Multi-Man Smash: Difference between revisions

'''Multi-Man Smash'''  ({{ja|組み手|Kumi-te}}, ''Group Combat'') is a [[Stadium]] sub-mode appearing in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as '''Multi-Man Melee''', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as '''Multi-Man Brawl''', ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' as '''Multi-Man Smash''', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as '''Mob Smash'''. This sub-mode pits the player against multiple consecutive simultaneous foes, challenging them to defeat as many as possible under various pretenses, while additionally allowing for more characters to be on-screen than allowed under normal circumstances. Though the player has only one stock, the enemy team generally sustains high [[knockback]] (moves with high enough base knockback are usually enough to [[OHKO]] them), has a low [[artificial intelligence]] level, and lacks the ability to perform special moves or grab ledges, making them easy to [[KO]]. The mode's difficulty arises from the fact that though individual opponents can be very easy to defeat, it becomes hard to divide one's attention among as many as five opponents at once, making it easy to slowly rack up [[damage]] taken over the course of the mode until one or more stray attacks can KO the player. Multi-Man modes take place on [[Battlefield]], and starting with ''Ultimate'', any [[Battlefield form]] can be chosen.

==List of Multi-Man modes==

[[File:Rival.jpeg|thumb|{{SSB4|Ryu}} and his Rival in Rival Smash in {{for3ds}}.]]

In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', as with any Stadium sub-mode, players are unable to use any [[Character customization|customizations]], preventing players from using [[equipment]] to augment their characters' power or bypass the game mode's restrictions. As such, excluding the {{SSB4|Mii Fighter}}s, fighters are only allowed to use their default special moves.

*[[15-Minute Smash|'''15-Minute''']] (''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' only) - challenges the player to survive for 15 minutes, defeating as many opponents as possible. Foes get stronger as time passes by. Despite the need for endurance, simple strategies such as [[spamming]] a certain move or evading the opponents altogether will generally suffice.

*[[Rival Smash|'''Rival''']] (''SSB4'' only) - challenges one player to defeat more opponents than their Rival (an AI copy of their character) before they are themselves defeated in an otherwise endless match. Rivals respawn after being KO'd. The player's final score is equal to the difference of the number of opponents they and their Rival defeated. This mode replaces 15-Minute mode in ''SSB4'' and is the only one not available in multiplayer.

*[[Cruel mode|'''Cruel''']] - challenges the player to defeat as many opponents as possible before being KO'd themselves, like Endless mode, but now the opponents have high handicap instead of the player, as well as increased aggressiveness and a high [[AI]] level, capable of dealing much more knockback than normal. Additionally, no items will appear. This is unarguably the most difficult Multi-Man mode, as the opponents are immensely harder to KO while the player is also much easier to KO compared to the other modes.

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==List of Multi-Man enemy teams==

Each game in the series features different [[enemy team]]s to fight against in Multi-Man modes: Fighting Wire Frames in ''Melee'', Fighting Alloy Team in ''Brawl'', and Fighting Mii Team in ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate''.

*'''[[Fighting Mii Team]]''' {{GameIcon|SSB4|20px}}{{GameIcon|SSBU|20px}} - [[Mii Fighter]]s wearing black jumpsuits with a white "M" letter printed on its anterior and two white "i" letters around their limbs. Their skin and facial appearances cull from [[Mii]]s saved on the player's console, or from pre-loaded/guest Miis if there aren't enough. Despite this, their height and weight are all uniform. They can [[recover]] by [[footstool jump]]ing off each other despite not being able to attack each other otherwise. Every 50th opponent fought is spawned as a [[giant]] character, and the final opponent in 100-Man Smash is a giant version of the player's character in ''SSB4''. Every 25th opponent fought is spawned as a character in ''Ultimate''.

==Other Multi-Man scenarios==

*In ''Super Smash Bros.'', [[1P Game#Stage_10:_Fighting_Polygon_Team|Stage 10]] of the [[1P Game]] is a battle on [[Duel Zone]] versus 30 [[Fighting Polygon Team|Fighting Polygons]], which are purple polyhedrons modeled after the 12 characters in the game. They cannot [[grab]] or use [[special move]]s, and have reduced power, [[weight]], and tendencies for [[shield]]ing and [[Sidestep|dodging]] attacks, all of which change with the set [[difficulty]] level. This existed prior to the "Multi-Man" moniker that is applied retroactively to this scenario due to the similarity between the two.

*[[Classic Mode]] features certain stages with [[Classic Mode#Multi-man_battle|Multi-Man battles]] versus clones of a certain character.

*In ''Super Smash Bros. for 3DS'', a Multi-Man match is one of possible Final Battles in [[Smash Run]], where the Fighting Miis along with [[metal]] and giant metal versions of the player character appear.{{clr}}

*In ''Ultimate'', certain spirit battles feature fighting many opponents, with some only appearing after others are defeated.  

==Names in other languages==

|ja={{ja|組み手|Kumi-te}}

|jaM=Group combat

|nl=Massa-smash

|ru={{rollover|Бой с толпой|Boy s tolpoy|?}}

|ruM=Fight with a crowd

|zh_tw={{rollover|對打|Duìdǎ|?}}

|zh_twM=Sparring

==Trivia==

*Each member of the enemy teams in all Multi-Man modes weigh the same as Mario, except for the Female Wire Frame in ''Melee'', who weighs the same as {{SSBM|Zelda}}.

*Clearing 100-Man mode for the first time gives the player the opportunity to unlock an [[unlockable character]] via a 1 vs. 1 battle if the character has not been unlocked yet: [[Falco]] in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' and [[Wario]] in ''SSB4''.