Wario (SSB4): Difference between revisions

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In the current tier list, Wario is ranked 41st out of 55. This is an enormous drop from his 10th out of 38 position in ''Brawl'' resulting as his worst placement in the series so far. Like in ''Brawl'', Wario surprisingly possesses great aerial mobility and good overall mobility for a heavyweight, with great aerial attacks and a strong ground game to complement such. He has great setups with most of his aerial attacks and his signature Wario Bike, as his aerials have low ending lag and can be used help score KOs.

*Clear [[Multi-Man mode|100-Man Smash]].

Wario must then be defeated on [[WarioWare, Inc.]]. Defeating him will unlock both him and the stage.

*{{change|Wario will occasionally grunt when performing his first jump.}}

*{{buff|Wario's aerial grab release now travels much more horizontal distance since his air friction no longer applies when he is aerial grab released ({{SSB4|Mega Man}} also has this trait) making him much less vulnerable to follow ups. Additionally, he can act 10 frames sooner out of it further reducing his susceptibility to follow ups.}}

*{{nerf|Wario [[walk]]s slightly slower (0.85 → 0.847).}}

*{{buff|Wario [[dash]]es faster (1.35 → 1.5).}}

*{{nerf|Wario's [[air speed]] has been slightly reduced (1.222 → 1.21), though it is still among the best in the game.}}

*{{nerf|Wario's [[air acceleration]] has been drastically reduced. (0.34 → 0.12) no longer being the highest by a drastic margin (now only being the second highest). This greatly hurts his air game, no longer allowing Wario to weave in and out at high speeds.}}

*{{change|Wario's air friction has been halved (0.08 → 0.04) no longer being the highest in the game. As his normal air friction no longer applies to his aerial grab release, this improves the utility of his neutral aerial but hinders his endurance as well as his ability to control himself in the air.}}

*{{change|Wario's [[falling speed]] has been increased (1.4 → 1.61).}}

*{{change|Wario's [[gravity]] is higher (0.0842 → 0.092).}}

*{{buff|Wario's fast falling speed has been increased (1.96 → 2.576).}}

*{{nerf|Wario's [[spot dodge]] has more startup lag, a shorter duration (frames 2-20 → 3-17) and more ending lag (FAF 26 → 27).}}

*{{nerf|Air dodge has a slightly shorter duration (26 frames → 25).}}

**{{nerf|[[Neutral attack]] deals less damage (6%/5% → 4% (hit 1), 6% → 5% (hit 2), 12% → 9% (total)) although the second hit's knockback scaling has been compensated (90 → 100).}}

**{{buff|Forward tilt has less start up (frame 14 → 12).}}

**{{nerf|Up tilt has less intangibility (frames 1-37 → 5-23).}}

**{{buff|Down tilt has much less ending lag (FAF 34 → 18) and knockback (50 (base), 60 (scaling) → 20/50), significantly improving its combo potential. It also has more range close to Wario.}}

**{{nerf|Down tilt has a shorter duration (frames 5-9 → 5), deals much less damage (8% → 4%) and has much less vertical range.}}

**{{buff|Dash attack's clean hit deals more knockback (60 (base), 75 (scaling) → 80/70). The late hit also now has set knockback (40 (base), 40 (scaling) → 50 (set)/100), an altered angle (120° → 180°) and now has a 100% [[trip]] chance significantly improving its utility.}}

**{{nerf|Late dash attack deals slightly less damage (5% → 4%).}}

**{{buff|Wario has a new forward smash: a fist-inflating backhand punch while leaning forward and standing on one leg. Compared to the shoulder tackle from ''Brawl'', it deals more knockback (30 (base), 77 (scaling) → 20/99). It can also cancel out projectiles without damaging Wario due to it now lacking [[transcendent priority]]. Its startup animation now moves Wario backwards and the move also no longer moves Wario forward while keeping its range improving its spacing potential.}}

**{{nerf|New forward smash has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 9-11 → 18-19), more ending lag (FAF 45 → 66), and lacks both the [[armor]] and transcendent priority of his previous forward smash making it harder to land and significantly hindering its utility. It also has smaller hitboxes (5u/4u/4u → 4.5u/3.5u) no longer covering Wario's body and no longer making the move disjointed.}}

**{{buff|Wario has a new up smash: a head-inflating swinging headbutt while standing on one leg and leaning forward. It hits once similar to Mario and Luigi's up smash headbutt (and the animation is much more similar to the ''Smash 64'' version), which increases its damage (1% (hits 1-5), 10% (hit 5) → 16% (clean), 13% (late)) and improves it KO potential despite having lower knockback scaling (97 → 85) and makes it more reliable overall.}}

**{{nerf|The removal of [[DACUS]] significantly hinders up smash's approach potential. It also has less intangibility (frames 8-20 → 8-14) and more ending lag (FAF 47 → 58).}}

