Published on May 15, 2022
Updated on June 17, 2023

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Characters - Full Roster of 89 Fighters

About SSBU

Release Date
Dec 7, 2018
Developer
Bandai Namco
Publisher
Nintendo
Country of Origin
Japan
Franchise
Super Smash Bros.

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SSBU Characters

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The roster SSBU provides us is way too big enough to pick a character of your likes, whether of its play style, game franchise or whatever the reason, you’ll end up having a lot of fun in every fight!

Its full roster contains 89 characters if you take them individually (For ex. Pokémon trainer counts as 3, Pyra & Mythra as 2). Some Echo Fighters are so similar to their Main Fighter that it feels more like another costume/skin because they play almost the exact same way and I consider those slots could’ve had a better purpose. Nevertheless, removing them will end up having more than 80 unique fighters, which is amazing!

Now then, let’s proceed to the Pros/Cons Section, but before we go any further I’d like to mention that I put some Echo Fighters with their Main Fighter together to avoid duplicating content.

Table of Contents

Banjo & Kazzoie (DLC)

Top Players: Tweek, Zackray, Trela, Taa, Wolfen

Pros
2 projectiles (counting Rear Egg)
Extra mid-air jump
Good recovery
Disjointed attacks
Cons
Up B has no hitbox
Side B only has 5 charges per stock
Laggy moves

Bayonetta

Top Players: Frawg, TheMightyDialga

Pros
Excellent Mobility
Extended combos
Up B’s a fast OoS attack and combo starter
Good Recovery
Cons
High skill character
Lacks kill power (except Smash Attacks)

Bowser

Top Players: Leon, Mew2King, Hero

Pros
Heaviest character in the game
Low skill character
Hits like a truck
Cons
Big hurtbox
Laggy moves
Susceptible recovery

Bowser Jr.

Top Players: Mutama, Yoda Cage, Nationwide, Snormanda

Pros
Two projectiles (Counting Mechakoopa)
Disjointed attacks
Good mobility and recovery
Cons
Big hurtbox
Slow grab

Byleth (DLC)

Top Players: MKLeo, Rizeasu, Pink Fresh

Pros
Outstanding defense
Up B can spike characters above 50%
Disjointed attacks
Good recovery
Cons
Grounded attacks are laggy
Lacks Mobility

Captain Falcon

Top Players: Fatality, Marss, Nanika, Nick C

Pros
2nd fastest character (running speed)
Good combos
Nice mobility
So hype to watch and play
Cons
Susceptible recovery
High precision character

Charizard (Pokémon Trainer)

Top Players: Tweek, Pandarian, Ned, Atelier

Pros
Good power
Heavy Character
Extra mid-air jump
Cons
Laggy moves
Big hurtbox

Chrom

Top Players: MKLeo, Rivers, Mr. R

Pros
Good OoS attack
Disjointed attacks
“Chromicide” combo
Cons
Exploitable recovery
Easy to gimp

Cloud

Top Players: Sparg0, Kola, Tweek

Pros
Limit-Break feature (speed and weight buff, access to Finishing Touch and powered up versions of Cloud’s other Special Moves)
Disjointed attacks
Excellent OoS options
Fine projectile
Cons
Mid to high skill character
Easy to gimp

Corrin

Top Players: MKLeo, Ly, Pink Fresh

Pros
Disjointed attacks
Side B’s nice for poking at mid distance
Stun projectile
Cons
Lacks combo throw
Lacks a good OoS attack

Dark Samus (Echo) / Samus

Top Players: Teaser, Joker, Esam

Pros
4 Projectiles (including bomb & missle variations)
Charge Shot can take opponents by surprise
Up B’s a fast OoS attack (has 4 startup frames!)
Cons
Floaty – Slow movement in the air
Struggles against fast characters

Diddy Kong

Top Players: Tweek, Kept, Nelvin, Joe-J

Pros
Small hurtbox
Nice mobility and recovery
Dash command grab
Banana Peel’s good for starting and extending combos
Cons
Short range attacks
Mid to high skill character

Donkey Kong

Top Players: Chunkykong, DKWill, Tweek

Pros
4 Spikes (2 or 3 aren’t enough)
3rd heaviest character in the game
Decent attack range
Cargo throw
Cons
Big hurtbox
Laggy moves
Susceptible recovery
Lacks vertical recovery

Dr. Mario

Top Players: Lui$, Mabel, Ron

Pros
UP B’s a fast OoS and KO attack (has 3 startup frames!)
Nice power
Small hurtbox
Cons
Short range attacks
Bad recovery
Easy to gimp

Duck Hunt

Top Players: Raito, Sekai Doggo, Saijaku Inu

Pros
3 Projectiles
Side B’s good for starting and extending combos
Neutral B’s a nice pressuring tool and can extend combos
Cons
Recovery move has no hitbox
Struggles against fast characters
High precision character

Falco

Top Players: Tilde, Masa, Larry Lurr

Pros
Highest jump height in the game
Good combos
Nice reflector
Excels at chasing off the stage
Cons
Susceptible recovery (Up B takes time to charge)
Mid to high skill character

Fox

Top Players: Light, ZD, Paseriman

Pros
Super fast movement
Up Smash’s a fast OoS and Fox’s best KO attack
Good combos
Cons
5th lightest character
High precision character
Susceptible recovery (Up B takes time to charge)

Ganondorf

Top Players: Nairo, Smokk, Bloodynite

Pros
Incredible power
Dash command grab (can get you killed if used off the stage)
Low skill character
Cons
Laggy moves
Struggles against ranged characters
4th slowest running speed

Greninja

Top Players: MKLeo, Venia, Lea,

Pros
Nice recovery
Nice projectile
Good combos & mobility
Cons
Short range attacks (except Smash Attacks)
High precision character

Hero (DLC)

Top Players: Miya, Usukeza, Parappa, Dinnermancer

Ice Climbers

Ike

Incineroar

Inkling

Isabelle

Ivysaur (Pokémon Trainer)

Top Players: Tweek, Pandarian, Ned, Atelier

Jigglypuff

Joker (DLC)

Kazuya (DLC)

Ken (Echo) / Ryu

King Dedede

King K. Rool

Kirby

Link

Little Mac

Lucario

Lucas

Lucina

Luigi

Mario

Top Players:  Prodigy, Dark Wizzy, Zenyou, Mastamario

Marth

Megaman

Meta Knight

Mewtwo

Mii Brawler

Mii Gunner

Mii Swordfighter

Min Min (DLC)

Mr. Game & Watch

Mythra (& Pyra, DLC)

Ness

Olimar

Pac-Man

Palutena

Peach / Daisy (Echo)

Pichu (Echo) / Pikachu

Piranha Plant (DLC)

Pit / Dark Pit (Echo)

Pyra (& Mythra, DLC)

R.O.B.

Richter (Echo) / Simon

Ridley

Robin

Rosalina & Luma

Roy

Top Players: Kola, Riddles, Tweek, Goblin

Sephiroth (DLC)

Top Players: Tweek

Sheik

Shulk

Snake

Sonic

Sora (DLC)

Squirtle (Pokémon Trainer)

Top Players: Tweek, Pandarian, Ned, Atelier

Steve (DLC)

Terry (DLC)

Toon Link

Villager

Wario

Wii Fit Trainer

Wolf

Yoshi

Young Link

Zelda

Zero Suit Samus

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Lover of card games, RPGs, tactical (like FE), 2D (Castlevania, Megaman, etc.) and many more, specially fighting games. Only playing KOF XV atm.

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