Every Character's Hidden Ability Explained in Smash Bros Ultimate 

I'm surprised there's no mention of the Ice Climbers actually being immune to slipping on ice.

⚠️ warning ⚠️ most OP hidden ability in the entire game: When you heal as Rosalina, Luma will do a little happy dance

I really wish Mario and Luigi dealt 1% damage when footstooling enemies.

I'd say Yoshi's hidden ability is actually his immunity to shield poke since his shield is the only one that doesnt shrink

A real interesting mechanic with Little Mac is his ground attacks don't suffer a 'clanking' animation when his moves clank with an opponent's, almost always giving him the frame advantage especially with his frame 1 jab, tied for the fastest jab in the game along with ZSS.

A lot of people forget about Sephiroth's forward air making him stick to the stage, people usually fall for it if you connect it with a jump and a charged up B

The way you worded Daisy's "hidden ability" implied that Bomb and Mr. Saturns were unique pulls for her. I assure you peach does this too

Here's a fun one: if timed correctly, Snake's box taunt can be used to block an incoming attack while he is tossing the box away. (I am salty because that one specifically cost me a victory...)

Calling some of these a "hidden mechanic" is generous. Some of these are just characteristics, such as Fox fall speed, which is definitely not unique. I'd classify a hidden mechanic as what most modern games would call a "passive" which is something like Peach float, K Rool belly armour or Hero's mana bar.

Dark Samus hidden ability is that she can dashdance 1 frame faster than everyone else in the cast, including Samus

"A stronger, faster character in Pyra, and a slower, weaker character in Mythra" I think you made a mistake there.

Rob's real hidden mechanic is that he doesn't get his recovery back when he grabs ledge. The jet fuel for his up B recharges over time when you stand on stage but not when you grab ledge

Nobody ever brings up the fact that Steve is the only character who can do a walking up tilt, which is so ground breaking, it just shows how unique Steve truly is,

11:20 Yeah.....sorry but Ivysaur does NOT have the strongest Up-smash in the game. He has the third strongest. Ganondorf has the second strongest, and Lucas has THE strongest Up-smash.

An interesting thing about Mewtwo is that using any of their specials during their double jump completely stops its momentum

Puff actually does have a normal shield break animation, if there is something above her which she cannot pass through she will hit it and lose her momentum and be shieldbroken on the ground for a couple of seconds.

"Hidden Ability" isn't a thing. I get what you're going for, but at multiple times you say false things entirely out of trying to create a narrative that these are a defined attribute of every character. The nonsense of giving echos different abilities is especially egregious. Theres also many times when this setup limits you by not letting you discuss multiple cool things about a character. **Not a crticism exactly, but just gonna list a bunch of omissions I thought would have been here.** Yoshi is unable to be shield poked. Ness/Lucas insane airdodge G&W animation ambiguity and safesty upB out of shield. Pits having the least consistent multihit in the game Croy having the best jab in the game Diddy is the only tripping move that isn't luck based Sonic has the fastest run speed Ridley has the safest ledge hang in the game ROB fuel essentially gives him 8 jumps. He also turns around during his double jump briefly which can be used. Little Mac having super armor smash attacks + basically unusable aerials + uniquely bad air dodge Samus has the longest tether, and i think ledge roll Greninja side b is the only move that can be done while shielding Minato Arts makes way more sense for shulk than back slash. Shield Mode in particular gives shulk unique properties. I think minato switch is the only move that can be done in hitstun. shoto command inputs Ridley is using down special Piranha plant can be spiked when extending himself. Hero hidden situational probability skewing steve has many many many mechanics Pyra side b is the only move to take away your ability to attack while still letting you be mobile Kazuya rage, unique jump squat,varient tough guy luigi designed for 0-death grabs,misfire Sephiroth wall stall palu has the only reflect+counter except for arsene Random Mechanics that didn't get brought up: water zairs tether recoveries command grabs damage type immunities/weaknesses infinite recoveries desyncs I enjoyed the video, but just wish you had treated it as "every mechanic in smash characters" rather than "every characters mechanic" because every character doesn't have mechanics, and others have a lot.

“Hidden mechanics” “Kirby can eat people, Pichu takes damage”

For Wii Fit Trainer, the real hidden mechanic is in their down special. It increases their damage and launch power, walk and dash speeds, air and fall speeds, and while it does heal 2% of her damage, it also reduces how much damage Wii Fit takes by ~10%. It’s literally a temporary upgrade button. Wii Fit Mainers United

As for terry another great mechanic everyone forgot is that if you spot dodge and quickly press A he does a weak up tilt sort of move giving him the spot dodge upper hand.

