Falling speed
Falling speed is the usual rate at which a character can move downward in mid-air. A character's falling speed can greatly impact his fighting style - for instance, Fox, a fast-faller, uses his aerial speed to perform shffl'd attacks very quickly, whereas Jigglypuff, a floaty character, uses her low falling speed to attack multiple times in mid-air.
Additionally, falling speed directly affects the vertical component of attacks' knockback. Attacks of upward trajectory knock back slow-falling, floaty characters more than they knock back fast-fallers. Though both falling speed and weight affect knockback, they are independent of each other - a fast-falling character is not necessarily heavy, and vice versa.
The items Bunny Hood and Metal Box increase the user's falling speed.
Average Falling Speed Ranking In Melee
This is a ranking of each character's average falling speed, from fastest to slowest.
1. 159% - Falco
2. 152% - Fox
3. 151% - Captain Falcon
4. 128% - DK / Roy
6. 118% - Ganondorf / Sheik
8. 117% - Link / Marth / Young Link
11. 116% - Bowser
12. 108% - Pikachu
13. 107% - Pichu / Yoshi
15. 103% - Ness
16. 101% - Dr. Mario / Mario / Mr. Game & Watch
19. 98% - Ice Climbers
20. 97% - Mewtwo
21. 96% - Kirby / Peach
23. 95% - Luigi / Samus
25. 92% - Zelda
26. 86% - Jigglypuff
Top Falling Speed
A ">" means that the character to the left of the ">" ACCELERATES to his/her top speed QUICKER than the character to the right of the ">."
A "=" means the two or three characters between the "=" have the same exact acceleration.
1) Falco
2) Captain Falcon
3) Fox
4-5) Roy > DK
6) Marth
7-9) Sheik > Link = Young Link
10) Ganondorf
11) Yoshi
12-14) Bowser > Pichu = Pikachu
15) Ness
16-18) Dr. Mario = Mario = Mr. Game and Watch
19-21) Ice Climbers > Kirby > Luigi
22-23) Mewtwo > Peach
24-25) Zelda > Samus
26) Jigglypuff
Fast Falling Speed
1. 100% --------- Captain Falcon / Falco
3. 97.5% -------- Fox
4. 86% ----------- Link / Sheik
6. 85% ----------- DK
7. 84% ----------- Yoshi
8. 83% ----------- Roy
9. 77.5% --------- Pikachu
10. 74.5% ------- Ganondorf
11. 72% ---------- Marth / Pichu
13. 69% ---------- Bowser
14. 66.5% -------- Dr. Mario / Mario / Mewtwo / Mr. Game & Watch / Samus
19. 63.5% -------- Ness / Young Link
21. 57.5% -------- Ice Climbers / Kirby / Luigi / Peach
25. 53.5% -------- Zelda
26. 46% ---------- Jigglypuff
Average Falling Speed Ranking In Brawl
This is a ranking of each character's average falling speed, from fastest to slowest.
1. Fox
2. Sheik
3. Wolf
4. Falco
5. Squirtle
6. Captain Falcon
7. Ganondorf
8. Bowser
9. Meta Knight
10. Diddy Kong
11. Lucas
12. Link
13. Zero Suit Samus
14. Pikachu
15. Sonic
16. Charizard
17. Wario
18. King Dedede
19. Ike
20. Donkey Kong
21. Snake
22. Ice Climbers
23. Mr. Game & Watch
24. Mario
25. Pit
26. Yoshi
27. Ness
28. Ivysaur
29. Toon Link
30. Marth
31. Zelda
32. R.O.B.
33. Luigi
34. Peach
35. Lucario
36. Kirby
37. Olimar
38. Samus
39. Jigglypuff
