Jigglypuff (SSB4): Difference between revisions

|availability = [[Unlockable character|Unlockable]] (3DS)<br />[[Starter character|Starter]] (Wii U)

|tier = G

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* Play 120 VS Matches.

* Collect 30 different pieces of [[equipment]].

After completing one of the two methods, Jigglypuff must then be defeated on [[Unova Pokémon League]].

==Attributes==

Jigglypuff is a character of extremes, as evident with its attributes: it has the second highest [[traction]], the second fastest [[air speed]], the highest [[air acceleration]], the lowest [[falling speed]], and the lowest [[gravity]]. These attributes make Jigglypuff a very mobile character in the air and give it easily controllable ground movement. However, it has the slowest [[walking]] speed and the second slowest [[dash]]ing speed, the lightest [[weight]] and the lowest [[jump]] force, as well as a fairly slow jumpsquat. As such, these attributes make Jigglypuff unable to quickly traverse the stage on foot and susceptible to early KOs. To make up for its low jumping force, however, it has five [[midair jump]]s, which further enhance its aerial evasiveness. Its very low gravity also results in it taking slightly below average [[hitstun]].

Finally, Jigglypuff has a trump card in [[Rest]], its signature move; it has very high vertical knockback at all percentages, to the point where it can reliably KO any character at 70%, but KOs most characters at as early as 50%. It hits on frame 2 with a [[flower]] effect and has full [[intangibility]] until Jigglypuff closes its eyes. In addition to being a strong [[punishment]] option, the threat of Rest forces opponents to be very careful when using laggy moves, especially due to Jigglypuff's ability to perform an occasionally situational true combo into it. The easiest way to confirm a Rest is with forward aerial: hitting with the move's final frames will lead into an unavoidable Rest, which becomes even more potent if used in the air or with high [[rage]]. Depending on the opponent's falling speed, a jump may be necessary to reach them. Another reliable way to confirm one is by landing with up aerial: should Jigglypuff land immediately after hitting the opponent, Rest can be landed without fail. This combo works optimally on platforms due to its limited percentage range and its ability to KO as low as 35%.

Jigglypuff's approach, despite being good in the air, is overall predictable. Most of the time, it relies on being close to the opponent, read its reaction in order to approach, or bait it in order to make its move. Its aerial moves are not good for approaching from a long distance as they are unsafe on shield when late, and its dash attack is terrible at doing so due to its long duration, despite its low cooldown. Coupled with the overall short range on its attacks, it is at a big disadvantage against characters with large disjoints like {{SSB4|Marth}} and Cloud. Its polarizing mobility is also a noticeable flaw. Although it has among the best aerial games in ''SSB4'', its ground movement is one of the worst, as it does not efficiently give Jigglypuff the chance to traverse across the ground quickly like most other [[Weight|lightweight]] characters can, and in turn makes it very troubling on the offensive side of battle should it be going against speedy characters, such as {{SSB4|Sonic}}.

Jigglypuff has among the most polarized [[Character customization|custom moves]] in the game, with few of them having utility that overall surpass the default versions. Relentless Rollout has much less power, but is much faster, hits multiple times and pierces opponents, making it less punishable and allowing it to be used as a recovery mix-up. Pound Blitz is slower and less powerful, but can still pressure shields while hitting multiple times and granting more momentum. Hyper Voice is better for protecting Jigglypuff, since it deals reasonable knockback and works in the air. Its other custom moves are disregarded in favor of the default versions due to their very low utility; Spinphony is, in particular, considered to be its worst custom move (and arguably the worst custom special move in the game), as it has very slow start-up, a very long interval between its active hitboxes and very long ending lag, to the point one could use it from the upper blast zone of the stage, and be dragged down to the lower blast zone by the ending of the move, which are flaws that completely overshadow the moves' utility at reversing opponents out. Raging Rollout has more power and is [[unblockable]], but is much slower at charging, grants less distance, has high ending lag and doesn't pierce opponents. Sideways Pound sends opponents at a [[semi-spike]], but is worse for recovering. Leaping Rest has more coverage since Jigglypuff jumps when using the move, but is much weaker and it naps for a longer time, making it more punishable if it misses. Wakie Wakie has decreased ending lag, increased range, pushes opponents away opponents while "napping" and sends opponents horizontally rather than vertically, again similarly to Rest's iteration in ''Melee'', but is also slightly weaker, causes recoil damage, and its increased startup makes Jigglypuff vulnerable. In addition, while Jigglypuff does benefit from its best custom moves since they enhance its strengths in one way or another, they also fail to fix most of its major flaws.

