Sandbag (Super Smash Flash 2)

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This article is about Sandbag's appearance in Super Smash Flash 2. For general information about the character, see Sandbag.

Sandbagin Super Smash Flash 2
Sandbag's official pixel art.
Universe	Super Smash Bros.
Stock icon	File:SSF2 Sandbag head.png
Availability	Unlockable
Unlock criteria	Clear Classic mode on normal difficulty or higher, without using continues using the random slot character, then defeat it in a 1-stock match on Waiting Room.
Final Smash	Unnamed Final Smash
Tier	C (30)

Sandbag is a newcomer unlockable character in Super Smash Flash 2. He was first revealed in SSF2 Dev Blog #5 on April 1, 2016, and initially thought to be an April Fool's joke. However, a special blog, SSF2 Dev Blog #5.1, was released two days later confirming Sandbag's inclusion as the game's "joke" character. Sandbag was a pet project by SSF2 developer, James TSON Hadden and its development was completed in a week's time thanks to the character using only three sprites in all of his animations which were then rotated, stretched, and distorted in Flash to create over 70 unique animations.

Attributes

Sandbag is a good fighter but lacks good movement and recovery options. He has a range of combo starters, up throw, up tilt, down tilt, and down throws, and finishers in forward smash, down aerial, forward throw, standard attack, dash attack, forward aerial, and Bob-omb Toss. Recovery-wise, Sandbag has a theoretical infinite recovery in his up special, but it will kill at higher percentages. Sandgrab and Sanddash lets him get a decent horizontal movement and a medium vertical movement, respectively. His walk/dash is unorthodox and ordinarily among the slowest in the game but can be more than doubled using his crouch to interrupt his hopping animation. This technique is called soaping.

While Bob-omb Toss can get Sandbag back on stage usually, it has many disadvantages, such as killing Sandbag at high percents and racking up damage quickly due to the necessary repeated use to recover at low percents while off-stage.

His rank on the current tier list has been heavily debated due to his unorthodox nature, and will most likely be more heavily scrutinised.

Sandbag has the fastest dodges in the game.

Moveset

Ground attacks

Attack	Description	Damage
Standard attack	Headbutts opponent. Great knockback.	9%
Down tilt	Rolls across the ground.	10%
Down smash	Does a ground-pound. 2 hits.	10% 9% 19%
Forward tilt	Leaps himself forward and afterwards, performs a headbutt.	13%
Forward smash	Low-leaps himself forward.	15%
Up tilt	Headbutts upwards. Can string into itself, neutral aerial and/or back aerial.	7%
Up smash	Jumps high, while contortioning himself. 2 hits	9% 8% 17%
Dash attack	Rolls forward. Has high ending lag.	14%

Aerial attacks

Attack	Description	Damage
Neutral aerial	Spins vertically in the air, very quick and low landing lag. Can string into itself.	11%
Forward aerial	Does a kick forwards. Great range and knockback.	11%
Back aerial	Does a kick backwards. Great range, low knockback. Can string into itself.	9%
Up aerial	Swings head upwards.	9%
Down aerial	Curls up, then kicks downwards. Strongest meteor smash in the game.	19%

Grabs and throws

Attack	Description	Damage
Grab	Grabs opponent with his head.	N/A
Pummel	Headbutts opponent.	2%
Forward throw	Falls flat on the ground, damaging opponents. The strongest forward throw in the game.	13%
Back throw	Spins the opponent many times, then throws it backwards.	9%
Up throw	Headbutts opponent upwards.	11%
Down throw	Ground pounds the opponent twice. Can connect with his up aerial, forward aerial, back aerial and neutral aerial very easily	4% 13% 17%

Other attacks

Attack	Description	Damage
Floor attack	Jumps up and hits both ways.	6%

Special moves

Special move	Name	Description	Damage
Standard special move	Capsule Spawn	Picks a capsule from inside himself that can contain any items currently active in the Item switch.	9% 32%
Side special move	Sandgrab	Leaps himself forward, then grabs and throws opponents in his path with his head.	6%
Up special move	Bob-omb Toss	Throws a Bob-omb in the air, exploding himself, dealing great damage and upwards knockback, on both himself and opponents. If it hits the opponent before it hits Sandbag, does increased damage and much more knockback.	18% 27%
Down special move	Sanddash	A controllable burst of momentum in any direction that can be cancelled into any other attack, including itself when used on the ground.	N/A
Final Smash	Unnamed Final Smash	Carries opponent to Home-Run Contest Arena, stops time to attack them, then smashes them with a Home-Run Bat.	TBA

Misc.

Misc.	Description
On-screen appearance	A part of the Home-Run Contest roadway will briefly appear. Sandbag comes flying and lands on it, then gets up as the road disappears.
Taunts	Standard	Falls flat on the ground, then goes back up. Very similar to Luigi's side taunt.
	Side	Very quickly squishes himself. Can be used as endlag (or faster startup) for his dash.
	Down	Spin once vertically while a random comical sound effect, such as those emitted by Mr. Saturn or when a Party Ball opens, plays.
Idle poses	N/A
Victory theme	Based on the menu theme from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Victory pose	Tilts to the side and winks at the camera.
Lose	Winks for the player with a bandage on his right side.

Gallery

Palette swaps

Artwork

Sandbag's first early pixel art.

Screenshots

Sandbag meteor smashing Link, on Fourside.

Sandbag about to be attacked by a red Sandbag with a Home-Run Bat, on Waiting Room.

A green Sandbag lying on the ground next to green PAC-MAN, on Tower of Salvation.

Sandbag affected by Jigglypuff's Sing, on Pokémon Colosseum.

Misc.

Sandbag's congratulations screen on Classic mode.

Sandbag's "Challenger Approaching!" screen.

Sandbag's unlock screen.

Trivia

• Sandbag, Bandana Dee, Chibi-Robo, Mega Man, PAC-MAN, and Bomberman are currently the only true "silent characters" in the game.
• Sandbag's reveal trailer highlighted the revamped item sprites that would later be shown in Dev Blog #7.
• Sandbag cannot grab the ledge and can only move in hops instead of full sprint. He is the only character with these traits.
• While Sandbag just moves using hops, you can quickly stop at the end of a hop(centering the joystick/letting go of the arrow key) then dash again to move much faster than normal
• Sandbag has hitbox data in v0.9b, despite not being playable in that version.
• Sandbag, along with Bandana Dee, Naruto, Sora, Lloyd, Jigglypuff, and Pichu, is one of the characters that do not clap to the winner in the results screen. In Sandbag's case, he is seen winking with a bandage on his right side.
• In v0.9b, a glitch in the early online made it possible for Sandbag to win against a player if they self-destructed. Because Sandbag was not playable at the time, at the results screen, the announcer and victory theme remained silent, and Sandbag himself stood still.
• Sandbag cannot recover with Bob-omb Toss if he is holding an Item

External link

• Sandbag's reveal video.