Nice work on the video, but sweet lord you missed a few things. Here are a couple "mechanics" you probably should have mentioned: - Link: Sword beam is a unique mechanic, yes, but Link also has the highest difference between his normal and fastfall speeds of any character in the game. Link can essentially become a fastfaller on command. Also his arrows can be picked up. - Yoshi's shield is an egg, which stops him being shield poked. He can also use a tech called double jump cancelling which allows him to halt upwards momentum using a special move. - Luigi side b has RNG. - Ness has double jump cancelling, and his F-Smash reflects projectiles. - Captain Falcon has the worst dash animation in the game. - Peach also has double jump cancelling. - Jigglypuff has like ten other gimmicks you should have mentioned lmao - Ice climbers are immune to slipping on ice. - Zelda can teleport cancel and displace her phantom using very specific frame inputs. - Mewtwo has double jump cancelling and teleport cancelling. - Meta Knight is one of the few characters with a teleport who can't teleport cancel. - Zero Suit Samus has two side specials depending on how you hold the button. - Wario's neutral B doesn't always charge his waft; it depends on whether or not the thing he ate was an item or an item projectile. - Snake is basically "gimmicks, the character" but mentioning his frame 1 grenades would have been good. - Pokemon Trainer can use a special move to cancel the animation of the pokemon switch, allowing for it to be done again very quickly. - Lucas' double jump cancelled zair allows him to change his momentum in midair. - I don't know why you didn't explain how Olimar's pikmin system works. - Toon Link's bombs have a hurtbox, as do adult Link's. - Villager side B has a hurtbox, can stall on ledges, and can be sped up and slowed down when riding. Inputting a watering can down B during your initial dash gives you a huge burst of speed. - Megaman can cancel his aerial landing lag using Rush Coil. Leaf shield can cancel upwards momentum, and Leaf shield itself can be cancelled using a dash tech. - Rosalina can utilize attack cancelling very well (not really a unique mechanic, but you put Fox's fall speed on the list, soooo...) - Little Mac is one of the major causes of gamer depression - Greninja has a tech called hydro pump cancelling. He ALSO has the ability to parry moves on frame 1 rather than frame 3, using his side B shadow sneak. - Palutena can teleport cancel. - Pac Man has about five thousand unique mechanics you could have mentioned. - Duck Hunt's down B has variable RNG properties which change the attack range, damage, and knockback. Neutral B can be controlled even while in the middle of another animation. - Ryu and Ken have a very useful movement tech using focus attack cancels. Not only do they also have special cancelling, but they are also the only characters who can cancel their down smash into a special move. - Cloud has different movement stats while limit is fully charged. - Bayonetta can cancel up B to get a third double jump. - Inkling can use Side B to slow down the opponent. Also, their dash animation is... you know. - You can wiggle Isabelle's fishing rod. it's super cute and i love it - Joker has a TON of ridiculous movement tech with his neutral B. I hate it. - Banjo and Kazooie can turnaround cancel neutral B to pull of some amazing combos. - Terry has special cancelling also... Why is this not mentioned. - Min Min's up smash can reflect... Because that's balanced. - Steve has quite possibly the most hidden tech in the entire game lmao I won't blame you for not including all of it - Sora has double jump cancelling, but in a different way than all other characters, because he can do it with his aerials too. - Sakurai has a unique passive defense ability which allows him to be completely immune to sensible external opinions of his design choices. This allows Sakurai to give minimal fucks when faced with questions like "Why does Rob have that down tilt? Why is Sonic like this?" or "Why does Young Link have better frame data than some rushdown characters?"

7:43 One thing that is important to note: Unlike the other passive shields, Young Link's Kokiri Shield won't block projectiles with the "fire" property. So any projectiles that set you on fire can't be blocked by it, this also applies to explosions (as long as they set on fire).

For some of these you really should have mentioned that the base and clone share the same characteristic. (For newer players, mostly) Like with Lucina and Marth, knowing that they both share the best walk in the game does wonders for Marth because it allows for better spacing.

