Weight

"Heavy" redirects here. For the Special Smash gravity condition, see Special gravity.

Mario's back throw speed differs depending on the weight of the character being thrown.

Weight is a measurement of how much a character can resist knockback. Weight is one of several factors used in calculating the amount of knockback a character experiences. Characters with a higher weight (heavy) tend to suffer less knockback, and characters with a lower weight (light) tend to suffer more knockback, all other factors controlled.

Overview

A graph demonstrating how the rate of knockback increase is affected by weight, labeled with Bowser's and Pichu's weights in SSBU

Weight is, in practice, understood as how difficult it is to send a character flying away. Because of this, it is generally considered an advantage for a character to be heavy, as less knockback makes it harder to KO a character. Additionally, in Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4, many throws take longer to execute on heavier characters, giving the opponent being thrown more time to properly react to throws and to DI effectively. Because throwing heavier characters causes the throwing animation to continue longer once the target is released, the viability of throw combos may be affected; for example, in Melee, Captain Falcon is not vulnerable to many of the up throw chain grabs (such as from Marth) that the space animals are vulnerable to; in Brawl, the Ice Climbers' infinite chain grabs are more difficult to perform on heavyweights; and in Smash 4, Robin's down throw to up aerial "Checkmate" KO setup is the hardest to perform against Bowser and Charizard, since they are heavy but have low falling speeds. In Ultimate, weight is a factor in determining how much a character can be pushed by an opponent running into them, and how far they will push other opponents.

Lighter characters do have a few advantages. Because of the higher knockback they receive, they can usually escape combos earlier. However, since weight affects high knockback values more than low ones, this advantage is less significant compared to the disadvantage of being easier to KO; the size of a character's hurtboxes, as well as their falling speed and gravity prior to Ultimate (and especially in Melee), have a larger impact than weight on how vulnerable a character is to combos. Nevertheless, a few specific combos are less effective on lightweights to a much greater degree, namely Fox's waveshine combos in Melee and King Dedede's down throw chain grab in Brawl; in both cases, characters with a weight value below 86 are knocked down rather than pushed along the ground, allowing them to tech or execute a floor recovery and escape subsequent uses of such moves. Other advantages to light weight include weight-sensitive platforms, such as those in Mushroom Kingdom and Rainbow Cruise, which fall slower while holding less weight, making them safer to use for lighter characters. Finally, certain weight-based throws have hitboxes that appear for very short lengths of time, and if the target is very light, the animation may progress so quickly that the hitbox appears and vanishes in less than a frame without hitting — this causes the lightest characters to take less damage, notably with Bowser's down throw in NTSC Melee and Link's down throw in Brawl, both of which miss their pre-throw hit on Jigglypuff.

Heavier characters tend to have stronger attacks, longer range, worse recovery (that is; recoveries that are slower or cover less distance), bigger hurtboxes, and slower movement, while lighter characters tend to have weaker attacks, shorter range, better recovery, smaller hurtboxes, and faster movement. However, this is a a loose trend that many characters defy in some way — Captain Falcon is heavy but dashes incredibly fast, Yoshi is heavy but has a high jump and weaker attacks, Wario is heavy but short and highly maneuverable, Zelda is light-medium with slow and strong attacks, Falco is light with a lackluster recovery (prior to Smash 4) and very high falling speed, and Little Mac is light but has among the worst recoveries in the games he appears in.

In single player modes, sometimes unnaturally high weight is introduced to challenge the player, such as when fighting Metal Mario; this is often paired with additional knockback resistance, since even characters with infinite weight will still take knockback from any attack with a base knockback greater than 0.

On an additional note, some attacks are weight-independent, and will always act as if the target fighter's weight is set to 100; the amount of knockback dealt will remain consistent, no matter how light or heavy the target is. This is especially notable for attacks that have the bury, paralyze, or stun effects. However, other factors, such as knockback taken multipliers, and knockback resistance, still affect the amount of knockback dealt.

