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Toon Link (SSBU)

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This article is about Toon Link's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For the character in other contexts, see Toon Link.
Toon Link
in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Universe The Legend of Zelda
Other playable appearances in Brawl
in SSB4

Availability Unlockable
Final Smash Triforce Slash
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“ He's smaller and faster than Link. His bombs explode with a unique anime-style. For his Final Smash, he emits light from his left hand and any opponents hit by it are trapped in the Triforce, subject to a punishing gauntlet of attacks. ”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Toon Link (トゥーンリンク, Toon Link) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was officially confirmed as playable on June 12th, 2018. Toon Link is classified as fighter #43.

As in Brawl and Smash 4, Sachi Matsumoto's portrayal of Toon Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was repurposed for Ultimate.

How to unlock

Complete one of the following:

  • Play VS. matches, with Toon Link being the 44th character to be unlocked.
  • Clear Classic Mode with Link or any character in his unlock tree, being the eighth character unlocked after Richter.
  • Have Toon Link join the player's party in World of Light.

With the exception of the third method, Toon Link must then be defeated on Pirate Ship.

Differences from Young Link

Because both Toon Link and Young Link are lighter and faster clones of the original Link, Toon Link is considered a counterpart to Young Link. However, Toon Link has a fair share of unique attacks and animations that set him apart from both Links.

Aesthetics

  • Change While Young Link is based on Link's appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Toon Link is based on Link's appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. As such, Toon Link's entire skeleton is a different shape.
  • Change Toon Link wields the Master Sword and Hero's Shield, whereas Young Link wields the Kokiri Sword and Deku Shield.
  • Change Toon Link's on-screen appearance, taunts, idle animation and victory poses are all different from Young Link's.
  • Change Toon Link has many different animations such as his jumping and spotdodge animations.

Attributes

  • Change Toon Link is slightly shorter than Young Link, which makes him harder to hit, but also gives him less reach while attacking.
  • Buff Toon Link walks slightly faster than Young Link (1.26 → 1.288).
  • Buff Toon Link dashes faster than Young Link (1.749 → 1.906).
  • Buff Both of Toon Link jumps are higher than Young Link's (33.66 → 33.8)
  • Change Toon Link is heavier than Young Link (88 → 91); this lets him survive slightly longer before being KO'd, but increases his susceptibility to combos.
  • Change Toon Link falls much more slowly than Young Link (1.8 → 1.38), being tied for 55th fastest fall speed compared to Young Link being tied for 10th highest fall speed. While this hinders his vertical endurance, it also makes him less vulnerable to combos.
  • Change Toon Link's gravity is lower (0.096 → 0.081).
  • Buff Toon Link's air speed is faster (0.966 → 1.05).
  • Buff Toon Link's air acceleration is faster (0.06 → 0.09).
  • Nerf Toon Link's traction is lower than Young Link's (0.105 → 0.086).
  • Buff Toon Link's Hero's Shield covers more of his body than Young Link's Deku Shield, increasing its overall reliability.

Ground attacks

Neutral attack:

  • Nerf Toon Link does not a have multi-hit neutral attack like Young Link.
  • Buff The first hit of Toon Link's neutral attack is faster (frames 6-7 → 5-6).
  • Buff Toon Link's jab does more damage than Young Link's basic jab (2.0%, 1.5%, 3.5% → 2.0%, 2.0%, 4.0%).

Forward tilt:

  • Buff Toon Link's forward tilt can hit opponents behind him.
  • Buff Toon Link's forward tilt has less startup lag and a longer duration (frames 10-12 → 9-13).
  • Nerf Toon Link's forward tilt deals less damage (12%/11% → 9%).

Up tilt:

  • Buff Toon Link's up tilt has less start-up lag (frame 9 → 8) and ending lag (frame 32 → 26).
  • Nerf Toon Link's up tilt has fewer active frames (frames 9-14 → 8-12) and deals less damage (8% → 5%).

Down tilt:

  • Change Toon Link's down tilt knocks opponents horizontally, as opposed to the vertical knockback from Young Link's down tilt. This reduces the amount of followups from the move, but opens the ability to tech chase and edgeguard with the move.
  • Nerf Toon Link's down tilt deals less damage (7%/9%/10% → 7%).
  • Buff Toon Link's down tilt has less end lag (frame 26 → 23), can trip and lock opponents, and has a bonus chance of tripping opponents (50%).

Dash attack:

  • Buff Toon Link's dash attack has less start-up lag (frame 8 → 7) and end lag (frame 35 → 31). It also travels much further forward, making it a better burst option.
  • Nerf Toon Link's dash attack deals less knockback and damage (11%/10% → 8%), hindering its KO potential.

