

Furthermore, the Ice Climbers have among the best projectiles in the game, Ice Shot it is a ground-based projectile that limits the opponent's approach options, and falls off edges very quickly, allowing it to cover various low recovery options. The presence of Nana also makes grabs and chain throws against Popo difficult to utilize, as she can potentially attack opponents during their grab to break it. In addition, the presence of Nana allows players to significantly rack up damage on opponents when they grab them. They can also perform the Wobbling infinite out of a grab, which is the most powerful single technique in the game if players can master it. Their most powerful tool on the ground is their grab despite having below-average grab range, they boast low knockback throws, giving them significant chain throwing potential. Disjointed hitboxes, a variety of useful tilts and smashes, and a long, floaty wavedash give the Ice Climbers a wide variety of options on the ground. Outside of this, their unique physics make them difficult to use they boast an above average jumping height alongside low air and falling speed, and their traction is also among the lowest in the game.Īs a result of this quirk, the Ice Climbers have among the most powerful ground-based approaches in the game. The Ice Climbers have arguably the most unusual fighting style in all of Melee the player is tasked with controlling two characters at once, and their fighting potential becomes considerably worse should Nana (or Popo depending on which costume is selected) be KOed. 4.1 Most historically significant players.Regardless, the Ice Climbers have strong matchups against the majority of the cast, and can hold their own against most high and top-tiers. Additionally, the Ice Climbers' low gravity and air speed makes them vulnerable to air stalling and evasion tactics, such as by the aforementioned Peach or Jigglypuff. This includes an especially poor matchup against Peach, as her float canceling techniques allows her to attack the Ice Climbers from the air without much fear of getting punished. Despite their threat of a zero-death, the Ice Climbers tend to lose against most other top tiers, as opponents can KO the partner climber to make wobbling difficult. The Ice Climbers also are hindered by their low traction, which causes them to slide farther across the stage when hit in shield, limiting their ability to land shieldgrabs and other punishes. A single Ice Climber, known as " Sopo", loses access to its grab punishes and has one of the lowest damage outputs and worst recoveries in Melee. The Ice Climbers can easily be separated when hit by most attacks, which gives the opponent an opportunity to freely KO the CPU-controlled Climber, leaving the player with just one Ice Climber until they lose a stock. However, the Ice Climbers are crippled by the difficulty of keeping both Climbers together at the same time. Their unique attributes and threat of an instant KO off of a grab forces other characters to adopt unique and often frustrating playstyles against the Ice Climbers.

They also can perform various techniques through desyncing, which allows the player to control both Climbers at different times when combined with their Blizzard projectile, this makes the Ice Climbers especially difficult to break through defensively. The Ice Climbers have access to fast and powerful smash attacks, great disjoint on their hammer moves, such as up aerial and back aerial, and one of the longest wavedashes in the game, aiding their offensive capabilities. They are immune to chain grabs and some other combo setups, as if one Climber gets grabbed, the partner can hit them out of the grab at any time. When both Popo and Nana are alive, the Ice Climbers can land a zero-to-death on any character in the game off of a grab through wobbling, and can perform hand-offs in settings where wobbling is banned to achieve nearly as punishing results. Among the Ice Climbers' strengths are their devastating grab game. They rank 8th on the tier list (in the B+ tier). They are voiced by Sanae Kobayashi in the game. The Ice Climbers ( アイスクライマー, Ice Climber) are playable characters in Super Smash Bros.