Super Smash Bros. weight values

These values use a different scale than the later games - heavier characters have lower numbers, representing a direct multiplier in the knockback formula. For comparison purposes, the equivalent value in the newer system is also listed.[1]

JPN Rank Character Weight (coded) Weight (comparison) 1 Donkey Kong 0.84 138.095 2 Samus 0.92 117.391 3 Yoshi 0.93 115.054 4-5 Captain Falcon 0.96 108.333 Link 6-8 Fox 1 100.000 Luigi Mario 9 Ness 1.1 81.818 10 Pikachu 1.16 72.414 11 Kirby 1.19 68.067 12 Jigglypuff 1.3 53.846

NTSC Rank Character Weight (coded) Weight (comparison) 1 Donkey Kong 0.83 140.964 2 Samus 0.92 117.391 3 Yoshi 0.93 115.054 4-5 Captain Falcon 0.96 108.333 Link 6-8 Fox 1 100.000 Luigi Mario 9 Ness 1.1 81.818 10 Pikachu 1.16 72.414 11 Kirby 1.19 68.067 12 Jigglypuff 1.3 53.846

PAL Rank Character Weight (coded) Weight (comparison) 1 Donkey Kong 0.83 140.964 2 Link 0.9 122.222 3 Samus 0.92 117.391 4 Yoshi 0.93 115.054 5 Captain Falcon 0.96 108.333 6-8 Fox 1 100.000 Luigi Mario 9 Ness 1.1 81.818 10 Pikachu 1.16 72.414 11 Kirby 1.19 68.067 12 Jigglypuff 1.3 53.846

Super Smash Bros. Melee weight values

Following are the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ranked in order of heaviest to lightest. The Metal Box multiplies a character's base weight by 3, the Super Mushroom by 1.6, and the Poison Mushroom by 0.625.

NTSC Rank Character Weight n/a Giga Bowser 140 1 Bowser 117 2 Donkey Kong 114 3 Samus 110 4 Ganondorf 109 5 Yoshi 108 6-7 Captain Falcon 104 Link 8-10 Dr. Mario 100 Luigi Mario 11 Ness 94 12-14 Peach 90 Zelda Sheik 15 Ice Climbers 88 16 Marth 87 17-19 Mewtwo 85 Roy Young Link 20-21 Falco 80 Pikachu 22 Fox 75 23 Kirby 70 24-25 Jigglypuff 60 Mr. Game & Watch 26 Pichu 55

PAL Rank Character Weight n/a Giga Bowser 140 1 Bowser 118 2 Donkey Kong 114 3 Yoshi 111 4 Samus 110 5 Ganondorf 109 6-7 Captain Falcon 104 Link 8-9 Dr. Mario 100 Luigi 10 Mario 98 11 Ness 94 12-14 Peach 90 Zelda Sheik 15 Ice Climbers 88 16-19 Marth 85 Mewtwo Roy Young Link 20-21 Falco 80 Pikachu 22 Kirby 74 23 Fox 73 24-25 Jigglypuff 60 Mr. Game & Watch 26 Pichu 55

Super Smash Bros. Brawl weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Rank	Character	Weight
1	Bowser	120
2	Donkey Kong	116
3	Snake	113
4	King Dedede	112
5	Charizard	110
6	Ganondorf	109
7	Samus	108
8-9	Wario	107
	Yoshi
10	R.O.B.	106
11	Ike	105
12-13	Captain Falcon	104
	Link
14	Wolf	102
15-16	Ivysaur	100
	Lucario
17	Mario	98
18	Luigi	97
19	Sonic	95
20-22	Lucas	94
	Ness
	Pit
23	Diddy Kong	93
24-25	Ice Climbers	92
	Toon Link
26	Peach	89
27	Marth	87
28-29	Sheik	85
	Zelda
30-31	Falco	82
	Olimar
32	Zero Suit Samus	81
33	Fox	80
34-35	Meta Knight	79
	Pikachu
36	Kirby	78
37-38	Mr. Game & Watch	75
	Squirtle
39	Jigglypuff	68

Super Smash Bros. 4 weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. 4.

According to the game, weight is the base factor in determining how many powers can be equipped in Smash Run. There are other factors — namely a character's speed — so it is not a direct linear correlation, but as a general rule weight definitely carries a positive correlation: the higher the weight, the greater the number of powers, with the only exceptions being Miis and the DLC fighters having a power limit of 25.