Forward smash:

  • Change Toon Link's forward smash is a single upward slash as opposed to Young Link's two-part slash.
  • Nerf Toon Link's forward smash deals less damage than the two hits of Young Link's forward smash (6% + 12%/10% → 14%) and is slightly slower (frames 15-16 → 16-17). The lack of a second inputted swing also removes its mixup potential, severely hindering the moves utility.
  • Buff Toon Link's forward smash deals more knockback, increasing its ability to KO.

Up smash:

  • Change Toon Link's up smash is a single upward slash rather than three slashes.
  • Buff Toon Link's up smash has much less endlag (frame 70 → 43) and is capable of KO'ing opponents earlier than Young Link's.
  • Nerf Toon Link's up smash is slightly slower than Young Link's up smash (frame 10 → 11) and deals less damage than the three hits combined (14% total → 13%/10%).

Down smash:

  • Change Toon Link's down smash is essentially the inverse of Young Link's down smash; while Young Link's down smash has a stronger first hit, Toon Link's down smash has a stronger second hit.
  • Buff The second hit of Toon Link's down smash has less startup lag (frame 21 → 17), and the move has less ending lag overall (frame 50 → 47). Toon Link's down smash also lacks the sourspots that Young Link's possesses, making the move more consistent.

Aerial attacks

Neutral aerial:

  • Change Toon Link has a different neutral aerial, which consists of two quick sword swipes on either side of him.
  • Buff Toon Link's neutral aerial has disjointed hitboxes, making it safer to use. It is also capable of dealing more damage if both hits connect (10% → 8.5% + 7%).
  • Nerf Toon Link's neutral aerial has more startup lag and a shorter duration (frames 4-27 → 6-7 (front), 13-14 (back)), along with a greater amount of ending lag (frame 36 → 42). It also has less KO potential than Young Link's neutral aerial.

Forward aerial:

  • Change Toon Link's forward aerial consists of only one hit instead of two.
  • Buff Toon Link's forward aerial has more KO power than Young Link's. The damage is also more consistent due to it only hitting once.
  • Buff Toon Link's forward aerial has the ability to autocancel out of a short hop, unlike Young Link. It also has less ending lag (47 → 39), allowing Toon Link to double jump or input another attack before landing.
  • Nerf Forward aerial has more landing lag (frame 6 → 11) and deals less damage overall (6% + 8% → 13%). It also lacks the ability to drag down opponents into a follow-up like Young Link, giving it less versatility.

Back aerial:

  • Change Toon Link has a different back aerial where he swings his sword behind him in an upward arc. It only hits once, and has a more vertical knockback angle.
  • Buff Toon Link's back aerial has a disjointed hitbox, making it safer to use. It also deals more consistent damage due to its single-hit nature.
  • Nerf Back aerial has more landing lag (6 → 8) and ending lag (30 → 36), is slightly slower in start-up (frame 6 → 7), and its maximum damage output is lower (12% → 8%).
  • Nerf Toon Link's back aerial lacks much of the combo potential that the first hit of Young Link's back aerial possesses due to it not having set knockback. The lack of a second hitbox also makes the move easier to punish.

Up aerial:

  • Buff Toon Link's up aerial is a much stronger KO move than Young Link's. It also has a much bigger hitbox.
  • Buff Due to the way Toon Link positions his body, he has a much easier time hitting grounded opponents with an up aerial than Young Link.
  • Nerf Toon Link's up aerial has more startup lag and a shorter duration (frames 5-49 → 11-40). The clean hit also deals less damage (15% → 14%) as well as the late hit (12% → 11%).}}

Down aerial:

  • Nerf Due to the stall-then-fall nature of the attack, Toon Link's down aerial is significantly more risky off stage, but allows him to reach the ground or his opponents much faster. Additionally, it lacks the ability to bounce off of opponents and shields like the other two Links.
  • Nerf Toon Link's down aerial has more start-up lag (frame 13 → 17) and landing lag (frame 17 → 23), making it a riskier move to use.
  • Buff Unlike Young Link's down aerial, Toon Link's down aerial has the ability to meteor smash opponents. This allows him to net early kills and follow up on grounded opponents hit by a down aerial. Toon Link can also situationally lock opponents with this ability.
  • Change Toon Link's down aerial possesses windboxes, which can push away opponents on landing.

Grab aerial:

  • Change Toon Link's grab aerial produces a different sound when successfully hitting an opponent.

Throws/other attacks

  • Nerf Due to the hook of Toon Link's hookshot being smaller, Toon Link's grab has slightly less range than Young Link's.
  • Change All of Toon Link's throws deal more damage (6% → 7%).
  • Change Toon Link's forward and back throws have different animations.
  • Buff The collateral hitbox on Toon Link's up throw is much stronger than Young Link's.
  • Buff Toon Link's back throw is a much more potent KO move than Young Link's back throw.
  • Nerf Toon Link's down throw lacks the combo potential that Young Link's down throw possesses.

