Jump

Captain Falcon jumping in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Mario jumping in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Mario jumping backwards in Melee.

A jump is an action that moves a character from the ground into the air. It is performed by pressing up on the Control Stick/D-Pad, the X or Y buttons with the GameCube, Classic Controller, and the 3DS, or the C button on the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. All characters can also jump a second time in midair, providing they are not attacking, air dodging, helpless, in hitstun, or have used it already.

A few characters can jump more than once in the air:

Kirby, Meta Knight, and Jigglypuff can do a mid air jump five times.
King Dedede can do a mid air jump four times.
Pit and Dark Pit can do a mid air jump three times.
Charizard, Ridley, and Banjo & Kazooie can do a mid air jump two times.
Sephiroth can do a mid air jump two times when Winged Form is active.

There is a short delay between the jump button being pressed and the on-screen character actually jumping, during which the onscreen character will enter a crouching portion of their jumping animation. If the control stick or jump button is released during this time, then the character short hops. If the control stick is tilted backwards during this time, the character will jump backwards with a different animation than a regular jump. If the standard attack button is pressed during this time, then the character uses their up smash (but only if the jump was executed with the Control Stick). Because characters can jump while shielding (excluding Yoshi in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, due to his unique shield), this allows usage of up smashes (and up special moves as well) without having to drop the shield. This also makes it difficult for a player using the Wii Remote-only control scheme to perform up tilts. Inputting an aerial on the first frame that a character is airborne will cause the jump to be slightly lower, because gravity applies to the first frame of an aerial but not to the first frame of a jump.

Brawl added a jumping mechanic known as footstools. This allows characters to jump off the heads of other characters. This can be done even when all midair jumps have already been used.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a character will emit a subtle wispy trail if they have no extra jumps available.

Types of jumps

All characters can perform several different types of jumps. The most basic type is a standing jump, which is a jump without any other inputs. There are also more complicated jumps that involve other inputs. One of these is the walk jump, which involves jumping while walking or dashing. Another one is the backward jump, which involves the player turning around, but jumping before the fighter can. All jumps have 2 performable variants. The first and most common type is the Full hop, which involves the player holding the jump command so the fighter can jump to maximum height. The second type is the Short hop, which involves the player quickly tapping the jump command so the fighter will only perform a slight jump. There are also 2 different methods of performing these jumps. The first way is by pressing the jump button. The second way is to press up on the Control stick/D-pad. This totals to 12 different ways to jump, with all possible combinations of each having different heights.

Jump squat

A jump squat refers to the length of time between the input of the jump and the moment the character leaves the ground. Each character has a different window of time where they crouch before they jump. Characters with faster jump squats will leave the ground earlier, and can transition between their air and ground games easier; however, depending on the control scheme, the player may find it more technically demanding to perform short hops or up smashes. In Melee, characters with faster jump squats can also perform faster wavedashes, but the window of timing is also reduced, requiring more precise inputs from the player.

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros.

Rank	Character	Frames
1-7	Fox	3
1-7	Kirby	3
1-7	Luigi	3
1-7	Mario	3
1-7	Ness	3
1-7	Pikachu	3
1-7	Samus	3
8	Captain Falcon	4
9	Yoshi	5
10-11	Donkey Kong	6
10-11	Jigglypuff	6
12	Link	7

Notes

Giant Donkey Kong and Metal Mario have jump squats of 8.

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Rank	Character	Frames
1-7	Fox	3
1-7	Ice Climbers	3
1-7	Kirby	3
1-7	Pichu	3
1-7	Pikachu	3
1-7	Samus	3
1-7	Sheik	3
8-15	Captain Falcon	4
8-15	Dr. Mario	4
8-15	Luigi	4
8-15	Mario	4
8-15	Marth	4
8-15	Mr. Game & Watch	4
8-15	Ness	4
8-15	Young Link	4
16-22	Donkey Kong	5
16-22	Falco	5
16-22	Jigglypuff	5
16-22	Mewtwo	5
16-22	Peach	5
16-22	Roy	5
16-22	Yoshi	5
23-25	Ganondorf	6
23-25	Link	6
23-25	Zelda	6
N/A	Giga Bowser	6
N/A	Fighting Wire Frames	6
26	Bowser	8

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The below values apply only to regular brawls; in The Subspace Emissary, all characters jump two frames faster.

