Stamina Mode: Difference between revisions

:''For the stat held by the [[Pokémon Trainer]]'s [[Pokémon]], see [[Pokémon Change#Stamina|Pokémon Change]]. For the actual stat held by characters in this mode, see [[Hit Points]].''

In Stamina, every hit to the player depletes some [[HP]] from them. Once a character reaches 0 HP, they are KO'd, though characters can still be knocked off the stage through conventional means. However, [[knockback]] is not affected by the amount of damage the player has taken. From ''Melee'' to ''SSB4'', characters in Stamina only have a single life, but in ''Ultimate'', the mode can be used with [[stock]]s; when a character reaches 0 HP, they will be [[Instant KO|instantly KO'd]] and [[revival platform|respawn]] for as long as they have stocks remaining. When a character is defeated, the game will temporarily slow down, and the character will let out one of their [[KO]] cries, which varies based on the game. If the victim is hit by a very weak attack when they are KO'd (or defeated by a damage-over-time status effect like [[flower]]), they will perform a unique animation of them dramatically crumpling to the ground, usually falling backward or on their knees; otherwise, they will simply begin [[tumbling]] outside of player control, entering their prone state when landing on solid ground.

Defeated fighters will always stay in their prone position and flash red; they cannot be controlled by the user and will always enter a state of tumbling when hit, and can be knocked off the stage and KO'd with a [[blast KO]] as usual. In ''SSB4'', defeated characters can also be eliminated completely if the victim is trapped in certain hazards such as [[Danger Zone]]s. Any helper characters, such as [[Pikmin (species)|Pikmin]], will still stay next to the knocked-out combatant, with the exception of [[Luma]], who will be KO'd alongside [[Rosalina]], and the partner [[Ice Climbers|Ice Climber]] in ''Ultimate'', who will be KO'd alongside the leader. In ''Ultimate'', defeated fighters will explode after a brief moment, removing them from the battlefield.

Mechanically, characters are considered to have a negative damage percentage while they have positive HP, which is why they take little knockback until KO'd, at which point they begin to take more knockback as damage rises as expected.

''Brawl'' once again offers Stamina mode in the game's Special Smash mode, Special Brawl. Players can now select their starting HP individually via the Handicap option, allowing increments of 10 between 10 HP and 300 HP, as well as only 1 HP. ''Brawl''{{'}}s 1HP setting allows for lightning-quick games with no legitimate winner if all players also have the [[flower]] status on them: all fighters will be KO'd at the same time, forcing the game to select a random winner.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh4bWHxvZHY]

File:Stamina SmashRun.png|Stamina Mode in ''Super Smash Bros. for 3DS'' as a possible final battle for Smash Run

File:Stamina Wii U.jpg|Stamina  Mode in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.

File:SSBU Vc mario knockout.wav|thumb|An example of unusual Stamina KO voice clip in ''Ultimate''; in this case, {{SSBU|Mario}}, with his high knockback voice clip is used instead of his regular KO voice clip.

*Defeated characters can grab ledges.

*Defeated characters cannot swim and so will instantly drown if they fall into the water.

*In ''Ultimate'', if {{SSBU|Sora}} is the fighter to land the final blow, a special slow motion effect goes into place while the camera pans around and fades into white, referencing the visual effects that play when defeating a Boss in the ''{{uv|Kingdom Hearts}}'' series.