Special moves

Hero's Bow:

  • Buff An arrow fired from the Hero's Bow lasts much longer than Young Link's Fire Arrow. When combined with the slow travel time of the arrows, this allows Toon Link to keep the projectile in play longer than Young Link can to limit an opponent's options.
  • Nerf Toon Link's Hero's Bow fires and charges more slowly, has more ending lag, takes longer to travel, and deals less knockback than Young Link's Fire Arrows. It also lacks the combo potential that the Fire Arrows possess.
  • Buff The lower knockback on Toon Link's arrows allow them to lock opponents, increasing their setup potential.
  • Change The arrows fired from Hero's Bow send at a different angle than Fire Arrows. They also lack a flame effect.

Boomerang:

  • Buff The strong hit of Toon Link's Boomerang lasts much longer than Young Link's Boomerang.
  • Buff The returning hit of Toon Link's Boomerang has set knockback, granting it more combo potential than Young Link's version. The returning hit also has more knockback compared to Young Link's nominal knockback, and also deals more damage (2% → 3%).
  • Nerf Toon Link's Boomerang does much less damage at close range (13.2%/11% → 9.6%/8%) and at a distance (8.4%/7% → 6%/5%) than Young Link's Boomerang. The knockback angle of Toon Link's close-range Boomerang also makes it slightly worse for combos.
  • Change Toon Link's Boomerang travels slightly farther and returns more slowly than Young Link's Boomerang.

Spin Attack:

  • Buff Grounded Spin Attack has significantly more KO potential. It also has a faster start-up (frame 9 → 6).
  • Nerf Toon Link's grounded Spin Attack has more ending lag (frame 71 → 78) than Young Link's version, making it a more risky move. Additionally, it lacks the combo potential and KO setups that Young Link's Spin Attack possesses.
  • Change Toon Link's grounded Spin Attack sends at a more horizontal angle.
  • Buff Toon Link's grounded Spin Attack has slightly more horizontal range.
  • Buff When all frontal hits connect, Toon Link's aerial Spin Attack deals more damage (12% → 14%) than Young Link's.
  • Nerf Toon Link's aerial Spin Attack has less aerial drift and recovery height than Young Link's Spin Attack, making it a worse recovery option overall.
  • Change The sword trails of Young Link and Toon Link's Spin Attacks have different visuals.

Bomb:

  • Buff Toon Link's Bomb pull animation has less endlag than Young Link (frame 40 → 37).
  • Buff Toon Link's Bombs have a much bigger blast radius than Bombs from Young Link, making them easier to hit. Their damage is also more consistent due to being a single hit.
  • Nerf Toon Link's Bombs deal much less damage (minumum damage: 9.8 → 4.2) than Young Link's. They are also much harder to lay on the ground without having them explode, limiting their ability to trap opponents.
  • Change Toon Link's Bombs have a much longer fuse time than Young Link's Bombs (219 frames → 299 frames.)
  • Change The explosion from Toon Link's Bombs produce cartoon-like smoke and explosion graphics, as opposed to the more realistic look of Young Link's Bomb explosions. Toon Link's Bombs are also based on their appearance in The Wind Waker, as opposed to Ocarina of Time.

Triforce Slash:

  • Nerf Triforce Slash deals less damage.
  • Change Triforce Slash is much brighter and opaque compared to Young Link’s.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Toon Link has received a mix of buffs and nerfs in the transition from Smash 4 to Ultimate. As with other characters, his mobility has been improved thanks to faster walking and dashing speeds. The buffs given to many of his grounded options, such as Jab, Dash attack, Forward tilt, Down tilt, Down smash and Grounded Spin Attack, has vastly improved his grounded game from Smash 4, especially due to the addition of using tilts out of a run. Toon Link's aerial game has also improved, with the reduced landing lag on his aerials making it easier for him to combo and land; his up aerial is notably much safer to use, and his back aerial has regained some of its old combo potential. Toon Link's Down smash sees better usage with the changes to its hitboxes, making the move far more consistent and practical for offensive usage. Finally, Toon Link's Spin Attack has been improved, with the grounded version now being one of the best Out of Shield options in the game due to it being much faster and gaining kill potential, while the aerial version's power and safety has improved.

However, Toon Link also received some significant nerfs. One of his biggest nerfs was to his Forward smash, which is slower, has lower damage potential, possesses no mixup or spacing potential with a second hit, and has a debatably worse hitbox that fails to strike short opponents or ones hanging to the ledge. His other major nerf was to his Bombs, which no longer beat weak projectiles; instead bouncing off of them. This massively worsens their potential in trade and projectile situations. His up smash has fewer active frames (although it has better consistency), his back aerial is no longer a KOing move (although it has some form of combo potential), and his up tilt has inferior combo potential due to the changes to its knockback.

