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{{Italic title|Tails (''Super Smash Flash 2'')}}
{{About|Tails's appearance in ''[[Super Smash Flash 2]]''|general information about the character|Miles "Tails" Prower}}
{{Infobox character fighter
|name         = Miles "Tails" Prower
|game         = SSF2
|image        = [[File:SSF2 Tails.png]]
|symbol       = {{Symbol|Sonic}}
|caption      = '''Tails'''' official artwork.
|universe     = ''{{S|Sonic|universe}}''
|stock        = [[File:SSF2 Tails stock icon.png]]
|availability = [[Starter character|Starter]]
|weight       = Medium-light
|final        = [[Tornado]]
|tier         = A
|ranking      = 8
}}
'''Tails''' is a newcomer [[Starter character|starter]] [[character]] in ''[[Super Smash Flash 2]]'', accompanying {{SSF2|Sonic}} as the representatives of the ''{{S|Sonic|universe}}'' franchise. His sprites are custom-made and they are based on his appearance in modern titles such as ''Sonic Colors'', ''Sonic Generations'', and ''Sonic Lost World''. His moveset comes from his various ''Sonic'' game appearances, most notably ''[[Sonic the Fighters]]'', ''[[Sonic Battle]]'', and ''[[Tails Adventure]]''. His voice clips are taken directly from ''{{S|Sonic the Hedgehog|2006 video game}}'' (2006) and ''Sonic Generations''.

Tails is ranked 8th out of 40 on the current [[tier list]], placing him in the A tier; 7 spots lower from his 1st place position in S tier on the previous Beta tier list. One of Tails' strengths is that he has good [[priority]] in many of his attacks, a solid air game, a great recovery, good [[combo]] ability and KO moves in his [[up smash]], [[forward smash]], [[down smash]], [[up aerial]], [[back aerial]], and [[down aerial]]. Tails has an excellent recovery with five [[Midair jumping|midair jumps]] and good air speed. He can use [[Airlift]], {{S|Spin Dash|Tails}}, and his back aerial to help him travel through the air horizontally, while his [[Energy Ball]] can stall him in the air for a few moments. He has a solid down aerial [[meteor smash]] that can net him early [[KO]]s. He has good mobility with his good air speed and his [[pseudo wavedash]]. Most of his attacks flow into each other perfectly giving him amazing combo ability.

However, he has problems dealing with characters who possess disjointed range that can go through his higher priority attacks, like {{SSF2|Ichigo}} and {{SSF2|Marth}}. He has problems KO'ing his opponents because he has few KO options and most of his KO moves require good set ups. His [[projectile]] is slow, easy to avoid and covers a short distance. He also has a high learning curve which requires tons of practice to master him.

Regardless of Tails' flaws, he is a good character with great potential. It should be note that Tails requires a lot of knowledge on how to use the character and the various techniques that he is able to perform, to be played at his full power. Tails has a growing player and has decent representation in [[online]] [[tournament]]s, with experienced Tails players making great use of his advanced techniques. ''[[Chaos0]]'' is a notable example as he often does well in tournaments with Tails along with ''[[Yix9]]'' dominating the ''SSF2'' [[metagame]] as well.

== Attributes ==
{{See also|Tails (Super Smash Flash 2)/Hard data}}
Tails has great mobility with having the sixth best [[dashing]] speed, good air speed, and having pseudo wavedash that, when fully charged, can cover the entire stage of {{SSF2|Final Destination}}, thus giving him great mobility overall. Tails has amazing combo ability with his attacks being able to flow into one another perfectly. Tails has a projectile in his Energy Ball Blaster that has high priority and does good [[shield]] [[damage]]. He has kill moves in his up smash, down smash, his up and back aerials. He has a powerful meteor smash in his {{SSF2|down aerial}} which can to lead to early kills on his opponent. His [[Down special move|down special]], Spin Dash, is one of the main forces behind his advanced techniques in that it is required to perform his pseudo wavedash, can cancel out low-priority projectiles and gives him a variety of options to mix things up.

Tails has a great recovery, with various horizontal recovery options. He has 5 mid air jumps and [[Tails Whirlwind]] to help him recover vertical. He has Spin Dash, back air, and [[Rhythm Twister]] to help him recover horizontal. He can also use Energy Ball Blaster to help him stall in the air. Tails Whirlwind is a hard to gimp recovery due to the vortex effect and priority the move has.

