Donkey Kong | Piranha Plant | |
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Bottom Fighter Top Fighter | ||
| Weight (Units) | 3/89 (127 units) | 9/89 (112 units) |
| Walk Speed | 10/89 (1.365) | 83/89 (0.760) |
| Run Speed | 29/89 (1.873) | 44/89 (1.720) |
| Dash Speed | 18/89 (2.090) | 60/89 (1.820) |
| Air Speed | 14/89 (1.208) | 58/89 (1.000) |
| Shield Grab (F) | 57/89 (Frame 12) | 1/89 (Frame 10) |
| OoS 1 | Frame 7 Up B (Air) | Frame 10 Uair/Fair/Grab |
| OoS 2 | Frame 9 Uair | Frame 11 Nair |
| OoS 3 | Frame 10 Bair | Frame 12 Dair/Bair/Up Smash |
| Fall Speed | 39/89 (1.630) | 2/89 (1.950) |
| Fast Fall Speed | 40/89 (2.608) | 27/89 (2.730) |
| Gravity | 57/89 (0.085) | 5/89 (0.140) |
| Air Acceleration | 58/89 (0.060) | 58/89 (0.060) |
| Jumps | 2 | 2 |
| Short Hop | 22/89 (17.300) | 18/89 (17.500) |
| Full Jump | 29/89 (34.000) | 11/89 (37.400) |
| Air Jump | 27/89 (35.500) | 15/89 (38.520) |
| Special | None | None |
| Strengths | • Good range on his attacks • Very powerful hitboxes, which often take priority over opponents' attacks • Decent horizontal movement in his recovery (Up Special) • Great grab game, allowing him to use cargo throws and get early KOs on opponents • Moves have high knockback for finishing stocks • Access to several spikes | • Heavyweight and high endurance • Neutral B is great for edgeguarding • Has a kill throw in Up Throw • Very powerful Out of Shield option in up smash |
| Weaknesses | • Terrible vertical recovery • Struggles when getting comboed, and cannot deal with projectiles • Poor frame data, and lack of approach options | • Very poor mobility • Significant landing lag on aerials • Poor range on most attacks |