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This is a guide to Ice Climbers in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Everything about Ice Climbers, including bread and butter combos, how to unlock, how to descync, alt costumes and skins, as well as Ice Climbers matchups and counters can be found here.
List of Contents
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| Game Series | Ice Climber |
| Smash Bros. Debut | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
| Fighter Number | 15 |
| Unlock Order | 10 |
| Number of Jumps | 2 |
| Weight | 92 Units (53/87) |
| Dash Speed | 1.53 (72/87) |
| Air Speed | 0.83 (86/87) |
| Fast Fall Speed | 2.08 (80/87) |
| Special Attributes | None |
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Ice Climbers in Smash Ultimate have the unique property of being two characters that function as one. When they are together, they will do whatever moves you input, and when separated, Nana will be controlled by the CPU until the pair reunites. While they no longer can wobble or chain grab opponents like in previous games, they still have deadly combo potential, and can deal massive damage when attacking simultaneously.
Ice Climbers are a high execution character, with lots of potential if enough practice is put in, including learning how to desync them (shown below). While together, they are a rather powerful duo, but if Nana (the AI controlled partner) is KO'ed, then Popo will be alone and severly limited in his gameplan. When alone, Ice Climbers' recovery, damage output, and KO power are all significantly reduced, so it's vital to make sure your opponent does not take out your partner.
| Strengths | ・Very powerful attacks when together (attacks hit twice) ・Acting as a pair gives them large hitboxes ・Very powerful combos and grab game |
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| Weaknesses | ・Terrible recovery when separated, and very weak overall when alone ・Very hard to fully take advantage of |
Ice Climbers can be desynced with down throw. The second the opponent is thrown to the ground, if you perform another move, you will desync.
Ice Climbers can be desynced with an up air. If up air is quickly performed 2 times in a row, you will desync.
Ice Climbers can be desynced by dash canceling. While dashing, flick the stick backwards in the opposite direction and perform a tilt attack to desync.
Ice Climbers can be desynced via the ledge. When Ice Climbers fall from the ledge, dodging towards the stage will cause them to desync.
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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 Ice Climbers.
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.
| Bread and Butter Combos |
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| Dash Attack→Up Air |
| Up Tilt→Up Air |
| Down Throw→Side Smash |
| Advanced Combos |
| Down Throw→Foward Roll→N-air→Side Special→Down Throw→F-air |
| Down Throw→Down Special→Short Hop Down Special→Short Hot Down Special→Short Hop Down Special |
This combo works at various percents. This is an easy combo that can do around 30% in damage.
This combo works on opponents at low percents. This is an easy combo that can do around 30% in damage.
This combo works on opponents at low percents. Immediately after the down throw, input the down smash.
 List of Fighters |
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 Tier List |
 Unlocking Fighters |
| Character Stats | |
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| Weights of All Characters | Run Speeds of All Characters |
| Air Speeds of All Characters | Fast Fall Speeds of All Characters |
Oh wait nvm it just doesn’t work on Terry
Ice Climbers Guide: Matchup Chart and Combos | How to Make Ice Climbers Desync
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But the grab part isn’t working for # 4