These changes have significantly changed the way Toon Link must be played in competitive play, shifting from primarily a zoner and counter-zoner style, to a more movement and pressure based playstyle that utilizes his sword attacks more. It is unknown how this new playstyle will succeed in the long run, however, many dedicated Toon Link professionals such as Sigma, Hyuga, Ri-ma, Tsuna and Xcal have seen very strong results in-region with the character thus far.

Aesthetics

  • Change As with all veterans returning from Smash 4, Toon Link's model features a more subdued color scheme. His clothing features simple woven and stitched detailing, similar to his design in Brawl, though his hair remains clay-like.
  • Change Some of the textures of Toon Link's face have been modified: his brow is more furrowed, and his mouth is now represented by a black dash, making it look less organic. Overall, he appears more cartoonish as a result.
  • Change Toon Link's hair is now affected by gravity and wind. His hat also has more physics-based movement than before.
  • Change Like many other returning characters, Toon Link is more expressive. He now consistently sports angrier expressions by default and during his attacks.
  • Change Several of Toon Link's animations have been altered to further distinguish him from the other Links.
    • Change While jumping, he raises his shield more.
    • Change During his falling animation, he spreads his legs apart. His helpless animation is also different, now leaning more forward as he falls.
    • Change His double jump animation is now an upward flip similar to Roy and Ganondorf.
  • Change Toon Link's sword attacks now use a set of new, cartoonish slash sound effects when they land.
  • Change Toon Link's taunts have all been modified:
    • Change His up taunt now faces the screen regardless of the direction he is facing.
    • Change His side taunt has a more surprised expression and pose. The fairy also now disappears in a Wind Waker style puff of smoke.
    • Change His down taunt now has him visibly sweating. Like his up taunt, it now faces the screen regardless of the direction he's facing.
  • Change Toon Link's victory pose where he conducts with the Wind Waker has been modified to be more in line with his official art from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and its HD version.

Attributes

  • Buff Like all characters, Toon Link's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete (down from 5).
  • Change Toon Link is slightly lighter (93 → 91).
  • Buff Toon Link walks slightly faster (1.2265 → 1.288).
  • Buff Toon Link dashes faster (1.7325 → 1.906).
  • Buff Toon Link's air speed has been increased (0.94 → 1.05).
  • Change Toon Link's falling speed has been increased (1.28 → 1.38).
    • Change His fast fall speed has also been increased (2.048 → 2.208).
  • Change Toon Link's sidestep has increased startup on his invincibility (2-15 → 3-16), but less endlag (25 → 20).
  • Change Toon Link's back roll has slightly increased invincibility (4-14 → 4-15), but much more endlag (27 frames → 34).
  • Nerf Toon Link's forward roll has slightly longer duration (FAF 27 → 29).
  • Buff Toon Link can now Z-drop items such as his Bombs without releasing the Hookshot. This vastly improves its versatility and utility as a tactic, mixup, combo and disadvantage tool. This also sees the return of the Invincibomb technique.
    • Change This change no longer allows Toon Link to Z-drop and use hookshot at the same time.
  • Nerf The mechanical change to Tethers removes Toon Link's ability to cancel his airdodge into his hookshot, removing an option from his kit and vastly nerfing his recovery mixup potential.
    • Change Toon Link is still able to Tether to ledge while holding a bomb, by simply pressing Grab without holding a direction.

