R.O.B. (SSB4)

R.O.B. in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	R.O.B.
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Super Diffusion Beam
Tier	D (28)

R.O.B. (ロボット, Robot) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Alongside Ganondorf, his return to the series was officially confirmed on October 15th, 2014. R.O.B. reuses his mechanical sound effects from Brawl as his "voice", although they have been edited to sound quieter.

R.O.B. is currently ranked 28th out of 58 on the tier list, placing him in the in D tier and being a slight improvement from his ranking of 18th out of 38 in Brawl. R.O.B. retains several of his strengths from Brawl: he has a strong zoning game courtesy of Robo Beam and Gyro, an excellent recovery courtesy of Robo Burner, a strong air game courtesy of all but one of his aerials having disjointed hitboxes, great mobility for a heavyweight and a good grab game. In addition, R.O.B.'s once poor KOing ability has been significantly improved, due to him receiving a number of strong KOing options.

However, R.O.B.'s ground game lacks reach compared to his air game, with one notable example being his grab range being the shortest in the game. While it is still strong, his zoning game has also been somewhat toned down, as Robo Beam is slower and Gyro deals significantly less damage. Like in Brawl, R.O.B. remains susceptible to combos due to his heavy weight and large size. Lastly, his newfound KOing options are hindered by considerable amounts of start-up lag.

Overall, R.O.B. has become somewhat more viable competitively since Brawl, due to retaining many of his positive traits and having noticeably improved KOing ability. This has resulted in him achieving average tournament results overall and gaining a number of dedicated players to his credit.

How to unlock

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

• Play 70 VS Matches.
• Collect at least 200 unique trophies.

R.O.B. must then be defeated on PictoChat 2.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• Play through at least 8 rounds of Crazy Orders.
• Play 60 VS Matches.

R.O.B. must then be defeated on Wrecking Crew.

Attributes

R.O.B. is the tenth heaviest character in the game, yet he possesses great mobility despite his weight class. This is courtesy of decent walking and dashing speeds, good traction, above average air speed and falling speed, low gravity and incredible jump force, but slow air acceleration. These attributes allow R.O.B. to not only outmaneuver some of his fellow heavyweights, but also allow him to be almost as fast as a middleweight and even possess greater jumping prowess than most characters of either weight class.

Like in Brawl, R.O.B. is a zoning-oriented character with a very useful projectiles to keep his opponents at bay. Robo Beam enables him to attack from considerable distance and becomes stronger when left idle for more than 14 seconds. While Robo Beam can interrupt opponents faster, Super Robo Beam is better at damage racking and is also able to KO earlier than the normal variation. Gyro is an auto-chargeable projectile that becomes an item when fired at an opponent. It has a better angle for disrupting opponents, while also being more manipulable as a projectile and having higher KOing potential, especially when smash thrown as an item. Aside from his offensive prowess with projectiles, R.O.B. also does not face problems against incoming projectiles, courtesy of Arm Rotor's ability to reflect projectiles stronger than they were before. In addition to its reflection ability, Arm Rotor now boasts KO potential, due to it receiving a proper finishing hit that deals impressive knockback growth. While R.O.B.'s zoning game is his greatest strength, it has been hindered somewhat in SSB4, with Gyro in particular being the most adversely affected of his projectiles. Despite this, it is still strong when compared to the majority of other characters' projectiles.

R.O.B.'s air game is also strong, as he possesses many aerial attacks with excellent and sometimes disjointed range. His neutral aerial has a large, disjointed hitbox that can help zone out opponents and covers R.O.B.'s hitbox from incoming attacks. His up aerial is one of his best moves overall due to its usefulness in harassing airborne opponents, juggling them and having high KOing potential. His back aerial is his most damaging aerial, has the greatest KO potential out of his aerials and has a huge hitbox. In addition to its offensive capabilities, it and can also slightly aid R.O.B.'s horizontal recovery without rendering him helpless. His down aerial has also a huge hitbox and can be used after an edge trump if the opponent re-grabs the edge. Finally, his forward aerial is arguably his worst aerial due to its much shorter range and its lack of a disjointed hitbox. However, it is his fastest aerial, can be used to space out opponents or edge-guard, and is able to SHFF.