However, Tails suffers from poor [[range]] in the majority of his attacks. His projectile is slow, easy to avoid and leaves him vulnerable for a few seconds making it unreliable. Due to having few KO moves; Tails needs to keep them [[Stale-move negation|fresh]] or risk not being able to KO his opponent. He also does not have any reliable set ups that will lead into his KO moves, thus requiring him to get a hard read to net a KO or he will have to over rely on his down air.

Tails has below average weight, which allows him to be KO'd horizontally early. This further detrimental with Tails having above average accelerated falling speed which makes him good to combo.

His grab & throw game is rather poor when compared to other characters, possessing the 14th longest [[Grab#Initial grab range|grab range]] in the current demo. His up throw is his only throw that he can gain any follow up from, though it is mainly used off stage to net KOs. Back and forward throw are very weak, not allowing any follow up options and only purpose seems to be to start an edge guard. Down throw might be his worse throw due to it not giving any follow ups or being able to start an edge guard.

Tails is similar to [[Super Smash Bros. Melee|''Melee'']]'s [[Fox McCloud|Fox]], in that he has a high learning curve. He needs good reflexes, good strategy and knowledge of how he works in order to play him to his full potential.

== Moveset ==
=== [[Ground attack]]s ===
{|class="wikitable"
!width="100"|Attack
!width="100"|Name
!width="center"|Description
!width="10"|Damage
|-
|{{SSF2|Standard attack}}
|align="center"|{{Mousetext|IQ 200 attack|First hit}}
|Tails performs two punches, then dashes forwards while frantically moves his arms and legs around.
|align="center"|{{Mousetext|2%|First two hits}}<br />{{Mousetext|8%|Last hit}}
|-
|[[Down tilt]]
|{{N/A}}
|Tails whips his tail around him on the ground.
|align="center"|7%
|-
|[[Down smash]]
|align="center"|Magic Hook
|A boxing glove on a chain appears, which Tails whips around his body, while dealing tremendous knockback that will send opponents at [[semi-spike]] angle.
|align="center"|{{Mousetext|19%|Uncharged}}<br />{{Mousetext|25%|Fully charged}}
|-
|[[Forward tilt]]
|align="center"|IQ300 Attack
|Tails whips his tails forwards.
|align="center"|9%
|-
|[[Forward smash]]
|rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
|Claps his hands forward.
|align="center"|{{Mousetext|15%|Uncharged}}<br />{{Mousetext|20%|Fully charged}}
|-
|[[Up tilt]]
|Spins his tails above him.
|align="center"|9%
|-
|[[Up smash]]
|Curls up into a ball and quickly jumps upwards.
|align="center"|{{Mousetext|16%|Uncharged}}<br />{{Mousetext|21%|Fully charged}}
|-
|[[Dash attack]]
|Rolls forwards in his ball form, then does a kick. Two hits.
|align="center"|{{Mousetext|4%|First hit}}<br />{{Mousetext|5%|Second hit}}
|}

=== [[Aerial attack]]s ===
{|class="wikitable"
!width="100"|Attack
!width="100"|Name
!width="center"|Description
!width="10"|Damage
|-
|[[Neutral aerial]]
|{{N/A}}
|Spins many times before finishing with a kick.
|align="center"|11%
|-
|[[Forward aerial]]
|align="center"|Typhoon
|Whips his tails in front of himself.
|align="center"|10%
|-
|[[Back aerial]]
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|Spins his tails like a propeller behind himself and propels himself forward.
|align="center"|12%
|-
|[[Up aerial]]
|Kicks upward with both feet in handstand position.
|align="center"|{{Mousetext|13%|Clean}}<br />{{Mousetext|8%|Late}}
|-
|{{SSF2|Down aerial}}
|align="center"|Tails Dunk
|Whips his tail diagonally underneath himself.
|align="center"|11%
|}