Ground attacks

  • Neutral attack:
    • Buff Neutral attack's first hit has faster startup (frame 6 → 5) and slightly lower duration (20 → 18).
      • Nerf Neutral attack's first hit does slightly less damage (3% → 2%).
    • Nerf Neutral attack's third hit has fewer active frames (frame 6-10 → 6-7), reducing consistency and utility.
      • Change Toon Link strikes a pose at the end of his third neutral attack.
    • Buff As with nearly every other character, Toon Link's first and second neutral attack can now lock opponents.
    • Nerf The change to neutral attacks knockback removes Toon Link's jab mixups.
  • Forward tilt:
    • Buff Forward tilt has reduced endlag (33 → 29), improving its safety and utility.
    • Buff Forward tilt's initial hitbox now knocks opponents to be in front of him, improving its consistency and trap potential.
  • Up tilt:
    • Nerf Up tilt has increased base knockback, decreasing its combo potential.
    • Nerf Due to engine changes, Up-tilt is no longer positive on hit at very low percents, reducing the safety of the move.
  • Down tilt:
    • Buff Down tilt hits at a much lower angle, improving its trip potential at lower percents, and its tech chase potential at higher percents.
  • Dash attack:
    • Buff Dash attack hitbox is faster (9 → 7) and has less endlag (39 → 30), making it much more useful and safer in landing trap situations.
    • Buff Dash attack has increased horizontal distance, increasing its overall utility.
    • Buff Dash attack's sweetspot has been made bigger, making it much easier to land the strong hit.
  • Forward smash:
    • Change Forward smash has been changed to a single upward swing.
    • Nerf Forward smash now has slightly more startup (15 frames → 16) and has decreased damage (21% → 14%).
      • Nerf Due to the removal of the second swing, Toon Link is also no longer able to use this move to space or mix up his opponent.
    • Buff This new animation appears to have more vertical range, improving its ability to strike airborne opponents.
      • Nerf The new animation also makes hitting grounded opponents more inconsistent, and forward smash is no longer able to hit opponents hanging at the ledge.
  • Up smash:
    • Change Up smash has a slightly altered animation. Toon Link slightly turns after leaping.
    • Buff Due to the altered animation, Up smash's sourspot hitbox is much smaller and harder to land, significantly improving its consistency and KO potential.
    • Nerf Up Smash has fewer active frames (frame 11-17 → 11-15).
  • Down smash:
    • Change Down smash has a tweaked animation.
    • Change Down smash's front hitbox no longer sends opponents behind Toon Link; instead, each swing has strong knockback on its own.
      • Nerf This means Toon Link can no longer use down smash to send opponents behind him. The overall damage output for hitting the front hitbox has also been reduced (14% (both hits) → 12%).
    • Buff Down smash has less ending lag (50 frames → 46). Also, each hit of down smash does more damage (6%/7% → 12% (front)/13% (back)) and can KO on either side of Toon Link.
    • Buff This also vastly improves the consistency of the move and prevents grounded opponents from escaping between hits. Aerial opponents also are now hit with the regular hitbox as opposed to the aerial-only hitbox, which had reduced damage and altered knockback.

Aerial attacks

  • Buff All aerials have much less landing lag (neutral: frame 12 → 7, forward: 18 → 11, back: 17 → 8, up: 21 → 13, down: 40 → 23).
  • Forward aerial:
    • Buff Forward aerial auto-cancels significantly earlier (frame 51 → 39), allowing it to auto-cancel out of a short hop.
  • Back aerial:
    • Buff Back aerial has far less ending lag (45 frames → 35), allowing Toon Link to double jump out of a short hop with it once again.
      • Buff Back aerial's lowered knockback and significant reduction in lag has vastly improved its combo and setup potential.
    • Buff Back aerial auto-cancels earlier (frame 38 → 34).
    • Nerf Back aerial does less damage (11% → 8%) and has lost much of its KO potential.
  • Up aerial:
    • Buff Up aerial has an altered animation where Toon Link ducks more. This lowers his hurtbox and allows him to hit opponents beneath him more effectively, similar to Link's up aerial.
  • Grab aerial:
    • Buff Grab aerial has less endlag (frame 75 → 74).
    • Nerf Grab aerial has fewer active frames (frame 11-20 → 11-18).
    • Nerf Grab aerial can only hit one opponent or projectile. Once it collides with something, it bounces off and the hitbox is disabled.

Throws/other attacks

  • Buff All of Toon Link's grabs have had their ending lag decreased (frame 62 → 51 (standing), frame 72 → 60 (dash), frame 72 → 55 (pivot)).
  • Change Toon Link has an altered down throw animation where he jumps much higher in the air before tackling his opponent. This helps him avoid projectiles close to the ground (especially his own bombs), but opens him to projectiles in the air.
  • Nerf All of Toon Link's item toss framedata has increased endlag, reducing the potency of his item throws and followups (Forward: 20 → 24, back: 20 → 24, up: 20 → 23, down: 19 → 20).)