Rank	Character	Frames
1-10	Diddy Kong	4
1-10	Fox	4
1-10	Ice Climbers	4
1-10	Kirby	4
1-10	Meta Knight	4
1-10	Pikachu	4
1-10	Samus	4
1-10	Sheik	4
1-10	Squirtle	4
1-10	Zero Suit Samus	4
11-26	Captain Falcon	5
11-26	Ivysaur	5
11-26	Lucario	5
11-26	Lucas	5
11-26	Luigi	5
11-26	Mario	5
11-26	Marth	5
11-26	Mr. Game & Watch	5
11-26	Ness	5
11-26	Olimar	5
11-26	Peach	5
11-26	Pit	5
11-26	R.O.B.	5
11-26	Sonic	5
11-26	Toon Link	5
11-26	Wolf	5
N/A	Fighting Alloys	5
27-35	Charizard	6
27-35	Donkey Kong	6
27-35	Falco	6
27-35	Ike	6
27-35	Jigglypuff	6
27-35	King Dedede	6
27-35	Wario	6
27-35	Yoshi	6
27-35	Zelda	6
N/A	Wario-Man	6
36-37	Ganondorf	7
36-37	Link	7
N/A	Giga Bowser	7
38	Bowser	8
39	Snake	9

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank	Character	Frames
1-13	Bayonetta	4
1-13	Cloud	4
1-13	Diddy Kong	4
1-13	Duck Hunt	4
1-13	Fox	4
1-13	Greninja	4
1-13	Kirby	4
1-13	Mega Man	4
1-13	Meta Knight	4
1-13	Pikachu	4
1-13	Samus	4
1-13	Sheik	4
1-13	Zero Suit Samus	4
14-41	Captain Falcon	5
14-41	Dark Pit	5
14-41	Dr. Mario	5
14-41	Little Mac	5
14-41	Lucario	5
14-41	Lucas	5
14-41	Lucina	5
14-41	Luigi	5
14-41	Mario	5
14-41	Marth	5
14-41	Mewtwo	5
14-41	Mii Brawler	5
14-41	Mr. Game & Watch	5
14-41	Ness	5
14-41	Olimar	5
14-41	Pac-Man	5
14-41	Palutena	5
14-41	Peach	5
14-41	Pit	5
14-41	R.O.B.	5
14-41	Rosalina	5
14-41	Roy	5
14-41	Ryu	5
14-41	Shulk	5
14-41	Sonic	5
14-41	Toon Link	5
14-41	Villager	5
14-41	Wii Fit Trainer	5
N/A	Giga Mac	5
N/A	Mega Lucario	5
42-51	Bowser Jr.	6
42-51	Corrin	6
42-51	Donkey Kong	6
42-51	Falco	6
42-51	Jigglypuff	6
42-51	King Dedede	6
42-51	Mii Gunner	6
42-51	Wario	6
42-51	Yoshi	6
42-51	Zelda	6
N/A	Wario-Man	6
52-57	Charizard	7*
52-57	Ganondorf	7
52-57	Ike	7
52-57	Link	7
52-57	Mii Swordfighter	7
52-57	Robin	7*
N/A	Giga Bowser	7
58	Bowser	8

*These characters' jumpsquat values are defined as 6 in fighter_param.bin, though they actually end up being 7.

Jump squats in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Every character has a 3 frame jumpsquat.

Jump height ranking

Below are characters ranked by the height of their first jump.

Note that there are two methods to encode jump height, depending on the game.

In Smash 64, Melee, and Brawl, the game encodes jump force, or the speed at which the character leaves the ground. The resulting jump height is dependent on the character's gravity.
In Smash 4 and Smash Ultimate, the game encodes jump height, and works backwards using gravity to figure out the correct force to use. This allows more natural behaviour to modifications of jump height from equipment or special moves such as Monado Arts.

Super Smash Bros.

The jump physics of Smash 64 are significantly less understood than later games due to extra complexity in the data. It is currently believed that there are two values involved in a normal jump: a base jump force, and an additional jump force based on how much height is given to the Control Stick. Until this is more elaborated, only the typical maximum jump force is listed here.

The calculation of short hop jump force is currently unknown.

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The editor who added this tag elaborates: PAL/AUS

JPN
Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height
1	Luigi	86	1718.214881
2	Captain Falcon	105	1569.248529
3	Samus	76	1482.2375
4	Jigglypuff	76	1406.25
5	Donkey Kong	92.6	1383.201667
6	Mario	82	1360.133333
7	Pikachu	90.6	1323.135
8	Link	92	1276.9
9	Fox	103	1275.125
10	Yoshi	83.5	1249.744907
11	Kirby	78	1228.8
12	Ness	82	1204.522685

