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'''Wall clinging''' (known as '''AttachWall''' via internal files in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'') is a [[fighter ability|technique]] introduced in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. As the name suggests, it allows the player to cling on walls. The wall cling is performed similar to a [[wall jump]], except the [[control stick]] or [[d-pad]] is held towards the wall instead of being moved in the opposing direction. Only certain [[character]]s have the ability to wall cling. While clinging to a wall, characters can [[jump]], allowing it to function like a wall jump. This can be achieved by pressing away from the wall or by pressing up or the jump button. If the control stick is pressed away from the wall, the character will wall jump off the wall. If it is pressed up, the character will instead [[double jump]]. Wall clings will not restore a character's double jump. All characters with the ability to wall cling can also wall jump, and may do so from the wall cling. Steeply horizontal walls, such as the ones found on [[Battlefield]], cannot be clung to.  

Additional wall clings and subsequent jumps can be performed without having to land. If used correctly in combination of wall jumps, one can get a huge vertical distance if there is a wall, allowing characters that can wall cling have a huge chance to survive sudden death if used properly. Players can also utilizes wall clings to both throw off edgeguarding opponents and stalling in area they might have trouble reaching.

[[Corrin]] and [[Sephiroth]] both have attacks that can be used as a pseudo-wall cling, [[Dragon Lunge]] and forward aerial respectively. While not being true wall clings, they can be used in similar ways and achieve similar results.

 

==Wall clingers==

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!width="20%"|Fighter

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|style="text-align:left"|[[Bayonetta]]

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|style="text-align:left"|[[Diddy Kong]]

|style="text-align:left"|[[Greninja]]

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|style="text-align:left"|[[Lucario]]*

|style="text-align:left"|[[Sheik]]

|{{Head|Sheik|s=24px|g=SSBU}}

|style="text-align:left"|[[Squirtle]]

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|{{Head|Squirtle|s=24px|g=SSBU}}

(*)Additionally, if Lucario's [[Extreme Speed]] is aimed into a wall, Lucario will cling to the wall.

Various ''Smash'' fighters have used wall clinging in their source games. In ''Kirby Super Star'', when [[Kirby]] had the Ninja copy ability, he had the ability to wall cling. In other games, such as ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'', [[Mario]] and [[Samus]] could stick to walls temporarily if they were in the process of wall jumping; however, this would only last for a second or two before they slid downwards. In ''Super Mario Odyssey'', [[Yoshi]] could wall cling after sticking his tongue at a wall surface. However, none of these four characters can wall cling in Smash.

Diddy Kong, as well as Dixie, could situationally wall cling in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', as he could stick to honey-covered walls in {{iw|mariowiki|Hornet Hole}} and he has the same animation in ''[[Brawl]]'' for wall jumping from that game. He can also  cling and crawl on grass-surface walls and ceilings in some of the levels in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'', such as {{iw|mariowiki|King of Cling}} and {{iw|mariowiki|Grassland Groove}}. [[Bayonetta]]'s ability to wall cling is likely based on the Witch Walk ability from [[Bayonetta (universe)|her home series]], which allows Umbra Witches to walk on walls in moonlight.

Link is capable of clinging onto and climbing walls in ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'', but he can't in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

Wall cling.jpg|Lucario wall clinging underneath {{SSBB|Final Destination}} in ''Brawl''.

Lucario's wall cling.JPG|Lucario wall clinging on [[Kalos Pokémon League]] in ''SSB4''.

*All characters who can wall cling can also [[Crawling|crawl]], except for Bayonetta.

==See also==

*[[Sword of the Creator]]