Special Moves

  • Hero's Bow:
    • Nerf Arrows can no longer be held indefinitely upon reaching full charge, now automatically firing if held for more than three seconds.
    • Buff Due to his increased ground speed, Toon Link can run with his arrows and either combo or read an opponent off of them, overall increasing the utility of his arrows.
  • Boomerang:
    • Change Boomerang appears to have a new model, featuring a more simplistic design.
    • Buff A Boomerang performed with a smash input has increased damage and slightly increased knockback compared to a Tilt input (8% (near)/5% (mid) → 9.6%/6%).
    • Change Boomerang now has a clanking animation where it bounces quickly before falling and disappearing.
      • Nerf Boomerang is unavailable during this clanking animation, reducing Boomerang's utility in trade situations.
    • Change Boomerang has less duration on the returning hitbox. This reduces the potential of the returning boomerang, but the Boomerang now reappears in Toon Link's hands more quickly.
    • Change Boomerang has different physics when bouncing against surfaces in certain situations, most notably on return, altering the utility of returning boomerang.
  • Spin Attack:
    • Change Spin Attack's sword trails are blue, now matching how they were in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
    • Buff Grounded Spin Attack is faster (frame 9 → 6) and has slightly less endlag (frame 80 → 77), increasing its utility and safety.
    • Buff Grounded Spin Attack also has vastly increased knockback, granting it KO potential.
    • Buff Grounded Spin Attack always knocks opponents in the direction Toon Link is facing, giving Toon Link the ability to control where his opponent is sent.
    • Nerf Grounded Spin Attack has slightly less horizontal range.
    • Buff Aerial Spin Attack appears to have more knockback on the final hit, increasing its KO potential and making it a more reliable finisher.
    • Buff Aerial Spin Attack now has multiple hitboxes behind Toon Link, improving its safety and utility, and also increasing damage output on large targets caught in the attack.
    • Buff Aerial Spin Attack now allows Toon Link to retain much more horizontal drift after the final hitbox, improving its spacing and recovery potential.
  • Bomb:
    • Buff Toon Link now pulls out the Bomb slightly quicker (39 frames → 36).
    • Change Bomb no longer does differing damage based on direct contact (4%) or the explosion (5%-8%). Both damage values have been homogenized, and the only factor to the bombs damage is the velocity before impact.
      • Change Bombs overall do less damage (4%-8% → 4.2%-6.5%). However, the lower damage betters bomb combo potential.
    • Nerf Bombs no longer beat weak projectiles, instead bouncing at the point of contact and falling to the ground. This massively reduces the potency of bombs in trade situations.
  • Final Smash:
    • Buff Triforce Slash has had its activation range massively increased, allowing Toon Link to chase down targets across Final Destination, like Link's iteration from Brawl and Smash 4.

Update History

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1.2.0

  • Bug fix Invisible bomb glitch fixed.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2.0.0

  • Buff Forward aerial auto-cancels earlier (frame 51 → 39), matching the move's interruptibility and allowing it to auto-cancel out of a short hop.
  • Buff Shortened the amount of time the player can't grab ledges after using his back aerial (68 frames → 60).

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 3.0.0

  • Nerf Boomerang deals less shield damage.

Moveset

  • While standing still, walking, or crouching, incoming projectiles that hit Toon Link's Hero's Shield will deal no damage and simply push him back. It can block any amount of projectiles regardless of power.
  • Toon Link can wall jump.
  • Toon Link possesses a tether attack and grab.

Note: All numbers are listed as base damage, without the 1v1 multiplier.

  Name Damage Description
Neutral attack   2% An outward slash, followed by an inward slash, and concluded with a forward thrust. The first 2 hits can lock.
2%
4%
Forward tilt   9% Toon Link raises the Master Sword over his head and slashes forward.
Up tilt Half-Moon Slash 5% An upwards slice with the Master Sword. Can combo into itself at low percentages, or his neutral, forward, backward and up aerials at low to mid percentages.
Down tilt   7% A crouching slash. Can cause opponents to trip. Also capable of locking.
Dash attack   8% A dashing, outwards swing.
Forward smash   14% Winds up and swings the sword in an upward arc. Toon Link slightly moves forward. The duration of this move's hitbox is deceptively shorter that the duration of the swing (frames 8 and 9). As such, the move's range is also deceptively short and will fail to damage those above Toon Link beginning at frame 10.
Up smash   13% An upward arcing slash. Can hit from the back.
Down smash   12% (front), 13% (back) A sweeping slash in front, and then behind himself.
Neutral aerial Two Part Slash 8.5% (front), 7% (back) A quick, spinning slice that hits in front, and then in back. Has a chance to trip grounded opponents at low percents. Can also lock.
Forward aerial   13% A quick, spinning slash in front of himself.
Back aerial   8% A spinning slash behind himself.
Up aerial   13% (clean), 11% (late) An upwards thrust. Posseses sex kick properties. Landing the late hit on a grounded opponent can allow for combo strings.
Down aerial Sword Plant 15% (clean), 12% A stall-then-fall version of the Down Thrust. Meteor smashes at the start of the descent. Has windboxes on landing.
Grab aerial Midair Hookshot 4% Shoots his Hookshot forward. Can be used to grab stage ledges.
Grab Hookshot — Fires his Hookshot straight forward. It functions as a Tether Grab, and and be used for tether recovery.
Pummel   1% Quickly hits the opponent with the pommel of the Master Sword.
Forward throw   3% (hit), 4% (throw) A shoulder tackle. Nearby opponents will take damage.
Back throw 7% Performs the tomoe nage[1], a judo throw. This is Toon Link's KO throw.
Up throw   5% (hit), 2% (throw) Tosses the opponent up into the air and performs a spinning upwards slash.
Down throw   3% (hit), 4% (throw) Pins the opponent to the ground and performs an elbow drop.
Floor attack (front)   7% Slashes in front and behind himself while getting up.
Floor attack (back)   7% Slashes in front and behind himself while getting up.
Floor attack (trip)   5% Slashes in front and behind himself while getting up.
Edge attack   9% Performs an outwards slash while climbing up.
Neutral special Hero's Bow 4% (uncharged), 12% (fully charged) Fires an arrow from his bow. It can be charged up for more power and range.
Side special Boomerang 8% (near), 9.6 (smash attack), 5% (far), 3% (return), Throws his Boomerang forward. Spins vertically when thrown, then spins horizontally when returning. Can be aimed via directional input. Does more damage at the start when inputed as a smash attack.
Up special Spin Attack 1% (uncharged hits 1-10), 3% (uncharge hit 11), 1.6% (charged hits 1-9), 4% (charged hit 11), 4% (aerial hit 1), 2% (aerial hits 2-4) 4% (aerial hit 5) Spins with his sword outwards, slashing opponents nearby.
Down special Bomb 5.4%-7% Pulls out a Bomb.
Final Smash Triforce Slash 56.2% Traps opponents inside a large Triforce, allowing Toon Link to slash at them repeatedly. He concludes with a final powerful slash which launches away the target, along with anyone nearby.