NA
Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height
1	Luigi	86	1718.214881
2	Captain Falcon	104	1539.013235
3	Samus	76	1482.2375
4	Jigglypuff	76	1406.25
5	Donkey Kong	92.6	1383.201667
6	Mario	82	1360.133333
7	Pikachu	90.6	1323.135
8	Fox	103	1275.125
9	Kirby	78	1228.8
10	Ness	82	1204.522685
11	Yoshi	83.5	1203.644643
12	Link	92	1199.130882

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Jump
Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height
1	Falco	4.1	47.41242647
2	Luigi	2.4	40.54775543
3	Captain Falcon	3.1	35.42778846
4	Donkey Kong	2.7	35.1125
5	Ness	2.5	33.48347222
N/A	Male Wire Frame	2.5	33.48347222
N/A	Giga Bowser	4.2	33.21125
6	Marth	2.4	32.69297794
7	Ice Climbers	2.6	32.5125
8	Samus	2.1	32.36734091
9	Yoshi	2.5	32.36377554
10	Sheik	2.8	31.28166667
11	Mewtwo	2.3	31.11634756
12	Young Link	2.62	29.90556818
13-14	Pichu	2.6	29.44102273
13-14	Pikachu	2.6	29.44102273
15	Zelda	2.1	29.16460445
N/A	Female Wire Frame	2.1	29.16460445
16	Peach	2.2	29.16
17	Bowser	2.8	28.77009615
18	Roy	2.6	28.36337281
19	Fox	3.68	27.62875
20	Link	2.5	27.17284091
21-23	Dr. Mario	2.3	26.70398026
21-23	Mario	2.3	26.70398026
21-23	Mr. Game & Watch	2.3	26.70398026
24	Ganondorf	2.6	24.71625
25	Kirby	2.0	24.01
26	Jigglypuff	1.6	19.208

Shorthop
Rank	Character	Jump force	Jump height	Difference
1	Samus	1.7	21.05218939	65.041%
2	Sheik	2.14	18.02666667	57.627%
N/A	Male Wire Frame	1.8	17.11125	51.104%
3	Zelda	1.6	16.74337158	57.410%
N/A	Female Wire Frame	1.6	16.74337158	57.410%
4	Yoshi	1.8	16.53097984	51.079%
5	Peach	1.6	15.21	52.160%
6	Ganondorf	2.0	14.40086538	58.265%
7	Luigi	1.4	13.51152355	33.322%
8	Kirby	1.5	13.3225	55.487%
9	Captain Falcon	1.9	12.95086538	36.556%
10	Marth	1.5	12.49591912	38.222%
11-12	Pichu	1.7	12.30011364	41.779%
11-12	Pikachu	1.7	12.30011364	41.779%
13	Donkey Kong	1.6	12.0125	34.211%
14	Ness	1.5	11.76125	35.126%
15	Mewtwo	1.4	11.26146951	36.191%
16	Falco	1.9	9.688897059	20.435%
17-19	Dr. Mario	1.4	9.627664474	36.053%
17-19	Mario	1.4	9.627664474	36.053%
17-19	Mr. Game & Watch	1.4	9.627664474	36.053%
20-21	Young Link	1.5	9.491022727	31.737%
20-21	Link	1.5	9.491022727	34.928%
22	Roy	1.5	9.132671053	32.199%
23	Ice Climbers	1.4	9.1125	28.028%
24	Bowser	1.6	9.062403846	31.499%
25	Fox	2.1	8.565706522	31.003%
26	Jigglypuff	1.05	8.09628125	42.151%
N/A	Giga Bowser	1.6	4.35125	13.102%

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The following is a ranking of the characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl based on how high they jump from the ground, along with the jump force of each character.

Rank	Character	Force
1	Fox	3.55
2	Falco	3.42
3	Sheik	3.37
4	Wolf	2.95
5	Zero Suit Samus	2.84
6	Captain Falcon	2.82
7-8	Diddy Kong	2.8
7-8	Squirtle	2.8
9	Bowser	2.65
10	Pikachu	2.48
11-12	Donkey Kong	2.45
11-12	Sonic	2.45
13-14	Meta Knight	2.4
13-14	King Dedede	2.4
15-17	Luigi	2.35
15-17	Lucas	2.35
15-17	Ice Climbers	2.35
18-19	Yoshi	2.34
18-19	Ganondorf	2.34
20	Wario	2.3
21-22	Link	2.26
21-22	Ike	2.26
23-24	Ness	2.25
23-24	R.O.B.	2.25
25-26	Mario	2.22
25-26	Charizard	2.22
27-28	Toon Link	2.2
27-28	Lucario	2.2
29	Pit	2.17
30-31	Ivysaur	2.16
30-31	Marth	2.16
32	Zelda	2.09
33	Mr. Game & Watch	2.07
34	Samus	2.05
35	Olimar	2.04
36	Peach	1.98
37	Snake	1.9
38	Kirby	1.79
39	Jigglypuff	1.44