==Changes from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''==

Jigglypuff is, for the most part, adversely affected by universal gameplay changes. The removal of [[edge-hogging]] gives it a much harder time edgeguarding opponents, and while a number of characters have had their recoveries buffed, Jigglypuff's recovery was overall nerfed, as [[Pound]] grants less momentum than before, only marginally increasing its recovery distance when executed frame-perfectly, while simultaneously slowing it down significantly. Furthermore, Jigglypuff's jumps are marginally lower now (due to its higher gravity), and Rollout is now unsafe as a recovery option as Jigglypuff can no longer move left and right while falling after hitting an opponent with it. The addition of [[rage]] hinders its already poor endurance, and it usually cannot survive long enough to make effective use of the mechanic. The changes to [[shield]] mechanics further compound its frailty, as Jigglypuff's unusual shield jump is now a greater liability than in ''Brawl''. However the weakening of shields also allows Pound to break shields more easily, which coupled with the increased strength of [[Rest]], improves Jigglypuff's offensive capabilities somewhat. While Jigglypuff benefits from the drastic changes to [[hitstun]], as it is now able to perform true combos with its aerials again, its nerfed air game counterbalances this issue: its up, down and back aerials (particularly the latter) have increased lag. Its forward aerial, a staple move in previous games, deals less damage and less knockback, making it significantly less useful than before removing one of Jigglypuff's faster and safer KO options, while its lower short hop removes its notable ability to use two aerials in one short hop. Due to this, a down aerial no longer auto-cancels from a short hop, nerfing its approach. Its ground game was also weakened, as it no longer has access to [[DACUS]] and its smash attacks now deal less damage and knockback, with the reduction in ending lag for its down and up smashes and its faster dashing speed failing to compensate for this well enough. Because of these changes, its KOing ability is much worse, and even with the changes to hitstun allowing for some hit confirms into Rest, it still has difficulty landing said move and some of the setups Jigglypuff previously had into Rest (including down aerial and a jab lock) are either much more difficult and situational in the former's case or in the latter's case, no longer possible at all. In general, Jigglypuff's locking options are far worse due to alterations to its previous main locking moves. Ergo, Jigglypuff's remaining locking options either stop working before rest can KO or in down smash's case; it is too laggy and sends opponents too far away and the new three hit lock limit naturally hinders Jigglypuff's damage racking potential after locking an opponent.

While several poorly regarded characters like {{SSB4|Charizard}} have received buffs over game updates, Jigglypuff did not receive any improvements whatsoever and newer updates had introduced characters such as {{SSB4|Cloud}} and {{SSB4|Bayonetta}} who gave Jigglypuff even more trouble. As such, its standing relative to the cast is worse than in ''Brawl'' and it only got worse over time due to the aforementioned reasons, and it once again lacks viability in competitive play, though its overall potency compared to ''Brawl'' is somewhat debatable due to the more polarized character balance in the former game.