Certain updates have made slight alterations to the weights of characters, affecting both survivability and resistance to combos. These changes have not had a major effect on most characters in the metagame, with the exceptions of Sheik and Bowser, who are considered to be worse and better after their weight alterations, respectively.

Rank	Character	Weight	Power Limit
+2	Giga Bowser	400
+1	Giga Mac	140
1	Bowser	130	29
2	Donkey Kong	122	27
3	King Dedede	119	28
4	Charizard	116	27
5	Ganondorf	113	29
6-7	Bowser Jr.	108	27
	Samus
8-9	Ike	107	26
	Wario		27
n/a	Wario-Man
10	R.O.B.	106	26
11-13	Link	104
	Yoshi
	Captain Falcon		25
14	Ryu	103
15-17	Mega Man	102
	Shulk
	Mii Fighter (heaviest)
18-19	Cloud	100
	Mii Fighter (default)
20	Lucario	99
n/a	Mega Lucario
21-23	Corrin	98	25
	Dr. Mario
	Mario
24-26	Mii Fighter (lightest)	97
	Luigi		24
	Villager
27-29	Dark Pit	96
	Pit
	Wii Fit Trainer
30-32	Robin	95
	Roy		25
	Pac-Man
33-36	Ness	94
	Lucas
	Sonic		23
	Greninja		24
37-38	Diddy Kong	93
	Toon Link
39-40	Duck Hunt	91	23
	Palutena
41-42	Lucina	90
	Marth
43	Peach	89
44	Zelda	85	22
45	Bayonetta	84	25
46-47	Falco	82	22
	Little Mac		23
48	Sheik	81	24
49-50	Zero Suit Samus	80	23
	Meta Knight		22
51-54	Fox	79	24
	Olimar		23
	Pikachu
	Kirby		21
55	Rosalina	77	22
56	Mr. Game & Watch	75	23
57	Mewtwo	74	25
58	Jigglypuff	68	21

Update history

1.1.3

• Ganondorf's weight: 112 → 113
• Kirby's weight: 77 → 79
• Sonic's weight: 95 → 100

1.1.4

• Rosalina's weight: 78 → 77
• Sheik's weight: 85 → 84
• Zero Suit Samus's weight: 81 → 80

1.1.5

• Bowser's weight: 128 → 168
• Charizard's weight: 115 → 116
• Mewtwo's weight: 72 → 74
• Sheik's weight: 84 → 81

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate weight values

This is a list of characters' weights in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Mii Fighters now have their weight determined by their class rather than their size modifiers from their creation.

The average weight value for all fighters is rounded down to 96.01, meaning that Pit, Dark Pit, Ivysaur, and Wii Fit Trainer are the characters whose weights are closest to the average.

Rank	Character	Weight
1	Bowser	135
2	King K. Rool	133
3-4	Donkey Kong	127
	King Dedede
5	Ganondorf	118
6-7	Charizard	116
	Incineroar
8	Piranha Plant	112
9-12	Samus	108
	Dark Samus
	Bowser Jr.
	Terry
13-17	Wario	107
	Ike
	Ridley
	Simon
	Richter
18-20	Snake	106
	R.O.B.
	Banjo & Kazooie
21-24	Link	104
	Yoshi
	Captain Falcon
	Mii Gunner
25-26	Ryu	103
	Ken
27	Mega Man	102
28	Hero	101
29-30	Mii Swordfighter	100
	Cloud
31-33	Mario	98
	Dr. Mario
	Corrin
34-35	Luigi	97
	Shulk
36-39	Pit	96
	Dark Pit
	Ivysaur
	Wii Fit Trainer
40-43	Roy	95
	Chrom
	Robin
	Pac-Man
44-47	Ness	94
	Lucas
	Mii Brawler
	Inkling
48	Joker	93
49-52	Ice Climbers	92
	Lucario
	Wolf
	Villager
53-54	Toon Link	91
	Palutena
55-57	Marth	90
	Diddy Kong
	Lucina
58-59	Peach	89
	Daisy
60-62	Young Link	88
	Greninja
	Isabelle
63	Little Mac	87
64-65	Sonic	86
	Duck Hunt
66	Zelda	85
67-68	Falco	82
	Rosalina
69	Bayonetta	81
70-71	Meta Knight	80
	Zero Suit Samus
72-75	Kirby	79
	Pikachu
	Olimar
	Mewtwo
76	Sheik	78
77	Fox	77
78-79	Mr. Game & Watch	75
	Squirtle
80	Jigglypuff	68
81	Pichu	10

