Game Mechanics
Tournament Upsets
Characters
Legal Stages
Version Differences
100

This technique, discovered in 2015, allows players to reduce their knockback by inputting L or R.

V-cancelling

100

This Sheik main burst onto the scene by beating numerous top players to get 2nd at GENESIS 8.

Jmook

100
This character made a guest appearance in Soul Calibur 2.

Link

100

Failing to recover on this tournament legal stage is often due to getting "pineapple'd".

Dream Land N64

100

In the PAL version, this character's sweet spot down air was changed from a spike to a meteor smash, making players finish their combos in a reverse up b instead.

Marth

200

While teching on a platform, you can input down on the cstick and left or right on the analog stick to perform this technique.

Slideoff
200

This Falco player defeated Mango in a Falco ditto at GENESIS 6.

Magi

200

It is often jokingly said that this character has "the best down b in the game".

Zelda

200

Only a few characters can cross underneath this stage from one ledge to the other.

Final Destination

200

In the PAL version, this character's late hit down air was changed from a spike to a meteor smash.

Falco

300

Players can perform this technique by dropping through a platform and immediately inputting an aerial.

Platform Cancel/Drop Cancel

300

This Sheik player famously defeated Armada at EVO 2018, knocking him into the losers bracket.

Swedish Delight

300

This character can perform a frame perfect walljump with his up b.

Mario
300

This stage is legal in singles but is banned in doubles due to it's high lag.

Fountain of Dreams

400

What does GALINT stand for?

Grounded Actionable Ledge Intangibility

400

This Fox main defeated PPMD in Loser's Side Top 8 at Apex 2012.

Javi

400

This character was purposely designed to be weak according to an interview with Sakurai.

Pichu

400

In Adventure Mode, you fight Wireframes, Metal Mario, or Metal Luigi on this stage.

Battlefield

400
Jigglypuff is known by this name in Japan.

Purin

500

There is debate amongst top players over these two types of L-cancelling.

Hard and Soft L-cancelling/Digital and Analog L-cancelling

500

This Falco player upset Hungrybox offstream at Low Tier City 7.

Albert

500

Super Smash Bros Melee was the first introduction of this character to western audiences.

Roy

500

The low ground velocity on these stage transformations allows Jigglypuff and Yoshi's neutral B to cover slightly more ground.

Pokemon Stadium: Grass/Water Transformation

500
In these two versions of the game, Link can perform a glitch known as a "chaindance" which leads into other  glitches such as Ghost Arrow and Dimensional Arrow.

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