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'''Flinching''' is an animation used by every character when their current action is interrupted by an attack. The interrupted action is replaced with an animation of being hit, with the character reacting differently to the attack depending on its [[knockback]] strength and which part of their body is hit (for example, rearing their head back if hit high, or kneeling if hit low). The length of the flinch animation is correlated to the attack's [[hitstun]], which itself is directly determined by knockback; as a result, stronger attacks cause longer and more exaggerated flinch animations, while attacks that do not deal any knockback will not cause flinching. If an attack deals high enough knockback, characters are sent into [[tumbling]] after their flinching animation. However, [[windbox]]es are able to deal flinchless knockback to fighters, manifested by simply pushing them around. | '''Flinching''' is an animation used by every character when their current action is interrupted by an attack. The interrupted action is replaced with an animation of being hit, with the character reacting differently to the attack depending on its [[knockback]] strength and which part of their body is hit (for example, rearing their head back if hit high, or kneeling if hit low). The length of the flinch animation is correlated to the attack's [[hitstun]], which itself is directly determined by knockback; as a result, stronger attacks cause longer and more exaggerated flinch animations, while attacks that do not deal any knockback will not cause flinching. If an attack deals high enough knockback, characters are sent into [[tumbling]] after their flinching animation. However, [[windbox]]es are able to deal flinchless knockback to fighters, manifested by simply pushing them around. | ||
As flinching is directly related to knockback received, reducing knockback through a [[sticker]] or [[Equipment]], increasing [[weight]] through a [[Super Mushroom]] or [[Metal Box]], or using a move with [[armor]], will also make it more difficult (or impossible) to flinch. [[Metal Mario]] and [[Giga Bowser]] (in ''[[Melee]]'' only) are a few examples of characters who don't flinch when hit with low knockback attacks, due to a combination of their weight, along with the inclusion of armor or knockback taken multipliers. | As flinching is directly related to knockback received, reducing knockback through a [[sticker]] or [[Equipment]], increasing [[weight]] through a [[Super Mushroom]] or [[Metal Box]], or using a move with [[armor]], will also make it more difficult (or impossible) to flinch. [[Metal Mario]] and [[Giga Bowser]] (in ''[[Melee]]'' only) are a few examples of characters who don't flinch when hit with low knockback attacks, due to a combination of their weight, along with the inclusion of armor or knockback taken multipliers. [[Bowser]] from ''[[Smash 4]]'' onward, as well as {{SSBU|Kazuya}} in ''[[Ultimate]]'', have [[fighter abilities]] that prevent them from flinching when hit by attacks that deal below a certain amount of knockback. | ||
Flinching while [[charging]] an attack or [[special move]] will cause the charge to be lost, regardless of whether any charge had been saved previously. {{SSBM|Mewtwo}} does not lose [[Shadow Ball|its projectile]]'s charge if it flinches, though this is only the case for when it is about to fire the projectile, not while it is actually charging. | Flinching while [[charging]] an attack or [[special move]] will cause the charge to be lost, regardless of whether any charge had been saved previously. {{SSBM|Mewtwo}} does not lose [[Shadow Ball|its projectile]]'s charge if it flinches, though this is only the case for when it is about to fire the projectile, not while it is actually charging. | ||