What exactly does “Speed” affect

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Character customization allows for modifications to a character's attack, defense, and speed. Attack improves outgoing damage and knockback. Defense reduces incoming damage and knockback, improves shield strength, and increases the "perfect shield" timing window. So what exactly does speed affect? Please provide evidence.

Possible factors to consider:

  • Dash speed
  • Walking speed
  • Air speed
  • Fall speed
  • Jump height
  • Attack execution time
  • Time between attacks
  • Recovery time
  • Directional influence
  • Dash attack travel distance
  • Dodge roll travel distance
  • Smash attack charge time
  • Dashing turn time

Best Answer

Raising speed will:

  • Raise Dash speed
  • Raise Walking speed
  • Raise Air speed
  • Raise Jump Height
  • Raise dash turn time
  • Lower Attack damage
  • Lower Launch distance
  • All others unaffected.

Raising defense will lower everything that speed will raise. Raising attack will not affect speed, but will lower defense. (It's hard to provide evidence, but you can just see for yourself.)

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