Who is the fastest character overall?

[Artmastercorey]

I dont mean as far as walk speed. I mean in overall lack of lag in general on their moves, when they land from an attack, ect. I notice alot of large character (walk speed excluded) for example are just as quick as a lot other characters but have the benefit of power and range. Like ddd can land from the air and follow up right away as another example.

 

[ChronoPenguin]

Kirby has the lowest aerial landing lag, that's probably a starting point.

 

[digiholic]

I'd probably say Sheik. She's one of the only characters with a truly safe aerial option.

 

[RIP_Lucas]

Sheik has the best air to ground approach option in the game because of how easy it is to follow with more attacks

You can't talk about speed and not mention Sonic. His Spin Charge, Spin Dash, Fair, and Nair can pretty easily transition him from air to ground combat almost instantly with devastating affects if they don't shield. There's also Bair and Homing Attack if you don't mind the minor start up. You can't forget about his insane running speed and vertical potential out of spring too, so there's that.

Shulk's Nair is fantastic for it's low landing lag

Diddy can D Tilt out of landed aerials pretty quickly

Rosalina deserves mention for that one thing she does by having Luma attack while she's in landing lag (or did that get patched out? IDK)

I say Sonic overall is the fastest character, but I'm biased

 

[ChronoPenguin]

Shulks Nair doesn't auto cancel. It has low landing lag.

 

[pershona]

Sheik. Some of her attacks almost have zero lag, and she doesn't even have any laggy moves besides like Up B and Side B.

 

[Talazala]

Everyone has already said it, I'd say Sheik. Fast on the ground, superfast ftilt, and fairs a plenty.

 

[Darklink401]

Sheik, most likely. Nice falling speed, very fast, and low landing lag on all aerials except dair. Most of her attacks come out extremely fast, as well.

I'd say Pikachu is pretty fast as well, with a nearly lagless fair, as well as really fast ground speed, uairs, and utilts.

his dsmash and usmash also come out fast.

 

[HeavyLobster]

Sheik has hardly any lag. Kirby and Mario also have very quick attacks.

 

[RIP_Lucas]

Sheik has hardly any lag. Kirby and Mario also have very quick attacks.

Mario? Sure that Nair, but that's pretty standard for a sex kick

And while Kirby's attacks themselves come out quick, he moves too slowly for them to be considered fast. Good luck connecting with any of those attacks if you move too slowly to get in range. There's a reason most new Kirbys like to spam aerial attacks from directly above, Kirby's horizontal movement isn't good enough to compete.

I believe "fastest character" is too vague. From the tone of the OP, it seems he's more wondering which character can exit neutral and put pressure on opponents most quickly. The answer to that is pretty complicated as well. Sheik, Sonic, Little Mac, and Pikachu stick out as the fastest if that is kept in mind

 

[HeroMystic]

Mario? Sure that Nair, but that's pretty standard for a sex kick

U-air, B-air, and N-air auto-cancels. D-air has no landing lag if one doesn't fast-fall.

But no Mario isn't the "fastest", though he is fast.

I'm honestly baffled as to why ZSS has not been mentioned.

 

[Ultresmasher5]

Sonic
..Sheik?
Mii Fighters can be customized this way.

 

[MapleWooD]

It's probably

 

[TheRealBlueBlur]

Sheik can do some pretty crazy stuff, mostly her insanely fast SHFF aerials.
Fox also is very fast (autocancelled nairs mostly).
Jiggly is fast in the air, but ONLY in the air.

I think Sheik is the winner here, though.

 

[Gawain]

Overall it's definitely Sheik. CAptain Falcon isn't too far behind though.

 

[David Viran]

ZSS has the second lowest amount of landing lag on her aerials and if you didn't count dair she would have the lowest.

 

[Artmastercorey]

I believe "fastest character" is too vague. From the tone of the OP, it seems he's more wondering which character can exit neutral and put pressure on opponents most quickly. The answer to that is pretty complicated as well. Sheik, Sonic, Little Mac, and Pikachu stick out as the fastest if that is kept in mind

Yeah thats a great way to put it. Who can exit neautral and put pressure on opponents quickly. For me I noticed yoshi is incredible at that, ganadorf, ddd, luigi, kirby, link. Character where hit them, they can hit you back almost immediately. Or they lack in punishability because they lack alot of landing lag or end lag on attacks.

It also makes me wonder who are the slowest overall. For me toonlink (horrible landing lag), same for villager.