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In Super Smash Brothers Brawl, there is a little quirk given to the Ice Climbers. While on normal stages where they have the second lowest traction (your ability to stop and not slide; slipping all over the place) on most normal stages, on slippery surfaces (usually on ice stages like Summit) the Ice Climbers are the only characters that do not lose traction as opposed to the other characters, because they wear cleats. This gives them a slight advantage on the Summit, meaning that the Ice Climbers are one of, if not only, characters that have a home-field advantage.

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