SSBM Tier List

A Sidestep also known as Dodging renders a character Intangible for a limited amount of frames. Depending on the character found within this Super Smash Bros Melee Tier List, the number of frames will vary.

A tech, sometimes referred to as breaking your fall. Performing a Standard, Rolling, Wall, Ledge and Ceiling Tech will grant the character a brief moment of invincibility. The tech action can be performed when a character hits the ground, a wall, or a ceiling.

• How To Tech – The player must press the shield button  or  20 frames or fewer before hitting a surface.
• Teching – If you press   or  while performing a floor tech, your character will roll in the direction you choose.

There are multiple ways smash characters can become Invincible or Intangible. One example is performing an Air Dodge granting a character an average of 26 frames of intangibility.

• Invincibility – A state during which a character cannot be attacked or damaged by an attacking opponent (Attackers Suffer Will From HitLag).

• Intangibility – A state which characters will not be hit, normally with Invincibility Frames the damage and knockbacks would be canceled. however, with Intangibility it simply won’t hit at all. (Attackers will NOT Suffer HitLag).

Freeze Frames sometimes referred to as HitLag or Impact Stall happens when a character will freeze for a brief period of time after connecting an attack.

• HitLag affects attacking characters even if no damage is dealt, an example being attacking an opponent during invincibility frames.

Edge-Hoggin is a strategy where a character holds onto the ledge so the recovering opponent cannot grab it.

• WaveDash + Edge-Hoggin – Typically players will Wavedash near the edge, in turn, sliding off the stage and quickly grabbing the edge.
• Did You Know? – Grabbing the Edge will grant Invincibility Frames to avoid being hit by the opponents recovery moves.