=== [[Grab]] and [[throw]]s ===
{|class="wikitable"
!width="120"|Attack
!width="center"|Description
!width="10"|Damage
|-
|[[Grab]]
|Reaches forward with both hands.
|{{N/A}}
|-
|[[Pummel]]
|Smacks the opponent with his tails.
|align="center"|1%
|-
|[[Forward throw]]
|Pushes his opponent forwards with both hands.
|align="center"|8%
|-
|[[Back throw]]
|Throws his opponent behind him and does a mule kick.
|align="center"|11%
|-
|[[Up throw]]
|Carries his opponent up into the air and smashes them on the floor, sending his opponent upwards, even with no solid ground below him.
|align="center"|6%
|-
|[[Down throw]]
|Stomps on the opponent with one foot.
|align="center"|11%
|}

=== Other attacks ===
{|class="wikitable"
!width="120"|Attack
!width="center"|Description
!width="50"|Damage
|-
|[[Floor attack]]
|Floats around himself, and finishes with a kick.
|align="center"|6%
|-
|[[Ledge attack]]
|Gets up to the ledge while performing a kick.
|align="center"|6%
|}

=== [[Special move]]s ===
{|class="wikitable"
!width="100"|Special move
!width="100"|Name
!width="center"|Description
!width="10"|Damage
|-
|[[Standard special move]]
|[[Energy Ball]]
|Fires a round electric projectile from his Energy Ball.
|align="center"|9%
|-
|[[Side special move]]
|[[Airlift]]
|Leaps forward to grab opponents and carry them through the air.
|align="center"|9%
|-
|[[Up special move]]
|[[Remote Robot]]
|Throws out a small robot that walks back and forth and explodes upon contact with an opponent. It takes around 10% to be destroyed. It is imune to Knockback-less moves.
|align="center"|1%, 11%
|-
|[[Down special move]]
|{{S|Spin Dash|Tails}}
|Curls into a ball from and rolls forward, damaging any opponent in his way.
|align="center"|9%-12%
|-
|[[Final Smash]]
|[[Tornado]]
|Flies in the Tornado from one side of the stage to the other, dropping bombs in his path.
|align="center"|{{Mousetext|20%|Per bomb}}<br />{{Mousetext|36-46%|Direct strike}}
|}

=== Misc. ===
{|class="wikitable"
!width="100"|Misc.
! colspan="3" width="center"|Description
|-
|align="center"|[[On-screen appearance]]
|colspan="3"|Tails flies above the platform using his tails while waving and lands on the ground.
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|[[Taunt]]s
|align="center"|Standard
|Jumps and yells "''Yeah''"
|-
|align="center"|Side
|Spins, then chuckles while showing the peace sign.
|-
|align="center"|Down/Up
|Takes out his Game Gear from his pocket and plays ''[[Tails Adventure]]'' on it and then puts it away. It can be held as much as you want.
|-
|align="center"|[[Idling|Idle pose]]
|colspan="3"|Faces the screen and yawns.
|-
|align="center"|[[Victory theme]]
|colspan="3"|An electronic rock remix of the Act Clear theme from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]''.
|-
|align="center"|[[Victory pose]]
|colspan="3"|Tails checks the Miles Electric from the modern ''Sonic'' games, then spins the sign next to him.
|}

== Changes from v1.0.2 Beta ==
{{Main|Tails (Super Smash Flash 2)/Changelog}}

{{Incomplete|section=yes}}
Tails has received significant buffs and very few nerfs from multiple moves which overall greatly improves him.

=== Aesthetics ===
*{{Nerf|Tails can no longer slow down his descent when he jumps.}}

=== Attributes ===
*{{Buff|Tails now has five double jumps.}}
*{{Nerf|Tails has lost his ability to [[Hovering|hover]].}}

=== Special moves ===
*{{Nerf|Up Special is now "Remote Robot", which is no longer a recovery move.}}
**{{Buff|Remote Robot is an outstanding stage control move.}}

== In competitive play ==
=== Match ups ===

=== Notable players ===
*''[[Chaos0]]''
*''[[Yix9]]''

=== Tier placement history ===
In tier lists for demo v0.7, Tails was seen as a top tier character because he ranked 2nd of A tier on the first list and ranked 1st of S tier on the second list. In demo v0.8b; Tails dropped to 16th of D tier from his 1st-place position of S tier which he was tied of with Sonic for having had the largest tier drop from demo v0.7 to v0.8b (dropped by 15 tier positions). In demo 0.9a; Tails rose to 8th of what can considered A tier where he is seen as a top tier character once more. In demo v0.9b, Tails dropped to 11th of A tier where he was seen as a high tier character. However, Tails rose up a spot to 10th of A tier, and is still seen as a high tier character.