*[[Neutral attack]]:

**{{buff|Neutral attack has increased base knockback (8/16 → 12/22) and it launches opponents at a higher angle ([[Sakurai angle|361°]] → 60°/78° (hit 1)/55°/65° (hit 2)), allowing it to connect together better and improving its [[jab cancel]] potential.}}

**{{change|Neutral attack now uses two extended hitboxes rather than three normal hitboxes. These hitboxes are smaller (4.32u/4.32u/4.32u → 3.5u/3.9u) but they still cover the same amount of space for the first hit.}}

***{{buff|For the second hit however, they are positioned further out, increasing its range.}}

**{{buff|Dash attack's late hit has a longer duration (frames 10-15 → 10-20).}}

**{{bugfix|Due to the rebound hitbox flag being fixed, dash attack no longer rebounds, much like in ''Melee''.}}

**{{nerf|Dash attack has smaller hitboxes (5.76u → 5u (clean)/4u (late)) and they are positioned closer to Jigglypuff (y offset: 3.6 → 2), reducing its range.}}

*[[Forward smash]]:

*{{buff|The changes to [[hitstun cancelling]] slightly improves Jigglypuff's aerial combo game.}}

*{{nerf|Jigglypuff's lower [[short hop]] prevents it from performing two aerials in a short hop.}}

*[[Neutral aerial]]:

**{{buff|Neutral aerial has a longer duration (frames 6-29 → 6-30).}}

***{{buff|This increases its range below Jigglypuff.}}

***{{nerf|However, this also decreases its range above Jigglypuff.}}

**{{nerf|The clean hit has a shorter duration (frames 6-8 → 6-7).}}

*[[Forward aerial]]:

**{{nerf|Clean forward aerial deals less damage (12%/10% → 9%) and has decreased knockback scaling (108 → 98) significantly hindering its KO potential.}}

**{{change|Late forward aerial has increased base knockback (12 → 30), improving its safety and edgeguarding potential but hindering its followup and locking potential.}}

**{{nerf|The far hitbox is positioned closer to Jigglypuff (z offset: 10 → 9/8), reducing its range.}}

**{{nerf|Back aerial launches opponents at a higher angle (361° → 46°), which removes its ability to lock and hinders its KO potential.}}

**{{nerf|Back aerial's near hitbox has been removed. The move is also less disjointed due to Jigglypuff's size being increased, without the hitboxes being moved to compensate.}}

*[[Up aerial]]:

**{{buff|Up aerial has a new animation where Jigglypuff extends its arm, with its hitboxes being moved upwards to compensate (x offset: 4/1/-2 → 7/4/1). This increases its vertical range.}}

***{{nerf|However, this also reduces its range below Jigglypuff and the new animation is longer (39 frames → 49).}}

**{{nerf|Up aerial's near hitboxes are smaller (4u/4u → 3u/3u).}}

*[[Down aerial]]:

***{{nerf|However, these new angles prevent it from [[trip]]ping grounded opponents, as well as gaining the ability to lock, hindering its ability to lead into [[Rest]].}}

**{{buff|Down aerial now has an additional, ninth hit that launches opponents horinzontally (270° (grounded)/30° (aerial) → 45° (both)) and deals higher knockback (20/10 (base)/100 (scaling) → 30/150), improving its edgeguarding and KO potential.}}

***{{buff|This new final hit also decreases the move's ending lag as its total duration was not fully compensated.}}

*[[Rollout]]:

**{{buff|Rollout has less landing lag after it connects (30 frames → 25).}}

***{{buff|Because of this, Jigglypuff travels much faster when rolling down a slope and it deals more damage (20% → 23%). This also potentially allows Jigglypuff to bypass certain [[counterattack]]s by moving too fast for the attack to hit.}}

***{{nerf|However, attempting to reverse the direction of Rollout while rolling down a cliff will now result in Jigglypuff being flung forwards off the ground, making self-destructs very likely.}}

**{{change|Grounded Rollout no longer has hitboxes on either side of Jigglypuff for hitting stage objects. This makes it harder to hit certain destroyable terrains, but also makes the move less likely to be negated by them.}}

**{{nerf|Fully charged Rollout deals less damage (18% → 14%), hindering its KO potential.}}

**{{nerf|Rollout no longer allows Jigglypuff to bypass hitlag when landed on an opponent, effectively increasing its ending lag.}}

