Introduction
A returning member of Smash Brothers, Kirby is a character in all three games of the Super Smash Bros. series. Although tier-wise he was the third-to-top character in original beaten only by Pikachu and Fox, in Super Smash Bros. Melee, he became severely nerfed.
Currently, Kirby is ranked in the G tier in 25th/26th place (tied with Pichu). Among Kirby's best attributes includes his relatively long recovery, the ability to perform Kirbycide and a rather good edgeguard game, especially when combined with his Fence of Pain. Additionally, Kirby has a very good defensive game, due to his small size. However, Kirby's overall power has been strongly nerfed from the previous game. A majority of his attacks are considerably weaker and have smaller sweetspots. Kirby also has awful approach options, due to a poor SHFFL and the lack of a good projectile and went from having one of the best combo abilities in SSB64 to one of the worst in Melee . This, combined with a rather predictable recovery and a ease of being comboed because of his poor hitstun leads to Kirby to have generally abysmal matchups against other characters.
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
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| Physics | |
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| Weight | 70 (23rd) |
| Fall Speed | 96/Fast 0 (21st) |
| Gravity | 0.08 (21st) |
| Ground Movement | |
| Walk Speed | 0.85 (19th) |
| Initial Dash Speed | 1.4 (16th) |
| Initial Dash Length | 12f (17th) |
| Run Speed | 1.4 (17th) |
| Traction | 0.08 (7th) |
| Jumping | |
| Jumpsquat | 3f (1st) |
| Jump Height | Full 26/Short 14.28/Air 2, 2, 1.73, 1.56, 1.33 (25th/9thth/?) |
| Air Speed | 0.78 (23rd) |
| Air Acceleration | Base 0.02, Max 0.06 (5th) |
