noun, verb Gaming Slang

Sweetspot

· noun, verb · gaming

The part of a move's hitbox that hits hardest — the spot you actually want to land.

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Definitions

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Lots of moves have multiple hitboxes, and the sweetspot is the strongest one — more damage, more knockback, the kill. Land the sweetspot and someone dies at 90%; miss it and they live to 140.

“Marth's tipper is the sweetspot — catch them with the tip of the blade and it kills way earlier.”
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Also a verb in recovery contexts: to sweetspot the ledge means to grab it cleanly so you can't be hit out of it.

“He sweetspotted the ledge perfectly, so the edgeguard whiffed completely.”
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Sweetspot In A Sentence

Marth's tipper is the sweetspot — catch them with the tip of the blade and it kills way earlier.
He sweetspotted the ledge perfectly, so the edgeguard whiffed completely.

Origin & Usage

Fighting game and Smash Bros community.

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