**{{nerf|Rollout's aerial horizontal control is lower (0.1 → 0.05), and a new glitch prevents Jigglypuff from curving in mid-air if the user attempts to reverse the direction of Rollout on the same frame that Jigglypuff rolls of a ledge. These changes make it overall easier to cause an accidental [[self-destruct]].}}

*[[Pound]]:

**{{buff|The 1.19x damage multiplier against shields benefits [[Pound]], now allowing it to break a shield that has 75% of its health.}}

**{{change|Pound now launches opponents at a consistent angle (90°/120° → 75°).}}

***{{nerf|As a result, this hinders aerial Pound's recovery potential, and makes rising Pound much less useful/effective.}}

*[[Sing]]:

**{{buff|The first two waves' far soundwave is larger (13u → 14u).}}

*[[Rest]]:

**{{buff|Rest has a longer duration (frame 2 → 2-4).}}

**{{buff|Rest has less ending lag (FAF 250 → 230).}}

**{{buff|Rest has a larger hitbox (2.6u → 3.4u).}}

**{{nerf|The implementation of blast KOs from the upper blast line hinders Rest's safety as a KOing option (especially at higher percents), due to it possibly allowing the opponent to respawn quickly and have a chance to heavily punish Jigglypuff.}}

*[[Puff Up]]:

**{{buff|Puff Up slighty increases Jigglypuff's size further.}}

==Update history==

'''{{GameIcon|ssb4-3ds}} [[1.0.4]]'''

{{UpdateList/1.0.4|char=Jigglypuff}}

==Moveset==

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|floortdesc=Spins on the ground while kicking both sides, similarly to {{SSB4|Captain Falcon}}'s front floor attack.

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|edgedesc=Performs a flip kick while climbing up onto the stage.

|fsname=Puff Up

|fsdmg=17%

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===[[On-screen appearance]]===

==In [[competitive play]]==

===[[Official Custom Moveset Project]]===

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===Most historically significant players===

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''Any number following the Smasher name indicates placement on the [[PGR 100]], which recognizes the official top 100 players in [[Super Smash Bros. 4]] of all time.''

*{{Sm|Arika|Japan}} - One of the best Jigglypuff players in the world. Placed 17th at {{Trn|Umebura Smash 4 Final}} and 33rd at {{Trn|Umebura 32}} with wins over players such as {{Sm|Masashi}} and {{Sm|Kome}}.

*{{Sm|LeeT|USA}} - Formerly played Jigglypuff and was previously considered the best Jigglypuff player in the world. Placed 33rd at {{Trn|Shine 2016}} and 49th at {{Trn|CEO 2017}}.

*{{Sm|MASTER PUFFY|Mexico}} - The best Jigglypuff player in Mexico. Placed 13th at {{Trn|Smash Fest 3}} and 17th at {{Trn|ConComics April 2018}} with wins over players such as {{Sm|Richi}}, {{Sm|QROG}}, and {{Sm|Dano}}. Ranked 51st on the [[Mexican Power Rankings]].

==[[Trophies]]==

==In [[Event Match]]es==

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Jigglypuff amiibo.png|Jigglypuff's [[amiibo]].

SSB4 - Jigglypuff screen-1.jpg|Using [[Sing]] on [[Pikachu_(SSB4)|Pikachu]] and [[Charizard_(SSB4)|Charizard]].

SSB4 - Jigglypuff screen-2.jpg|Using [[Rollout]] on [[Ness_(SSB4)|Ness]].

==Trivia==

*Jigglypuff was the last character overall to be fully confirmed on the ''SSB4'' website before the initial release of {{forwiiu}} and, by extension, the last of the [[List of Super Smash Bros. series characters#"Perfect-attendance crew"|"perfect-attendance crew"]] to be announced.

*Jigglypuff's official artwork pose is a mirrored version of its pose from its official artwork from ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green Versions''. ''SSB4'' is also the first ''Super Smash Bros.'' game to not have Jigglypuff fully face the screen in its official art and is the first game to give Jigglypuff a new character artwork.