Peach Guide: Matchup Chart and Combos | How to Float as Peach

This is a guide to Peach in the game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Everything about Peach, including how to unlock her, bread and butter combos, frame data, alt costumes and skins, as well as Peach matchups and counters, can be found here.`

Peach Tier and Overview

Stats and General Info

Peach
Game Series	Super Mario Bros.
Smash Bros. Debut	Super Smash Bros. Melee
Fighter Number	13
Unlock Order	12
Number of Jumps	2
Weight	89 Units (64/87)
Dash Speed	1.595 (60/87)
Air Speed	1.029 (48/87)
Fast Fall Speed	1.904 (87/87)
Special Attributes	None

Tier List Placement

Tier

A character with powerful combos and edgeguarding capability

Peach, as well as her Echo Fighter counterpart Daisy, has a wide variety of poweful combos that can be used from aerials, and can also use floating and turnips to edgeguard her opponents. Floating low and landing with a Bair can also be repeated to poke opponents and apply heavy pressure. Her combos are high-execution, but if mastered, can be very rewarding.

Since Peach is so floaty, and her movement speed is a bit slow, she has a rather poor disadvantage state, as she is prone to juggling. She also struggles against projectiles and disjoints, but if she can get an advantage on her opponent, she is capable of dishing out deadly damage.

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Peach's Strengths and Weaknesses

Peach Matchup Chart

Matchup Chart

-2
-1
0
+1
+2

Notes About Matchup Chart

1. -2 = Disadvantage. -1 = Slight Disadvantage or Even. 0 = Even. +1 = Slight Advantage or Even. +2 = Advantage.
2. The matchup chart was based around both the opinions of professional players of each character, as well as our own experience through playing Peach.
3. Characters within each tier are unordered
4. Pokemon Trainer's individual Pokemon (Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard) as well as Echo fighters with no significant difference than their regular counterpart are not shown.
5. For other characters who are not shown here, we are still investigating the matchup.

Peach Combos

Bread and Butter Combos

Advanced Combos Explanation

How to Float as Peach

4 Different Ways to Float

Hold Jump or Up to Continue Floating

Once you have activated a float, you can hold either Jump or ↑ on the control stick to continue floating.

Peach Frame Data and Moveset

Best Out of Shield Options

Up B is only 7 frames, making it a fast out of shield option for opponents up close. Nair is another quick option, and since floating works out of shield, you can easily float toward or away from an opponent after using it.

Jab (Neutral Attack)

Jab

Peach's jab comes out quite fast. The second hit will send opponents back, so be sure to follow through with both hits.

Dash Attack / Tilts

Dash Attack

Dash attack has great range and comes out fast. Its hitbox also stays out for a while, making it a good attack for punishing landings. Like most dash attacks, it is unsafe on shield, so don't be too reckless with it.

Forward Tilt

Peach's forward tilt kicks up your opponent. The kicking animation is quite large, covering the entire front area she kicks from and above her. It is a good anti-air attack.

Up Tilt

Peach's up tilt has great range, hitting well above the area over her head, so it can be used to catch landings.

Down Tilt

Peach's down tilt lightly tosses your opponent into the air. It has little end lag and can will not knockback opponents very far even at high percents, making this a great combo starter. This attack is -8 on shield, making it just safe if timing and spacing are correct.

Smash Attacks

Forward Smash

Peach's forward smash changes based on the angle you input. By changing the angle upward, downward, or straight forward (no shift), the weapon will change to either a golf club, tennis racket, or frying pan.

The KO % was calculated by using Mario as the opponent.

Up Smash

Peach's up smash has great upward range. The attack itself is similar to up tilt, but it comes out slower, so it is mainly only used when opponents have reached KO percent (or if you are certain it will connect, and you want a bigger punish).

Down Smash

Peach's down smash comes out quick and has a lingering hitbox. It is mainly used to prevent opponents from grabbing the ledge, or to catch an opponent's roll.

Aerials

Neutral Air

Peach's neutral air comes out fast and has very little endlag. It can be used as a get-off-me tool or as a out of shield option.

Forward Air

Peach's forward air has a wide hitbox and high knockback, making it commonly used as a combo finisher or KO move. This move is -2/-3 on shield, making it extremely safe for shield pressure when properly spaced, so it's a great poking tool.

Back Air

Peach's back air comes out fast. It has rather short range, but you can take advantage of its low landing lag with crouch+jump+bair+landing repeated quickly. This barrage is strong, but bair can also be combined with float to edgegaurd opponents. This attack is -6/-8 on shield, making it a safe move to pressure shields in some cases.

Up Air

Up air has long active frames and a wide hitbox, making it a powerful move for juggling opponents.

Down Air

Peach's dair has a great hitbox. This lingering hitbox can be used for edgeguarding and preventing recoveries. The last hit of dair will also send your opponent upward, allowing you to start powerful combos. Dair is -6/-5 on shields, so when combined with float, it can be used to pressure shields.

Specials

Neutral Special

Peach's neutral special is a counter. Typically counters are great for edgeguarding exploitable recoveries, but Peach already has a great edgeguarding option by attacking enemies in the air while floating. For enemies with predictable recoveries like Ike's side special or DK's up special, time it correctly and counter them.

Unlike other counters, it does not deal more damage depending on the move it counters.

Side Special

Peach's side special comes out fast and can send your opponent flying to the side. Although it is unsafe on shield, it is sometimes tough to punish because of the way it bounces off. Note that if whiffed it is easy to punish, however.

Up Special

Peach's up special will send your opponent into the air. This is not only a recovery move but a combo move as well. It can connect with down tilt at various percents. Peach has an excellent recovery when her float ability and up special are combined, however note that if she is facing away from the ledge when up special is used, she will not be able to grab the ledge.

Down Special

Peach's down special can only be used while on the ground, and it pulls up an item that can be used. The items are 1 of 8 types of turnips, Mr. Saturn (rare), or a Bomb-omb (very rare). The variety of turnips can vary greatly, but they are split into 4 different types in terms of damage. You can still pull a Mr. Saturn or Bomb-omb even if items are turned off.

Mr. Saturn can break shields, and Bomb-omb will KO very early, so use them wisely if you happen to pull one.

Grabs and Throws

Forward Throw

Peach's forward throw is good for throwing your opponent off stage or gaining stage control.

Back Throw

Peach's back throw can KO opponents at high percent.

Up Throw

Peach's up throw can toss your opponent up into the air, so it is really only good against characters with very poor disadvantage.

Down Throw

Peach's down throw will make your opponent slightly float behind you. After down throw, bair, nair, or up air can be easily connected, making down throw is the most viable of all of Peach's throws, and the typical follow up for a grab.

Final Smash

Peach Balance Changes

Version 13.0.1 Balance Patch

Version 4.0.0 Balance Patch

Version 3.1.0 Balance Patch

Version 3.0.0 Balance Patch

Version 2.0.0 Balance Patch

Major Changes From Smash 4

How to Unlock Peach

There are three ways to unlock Peach. Completing any of these, then defeating Peach when they appear in the “a New Challenger Appears” screen will allow you to use them afterward.

How to Unlock Characters Fast

Peach Alt Costumes and Skins

Peach Reveal Trailer

Smash Ultimate Character Guides

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