Ness

(click to show Brawl trivia)

Attribute Value Rank Walk speed 0.86 29-30 Dash/Foxtrot speed 1.30 29-35 Running speed 1.39 26-27 Acceleration from gravity 0.07 26-31 Fastfalling acceleration boost 0.02 3-5 Normal terminal velocity 1.31 24 Fastfalling terminal velocity 1.83 27 Base horizontal acceleration 0.09 4-9 Horizontal deceleration boost 0.01 7-36 Maximum horizontal air speed 0.96 18 Weight 94 20-22

Ness’s quality has always been controversial, but a few things are easy to agree upon. He does need some help, and his problems with grab release are very unfair to him. Those agreeable points are the focus for Ness’s changes for Balanced Brawl. Several of his moves just work a little better, and grab release problems are a thing of the past for him. What Ness got is perhaps not flashy, but it certainly is effective. Ness should now be able to really compete at the highest levels.

Balanced Brawl Bonus: Defense Down α

• Ness’s psychic sparkles he generates with his forward aerial, back aerial, and dash attack now do additional shield damage.

Other Major Changes

• Down throw does more damage.
• Yo-yos are more reliable.
• Forward smash does more damage.
• Pk Fire pillar traps better.
• Pk Flash does more knockback.

Full Technical Change List

• Jab 1 hitbox 0-2 properties: Base Knockback (8 -> 38), Knockback Growth (50 -> 0)
• Jab 2 hitbox 0-2 properties: Base Knockback (8 -> 38), Knockback Growth (50 -> 0)
• Dash attack frame 8 hitbox 0-1 properties: Shield Damage (1 -> 5)
• Dash attack frame 8 hitbox 2 properties: Shield Damage (0 -> 5)
• Dash attack frame 15 hitbox 0 properties: Shield Damage (1 -> 4)
• Dash attack frame 22 hitbox 0 properties: Shield Damage (1 -> 8)
• Forward smash hitbox 0 properties: Damage (18 -> 19)
• Forward smash hitbox 1 properties: Damage (20 -> 21)
• Forward smash hitbox 2 properties: Damage (22 -> 23)
• Forward smash hitbox 3 properties: Damage (24 -> 27)
• Up smash initial hitbox 0 properties: Weight Knockback (90 -> 35), Knockback Growth (100 -> 50)
• Down smash initial hitbox 0 properties: Weight Knockback (90 -> 35), Knockback Growth (100 -> 50)
• Forward aerial loop hitbox 0 properties: Shield Damage (1 -> 2)
• Forward aerial final hitbox 0 properties: Shield Damage (1 -> 6)
• Back aerial frame 10 hitbox 0-1 properties: Shield Damage (0 -> 15)
• Down throw fire hitbox 0 properties: Damage (1 -> 2)
• Ground break: animates at 1.35x speed starting on frame 1
• Pk Flash hitbox 0 properties: Knockback Growth (70 -> 75), Base Knockback (10 -> 20)
• Pk Fire pillar hitbox 0-1 properties: Angle (68 -> 112), Base Knockback (10 -> 7)