	King Dedede	0.95
	Kirby
27	Olimar	0.9
28	Ike	0.88
29-30	Ness	0.86
	Peach
31-32	Captain Falcon	0.85
	Wario
33	Snake	0.84
34	Lucas	0.82
35-36	Bowser	0.8
	Zelda
37	Ganondorf	0.73
38-39	Charizard	0.7
	Jigglypuff

Super Smash Bros. 4 walking speeds

Rank	Character	Speed
N/A	Giga Mac	1.584
1-2	Lucina	1.5
	Marth
N/A	Giga Bowser	1.5
3	Fox	1.45
N/A	Mii Swordfighter (lightest)	1.44936
4	Greninja	1.43
N/A	Mii Brawler (lightest)	1.403
5-6	Sheik	1.4
	Zero Suit Samus
7	Sonic	1.375
8	Little Mac	1.32
9	Donkey Kong	1.3
N/A	Wario-Man	1.3
N/A	Mii Gunner (lightest)	1.281
10	Falco	1.28
11	Diddy Kong	1.25
12	Pikachu	1.24
13	Toon Link	1.2265
14	Palutena	1.21
15-16	Charizard	1.2
	Mewtwo
17-18	Dark Pit	1.199
	Pit
19-20	Mii Swordfighter (default)	1.188
	Link
21	Meta Knight	1.18
22	Wii Fit Trainer	1.166
23	Duck Hunt	1.155
24-27	Mii Brawler (default)	1.15
	Corrin
	Roy
	Yoshi
28	Mr. Game & Watch	1.1242
29	R.O.B.	1.122
30-32	Cloud	1.1
	Mario	1.1
	Shulk	1.1
33	Rosalina & Luma	1.0835
34	Luigi	1.08
35	Mega Man	1.078
36	Samus	1.0615
37-38	Mii Gunner (default)	1.05
	Lucario
39	Pac-Man	1.045
40	Villager	1.04
N/A	Mega Lucario	1
41	King Dedede	0.98
N/A	Mii Swordfighter (heaviest)	0.97416
N/A	Mii Brawler (heaviest)	0.943
42	Captain Falcon	0.94
43	Kirby	0.93
44	Dr. Mario	0.9152
45-46	Bayonetta	0.9
	Olimar
47	Robin	0.891
48	Bowser Jr.	0.88
49	Zelda	0.87
50	Ike	0.869
51	Ness	0.8635
N/A	Mii Gunner (heaviest)	0.861
52	Peach	0.86
53	Bowser	0.858
54	Wario	0.847
55	Lucas	0.82
56	Ryu	0.75
57	Ganondorf	0.73
58	Jigglypuff	0.7

Update history

1.1.3

• Lucario's walk speed: 1.0 → 1.05
• Mewtwo's walk speed: 1.0 → 1.2

1.1.5

• Corrin's walk speed: 1.2 → 1.15

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate walking speeds

Rank	Character	Speed
1-2	Marth	1.575