I felt like I needed to come down here and clarify something. When discussing Joker's ability, you said "...has caused players such as MKLeo to win major events." This makes it sound like Leo's winning because Joker's busted, but Leo's record speaks for itself. He doesn't have to use a top tier character to be one of the best players in the community. Like Joker's busted, sure, but Leo isn't being carried at all. Dude was winning with Ike before this.

Kirby eating and stealing character's moves is his hidden ability. Wow, that's incredible, I had no idea that he could do that. What an amazing hidden ability, it was so well hidden, it's a shock that anyone was able to find out about it wow.

Mii Brawler’s best hidden ability is the fact when he hits his Flashing Mac Punch, he’s invincible throughout the entire move, which is excellent in group matches since he can’t be touched, otherwise the opponent may be sucked into the move as well when trying.

“Hidden” is used super loosely here. Dk cargo throw is just the dudes moveset. Mario side b is just a straight up listed attack. Dont get me wrong there sre some good ones here like pancaking or docs kicks but so many are just a move.

Actually links blade beam can be charged up with his smash attack and deals up to 15% when fully charged as well as it also travels further and can also be used to make his forward smash stronger, a fully charged forward smash at 0% deals 49.8% and will break shield.

Depending on the ice climber skin you use, you either control popo or nana Also if you point blank final smash with mii swordsman, and your opponent tries to move towards you, you can do upwards of 120% in a matter of seconds

„Hero‘s mechanic is his smash attack“ Gee, you could have listed their multiple mechanics like the villager and Isabelle‘s pocket

I feel like Hero has the most abilities. He has a Passive shield like Link He has a MP bar which like Robin is ammo for his Specials He has a forward Tilt in which uses his shield ln which like Plautena has invincibilty frames. And lastly the Crits.

Samus's unique ability would be having the longest rolls in the game. Mii gunner, mii swordfighter and prob some others have variable side b's Ivysaur's would be having the longest tether. The tether is so long that in mega smash, you fall into the blastzone for trying to recover with it.

Metaknight specials in turn have sweetspots where if you use them correctly give you either 0 or much less landing lag. Side b can bounce onto a platform or be angled down to finish on the ground instead of bouncing or falling. Neutral b is the prime example. Flying quite a bit above the land will have you land with zero landing lag. During it not high enough will have you finishing the ending animation on the ground. Finishing too high will have in free fall. Down b is already super hard to punish but if you finish slightly above the ground, you'll have zero down time when you hit the ground. Up b doesn't have this, but a skilled mk can grab ledge with the first loop of up b. It's risky because you have to do a reverse up b from under the stage and missing gives the opponent a huge opportunity for a punish.

There is also one hidden mechanic Snake has, a similar randomized system like Hero's critical hit. But it only change an appearance. Sometimes his C4 shape is a butterfly instead. It's harder to spot with a glance.

diddy is the only character that can pull an item? but you said peach/daisy can pull mr saturn and bob-ombs

The way you phrase so many of these just omits the fact that other characters share similar traits. This idea would have been better if you organized the list by the mechanic and not the character. And characters with multiple mechanics, you would only really mention one

Incineroar’s revenge doesn’t go away when grabbed, it’s when he’s thrown or takes enough damage (around 60% iirc). iirc it also goes away after a certain amount of time if it’s not used.

Interesting mechanic about Corrin is that they have the fastest "Shield Dash". I forget what the physical property is that causes this but its handy at dealing with zoners slightly better.

*Few forgotten things worth mentionning:* - Up throws that make both characters disappear from the screen such as Charizard's actually have a useful aspect in competitive play. It kills you or your opponent off screen if used when a detonable object is attached to one off the characters and about to explode. - Banjo's wonderwing/side b is invincible but can be beaten by grabs. - Terry has another very special mechanic which allows him to counter attack during a spot dodge. The superior part of his body becomes invincible during it. - The fact that Pichu damages itself allows you to control your own rage effect, which I guess isn't totally negative.

1:40 can we just appreciate how clean that spike was?

The toon link part was cool to hear! I’m a tink main and always use the bombs to hide myself but never seen it mentioned in videos before!

With Sephiroth, his little hidden ability is he can stick his sword on the side of the stage or wall which isn't explained in the move list. Also I think that Sora's unique mechanic is that the fact he can do his three hit combo from neutral. Lastly, Kazuya is the only fighter whose taunt is a freaking combo lol.