R.O.B.'s grab game has also been noticeably improved. His throws' damage outputs are impressive and each of them have their uses. His forward and back throws are still limited in regard to utility, but are still capable of being used to keep opponents away from him as well as setting up edge-guards. In comparison, his up and down throws are much more useful; his up throw is a viable KOing option, especially under the effects of the rage mechanic, while his down throw is a reliable combo starter, especially when used in sync with his up aerial.

Unlike in Brawl, R.O.B. now boasts respectable KOing ability. Like his up aerial, back aerial, up throw and Arm Rotor, R.O.B.'s smash attacks now boast KO potential, due to having been buffed in various ways. Although forward smash deals less damage, its hitboxes have become larger and its sweetspot deals slightly more damage and knockback. Up smash and down smash deal more damage overall and have been tweaked for the better: up smash now has hitboxes on R.O.B.'s arms that launch the opponent into its sweetspot, while down smash is now a semi-spike, which also grants it potential for setting up edge-guards.

Although he possesses a number of useful traits, R.O.B. does have some noteworthy shortcomings. While his previously poor KOing ability has been drastically improved, landing his KOing options can still be problematic due to them either being laggy or requiring R.O.B. to grab or read the opponent accordingly. His close-range game, which has also been noticeably improved, suffers from somewhat poor reach, particularly on his grounded attacks. While R.O.B.'s moves have notable damage outputs, his combos are somewhat hard to land. R.O.B. also loses some of his zoning capabilities if the opponent steals his Gyro, and he has a difficult time dealing with most characters that have reflectors (such as Fox and Falco), better projectiles or both (such as Villager). While no longer being glaringly susceptible to juggling, R.O.B. is now susceptible to combo-oriented characters (such as Mario and Zero Suit Samus) due to his lack of a fast aerial attack outside of his forward aerial, which has short range and only hits in front of himself.

R.O.B.'s custom moves can alleviate many of his weaknesses. Both variations of Robo Beam and Gyro slightly improve his zoning game, with the former ones due to their utility and the latter ones due to their higher damage outputs. High-Speed Burner considerably improves R.O.B.'s recovery speed and allows him to combo easier. Lastly, Reflector Arm reflects projectiles much stronger than before. Even so, his custom moves have some issues. Both variations of Robo Beam have slightly lower damage outputs. Both variations of Arm Rotor remove one of R.O.B.'s options to pressure the opponent. High-Speed Burner must be used much more wisely due to its lower fuel. Fire Gyro is more punishable due to its higher ending lag, while Slip Gyro deals less damage when fired normally and is more predictable since it does not bounce from the stage.

Overall, R.O.B. is a defensive character that still possesses a strong zoning game, but now wields an improved close-ranged game should he go on the offensive. While R.O.B. now has to use close quarters combat more frequently due to his playstyle being slightly adjusted to be less reliant on his projectiles, he can now effectively KO opponents without having to rack up excessive amounts of damage, as well as take on most types of opponents. As a result, he has become a more potent character than he was in Brawl and has some dedicated and noteworthy mains to his credit, such as Holy, Mister Eric and 8BitMan.

Changes from Brawl

R.O.B. has received both buffs and nerfs in the transition from Brawl to SSB4. The most prominent buff was to his KOing ability; many of his KOing options in Brawl have become more powerful and/or slightly easier to land, while other moves have been strengthened to the point of possessing KO potential, such as his up aerial and up throw. R.O.B. also benefits from the re-balancing of other characters who countered him in Brawl, most infamously Meta Knight, and he has become slightly better equipped to handle the new characters that are commonly seen competitively.

R.O.B. also received some nerfs, however. His powerful zoning game has been hampered due to SSB4 removing glide tossing and his projectile and spacing tools having been made slower and/or given less reach. Although Robo Beam's super variation was slightly improved, a fully charged Gyro has significantly lower damage output. This makes approaching more important, as R.O.B. is now poorer at projectile trading and he is effectively forced into engaging in a mix of zoning and close quarters combat in order to score KOs. R.O.B.'s recovery was also slightly toned down, being slower and easier to punish.

Aesthetics

• R.O.B.'s design has slightly changed. His head is seemingly smaller, his overall appearance is more glossy and his movements are now diagonal. Altogether, these changes make him appear in line with his real life appearance.
• R.O.B. is more expressive. He now displays angry eyes while performing some attacks and sad eyes when he is grabbed.
• As of update 1.1.6, R.O.B.'s eyes do not emote in any of the modes that feature his on-screen appearance, whether he is attacking, being attacked, asleep, etc.
• R.O.B. now faces the screen at an angle, as opposed to facing straight forward like in Brawl. Additionally, he will always turn right when performing all of his taunts, regardless of where he is facing.
• R.O.B.'s mechanical sound effects are quieter.

