Blue (Super Smash Flash)

This article is about Blue's appearance in Super Smash Flash. For general information about the character, see Blue.

Bluein Super Smash Flash
Universe	McLeodGaming
Stock icon
Availability	Unlockable
Unlock criteria	Clear Adventure with Blade on normal difficulty or higher.
Tier	C (21)

Blue is a playable newcomer unlockable character in Super Smash Flash, based on the Sonic fan characters created by Newgrounds user Equinox-Twilight but redesigned by the user topcat13, also known as Topcat, specifically for the game. He is a clone of Blade, differentiated by his greater strength, longer range, and slower speed.

Blue is ranked 21th on the current tier list, placing him in the C tier. In summary, Blue has the same issues as Blade does, but in a less severe manner.

Attributes

Blue has similar attributes to Blade concerning his movement speed, jump distance, and size. Similarly to but not as strongly as Blade, Blue has range issues, making him easily outranged by other sword-wielding characters. His up attack and down aerial moves are both very unreliable, just like Blade's, and he still lacks a projectile, which gives him a more difficult time against characters with strong ranged games like Mario and Tails. However, unlike Blade, Blue has stronger attacks with a much longer active duration, allowing him to rack up damage and KO much more easily. Additionally, he can instant-KO opponents with his side attack.

Hard data

The table below refers to Blue's hard data values.

Base info
Hitstun taken	8	Number of jumps	2
Attack boost	2	Attack length	15
Attack cooldown	13	Health division	14
Movement
Maximum horizontal speed			19
Acceleration	0.7	Deceleration	0.9
Attack start speed	0.5x	Turn around speed	19
Jumping speed	15	Short hopping speed	10
Gravity	1	Falling speed	25
Individual attack data
Neutral attack damage	5	Side attack damage	7
Down attack damage	9	Instant-KO value	7
Roll attack speed	20	Jump attack damage	3

Moveset

Attack	Image	Description	Damage
Neutral attack		Delivers a quick horizontal slash, having a small attack margin.	5%
Side attack		Performs a fiery horizontal slash outwards. This is his best instant-KO attack.	7%
Down attack		Uses the Spin Dash, curling into a ball and quickly rolling forward, travelling a fixed distance. The move can hit multiple times at low percentages, dealing whopping amounts of damage.	9%
Up attack		Slices with his blade while facing upwards.	7%
Down aerial		Slashes midair while facing downwards.
Jump attack		Uses the Spin Jump, which looks similar to his down attack, curling into a ball and slashing with his sword as he spins in the air.	3%

Differences from Blade

Attributes

• Blue's maximum movement speed is slightly lower (20 → 19).
  • This makes him less vulnerable to instant-KOs.
• He has a slower 1P pivot (21 → 19).
• He has a higher attack cooldown value (12 → 13).
• He has a drastically longer attack duration (4 → 15).
  • This makes some attacks' hitboxes last for more time.
  • This also allows Blue to cancel some attacks into others.

Neutral attack

• The move deals more damage per frame (4% → 5%).
• It transitions into jump attack 11 frames later when used in the air (5 → 16).
• The move's hitbox is around half the length, giving Blue less range and a worse disjoint overall.
• The move's hitboxes are more consistent throughout the move.
  • Blue lacks a disjoint and has wider hurtboxes than Blade during its start.
  • He has a larger disjoint and much thinner hurtboxes than Blade by its end, however.

Side attack

• Blue does a flaming slash instead of an overhead strike.
• The move has instakill properties.
• The move's hitbox is significantly smaller, giving Blue less range, a worse forwards disjoint, and no upwards disjoint.
• Blue's hurtbox is somewhat wider, but also shorter.
• Blue has no disjoint during the initial frames of the attack.

Down attack

• The move deals more damage per frame (8% → 9%).
• Blue's hurtboxes are much bigger, completely enveloping his hitbox.

Up attack

• The move deals more damage per frame (6% → 7%).
• The move's hitbox is around half as tall, giving Blue less range and a worse disjoint overall.
• The move's hitboxes are more consistent throughout the move.
  • Blue lacks a disjoint and has taller hurtboxes than Blade during its start.
  • He has a larger disjoint and much shorter hurtboxes than Blade by its end, however.

Down aerial

• The move deals more damage per frame (6% → 7%).
• The move's hitbox is more centered.
  • This means Blue has overall less range and virtually no downwards disjoint.
  • However, he has a slight forwards disjoint for the entire duration of the attack.
  • Blue lacks a disjoint and has taller hurtboxes than Blade during the start of the attack.
  • He has a larger disjoint and much shorter hurtboxes by the end of the move, however.

Jump attack

• The move deals more damage per frame (2% → 3%).
• Blue's hurtboxes are much bigger, completely enveloping his hitbox.

Other animations

• Blue's standing hurtbox is slightly taller and twice as wide.
• His crouching hurtbox is slightly wider and a bit taller.
• His running hurtbox is a bit wider, but very slightly shorter.
• His falling and flinching hurtboxes are much bigger.

Trivia

• Blue is one of two fan characters included in the game, the other being his source character, Blade.
• Blade and Blue have the largest gap between their rankings on the tier list out of all the clone characters, with six places between the two.