That was a fantastic video. So much effort went in, thanks a bunch man

The fact that for shulk you didn't mention monado arts is hilarious

Captain falcon also has the only initial dash in the game that moves him backwards

Bayonetta also has a detrimental mechanic where she gets more landing lag for each special move she uses before landing. This effect also stacks so sometimes a full combo can leave you with an insane amount of landing lag like closer to a full second.

This video is CRAZY thorough! You did such a killer job!

I would like to include that Lucas's upsmash have hyperarmor but you have to time it. It's very satisfying to see the hyperarmor

I was expecting you to talk about R.O.B.'s fuel ressource for his up B. Interesting video!

An interesting mechanic with K. Rool besides his belly armor is his ability to turn around mid successful counter, potentially allowing for an early kill if the opponent tries to edge guard and if their hurtbox reaches behind K. Rool

I think one thing that could be mentioned with the pits is at least I’m mistaken the only characters to have multiple reflectors in their kit. Both their side and down b can work as reflectors. While some characters have an absorber and reflector like ness and lucas and counter and reflector in one move like palu and joker, the pits are the only ones to have two different reflectors.

as the title says "hidden ability" i was expecting ryu and ken to have their "secret" inputs shown like ryu's shakunetsu hadoken for instance also isn't sora the only character that has a set time to chain his upB and sideB before going into free fall? i'm not sure about it tho

Ivysaur up smash is not the strongest in any way. Captain Falcon's kills a bit earlier and deals a lot more damage if you hit both sweet spots. Lucas' u-smash also kills earlier and deals more damage

Possibly an slightly unknown one, peach and daisy can switch their forward smash to the frying pan and tennis racket if you tilt up or down while doing so

Fun fact: Ness and Lucas both have the farthest traveling airdodges in the game. This is something you could've said for one of them.

This was a great overview hope to learn more about smash from your Channel

I cant believe you didnt mention that robin can pick up his tomes/sword and throw them. They fly really fast, are hard to see, and send people flying. I used to main robin and I would purposely spend a tome just to get them to throw.

falco actually does an extra little hop at the end of his back roll, which isn’t invincible but it does make him go a little farther.

This was an amazing video. I have to sub after this. Not only that I have to rewatch just to remember everything

Ness can do a second up B right after hitting the stage, even from below

Another detail about Dedede: his inhale has no upper limit on how strong of a projectile it can reflect. That means that if a projectile (like a Gordo) is being reflected back and forth, the other character’s reflect will break first

Simon and Richter are the only characters who can angle their aerials. Forward air and back air

Something about Banjo & Kazooie: you can actually catch B&K out of a Wonder Wing using a grab, and yes, this applies to several grab moves including Incineroar’s Side-B. And speaking of Incineroar, something else interesting about his Revenge move’s mechanics is you can actually stack multiple instances of Revenge which further boosts the amount of damage you deal with any other move.

Why would you word this as though every character, including echos, has exactly one ability? For example, with Peach and Daisy, you state that Daisy can pull out items (like Mr. Saturn, which insta-breaks shields, and Bob-Ombs, which simply do massive damage in an explosion) but you word it in such a way that implies Peach can't do the same. Through testing, it's clear that Peach obviously *can* pull out items when they're turned off.

I was hoping you would mention Pit's ability to have their arrows controlled after shooting and Dark Pit was the Down-B, but I guess that also works.

Kazuya's dash is fully invulnerable. And you missed Sora's mechanic, a large majority of his moves have a lingering hitbox that will still hit the opponent a couple frames after most moves would have missed.

Byleth's real hidden mechanics are that when you hit opponents with up special it is untechable past 50% and their tether can only grab ledge 3 times, after which it fails.

As a Mega Man main, I think he does have another abilities aside from the Mega Buster shots (and yes i got the Lemons joke) for examples going by your method, his Side Smash gets bigger and gets more distance when fully charged, and his Rush Coil can be used again to reach more distance, apart from using it again which gives him like 3 or 4 jumps IDR Also, Young Link isn't the only one with the Shield thing; normal Link, Toon Link and i think Hero cuz i read it from someone below, the four have that ability

I think ryu’s should be that his down throw instantly breaks shield. Of course this only works with 3 or more players.

Tip about Ike. Past max charge, eruption(neutral B) gains super armor. Really useful for ledge guarding.