**{{buff|Down smash has less ending lag (FAF 78 → 68).}}

**{{nerf|Down smash has a shorter duration (frames 8-42 → 8-36).}}

**{{buff|Late hit of neutral aerial launches opponents vertically (361° → 70°), significantly improving its combo potential.}}

**{{nerf|Neutral aerial has smaller hitboxes (5.5u/5.5u → 3u (clean), 6u → 4.5u (late)). The clean hit deals less damage (9% → 6.5%) and has a shorter duration (frames 4-5 → 4), hindering its KO and edgeguarding potential. The late hit also has increased base knockback (20 → 65) hindering its combo potential at higher percents.}}

**{{nerf|Neutral aerial has slightly more landing lag (10 frames → 12).}}

**{{change|Forward aerial's clean hit has altered knockback (20 (base), 100 (scaling) → 30/97).}}  

**{{nerf|Late forward aerial deals less damage (5% → 4.5%) and has less range (5u/3u → 3.5u/2.6u).}}

**{{buff|Back aerial has slightly less landing lag (30 frames → 27). It also deals 2% more damage (10% → 12%) improving its KO potential.}}

**{{nerf|Up aerial deals 4% less damage (17% → 13%) and has reduced knockback scaling (80 → 78), significantly hindering its KO potential. It also no longer auto-cancels in a short hop due to Wario's faster falling speed.}}

**{{nerf|Up aerial has slightly more landing lag (9 frames → 12).}}

**{{buff|Down aerial's final hit deals more knockback (20 (base), 180 (scaling) → 25/200), now being a reliable KO move at higher percentages.}}

**{{nerf|Down aerial deals less damage (2% → 1.3% (loop hits), 16% → 11.8% (total)), has more ending lag (FAF 38 → 48), and auto-cancels later (frame 25 → 42), making it no longer auto-cancel in a short hop. It also can no longer penetrate shields.}}

*{{change|Wario's forward and back throw's animations have swapped places.}}

**{{buff|Forward throw's new animation makes it significantly harder to [[DI]].}}

**{{buff|Back throw's collateral hit is much stronger and has a much longer duration significantly improving its utility outside of 1v1s.}}

**{{nerf|Back throw's new animation makes the throw significantly easier to DI and it no longer has an initial hit making it deal less damage (9% → 7%) and hindering its KO potential.}}

**{{buff|Up throw deals slightly more damage (10% → 11%).}}

**{{buff|Down throw deals slightly more damage (7% → 8%).}}

**{{nerf|Down throw deals more base knockback (60 → 80). When combined with the removal of [[chain grab]]bing, these changes hinder its utility.}}

**{{buff|[[Chomp]] can now be used on energy projectiles, and using it on certain, non-energy projectiles and items (including his bike) now heal Wario for 1% (or 1.5x in the case of [[Food]]) and slightly increases the charge of Wario Waft. It also has less endlag.}}

**{{change|Wario faces slightly more to the screen while using Chomp, unlike the previous installment, where he faces straight.}}

**{{buff|[[Wario Bike]] continues to deal damage after Wario dismounts, with it being able to muscle through almost any opposing projectile, thus giving Wario a new pseudo-projectile and approach option.}}

**{{buff|Throwing the Wario Bike now does increased damage to opponents, with a properly charged throw dealing up to 26% damage.}}

**{{nerf|Wario Bike is less effective at shielding Wario from projectiles as he rides it. Wheelies can also no longer be held indefinitely, and can only be done at one height. Wario can no longer dismount his bike during a wheelie, even if he rides offstage.}}

**{{change|During [[Corkscrew]], Wario now has his fists clenched to his side and thrusts his palms out towards the end, rather than having his palms open in the straight up in the air the entire time.}}

**{{buff|Corkscrew covers more vertical distance and can now [[edge sweet spot|sweet spot the edge]]. Corkscrew also has increased base knockback (60 → 70) and with proper timing, can be used to KO near the upper blast line.}}

**{{nerf|Corkscrew deals 6% less damage (19% → 13%).}}

**{{buff|[[Wario Waft]] has significantly more knockback scaling at maximum charge (30 → 75) improving its KO potential despite its significantly lower damage. It is also much more difficult to [[self-destruct]] off the upper blast line with a fully charged Wario Waft due to its decreased distance.}}

**{{nerf|Wario Waft deals much less damage when fully charged (40% → 27%) and gains less vertical distance. Half charged Wario Waft also deals less damage (21%-31% → 20%-24%) without full compensation on its knockback scaling (66 → 68) hindering its KO potential especially when it is close to being fully charged.}}

**{{change|Unlike in ''Brawl'', where only his stomach bulged out from under his shirt slightly, Wario's entire torso now physically bulges to the point where his frame actually becomes wider while his [[Wario Waft]] is charging.}}

