The Ice Climbers are great at dealing damage when together, possessing decent speed in their attacks, and possess a few interesting attacks in their arsenal. The climbers' greatest strength is their extreme high damage-output. Although minor, the Ice Climbers nevertheless have a unique fighter ability: their traction is not affected by the conditions of slippery surfaces such as ice, whereas they will slide somewhat on non-slippery surfaces. Overall, the climbers fairly possess an unorthdox playstyle focused on horizontal and vertical combos characters who focus fighting with hammers and a variety of gadgets that have to do with winter or ice.

Should the CPU Climber get KO'd during the stock, the remaining Climber will have drastically reduced damage output, KO ability, and recovery, with Belay becoming practically useless and Squall Hammer losing a good deal of distance (whereas with both Climbers they are excellent recovery moves). In this scenario, it is advisable to stick to and protect the partner. When separated, AI takes control of the partner, and guides them back to the leader. Unlike in previous installments, they are no longer hard to grab and throw unless the partner is the one being grabbed (when the leader is grabbed, the partner will panic). Due to technically being two characters, the Ice Climbers are able to grab two different items. Another unique trait that the partner possesses is their forward aerial's ability to meteor smash. The partner (Nana, by default) has higher mobility attributes (walking, dashing, air and fall speeds, gravity, and air acceleration), but at the same time takes more damage and knockback than the leader (Popo, by default). The Ice Climbers are a pair of middleweights (weighing the same as Lucario, Wolf, Villager, Mythra, and Steve) that are the archetypical tag team characters, though each Climber is a unique character in their own right. This makes it one of the most avoidable final smashes in the game. Game & Watch and Isabelle, or a high amount of jumps like Kirby and Jigglypuff.

Iceberg is rather very easy to avoid by being KO'd, by characters to have great super jumps like Mr.

Nana is unable to grab, and is also not in correct control due to being a follower.

Down aerial is incapable of being a meteor-smash and is a weak-knockbacking stall-then-fall move, so if it is used off the ledge, it will result in a significant self-destruct.

This, in any case, reduces the iceberg's sideways mobility.

They can still move while Iceberg is active and this can cause careless players to walk off a ledge unexpectedly.

Likewise, if Nana dies while she is the leader, Popo will too.

If Nana gets KO'd, Popo will be all on his own, being very vunerable to characters that can KO him relatively early, like Mr.

Neutral special projectile decreases in size over time and distance and can be affected by sloping platforms.

Squall Hammer leaves them helpless after use.

Recovery is easy to gimp and is severely weakened if Nana is defeated.

Game & Watch's Judge, Kirby's hammer and Jigglypuff's Rest, making them somewhat light and therefore are very easy to launch.

Despite being middleweights, they are sometimes OHKO'd by various attacks: like Mr.

It is impossible for opponents to determine what percentage Nana is at.Ice shot can be used for spacing and zoning as well as to hit opponents from above.Squall Hammer is a form of horizontal recovery.Belay covers a high distance and can tether to ledges.Belay is a great vertical recovery in the game.Forward aerial is a strong meteor-smash.They are playable as a duo instead of individual, making them twice as strong than the other fighters.Blizzard freezes the opponent, allowing them to punish with one of their attacks.During their Final Smash, they can attack the opponents to lure them to the iceberg in order to KO.The Ice Climbers can be desynched to execute attacks in a manner that makes them difficult to dodge or make combos more difficult to escape.

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