Editing Wario Waft

|caption=A fully charged Wario Waft in ''Ultimate''

'''Wario Waft''' ({{ja|ワリオっぺ|Warioppe}}, ''Wario Fart'') is [[Wario]]'s [[down special move]], which makes use of his flatulence to attack opponents. The move was first revealed in the E3 2006 trailer for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', albeit with Wario creating a much larger explosion than what can be performed in the games.

 

At minimum charge, Wario performs a small fart. The fart will [[trip]] any opponent it hits, although it deals no damage and it has very high ending lag, as Wario will scratch his head while looking at the screen sheepishly. This makes it almost completely useless to use, especially within a 1v1 match.

At a full charge (110 seconds), Wario starts flashing orange and Waft reaches its fourth and final stage. Wario performs his largest and most damaging fart which propels him very high upwards. The move comes out more slowly than a half charged waft, although the move has super [[armor]] on startup and Wario himself has a powerful hitbox while he is rising. It is also his most powerful Waft starting from ''Smash 4'', giving Wario players an incentive to fully charge his Waft. While the move does grant Wario a lot of height, Wario has no protection from the upper blast zone, resulting in him being KOed if he Wafts too close to the blastzone; however, this is only a major issue in ''Brawl''. The height received also allows the move to be used as a [[recovery]] option, though using it as such is risky due to its lengthy charge time and the loss of a precious and potent KO move. However, this move does not leave Wario [[helpless]], meaning it is nonetheless useful for recovery, as it can be followed up with [[Corkscrew]] and allow Wario to recover from incredibly far off the stage.

Stage 3 Waft has become noticeably less effective. The move now only deals 20% and the move's damage only scales up to 24%, making the move much less powerful when it is close to being fully charged. In addition to this, the move has much higher ending lag (taking 20 more frames to complete), and the move does not travel as high, making it much more punishable and generally making it less useful than in ''Brawl'' (although this is also due to the changes to Wario's fully charged Waft).

Fully charged Waft has seen the most drastic changes, however. The move now deals a less extreme 27% but has vastly greater knockback, now being capable of KOing middleweights at around 50% from the center of {{SSB4|Final Destination}} (about twice as early as in ''Brawl''). Additionally, due to the changes to [[hitstun cancelling]] and [[DI]], Wario now has reliable ways he can combo most of the cast into a fully charged Waft, and if he has [[rage]] (which he can easily build up to the his high weight), Waft can KO even earlier. This makes a fully charged Waft much more devastating and effective overall despite its reduced damage. However, Wario does not rise as high after performing a fully charged Waft, hindering its recovery potential.

In earlier versions of the game, these were the only changes Wario Waft received, apart from a fully charged Waft receiving one more frame of ending lag. Because of this, Wario Waft became an even more effective tool, as Wario gained even more ways to combo into Waft both due to universal changes and buffs Wario himself has received, making it even deadlier than before. In update [[List of updates (SSBU)/11.0.0 changelog|11.0.0]] however, the stage 3 and fully charged Wafts were nerfed.

The Wario Waft move is unique to ''Smash Bros.'', though it is directly inspired on Wario's crude personality and his general love for {{s|wikipedia|toilet humor}} as seen in multiple game manuals and promotional websites for many of his games. One of the first instances concerning Wario and farting is the Japanese manual for ''{{s|mariowiki|Wario Land II}}'', where Wario mentions that his {{s|mariowiki|Hot Wario}} reaction was not produced "because his fart caught on fire".

 

While farting would later be part of the actual games that feature Wario around the development of ''Brawl'', such as being one of Wario's special items in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Kart Arcade GP}}'' (namely, {{s|mariowiki|Fart Gas}}), or in the {{s|mariowiki|He Who Smelt It...}} microgame from ''{{s|mariowiki|WarioWare: Smooth Moves}}'', none of thoses instances of farting work the same way as how Wario Waft works in ''Smash'', as the former two act more like clouds of some sorts, instead of being an explosion that hurts anyone in contact like the move in ''Smash''.

Wario Waft would later make an appearance as Wario's skill in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games}}'', as well as in the {{s|mariowiki|Blow Away Chain Chomp!}} minigame from the [[Nintendo DS]] version.