Crawling: Difference between revisions

[[File:SSBUWebsiteZeroSuitSamus5.jpg|200px|thumb|right|{{SSBU|Zero Suit Samus}} and {{SSBU|Snake}} crawling in ''Ultimate''.]]

'''Crawling''' (also known as '''crouch walking''') is a [[fighter ability|technique]] introduced in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. While [[crouching]], certain characters can move while staying low to the ground, allowing them to potentially avoid some attacks or [[projectile]]s. As when crouching, crawling characters only have access to [[down tilt]] and [[Down special move|down special]] as immediate offensive options.

The usefulness of crawling primarily depends on how low the character's crouch is. For example, [[Snake]] has a very low crouch that significantly reduces his height, making his crawl highly effective for dodging projectiles and attacks with high hitboxes, while [[Bowser]]'s crouch is much higher and barely reduces his height, leaving it near useless to dodge such attacks. While most characters can change the direction they face while crawling, all crawling characters can crawl backwards.

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Some characters have [[down tilt]]s that move them forward, causing them to pseudo-crawl, but the usefulness of this is questionable depending on the down tilt. There are two different types of pseudo-crawls  

A semi pseudo-crawl involves down tilts which initially move the user forward but then move the user back to where they started although they can use multiple down tilts to continue inching forward. A down tilt needs two things to semi-pseudo crawl:

Semi pseudo-crawls do not have the range of full pseudo-crawls but they are beneficial overall as they have more range than most down tilts yet the user moves backwards if they decide to not use another down tilt. This gives them much greater spacing potential than a full pseudo-crawl and makes them harder to punish on shield and overall giving them more utility. If continuous down tilts are used, this further increases their reach and can allow the down tilt to continuously chain into itself or lead into other moves depending on the down tilt (with {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} being one of the most prominent examples of this). Some semi pseudo-crawls also have a strange property where if they are interrupted at the right time, they will give the user a decent amount of backwards momentum sending them further back than where they started. Some examples of this include {{SSBB|Peach}}'s down tilt in ''Brawl'' and {{SSBU|Lucario}}'s down tilt in ''Ultimate''. This creates an addition movement option for the user further increasing their utility.

[[File:PikachuCrawlComparison.png|thumb|right|Depending whether Pikachu is crawling backward (left) or forward (right), the size of its hurtboxes change.]]

*Compared to [[wall jump]]ing, a character's ability to crawl is much less related to whether they can crawl in their original games. For example, while Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Wario can crawl in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 64 DS}}'' (along with ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 64}}'' for Mario) and the former two can walk while crouching in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Galaxy}}'', ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Galaxy 2}}'', ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 3D Land}}'', ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 3D World}}'' and ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Odyssey}}'', Mario cannot crawl in ''Smash Bros.'' Zero Suit Samus can crawl in ''Metroid: Zero Mission'' and in ''Smash Bros.'', while Toon Link can crawl in ''The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'' but not in ''Smash Bros.'' {{SSBU|Joker}} also cannot crawl in ''Smash Bros.'', despite doing so in ''Persona 5''

*None of the DLC characters in ''SSB4'' or currently ''SSBU'' can crawl.

*Wii Fit Trainer crawls slower than any other characters that can do so, both forwards and backwards.

**Luigi also crawls slower when going backwards.