Attributes

• R.O.B. is larger, making him easier to hit, but improving some of his attacks' ranges.
• R.O.B. walks faster (1.1 → 1.122).
• R.O.B. dashes faster (1.5 → 1.568).
• R.O.B.'s air speed is faster (0.89 → 1.08).
• R.O.B. falls faster (1.2 → 1.6), going from one of the slowest in Brawl to above average in SSB4. This improves his vertical endurance, but makes him more susceptible to combos.

Ground attacks

• Forward tilt's range has been decreased by about one third.
• Up tilt has significantly decreased horizontal range and its side hitboxes no longer launch opponents into the main upper hitbox. These changes significantly hinder its utility.
• Up tilt has slightly increased vertical range.
• Dash attack deals 2% more damage (6% → 8% (arms), 5% → 7% (arms' tips)) and has increased range.
• Forward smash deals less damage (13% → 11.5% (mid), 12% → 6% (tip)) and has slightly increased start-up.
• Sweetspotted forward smash deals 1% more damage (14% → 15%) and has slightly increased knockback. Forward smash's hitbox sizes have increased, improving its range.
• Up smash deals 3% more damage (12% → 15% (base), 13% → 16% (mid), 14% → 17% (tip)) and R.O.B.'s arms have received hitboxes which launch opponents into the sweetspot. These changes significantly improve its KO potential and reliability, while also granting it out of shield potential.
• Down smash deals 2% more damage (2% → 4% (hits 1-4), 5% → 7% (hit 5)) and launches at a semi-spike trajectory instead of diagonally. These changes significantly improve its KO and edge-guarding potentials.
• Down smash has slightly increased start-up lag.

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial deals 3% less damage (10% → 7%) and has significantly decreased knockback, significantly hindering its KO potential.
• Neutral aerial has decreased start-up, ending and landing lag and can now auto-cancel from a short hop. These changes improve its approach and zoning potentials, while also granting it combo potential.
• Forward aerial deals 3% less damage (10% → 7% (clean) and 6% → 3% (late)) and has significantly decreased knockback, range, and duration. These changes remove its KO potential.
• Forward aerial has slightly decreased ending and landing lag.
• R.O.B.'s faster falling speed removes forward aerial's ability to be used twice from a short hop despite its decreased ending lag.
• Back aerial deals 1% more damage (11% → 12%) and has slightly increased knockback. It also propels R.O.B. significantly farther, improving its horizontal recovery potential and safety.
• Back aerial has significantly increased start-up lag (frame 9 → 19).
• Up aerial deals less damage (19%/20% → 10%).
• Up aerial is much harder to SDI out of, improving its trapping potential. It also has a finishing hit that deals high knockback, granting it KO potential and improving its follow-up potential.
• Down aerial has decreased start-up lag and its hitboxes also go slightly below a stage's edges. When combined with the new edge mechanics, this makes it easier for R.O.B. to meteor smash opponents who re-grab the edge without renewing their edge invincibility.

Grab and throws

• All grabs have significantly decreased ranges, resulting in R.O.B. now having the shortest grab range in the game.
• Standing and pivot grabs have increased start-up lag (6 → 7 (standing), 10 → 11 (pivot)).
• Forward throw deals 2% less damage (10% → 8%) and has slightly decreased knockback.
• Up throw deals 2% more damage (10% → 12%) and has significantly increased knockback growth, improving its KO potential. However, it can KO even earlier if R.O.B. lands on platforms above him during the throw. Although rare, R.O.B. can additionally use up throw for a suicide KO if it is performed on a moving platform, as he will continue performing the throw all the way to the bottom blast line if there is no platform underneath him.
• The changes to hitstun canceling improve down throw's combo potential. The most notable combo has been nicknamed the "Beep Boop", which is down throw followed by up aerial and is virtually guaranteed to connect to medium to high percents, depending on the amount of rage R.O.B. has and the opponent's DI. The "Beep Boop" can also be used as a KOing option even up to high percents if R.O.B. can properly read the opponent's reaction.