When combined with gravity and falling speed (characters that fall faster cannot jump as high with the same jump force), the ranking of jump height from the ground is:

Rank	Character
1	Falco
2	Luigi
3-4	Zero Suit Samus
3-4	Diddy Kong
5	Captain Falcon
6-7	R.O.B.
6-7	Lucario
8	Donkey Kong
9	Marth
10	Sheik
11-12	Samus
11-12	Yoshi
13	Lucas
14-15	Pikachu
14-15	Ness
16-17	Fox
16-17	Ice Climbers
18-19	Bowser
18-19	King Dedede
20-21	Squirtle
20-21	Ike
22-23	Mario
22-23	Pit
24-25	Sonic
24-25	Wolf
26	Ivysaur
27	Toon Link
28-29	Zelda
28-29	Peach
30	Olimar
31	Wario
32	Link
33	Ganondorf
34-35	Meta Knight
34-35	Charizard
36	Mr. Game & Watch
37	Kirby
38	Snake
39	Jigglypuff

For more information about jumping physics, see falling speed, gravity, and traction.

Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank	Character	Full Hop	Short Hop	Air Jump
1	Falco	50.506073	17.34	50.506073
2	Greninja	46	22.114738	46
3	Zero Suit Samus	44.5	21.354742	44.199909
4	Luigi	44	19.984556	41.305771
5	Diddy Kong	41.208694	19.897078	41.208694
6	Rosalina	40	19.370632	40
7-8	Bayonetta	39	21.354742	42
7-8	Sheik	39	18.752533	40
9	R.O.B.	38	18.378603	38
10	Lucario	37.619999	18.193617	37.619999
11	Captain Falcon	37.306652	17.980684	37.306652
12	Samus	37	18	37
13	Mario	36.331814	17.539339	36.331814
14	Yoshi	36.094189	17.434723	51.560001
15	Palutena	35.900002	17.303881	35.900002
16	Wii Fit Trainer	35.599998	17.179214	35.599998
17	Pikachu	35.5	17.123371	35.5
18-20	Fox	35	16.403395	37
18-20	Mii Brawler	35	17	35.5
18-20	Sonic	35	16.887465	35
21	Shulk	34.799999	16.887465	34.799999
22	Ness	34.476265	16.652296	34.476265
23	Bowser Jr.	34.400002	16.592869	34.400002
24	Pac-Man	34.099998	16.477137	34.099998
25-26	Donkey Kong	34	17.297209	35.5
25-26	Duck Hunt	34	16.477137	33.799999
27	Toon Link	33.799999	16.320242	33.799999
28-29	Lucina	33.660133	16.263107	33.660133
28-29	Marth	33.660133	16.263107	33.660133
30	Olimar	33.5	16.191645	33.5
31	Robin	33.208813	16.018034	33.208813
32-33	Bowser	33	15.699792	32.611839
32-33	Corrin	33	16	31
34	King Dedede	32.849998	16.019524	32.849998
35	Mega Man	32.799999	11.492068	32.799999
36-37	Cloud	32.5	17	32
36-37	Villager	32.5	15.689452	32
38-40	Charizard	32	15.42625	36
38-40	Meta Knight	32	13.915902	28.925524
38-40	Mii Gunner	32	17.539339	33.500343
41	Zelda	31.552761	15.239396	31.552761
42	Mewtwo	31.110001	17.5	58.542999
43-44	Dark Pit	31	14.955608	31
43-44	Pit	31	14.955608	31
45	Roy	30.969999	13	28
46	Wario	30.5	14.699989	30.5
47	Peach	30.025824	14.501237	30.025824
48	Ike	29.9	16	31
49	Lucas	29.41	13	34.48
50	Dr. Mario	29.356105712	14.171785912	29.356105712
51	Mii Swordfighter	28.299999	15	28.299999
52	Link	27.799999	13.380496	29
53	Mr. Game & Watch	27.511969	13.261467	27.511969
54	Little Mac	26	12.526741	26
55	Ryu	26	15	29.5
56	Ganondorf	25.488228	12.244264	26
57	Kirby	25.368114	12.241816	22
58	Jigglypuff	19.786329	11.260982	19.786329