Update history

3.0.0

• Mewtwo's weight: 77 → 79
• pichu’s weight: 62 → 10

Trivia

• According to Super Smash Bros. Melee's Blue Smash Trophy of Mario, his mass is the standard upon which other Smash fighters are measured. While this is true in NTSC Melee (having a weight of 100), the PAL version dropped Mario's weight to 98, which was slightly below-average. This was carried over for future installments.
  • The only character other than Mii Fighters to have a weight value of 100 since this change is Cloud.
• In each game, the enemy team all have the same weight as Mario, despite each being based on characters of different weights.
  • However, one exception applies to the Female Wire Frame in Melee, who has a weight of 90. This is due to the development team copying Zelda's moveset over to the Female Wire Frame.
• In Brawl, Giga Bowser and Wario-Man are programmed to have weights of 400 and 130, respectively; however, they cannot be knocked back, so their weight only has an effect on certain stage elements, such as Rainbow Cruise's see-saw platforms.
  • In Smash 4, Giga Bowser retains his weight of 400, and Giga Mac possesses a weight of 140, however Wario-Man no longer has a higher weight than Wario. Additionally, unlike Giga Bowser, Giga Mac can be affected by windboxes (but is still unaffected by regular knockback), making him the only transforming character who has a weight change that can affect gameplay outside of stage elements.
• Pichu is the lightest character in every Smash game it appears in, those being Melee and Ultimate. In the remaining three games, Jigglypuff is the lightest character, and it remains the second-lightest character in all games where Pichu is playable.
  • Likewise, Bowser is the heaviest playable character in every game since his debut in Melee, with Donkey Kong being the heaviest in the original Super Smash Bros. and the second heaviest in every game afterwards until Ultimate where King K. Rool replaces him.
• A tip in Smash 4 states that Kirby is the third lightest character in the game, and Mr. Game and Watch is the second. While this was originally true, the addition of Mewtwo, as well as Kirby's weight being changed, made this tip incorrect (he is now the fifth lightest, tied with Fox, Olimar, and Pikachu, while Mr. Game & Watch is now the third lightest).
• Some moves treat character weights as a set value (such as 100), regardless of the recipient's actual weight. An example of this is Finishing Touch.
• Weight changes from items such as the Metal Box do not affect the speed of throws affected by weight.
• The PAL version of the original Super Smash Bros. is the only version of any Smash game where Link and Captain Falcon do not weigh the same.
• For some characters, weights in the Smash series are sometimes inconsistent with those for said characters in other games. Yoshi, for example, is a heavyweight in every Smash title, but is in the medium and light classes in the Mario Kart series. The inverse is true for Rosalina, although the weight class of karts seems to be based on a character's size instead of how much they actually weigh (Rosalina is very tall, which might dictate her kart's size and weight). Another character, Mewtwo, weighs 269 pounds according to the Pokédex, but is one of the lightest characters in every Smash game in which it is a playable character. However, it is explained in Melee that Mewtwo is easier to send flying around due to it using its psychic powers to constantly float.
• The original Super Smash Bros. is the only game where Fox is a middleweight character, being on par with Mario and Luigi in that game. He would receive a massive weight reduction in Super Smash Bros. Melee, which has largely stuck with him ever since.

References

• Brawl weight and falling speed calculations and explanation
• Brawl weight list and falling speed calculations
• Some character's weight with DI
• Smash 4 character weight values
• http://smashboards.com/threads/1-1-4-patch-notes.430023/
• http://smashboards.com/threads/1-1-5-patch-notes.433162/
• http://kuroganehammer.com/Ultimate/Weight