Special moves

• Robo Beam deals 1% less damage (5% → 4%).
• Uncharged Robo Beam and Super Robo Beam deal more damage (5% → 7% (uncharged), 9% → 10% (Super)).
• Robo Beam and Super Robo Beam travel slower.
• Super Robo Beam charges faster, is wider, and has slightly increased knockback.
• Super Robo Beam's aesthetic visuals have changed. It is now brighter and its color scheme now consists of crimson, yellow and blue in a layered style, with yellow as the inner portion, blue as the outer portion and crimson in between.
• Arm Rotor's decreased SDI allows it to deal more damage overall even though its loop and last hits now deal consistent damage. It now has a finishing hit that launches opponents and is strong enough to KO around 150%, improving its offensive and defense potentials and granting it KO potential.
• Arm Rotor enables R.O.B. to cover considerable distance forward and/or backward, for a possible total distance of up to half of Final Destination's length. This significantly improves its approach potential and safety.
• Robo Burner's horizontal movement speed is slower. Repeated bursts also result in decreased distance being covered, hindering its recovery potential and making R.O.B. easier to edge-guard.
• Fully charged Gyro deals 8% less damage (18% → 10%) when fired and its firing range has decreased.
• Gyro's animation has changed. R.O.B. now slightly recoils when failing to pull a Gyro from his base. Compared to the previous animation, it is noticeably laggier, to the point that it leaves R.O.B. vulnerable.
• R.O.B. has a new Final Smash, Super Diffusion Beam. Super Diffusion Beam involves R.O.B. crouching down and firing a barrage of lasers that trap the opponent before powerfully launching them. While it is a better finisher overall compared to Diffusion Beam, it limits his other options, particularly damage racking, due to it forcing R.O.B. to be stationary throughout its duration.

Update history

R.O.B. has received only a couple of nerfs from game updates, although the one to his up throw was significant. His up throw was considered the most powerful up throw in the game prior to Mewtwo's return to the series, but after its knockback was reduced in update 1.0.6, its KO potential was noticeably weakened.

However, R.O.B. has been indirectly buffed due to the changes to the shield mechanics brought about by updates 1.1.0 and 1.1.1. While his up smash has become slightly more situational as an out of shield option, the high hitlag of several of his attacks and the increased shieldstun make up for it. Additionally, Arm Rotor is now better at damaging shields, making him slightly better at pressuring the opponent.

1.0.5

• Fixed a glitch where throwing Gyro upward while using Robo Burner could cause the flames to continue emitting from R.O.B.'s base after Robo Burner concluded.

1.0.6

• Up throw's knockback decreased: 70 (base)/72 (growth) → 60/70, hindering its KO potential.

1.1.4

• Trip invincibility and all trip followups except floor attack have one less frame of invincibility.
• R.O.B.'s hurtbox sizes have been increased and adjusted.