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Rank	Character	Full Hop	Short Hop	Air Jump	Combined Jump Height
1	Falco	50.51	17.34	50.51	101.02
2	Greninja	46	22.11	46	92
3	Zero Suit Samus	44.5	21.35	44.2	88.7
4	Luigi	44	19.98	41.31	85.31
5	Diddy Kong	41.21	19.9	41.21	82.42
6	Rosalina & Luma	40	19.37	40	80
7-8	Sheik	39	18.75	40	79
7-8	Bayonetta	39	21.35	42	81
9	R.O.B.	38	18.38	38	76
10	Lucario	37.62	18.19	37.62	75.24
11	Piranha Plant	37.4	17.5	38.52	75.92
12	Captain Falcon	37.31	17.98	37.31	74.62
13-14	Samus	37	18	37	74
13-14	Dark Samus	37	18	37	74
15	Pichu	36.75	17.43	36.02	72.77
16	Mario	36.33	17.54	36.33	72.66
17	Yoshi	36.09	14.43	51.56	87.65
18	Palutena	35.9	17.3	35.9	71.8
19	Wii Fit Trainer	35.6	17.18	35.6	71.2
20	Pikachu	35.5	17.12	35.5	71
21	Squirtle	35.35	17.03	35.35	70.7
22-24	Fox	35	16.4	37	72
22-24	Sonic	35	16.89	35	70
22-24	Mii Brawler	35	17	35.5	70.5
25	Ice Climbers	34.69	16.75	34.69	69.38
26	Ness	34.48	16.65	45.65	80.13
27	Bowser Jr.	34.4	16.59	34.4	68.8
28	Pac-Man	34.1	16.48	34.1	68.2
29-31	Donkey Kong	34	17.3	35.5	69.5
29-31	Duck Hunt	34	16.48	33.8	67.8
29-31	Ridley	34	14.2	32	98*
32	Toon Link	33.8	16.32	33.8	67.6
33-35	Marth	33.66	16.26	33.66	67.32
33-35	Lucina	33.66	16.26	33.66	67.32
33-35	Young Link	33.66	16.26	33.66	67.32
36-37	Olimar	33.5	16.19	33.5	67
36-37	Shulk	33.5	16.8	33.5	67
38	Robin	33.21	16.02	33.21	66.42
39-42	Bowser	33	15.7	32.61	65.61
39-42	Corrin	33	16	31	64
39-42	Inkling	33	17.54	36.33	69.33
39-42	King K. Rool	33	13.5	32.61	65.61
43	King Dedede	32.85	16.02	32.85	164.25*
44	Mega Man	32.8	11.49	32.8	65.6
45-48	Cloud	32.5	17	32.5	65
45-48	Isabelle	32.5	15.69	32.5	65
45-48	Villager	32.5	15.69	32.5	65
45-48	Joker	32.5	14.2	34	66.5
49	Ivysaur	32.25	15.58	32.25	64.5
50	Wolf	32.02	15.38	30.71	62.73
51-52	Charizard	32	15.43	36	104*
51-52	Meta Knight	32	13.92	28.93	176.65*
53	Incineroar	31.6	14.4	32.8	64.4
54	Zelda	31.55	15.24	31.55	63.1
55	Mewtwo	31.11	17.5	57.35	88.46
56-57	Pit	31	14.96	31	124*
56-57	Dark Pit	31	14.96	31	124*
58-59	Roy	30.97	13	28	58.97
58-59	Chrom	30.97	13	28	58.97
60	Mii Gunner	30.9	14.6	32.3	63.2
61	Dr. Mario	30.8805	13.414592	27.785184	58.665684
62	Mythra	30.8	15.6	33	63.8
63	Min Min	30.7	16	29	59.7
64-65	Wario	30.5	14.7	30.5	61
64-65	Sephiroth	30.5	10	34	64.5*
66-67	Peach	30.03	14.5	30.03	60.06
66-67	Daisy	30.03	14.5	30.03	60.06
68-69	Simon	30	18	29	59
68-69	Richter	30	18	29	59
70	Ike	29.9	16	31	60.9
71	Banjo & Kazooie	29.8	17.8	32	93.8*
72	Lucas	29.41	13	44.13	73.54
73	Hero	29	15.5	31	60
74	Mii Swordfighter	28.3	12.3	28.3	56.6
75	Link	27.8	13.38	29	56.8
76	Mr. Game & Watch	27.51	13.26	27.51	55.02
77	Terry	27	15.2	29	56
78	Byleth	26.5	14	28.5	55
79	Pyra	26.3	15.2	29	55.3
80-82	Little Mac	26	12.53	26	52
80-82	Ryu	26	15	29.5	55.5
80-82	Ken	26	15	29.5	55.5
83	Ganondorf	25.49	12.24	26	51.49
84	Kirby	25.37	12.24	22	131.62*
85	Snake	21.62	13.69	34.07	55.69
86	Jigglypuff	19.79	11.26	19.79	118.74*
87	Steve	16.5	10	22.5	39