Smash 4: Air Speed Rankings and Values [NOW WITH RAW/REAL VALUES]

[Indigo Jeans]

Thank you so much Toomai!!

 

[LimitCrown]

F23 might be a variable that determines how quickly a character can change direction in midair. Mega Man and Wario have the highest values for that variable, so that's my guess.

 

[Indigo Jeans]

Okay so the OP has been updated with a table containing the raw values Toomai mined. I also added a condensed list that forgoes text and values and just has the character icons in their proper orders, for people who just want to get an idea of their character's comparative air speed.

I'm actually quite (pleasantly) surprised with how relatively close my list was to the real values. The only big discrepancies are Dr. Mario (I placed him too low), Peach (I placed her too high), and Mr. Game & Watch (I also placed him a bit high). Aside from that though top 5 and bottom 13 were in the right order! Woooo

 

[Nobie]

I don't know what F23 is, but it's related to horizontal airspeed somehow because it's one of the hooks for Glider/Antiglide equipment.

I think I've figured out what "F23" is.

Basically, it's the degree to which characters continue their momentum once you've let go of the control stick, or natural resistance against momentum. The higher the value is, the more quickly a character will decelerate in the air without any additional input.

Here's my reasoning:

Mega Man has the highest F23 value of the normal characters. As anyone who uses Mega Man knows, if you stop holding a direction in the air, Mega Man will immediately fall straight down. It mimics how his character feels in his source games.

The next highest values are Wario, Jigglypuff, and Ness. All of them exhibit similar properties of dropping straight down upon release of the control stick in the air, though they're not quite as extreme as Mega Man.

At the total end of the other list are Marth and Lucina, who have by far the lowest values when it comes to "F23." When you jump forward with them and let go of the control stick, they keep traveling much further along.

Next lowest is Link, who doesn't travel that much further but doesn't have great horizontal air speed anyway. The key is that his jump still makes a clear arc. Mii Sword Fighter acts similarly.

With Lucario and Yoshi (who are next lowest in "F23"), the difference starts to become really visible again, especially with Yoshi. Yoshi has the highest air speed in the game, and one of the lowest "F23" values in the game. When you jump forward and immediately let go of the control stick, he still manages to travel half the distance of Final Destination.

Marth, who has considerably lower air speed but the absolute lowest F23 value, goes almost half the distance of Final Destination. Jigglypuff, who is almost as fast as Yoshi in the air, drops like a brick before even reaching 1/4 of FD.

Now take a look at Wario Man and do the same "jump forward, let go" test. Despite having absurd horizontal mobility, he stops moving forward and falls straight down almost immediately.

Altogether, I think this shows that F23 is indeed "natural resistance against momentum."

 

[LimitCrown]

The characters with "???" as their names in the chart are most likely the Fighting Mii Team enemies. They seem to share similar stats with the playable character variations.

 

[san.]

Dr. Mario is fast in the air? This could be huge.

 

[LimitCrown]

There are probably other modifiers that affect Dr. Mario only.

 

[san.]

That makes the most sense.

 

[Nobie]

That makes the most sense.

I think the big difference is that, while Mario and Dr. Mario have the exact same air speed values, the jumps themselves are different. If you just run off stage with both characters, they'll move the exact same way, but when you factor in jumps, Mario travels both further and more quickly.

 

[Toomai]

I think I've figured out what "F23" is.

Basically, it's the degree to which characters continue their momentum once you've let go of the control stick, or natural resistance against momentum. The higher the value is, the more quickly a character will decelerate in the air without any additional input.

Okay, so horizontal aerial friction.

The characters with "???" as their names in the chart are most likely the Fighting Mii Team enemies. They seem to share similar stats with the playable character variations.

I hope I picked the right set to call the playable ones then.

There are probably other modifiers that affect Dr. Mario only.

Given how all his moveset damage is multiplied by 1.12, this is probably unfortunately the case.

 

[LimitCrown]

The playable ones were labeled correctly.

 

[Kofu]

I like how blatantly has the best air deceleration in the game at .07. I think the next best is .05?

 

[warriorman222]

Hello.

ID|Char|Air Accel?|Air Deccel?|Airspeed|F23|Gravity?|Fall Speed?|Vert Friction?|Fastfall Speed?

52|Wario-Man|0.3|0.04|1.69|0.08|0.1071|2.2|0.006|3.08
53|Giga Mac| 0.04 |0.01| 1.7|0.015|0.12|2.2|0.0075|3.52

I died reading that part. Giga Mac is faster than Wario-Man in the air, but doesn't look like he'll reach max speed even on Palutena's Campsite before reaching the blastline.

 

[TheReflexWonder]

Is there a way we could rank characters based on full speed from one direction to another? I know that B-Reverse options make it so it wouldn't be a 100%-true ranking, but that would make considerations for potential juggling easier.

Does the Tanooki Tail affect these stats at all?

 

[Masonomace]

So with the DDD air speed change in 1.1.4, his value is now 0.63. With that change in mind, I was testing Super Leaf drifting comparisons between DDD & Shulk with the Monado Shield art active. When both characters reached their max air speed, Shield Shulk was inching closer & closer behind DDD when I had DDD in front. Then I had DDD behind Shield Shulk & was eyeballing DDD start to fall behind. I used both 1/4x (hold L) & 1/2x (hold L) speed & came to the conclusion that Shield art's air speed value is higher than 0.63, but of course I wouldn't know the exact air speed value. Although, when I pretend that Monado arts affect Shulk's attributes through a multiplier, I punch in these numbers:

Vanilla Shulk air speed value = 1.06
Shield art's pretend multiplier for air speed = 0.6x

1.06 x 0.6 = 0.636