*{{buff|Jab links more reliably, and the second hit has bigger hitbox sizes and an additional hitbox.}}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center"

|Jab 1 (hitbox 0) angle||65°||55°

|Jab 1 (hitbox 0) base knockback||35||45

|Jab 1 (hitbox 1) angle||75°||72°

|Jab 1 (hitbox 1) knockback growth||50||40

|Jab 1 (hitbox 1) base knockback||28||38

|Third hitbox added on jab 2, positions adjusted. || ||

|-

|Jab 2 hitbox sizes||5.5/3.5||5.8/3.8/3.3

|}

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|dashdesc=Wario dives to the ground and slides forward. Hits longer than one might expect it to. An early hit sends the opponent upwards with moderate knockback, while a late hit sends opponents behind Wario, and allows for unique setups and KO combos due to it being guaranteed to trip while [[lock]]ing floored opponents, which can set up into an attack, grab or even [[Wario Waft]] if timed properly.

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|nairdesc=Wario inflates his belly and spins in the air with his arms and legs spread wide. Very fast startup at frame 4 and with only 12 frames of ending lag after the hitboxes cease. Despite it resembling a [[sex kick]] due to having a long duration alongside clean and late hits, the attack actually has two separate hitboxes that act independently from each other. As a result, both hits can combo into each other at low percents. The late hit can lead into another aerial and even [[Wario Waft]]. However, the first hit only lasts one frame.  

|pummeldesc=Pokes his opponent in the torso. Fairly quick. References Wario's set of microgames in WarioWare: Touched!, which are tap-based.

|bthrowdesc=Spins the foe around thrice and throws him/her behind himself, damaging those who come in contact with the spin. Based on the {{s|mariowiki|Wild Swing-Ding}} from ''{{s|mariowiki|Wario World}}''.

|floorfdesc=Wario gets up and pokes both forwards and backwards. Another reference to WarioWare: Touched!

|nsc1desc=Behaves like Wario's regular Chomp but with a suction effect. The throw does slightly less damage and the bite is also significantly slower. Most likely based of {{s|mariowiki|Hyper Suction}}, a move Wario could perform in ''Wario World''.

|nsc2desc=Wario exhales garlic breath at his opponent. If they are next to Wario, they will be stunned as if their shield was broken allowing for a follow-up attack. Farther opponents get knocked away and tripped. This all comes with the cost of significantly increased startup and ending lag, and the move cannot be used to eat items.  

|ssdefdesc=Wario mounts his trademark Wario Bike to run over his opponents. Tilting the opposite direction will make him turn around, dealing more damage if the opponents are slammed by the back tire. Holding up will produce a wheelie at full speed, and pressing down during a wheelie makes the bike perform an extremely powerful ground slam, but this leaves Wario defenseless until it ends. Lastly, when Wario dismounts the bike, he can destroy it, throw it at opponents, or eat it with Chomp. In the air, the bike gives a small initial vertical hop along with a free jump via dismounting it. Can withstand 18% before breaking. If the bike is on or offscreen, but not destroyed, Wario cannot summon another bike. If the player tries to do so, it will trigger an animation where Wario looks around searching for it. Wario can also ride anyone else's Wario Bike, but will only use his own equipped custom variant of the move.

|dsdefdesc=A fart that grows in power the longer it is unused, and its charge cannot be lost in any way except using the move, and the charge is lost if the move is interrupted. The charge can be accelerated by Chomping items. There are 4 levels of charge, all with varying effects: at no charge, the waft will always trip opponents but deals no damage and is the slowest waft (frame 16), the second level is the the second slowest (frame 10), the third level (half-charged) is the fastest (frame 5) and has good KO potential, and the fully charged waft gains increased knockback, a huge hitbox, [[armor]] (frame 5-10), and sends Wario flying upwards with a headbutt that has equally powerful KO potential to go with respectable recovery. Takes ~110 seconds (not including eating) to fully charge.

|victory-desc=A shortened remix to the theme of {{s|mariowiki|Stonecarving City}} from ''{{s|mariowiki|Wario Land: Shake It!}}''.

==In competitive play==

===Notable players===

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*{{Sm|Anuar|USA}} - Consistently places well at [[Mega Smash Mondays]].

*{{Sm|Capt.W|Canada}} - The best Wario player in Canada. Formerly ranked 10th on the [[Montreal Smash 4 Power Rankings]].

*{{Sm|Harlonga|Chile}} - Has a good record in Chile's scene and has wins over {{Sm|Javi}}, {{Sm|Charlie}}, {{Sm|Chag}}, {{Sm|K9}} & more.

*{{Sm|WRECK-IT MUNDO|Netherlands}} - Considered the second best Wario player in Europe behind {{Sm|Glutonny}}. He places well in European majors and got 13th at [[Elysium]], 33rd at [[Syndicate 2017]] and 5th at [[Avalon U-II]].