17:00 correction corrin can do that as well by going through the platform and quickly performing a down ariel she can go back up through the platform

Some missed things: -If you miss with Joker’s final smash, you can smash the joystick to turn around for another hit. -Ganondorf’s neutral special has super armor. -Steve’s TNT explodes faster when hit with fire moves. -Steve’s down tilt is a projectile that can fall off stage. -You can make both Ice climbers do separate commands. -Snake, Sonic, and Banjo are some of the few characters whose up specials don’t put them in free-fall. -Bowser Jr.’s up air changes from a hammer into a wand if you play as a Koopaling. -Greninja’s down taunt deals damage.

Wolf also has a very specific Spike Box on his Side Special that is pretty hard to hit, but does pretty good damage

Some have two, jigglypuff has another where she deals .95 damage with explosives like items. She is the only character that can do this and it’s really funny

I don't know if this is already known or if it doesn't matter, but I found that if you run then turn around and cancel the animation with an f-smash (like a running bair but do f-smash instead) as G&W, he'll appear to change direction while already charging his smash attack.

“Mega man is the only character who can jab while walking” **Steve:**

Sora’s also got a unique hidden ability to be able to up special and side special if you do the input quick enough

(Shulk Main) You can also add that when Shulk is in multi hits he can switch 2 shield monado to mitigate the knockback received

Awesome vid overall man! Sephiroth can also stab the stage and chill for a sec.

17:58 it is true that the gun shots increase in range but its actually not a good thing because people fall out of the move already without spreading out the reticles, thereby decreasing its consistency even more.

I think a better secret ability with ness, while very hard to execute, is his psi-magnet multimag infinite, essentially fox and falcos waveshine from melee.

16:53 actually Corrin can do this too with down air, i think.

1:30 first person on the list and you’re already wrong. It does knockback on ledge to lift people upwards. Which also is a far better hidden mechanic than just doing no knockback. Lots of the other no knockback reflectors do this too

For Link, there’s also the fact that the beam makes his f-smash do really, really good damage, both shield and percent-wise

R.O.B.'s gyro isn't really a "hidden ability". It's pretty obvious what it does. Better examples would've been the blinking light on R.O.B.'s head indicating how charged his laser is and how the lights on the side of his chassis change colour and deplete as he uses his up-special.

I think Samus’ hidden ability is the use of neutral B to recover

Woah! This is super intersting and useful! Thanks!

12:07 Ness can do some reflecting as well with f-smash! Lotta great tips! ty for vid

When you talked about byleth, you forgot to mention that his/her up b only spikes when the opponent is above 50% damage

Here's an interesting thing about link he has the highest fast fall speed multiplayer when he inputs a fast fall, and as a link main I can say this comes in pretty handy

I think it would be good to mention all the other fighters who share the mechanic. For example, the passive shield is shared by all the Links (I think), as well as Hero

Megaman does not have a walking jab, pellets, or lemons, take up the slot of jab, ftilt, and nair, and there are distinct differences between the three. They can all be chained seamlessly in any order, but they have different properties depending on which one you use. Jab is standing pellet, ftilt is walking pellet, and nair is midair pellet. Jab and nair have a hitbox on the canon that is a melee attack instead of a projectile with increases damage and knockback compared to the projectile. Nairs melee hitbox is especially strong and sends opponents flying horizontally, even at low %s. Ftilt doesnt have this hitbox and only fires the projectile. Typically this means that nair is better than jab is better than ftilt. I think a more worthwhile mechanic to mention for megaman is that he is able to jump in the endlag of grounded pellets. This allows him to overlap the endlag of a grounded move with the jump you would need to use an aerial, which means he can land with an aerial from the endlag of a jab or an ftilt. This technique is called Lemon Hopping, and is integral to having good movement with Megaman.

This video should've been made about the new fighters added to smash ultimate. Every mechanic that you talked about, when talking about a returning character, are not hidden, and has been in the series for a long time.

An extra secret for falco is he has the farthest roll because he glides after the roll when rolling backwards

The elation I felt upon hearing you refer to Megaman's shots as 'lemons' is overwhelming

Chrom and his echo fighter Roy are the only characters that can kill at 0 from the middle of the stage. Hero: am I a joke to you?

Something you forgot about kirby (im pretty sure) Kirby's inhaled moves are VERY slightly stronger than their original counterparts. I believe its like 1.2x stronger?

19:46 With Incineroar’s revenge move, you can actually get past this.

One of mewtwos mechanics is that if you input a special right after his double jump, It cancels all of his upward momentum, allowing for insane mixups and ledge options

Link's sword beam is extremely useful for hitting his remote bombs