

When using Snake's down throw, CPUs will simply roll over to the nearest edge, allowing for easy exploitation.ĭespite not being as large as other heavyweights, Snake is a super heavyweight character therefore, he has excellent momentum cancelling abilities, giving him high endurance, especially vertical endurance. Regardless of these flaws, Snake has strong matchups against most characters (being countered only by Pikachu and losing to only three other characters) and has been the second most successful character in tournaments after Meta Knight. Because of his weight, he is also vulnerable to chain grabbing by characters such as Pikachu and King Dedede. Due to his poor mobility and air game, Snake is very vulnerable to being juggled (although using Grenades can remedy this to some degree), edgeguarded, and gimped his Cypher recovery, while far-reaching, does not even have a hitbox, which makes him very vulnerable to edgeguarding. Snake is not without his flaws, however his air game, due to his slow aerial attacks, fast falling speed, poor jumping height, and slow air speed, is among the worst in Brawl. Almost all of his moves have high KO power, and he can set up tech-chases with his down throw that can deal lots of damage if he can read his opponent's actions. Snake can also use his DACUS to approach easily and give him very fast movement speed across the ground (sliding a very large distance at a speed similar to Sonic's dashing speed).

Snake's disproportionately high weight grants him strong momentum cancelling abilities, as well as excellent endurance, and his far-reaching recovery makes him one of the most difficult characters to KO, especially vertically. Snake has fast and powerful neutral and tilt attacks, and his forward tilt, up tilt, down tilt, and neutral attack all have low startup and ending lag, good range, and deliver high damage and high knockback (in particular his up tilt), giving him a strong ground game. His Grenades, C4, and down smash mines provide excellent stage control and can make the stage very difficult for opponents to traverse without being damaged. One of Snake's strongest attributes is his ability to quickly deal damage and camp with his explosives his Hand Grenades come out on frame 1 and explode when attacked (providing him protection from some combos), dealing 13% each while producing very large explosions with high knockback. Snake ranks 6th on the tier list (the second-highest ranked unlockable character). Snake is voiced by David Hayter in the English version, and by Akio Ōtsuka in the Japanese version, both reprising their roles from the Metal Gear Solid games. Snake is one of the two third party characters in Brawl, the other being Sonic from Sega. He was unveiled at E3 2006 at the end of the Brawl reveal trailer. Snake ( スネーク, Snake), is a playable character in Super Smash Bros.