Moveset

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack			3%	Two alternating hooks.
			3%
Forward tilt			8% (arm tip), 6%/5% (arm)	A leaning hook.
Up tilt			3% (early), 5% (clean tip), 6% (clean base)	Thrusts both arms upward. Good for either starting combos, particularly into up aerial at low to medium percents, or as an anti-air attack. However, it has very minimal horizontal range, which forces R.O.B. to practically stand next to a grounded opponent in order to land it.
Down tilt			5%	Crouches and thrusts both arms forward. Fairly spammable due to its outstanding speed, it can also trip opponents and is excellent as a set-up.
Dash attack			8% (arms), 7% (arms' tips)	A double forearm club. Can lead into forward aerial if the opponent's reaction is read properly.
Forward smash		S3	15% (base), 11.5% (mid), 6% (tip)	An optical laser. It has a short range and its sweetspot is at the base of the beam, but it can KO at roughly 122% when sweetspotted. It can also be angled, but has high ending lag.
Up smash			3% (early), 14% (base), 13% (tip)	Performs a handstand and activates his thrusters to perform a fiery blast upward. There are hitboxes at R.O.B.'s arms that launch opponents into the main hitbox. Somewhat fast and powerful, making it an excellent out of shield option and a reliable KOing option. KOs at 103%.
Down smash			2% (loop base), 1.5% (loop tip), 5% (last)	Lowers his torso and spins it around quickly with his arms outstretched. It has a low damage output, but its high knockback and semi-spike property makes it reliable at KOing and good at setting up edge-guards.
Neutral aerial			8% (base), 6% (tip)	Activates his thrusters to perform a fiery blast while somersaulting. It has a large hitbox and is one of R.O.B.'s best aerials, as it can auto-cancel from a short hop and be used to either zone opponents, act as an approach option or initiate combos. However, it has some start-up lag.
Forward aerial			7%	A double forearm club, similar to his dash attack. R.O.B.'s fastest aerial and is able to SHFF, making it suitable for spacing out opponents and edge-guarding. However, it is also his only aerial that is not disjointed.
Back aerial			12% (clean base), 10% (clean tip), 6% (late base), 4.5% (late tip)	Leans horizontally and activates his thrusters to perform a fiery blast behind himself. Very powerful, as it can KO at roughly 86% at the edge. It can also be used for horizontal recovery, as it slightly propels him forward and does not waste fuel from R.O.B.'s Robo Burner. It can auto-cancel from a short hop.
Up aerial			1.5% (hits 1-4), 4% (hit 5)	Rapidly rotates his arms upward. It can auto-cancel from a short hop, combos reliably after his down throw at low to medium percents and is a viable KOing option, as it KOs at 100% near the blast line.
Down aerial			12% (clean base), 11% (clean mid), 6% (clean tip), 8% (late)	Activates his thrusters to perform a fiery blast downward. It is a strong meteor smash at the middle part of the blast and is excellent after an edge trump if the opponent re-grabs the edge.
Grab			—	Clinches the opponent. R.O.B.'s grab range is the shortest in the game.
Pummel			2%	Squeezes the opponent. A fairly fast pummel.
Forward throw			8%	Shoves the opponent away. It can be used to set up an edge-guard.
Back throw			10%	Flings the opponent away. Like his forward throw, it can be used to set up an edge-guard.
Up throw			12%	A piledriver. R.O.B.'s strongest throw and, prior to update 1.0.6, it was the strongest up throw in the game, being capable of KOing under 150%. Despite update 1.0.6 decreasing its knockback, its KOing potential is still present, albeit around 160%.
Down throw			10%	Drills the opponent's head into the ground. It can combo reliably into his up aerial at low to medium percents as long as the opponent does not horizontally DI following the throw.
Floor attack (front)			7%	Punches around himself while getting up.
Floor attack (back)			7%
Floor attack (trip)			5%	Spins his torso around to throws a low-angle hook around himself while getting up.
Edge attack			7%	Swings his base forward and activates his thrusters to perform a fiery blast forward while climbing up.
Neutral special	Default	Robo Beam	7% (uncharged), 4.5% (Robo Beam), 11% (point-blank Robo Beam), 10% (Super Robo Beam), 17% (point-blank Super Robo Beam)	An optical laser. When uncharged, it is a small blast rather than a laser and can only damage opponents at point-blank range, though it can be fired consecutively. Conversely, both Robo Beam and Super Robo Beam can damage opponents from afar and ricochet, but cannot be fired consecutively. Additionally, Robo Beam and Super Robo Beam deal noticeably more damage when fired at point-blank range. It is one of R.O.B.'s options for zoning alongside Gyro, with Robo Beam being better for his neutral game, while Super Robo Beam is better for surprising opponents. It and all of its custom variations have transcendent priority.
	Custom 1	Wide-Angle Beam	7% (uncharged), 3.5% (Robo Beam), 10% (point-blank Robo Beam), 8% (Super Robo Beam), 15% (point-blank Super Robo Beam)	R.O.B. can aim on a much wider arc, but at the cost of Robo Beam and Super Robo Beam having slightly lower damage outputs.
	Custom 2	Infinite Robo Beam	3%/2% (Robo Beam), 7% (point-blank Robo Beam), 10% (Super Robo Beam), 14% (point-blank Super Robo Beam)	Robo Beam can be fired consecutively, but at the cost of a lower damage output, shorter range and its ability to ricochet. These drawbacks also apply to Super Robo Beam, which also takes longer to charge.
Side special	Default	Arm Rotor	1% (loop), 3% (last), 1.5x (reflected projectiles)	Rapidly spins his torso around to perform a series of discus clotheslines that concludes with an uppercut. Can trap opponents and reflect projectiles with 50% more power than they originally had. It and all of its custom variations have transcendent priority.
	Custom 1	Reflector Arm	2% (loop), 4% (last), 1.8x (reflected projectiles)	Deals more damage and reflects projectiles with 80% more power than they originally had, but at the cost of its trapping ability.
	Custom 2	Backward Arm Rotor	2% (loop), 4% (last), 1.5x (reflected projectiles)	Deals more damage and moves R.O.B. backward while it is being performed, making it better suited for defense, but at the cost of having a much shorter duration overall.
Up special	Default	Robo Burner	—	Activates his thrusters in order to fly. It grants impressive vertical and horizontal recovery, although R.O.B. has a set amount of fuel to use in order to perform this move. Fuel is recovered over time as long as R.O.B. is grounded. One of the very few up specials that does not cause helplessness, which allows R.O.B. to fast fall, air dodge and attack with any aerials or any of his other specials during its duration and during its conclusion.
	Custom 1	Robo Rocket	5% (early), 8% (clean)	Functions like a traditional recovery move, as R.O.B. simply ascends quickly and deals damage. It grants outstanding vertical recovery after a jump, does not cause helplessness, can be followed up with any aerial, and can meteor smash if it hits the opponent precisely. However, it grants very minimal horizontal recovery and R.O.B. cannot fast fall, air dodge or use his other specials as follow-ups. Additionally, its meteor smash has below average power.
	Custom 2	High-Speed Burner	—	Grants faster movement speed, but at the cost of consuming more fuel.
Down special	Default	Gyro	1% (base), 4%-10% (top), 5% (idle top), 8% (thrown)	Charges a spinning top on his base. R.O.B.'s other zoning option alongside Robo Beam, it can be picked up and thrown as a regular item after making contact. However, opponents can do the same and thus use Gyro against him.
	Custom 1	Fire Gyro	7% (base), 3%-12% (top), 6% (idle top), 10% (thrown)	The top is aflame, deals more damage and is slightly more powerful, but at the cost of decreased distance and increased ending lag.
	Custom 2	Slip Gyro	2% (base), 3% (top), 3% (idle top), 9% (thrown)	The top slides along the ground instead of bouncing, enabling it to trip opponents. The longer it is charged, the longer it travels. While its base and thrown damage outputs are slightly higher, the top itself deals less damage.
Final Smash		Super Diffusion Beam	0.5%/1% (narrow laser loop/last), 1%/2% (wide laser loop/last), 10% (blast)	Re-configures his body into a cannon-like form and fires several trapping lasers that then combine into a single, high-powered laser blast.

