Fox (SSBM): Difference between revisions

*{{change|Fox's [[short hop]] is lower.}}  

*{{buff|The introduction of [[air dodge]]s has immensely benefitted Fox as it gives him access to [[wavedashing]] and wavelanding and his fast jumping and falling speed allow him to make excellent use of wavedashing.}}

*{{nerf|The removal of [[Teleport (SSB)|teleporting]] hinders Fox's grounded approach.}}

===Ground Attacks===

*[[Neutral attack]]:

**{{nerf|The second hit of neutral attack has a shorter duration (3 frames → 2).}}

*[[Forward tilt]]:

**{{buff|Forward tilt has less startup lag (frame 6 → 5).}}

*[[Up tilt]]:

**{{nerf|Up tilt has a shorter duration (frames 6-13 → 5-11).}}

*[[Down tilt]]:

**{{nerf|Down tilt has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 6-9 → 7-9). It also deals less damage (12% → 10%) and has less combo ability due to hitstun being decreased.}}

*[[Forward smash]]:

**{{nerf|It deals less damage (17% (clean), 13% (late) → 15%/12%) and knockback (0 (base), 120 (scaling) → 10/105), hindering its KO potential. It also has a shorter duration (frames 12-24 → 12-22).}}

*[[Up smash]]:

**{{nerf|Up smash has more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 6-21 → 7-17). The clean hit also has decreased knockback (25 (base), 140 (scaling) → 30/112) hindering its KO potential despite its increased damage (although it is still one of the strongest up smashes in the game). The universally increased falling speeds and the introduction of [[DI]] further hinder its KO potential.}}

*[[Down smash]]:

**{{nerf|Down smash has reduced knockback (35 (base), 80 (scaling) → 20/65), hindering its edgeguarding and KO ability. It also now has a late hit which deals less damage (14% → 12%) and does not semi-spike (25° → 361°).}}

===Aerial Attacks===

*{{buff|All aerials except back aerial have less landing lag (16 frames → 15 (neutral), 30 frames → 22 (forward), 40 frames → 18 (up/down)).}}

*[[Neutral aerial]]:

**{{buff|Neutral aerial has more overall utility due to Fox's lower jumps and higher gravity. It also has less ending lag (frame 50 → 42).}}

*[[Forward aerial]]:

**{{buff|Fox has a new forward aerial; he spin kicks rapidly at a slanted-upward angle exactly five times to his right. It deals more damage than his old forward aerial (12% → 23.28%), has slightly more vertical range, and slows Fox's fall in the air, increasing its offstage safety (although this is completely negated by Fox's faster falling speed and gravity). Each hit has higher base knockback (0 → 10).}}

*[[Back aerial]]:

**{{change|Back aerial has an altered animation: Fox's upper body is more upright even during the ending turn (altering the pertaining hurtbox), with his left leg pointing more diagonally-downward and being a bit bent (which shrinks the pertaining hitbox).}}

**{{nerf|Back aerial has a shorter duration (frames 4-27 → 4-19).}}

**{{nerf|Up aerial has more startup lag (frame 6 → 8), is more difficult to [[sweetspot]], and is much less useful during aerial approaches due to Fox's lower air speed. The first hit's set knockback is also lower (100 → 30), which when combined with its lower hitstun and higher landing lag when [[L-cancel]]ed hinders its combo ability. The second hit also deals less damage if the first hit connects due to changes to [[stale move negation]] (13% → 11%).}}

*[[Down aerial]]:

===Grabs and Throws===

*{{buff|Fox has been given a [[pummel]], an [[up throw|up]] and a [[down throw]], providing him with more options during and after a grab. Fox's up throw is also considered the best up throw in the game due to it's chaingrab and damage racking capabilities, and easy and quick kill setups. His down throw is also used as a [[Tech-chasing|Tech-chaser]].}}

*{{nerf|Fox has a new forward and back throw; Fox now punches his opponent forward instead of throwing them in his new forward throw, and his new back throw has him tossing his opponent backwards while shooting him with his Blaster. The new forward and back throws deal much less damage (12% (forward), 15% (back) → 7% (both)) and their knockback wasn't compensated enough (80 (base), 60 (scaling) (both) → 35/120 (forward), 80/85 (back)) to the point where they cannot KO reliably. Additionally, back throw launches opponents at a higher angle (45° → 56°) and the second half can now be avoided with DI.}}