*{{Sm|LOE1|USA}} - Has a Wario secondary. Ranked 13th on the [[Midwest Smash 4 Power Rankings]].

*{{Sm|Iota|USA}} - Consistently places well at [[Smash @ Xanadu]] tournaments, placed 13th at [[Glitch 5]].

*{{Sm|TheReflexWonder|USA}} - One of the best Wario players in the world. Placed 5th at [[MLG World Finals 2015]], 25th at [[MomoCon 2017]], and 33rd at [[The Big House 6]].

*{{Sm|Fluzi|USA}} - Ranked 10th on [[South Carolina Power Rankings]] and placed 13th at [[Final Round 20]].

*{{Sm|Waymas|Mexico}} - The best Wario player in Mexico. Placed 13th at [[Smash Factor 6]] and 17th at [[Smash Factor 5]]. Currently ranked 16th on the [[Mexican Power Rankings]].

====Inactive====

*{{Sm|Abadango|Japan}}

*{{Sm|Nasubi|Japan}}

*{{Sm|Tweek|USA}}

===Tier placement and history===

Wario was at first considered to be a character around the same potency as in the ''Brawl'' metagame, with players pointing out the changes to the game's physics had benefited him more than worsening him, most notably the addition of [[rage]], plus his KO options were improved in general. Despite his below average playerbase, players such as {{Sm|Abadango}}, {{Sm|Glutonny}} and {{Sm|TheReflexWonder}} started to demonstrate his capabilities in competitive play by adapting to a more deceptive playstyle. Even so, players would soon realize he had also lost the great potency on his aerial game, now being just slightly above average. His well-regarded status would also drop after Abadango dropped him in favor of {{SSB4|Meta Knight}}. Regardless, and after an extremely solid 5th place at [[MLG World Finals 2015]] from Reflex, Wario was eventually placed at 21st on the first ''4BR'' tier list.

However, Wario's tournament representation and results have remained rather scarce, in particular due to the majority of the mid- and low-tiered characters eventually outperforming him in several tournaments, and the changes to the game's physics having also demonstrated they had reduced a lot of his potency at camping, to the point he had to rely much more on baiting and KOing a careless opponent with his slower, albeit more powerful moves. Eventually, Wario dropped to 34th place on the second tier list, the second largest drop (tied with {{SSB4|Luigi}}) between the first and second tier lists. He then saw another very slight drop to 36th on the third tier list and, despite {{Sm|Glutonny}}'s good placings throughout Europe, he has dropped to 41st on the fourth and current tier list.

 

==Trophies==

::{{flag|ntsc}} ''A living embodiment of gross, this villain hates Mario and loves money. He claims to have known Mario since childhood, but who can tell if that's true? In Smash Bros., he's a seriously agile heavyweight fighter. He can store up his trademark Wario Waft for explosive results. Did I mention he's gross?''

 

::{{flag|pal}} ''If someone who hated Mario tried to draw an ugly version of him, it'd probably end up looking just like Wario. The greedy villain claims they used to be childhood friends, though... In this game, he's a heavy fighter with heavy-hitting attacks. The longer you go without using his Wario Waft move, the more explosive it'll be when you..."let it out".''

 

{{Trophy games|console1=GB|game1=Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (11/1992)|console2=GBA|game2=WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!/Minigame Mania (PAL) (05/2003)}}

 

::{{flag|ntsc}} ''With his Chomp special, Wario can wolf down almost anything! If you use this to gobble up healing items, they'll work better! When using his Wario Bike side special, you can jump off, pick it up, and throw it. But please, for the love of all things garlicky, JUMP OFF BEFORE YOU RIDE OFF THE STAGE.''

 

 

{{Trophy games|console1=GB|game1=Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (11/1992)|console2=GBA|game2=WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!/Minigame Mania (PAL) (05/2003)}}

 

::{{flag|ntsc}} ''With just a little nibble of garlic, humble everyman Wario transforms into the hero of justice, Wario-Man! He's...still not really all that strong, but he does get quite a bit faster, and he can launch foes farther too. And like any good hero, he has the ability to fly...by spamming attacks in midair. Just like they all do it, right?''

 

::{{flag|pal}} ''Just a little nibble of garlic, and the humble Everyman Wario transforms into the hero of justice, Wario-Man! He's...still not really all that strong, but he does get quite a bit faster, and he can launch foes further too. And of course, like any good hero, he has the ability to fly...by spamming attacks in mid-air. That's how they all do it...right?''

 

WarioTrophy3DS.png|Classic (3DS)

WarioManTrophyWiiU.png|[[Wario-Man]]

*Since Wario is part of Luigi's Final Smash trophy, Wario can be seen in the game before he is even unlocked.