Every Super & Heavy Armor

[cFive]

Hi, we made this video to show of and explain the armor in smash 4!

Check out this thread for detailed information: http://smashboards.com/threads/invincibility-and-armor-list.371822/page-4
(Shoutouts to Luigi_player for all the research he did!)

Hopefully you learned something new about the game

 

[xDizxy]

*sigh* This is the bad thing about smash 4. Too many characters with super armor.

 

[Ninj4pikachu]

*sigh* This is the bad thing about smash 4. Too many characters with super armor.

How is this a bad thing? its one of the few offensive things that Smash 4 brings to the table that the other games lack. everyone complains that rolling is too safe, and that shields are too big in this game, but here is a great way to hit your opponent mid-attack without having to worry about being out-prioritized. These moves are especially effective when your opponent is charging a smash attack, #1 because its the easiest time to get these moves in since your opponent is wide open and expecting you to get hit if you approach directly, and #2 because if you hit them while charging it the move dose extra damage. I think these are cool features that bring balance to an otherwise more defensive smash game.

 

[Rhydon65]

Thanks for sharing this, I was wondering why armor wasn't entirely consistent.

 

[ligersandtigons]

don't Mario and Luigi have armour on their up smash?

and Mega Man with his up tilt?

I'm sure a lot more attacks are missing

 

[JamietheAuraUser]

don't Mario and Luigi have armour on their up smash?

and Mega Man with his up tilt?

I'm sure a lot more attacks are missing

No, that's intangibility, not armour. Mario and Luigi have their heads intangible during their Up Smashes, while Mega Man's entire body is intangible for a significant portion of Mega Upper. Armour has the character still be hit and take damage, but not flinch. Intangibility causes attacks to pass right through a character harmlessly, as if they're simply not there to be hit in the first place.

 

[ligersandtigons]

No, that's intangibility, not armour. Mario and Luigi have their heads intangible during their Up Smashes, while Mega Man's entire body is intangible for a significant portion of Mega Upper. Armour has the character still be hit and take damage, but not flinch. Intangibility causes attacks to pass right through a character harmlessly, as if they're simply not there to be hit in the first place.

damn, never heard of that before

is there a list of intangible attacks?

 

[JamietheAuraUser]

damn, never heard of that before

is there a list of intangible attacks?

Dunno. I think the Smash 4 Frame Data thread in the Competitive section has some information about partial intangibility during specific attacks. They don't have data for things like ledge-climbing or getting up from prone yet, though. Apparently that data is stored somewhere weird in the game and they haven't found/decoded it yet.

For reference, intangibility is the same effect that's present on rolls, sidestep dodges, air dodges, for a split instant as characters start a counter (unless they're Peach, IIRC her counter doesn't have it) and while a character is activating their Final Smash.