On-screen appearance

• Portions of R.O.B.'s body descend from the sky and assemble together.

Taunts

• Up taunt: Faces the screen and then spins his head and torso in a circle.
• Side taunt: Faces the screen and sways his head around while emitting flashing sparkles from his eyes.
• Down taunt: Faces the screen and moves his torso down to his base before spinning it back up into place.

Up taunt	Side taunt	Down taunt

Idle poses

• Briefly looks toward the screen.
• Briefly nods off, then shakes his head and wakes up again.

Crowd cheer

	English	Japanese
Cheer
Description	R-O-B!	Ro-bot!
Pitch	Group chant	Group chant

Victory poses

A remix of Stack-Up's memory mode title screen jingle.

• Hovers in the air, spins, lands and then puts his arms down and brings them up again while turning his head around.
• Adjusts his arms to face upward and performs a cheering gesture.
• Sways his head around while emitting flashing sparkles from his eyes. It is almost identical to his side taunt.

In competitive play

Official Custom Moveset Project

Character	Custom sets available
R.O.B.	1231	1233	1331	1333	1332
	2233	1131	1133	1221	1223

Notable players

•  8BitMan
•  AntiReflex
•  Ginko
•  Gyo
•  Holy
•  Jams
•  Jswiss
•  LoNg0uw
•  Mister Eric
•  OCEAN
•  Raffl-X
•  Robo~Luigi
•  St4r
•  Vanaheim
•  WiiGi

Trophies

R.O.B.

This NES accessory was released in 1985, a groundbreaking system that controlled the robot via a game on the screen. In Smash Bros., R.O.B. has two projectile weapons and can use his rocket base to fly through the air. If you let his Robo Beam charge over time, it'll make for a powerful blast.

Originally released in 1985 as a peripheral for the NES, R.O.B. was a little robot that responded to flashing lights in games. In this game, he can fire gyros and lasers at his enemies. He also has the ability to hover, which is handy for recoveries. Keep in mind that his Robo Beam can be charged up for an extra-powerful shot.

: Robotic Operating Buddy (10/1985)

: Mario Kart DS (11/2005)

R.O.B. (Alt.)

R.O.B.'s side smash, S3, fires a laser beam that does more damage up close. You can also aim it slightly up or down before firing. His down special Gyro sends a spinning top hurtling forward and can be charged for more damage. You can even dodge while charging!