On-screen appearance

  • An explosion appears on-screen and as the smoke fades, Toon Link appears and equips the Master Sword and Hero's Shield.

Taunts

  • Up taunt: Sheaths the Master Sword and places the Hero's Shield on his back and conducts with the Wind Waker.
  • Side taunt: Sheaths the Master Sword and places the Hero's Shield on his back and watches a fairy fly around.
  • Down taunt: Swings the Master Sword in front of himself while yelling in a panicked tone, ending with him becoming exhausted and catching his breath.

Victory poses

  • Waves the Wind Waker.
  • He catches a pig and holds it above his head. Whilst balancing on one foot, he occasionally starts to lose balance before retaining it again.
  • He tries to catch a pig but ends up tripping and falling on his bottom. He then proceeds to rub his bottom for the rest of the victory pose while sheepishly smiling.
A flourished and abridged remix of the theme that plays when Link obtains a Triforce Piece in The Legend of Zelda and has since become the main theme of The Legend of Zelda series.
  • ToonLinkVictoryPose1SSBU.gif
  • ToonLinkVictoryPose2SSBU.gif
  • ToonLinkVictoryPose3SSBU.gif

Classic Mode: The Teamwork of Courage

Toon Link fights alongside two CPU Toon Link teammates in all of his battles.

Round Opponent Stage Music
1 Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi 3D Land Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - Super Mario 3D Land
2 Villager and Isabelle Tortimer Island Kapp'n's Song
3 3 R.O.B.s 75m (Battlefield form) Stack-Up/Gyromite
4 Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard Pokémon Stadium Battle! (Trainer) - Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon
5 4 Inklings Moray Towers Now or Never!
6 Giant Ganondorf Great Plateau Tower (Battlefield form) Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
Bonus Stage
Final Ganon, the Demon King ? Calamity Ganon Battle - Second Form

Note: When fighting Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard, their respective Pokémon Trainers are absent.

Role in World of Light

Toon Link's location in World of Light.
Finding Toon Link in World of Light

Although Toon Link does not appear in the World of Light opening cutscene, he was vaporized and later imprisoned alongside the rest of the fighters (sans Kirby) when Galeem unleashed his beams of light.

Toon Link is unlocked in the Forest Hill sub-area of the Light Realm. To access his unlock battle, the player must activate a nearby switch which extends the bridge and defeat the spirit of Zelda (Breath of the Wild) that's in front of him.

Fighter Battle

No. Image Name Type Power Stage Music
43
Toon Link SSBU.png
 Toon Link Attack 7,500 Wuhu Island (Ω form) Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

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Spirits

Toon Link's Fighter Spirit can be obtained by completing Classic Mode. It is also available periodically for purchase in the shop for 500 coins. Unlocking Toon Link in World of Light allows the player to preview the first spirit below in the Spirit List under the name "???". As a Fighter Spirit, it cannot be used in Spirit Battles and is purely aesthetic. Each Fighter Spirit has an alternate version that replaces them with their artwork in Ultimate.

Additionally, this incarnation of Link and others under the same artstyle appear in a few Primary and Support Spirits.