== Gallery ==
=== [[List of costumes in Super Smash Flash 2#Tails|Costumes]] ===
[[File:SSF2 Tails Costumes.png|center|500px]]

=== Artworks ===
<gallery>
Tailsmain.gif|Tails' art in the [[Smash Flash DOJO!!!|DOJO!!!]].
TailsPre0.9.png|Tails' first art, used from v0.7 to v0.8b. Taken from ''[[Sonic Adventure]]''.
Tails art.png|Tails' second artwork, used from v0.9a to v0.9b.
Tails PA 3.png|Tails' third artwork, used in early revisions of Beta from the Content Creators Program.
Tails Beta.png|Tails' fourth artwork, used from Beta 1.0 to Beta 1.1.
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
ShadowTails.png|Two Tails [[taunt]]ing on {{SSF2|Dream Land}}.
Tails plays Game Gear.png|Tails playing his ''Game Gear'' from via down taunt on [[Nintendo 3DS]].
TailsFreezed.png|Tails under the [[paralysis]] effect with [[Remote Robot]] by {{SSF2|Black Mage}}'s [[Stop]] on [[Chaos Shrine]].
Tails 1 1.png|Tails using his [[midair jumping|midair jumps]] while {{SSF2|Sonic}} is [[dashing]] on [[Sky Sanctuary Zone]].
Tails 2.png|Tails about to attack {{SSF2|Sandbag}} on [[Waiting Room]].
Tails 3.png|Tails and {{SSF2|Kirby}} using [[Energy Ball]] in the air on [[Central Highway]].
Ball - Tails.png|Tails' ball version.
</gallery>

=== Early designs ===
<gallery>
Tails5.png|Tails hitting Lloyd with his up smash on [[Waiting Room]].
Tails6.png|Tails using his [[standard special move]], Energy Ball on [[Hidden Leaf Village]].
Tails7.png|Tails and Sonic taunting on Chaos Shrine.
Tails8.png|Tails hitting [[Super Saiyan Goku]] with his {{SSF2|down aerial}} on [[WarioWare, Inc.]].
Tails1.png|Tails and {{SSF2|Jigglypuff}} jumping on {{SSF2|Temple}}.
Tails2.png|Tails and {{SSF2|Yoshi}} taunting on [[Yoshi's Island]].
Tails3.png|Tails using his [[up smash]] on [[Mushroom Kingdom III]].
Tails 1.png|Tails hitting {{SSF2|Lloyd}} with his [[down smash]] on [[Planet Namek]].
Tails JH.png|Tails [[hovering]] on [[Gangplank Galleon]].
</gallery>

==== Designs ====
<gallery>
Old Design - Tails.png|Tails' first early design used in demo v0.7 to v0.9b.
New Design - Tails (early).png|Tails' current design. Idle animation used from Beta 1.0.0 to 1.0.2.
New Design - Tails.png|Tails' new idle animation, from Beta 1.0.3 onwards.
</gallery>

=== Misc. ===
<gallery>
SSF2 - Classic mode - Tails.png|Tails' [[congratulations screen]] on [[Classic]] mode.
SSF2 - All-Star mode - Tails.png|Tails' congratulations screen on [[All-Star]] mode.
Sonic and Tails Team Up.png|Sonic and Tails' from [[:File:SSF2 Beta Reach for the Stars|'Reach for the Stars' Trailer]], featuring Tails' third artwork, used in Beta.
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
*From demo v0.7 to v0.8b, Tails' voice clips came from a custom [[voice actor]], Mary "''Tinker Jet''" Bruhand. In demo v0.9a, these voice clips were replaced by those from Tails in the official ''Sonic'' games.
*Tails' first artwork was based on his [https://www.ssbwiki.com/images/2/2e/Tails_-_Brawl_Trophy.png trophy pose] from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
*Tails' current artwork is based on the intro from ''Sonic Colors''.
*Tails along with {{SSF2|Yoshi}}, {{SSF2|Jigglypuff}}, {{SSF2|Zero Suit Samus}}, {{SSF2|Luffy}}, {{SSF2|Mr. Game & Watch}}, and {{SSF2|Mega Man}} are the only characters so far who do not go into a helpless state under normal circumstances.

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