R.O.B.'s side smash, S3, fires a laser beam that does more damage up close. You can also aim it slightly up or down before firing. His down special Gyro sends a spinning top hurtling forwards. While charging it up, you can move left or right to do a quick dodge, then continue charging where you left off!

: Robotic Operating Buddy (10/1985)

: Mario Kart DS (11/2005)

Super Diffusion Beam

For R.O.B.'s Final Smash, he folds his arms down, transforms into an invincible cannon, and fires a huge beam that can be panned slowly up and down. The beam splits up partway through into smaller beams that drags foes to the center, where they'll be hit continuously. The assault finishes off with a single wide beam just for good measure.

For R.O.B.'s Final Smash, he folds his arms down, transforms into an invincible cannon, and fires a huge beam that can be aimed slowly up and down. The beam splits up partway through into smaller beams that drag foes to the centre, where they'll be hit continuously. The assault finishes off with a single wide beam, just for good measure.

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  Classic (3DS)

• ROBAllStarTrophy3DS.png

  Alt. (3DS)

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  Classic (Wii U)

• ROBAllStarTrophyWiiU.png

  Alt. (Wii U)

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  Super Diffusion Beam

In Event Matches

Solo Events

• All-Star Battle: Secret: R.O.B. is one of the opponents fought in this event. All opponents are unlockable characters in previous Super Smash Bros. games.
• Mechanical Menace: As Shulk, the player must defeat a metal R.O.B., a metal Mega Man, and Metal Face in a Stamina Battle.
• Robotic Rampage: R.O.B. is allied with two R.O.B.s and must defeat a giant metal R.O.B.

Co-op Events

• Robots vs. Dragons: R.O.B. and Mega Man must defeat a giant Yoshi, a giant Charizard and Ridley in a Stamina Battle.
• The Ultimate Battle: Two players select a character and must defeat the entire roster.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  The NES design of R.O.B.'s amiibo.

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  The Famicom design of R.O.B.'s amiibo.

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  On Pilotwings.

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  Preparing to use his back aerial against Meta Knight and Donkey Kong.

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  Metal R.O.B. performing his side taunt alongside Diddy Kong and Toon Link.

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  Crouching.

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  Arm Rotor's last hit alongside Kirby and Donkey Kong.

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  Dropping Gyro on a Luma.

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  Preparing to use his new Final Smash, Super Diffusion Beam.

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  Crouching near Gyro alongside Ness and Pikachu.

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  Using his down tilt on Rainbow Road.

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  Preparing to use Robo Burner alongside Olimar.

Trivia

R.O.B.'s default color scheme for international versions.

• R.O.B.'s default costume differs between the international and Japanese versions of Super Smash Bros. 4. In international regions, his default costume consists of his Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) color scheme, while his default costume in Japan consists of his Family Computer (Famicom) color scheme. This affects the color scheme of R.O.B.'s standard trophy, but not his appearances in the Sound Test for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS or the Special Orders tickets for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. His Final Smash trophy and Classic post-credits scenes in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U also use his Famicom color scheme. R.O.B. is the only character in the series with this distinction.
  • This also applied to R.O.B.'s amiibo, although this trend ended when the Famicom design was released internationally on March 18th, 2016.
  • Despite the distinctions, the official website shows R.O.B.'s Famicom color scheme in official artwork, although half of the screenshots show his NES color scheme.
  • The visual trails emitted by R.O.B.'s arm-based attacks change color depending on his costume.
• Unlike in Brawl, R.O.B. can now be rendered helpless. However, this can only be done when landing on the trampoline summoned by Pac-Man's up special move, Pac-Jump, and only when the trampoline turns red.
• On the first official SSB4 tier list released on February 1st, 2016, R.O.B. was ranked 20th, one place below Peach. Interestingly, on the Brawl tier list, R.O.B. is ranked 18th, one place above Peach.
• R.O.B.'s in-game portrait is the only one whose eyes do not flash when his projectile (Gyro in his case) is fully charged.
• R.O.B. is the only character that is not from a video game. Rather, he is a video game peripheral for the NES, which makes him the only character in the series who originated in the real world.
  • His status as a peripheral is referenced in Palutena's Guidance to Pit regarding R.O.B., in which Pit suggests calling him "Mr. HVC-012". HVC-012 is R.O.B.'s Japanese product ID.