  • 177. Toon Link

    177. Toon Link

  • 248. King of Red Lions

    248. King of Red Lions

  • Alfonzo Spirit.png

    260. Alfonzo & Engineer Link

  • 262. Totem Link

    262. Totem Link

In Spirit battles

As the main opponent

Spirit Battle parameters
No. Image Name Series Enemy Fighter(s) Type Power Stage Rules Conditions Music
246
Tetra.png
 Tetra The Legend of Zelda series •Toon Link ToonLinkHeadBlueSSBU.png Shield 9,800 Pirate Ship •Item: Bullet Bill
•Hazard: Heavy Wind 		•Dangerously high winds are in effect
•The enemy is easily distracted by items 		The Great Sea / Menu Select
256
File:Ezlo Spirit.png
 Ezlo The Legend of Zelda series •Toon Link ToonLinkHeadTealSSBU.png Attack 3,700 Distant Planet •Hazard: Left Is Right, Right Is Left
•Giant 		•The enemy is giant
•Left and right controls will suddenly reverse after a little while 		Village of the Blue Maiden
260
File:Alfonzo Spirit.png
 Alfonzo & Engineer Link The Legend of Zelda series •Toon Link ToonLinkHeadBlueSSBU.png
•Captain Falcon CaptainFalconHeadYellowSSBU.png 		Attack 3,600 Spirit Train •Attack Power ↑ •The enemy's dash attacks have increased power
•The enemy has increased attack power after a little while
•The enemy can deal damage by dashing into you 		Full Steam Ahead
262
Totem Link Spirit.png
 Totem Link The Legend of Zelda series •Toon Link (×3) (ToonLinkHeadBrownSSBU.pngToonLinkHeadRedSSBU.pngToonLinkHeadBlueSSBU.png) Grab 3,500 Hyrule Castle Item: The Legend of Zelda •The enemy favors smash attacks Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
1,293
File:Bomberman Spirit.png
 Bomberman Bomberman series •Toon Link ToonLinkHeadGreySSBU.png Grab 9,700 Wrecking Crew (Battlefield form) •Assist Trophy Enemies (Bomberman)
•Item: Exploding Types 		•The enemy's explosion and fire attacks have increased power
•Hostile assist trophies will appear 		Bomb Man Stage

As a minion

Spirit Battle parameters Inspiration
No. Image Name Series Enemy Fighter(s) Type Power Stage Rules Conditions Music Character
250
File:Aryll.PNG
 Aryll The Legend of Zelda series •Villager VillagerHeadBlueSSBU.png
•Toon Link ToonLinkHeadTealSSBU.png 		Shield 9,000 Wuhu Island N/A •The enemy has increased attack power The Great Sea / Menu Select Link (Wind Waker)
253
File:Beedle Spirit.png
 Beedle The Legend of Zelda series •Shulk ShulkHeadTrunksSSBU.png
•Toon Link ToonLinkHeadBrownSSBU.png 		Neutral 2,600 Gaur Plain (Battlefield form) •Item: Beetle •Items will be pulled toward the enemy Dragon Roost Island Link (Wind Waker)
257
Linebeck Spirit.png
 Linebeck The Legend of Zelda series •Luigi LuigiHeadCyanSSBU.png
•Toon Link ToonLinkHeadBlueSSBU.png 		Neutral 9,000 Wuhu Island (The boat) •Buoyancy Reduced •No one knows how to swim The Great Sea / Menu Select Link (Phantom Hourglass)
263
Madame Couture Spirit.png
 Madame Couture The Legend of Zelda series •Rosalina & Luma RosalinaHeadRedSSBU.png
•Toon Link (×3) (ToonLinkHeadTealSSBU.pngToonLinkHeadRedSSBU.pngToonLinkHeadBlueSSBU.png) 		Grab 3,300 Skyloft N/A •Defeat the main fighter to win
•Reinforcements will appear during the battle 		Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Link (Tri Force Heroes)

Alternate costumes

Toon Link Palette (SSBU).png
ToonLinkHeadSSBU.png ToonLinkHeadRedSSBU.png ToonLinkHeadBlueSSBU.png ToonLinkHeadPurpleSSBU.png ToonLinkHeadBrownSSBU.png ToonLinkHeadBlackSSBU.png ToonLinkHeadGreySSBU.png ToonLinkHeadTealSSBU.png

Gallery

Character Showcase Video

Trivia

  • Toon Link is the only Zelda character playable in SSB4:
    • Who did not get a new or updated Final Smash for Ultimate.
    • To share his Final Smash with another character.
    • Who did not receive any kind of redesign in his appearance.
    • Not to have his Palutena's Guidance conversation changed.
    • Whose voice clips are once again recycled from a Zelda game, as opposed to having new ones.
    • Not to have any new or changed alternate costumes.
  • Toon Link is the only character who travels to 3D Land and Tortimer Island in Classic Mode.

Notes

1.^ translates to "Circle Throw"


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