Kirby Air Riders Guide | Important Stats to Prioritize

Kirby’s Air Riders is not your typical racing game catered toward a younger audience. The game may look ordinarily simple on paper, but it possesses intricacies that even many “grown-ups” may struggle to grasp — at least initially.

Understanding how various statistics and systems work can help you make better decisions, fuel your City Trial runs, and adapt to different circumstances.

Weight

This is probably your most important stat in Kirby Air Riders, and it’s often overlooked. Not only does it affect your top speed, but it also improves your boosts and enhances your knockback resistance.

Heavier builds tend to carry more momentum in collisions and hit harder, while lighter builds are faster and nimble.

Weight can also impact your stability, glide height, and distance. 

Boosts

Boosts tend to affect your acceleration; the higher the boost, the faster your recovery to reaching top speed after collisions, turns, or dodging obstacles. Weight and boost go hand in hand: a lighter build with a greater boost means faster stopping and acceleration — and vice versa.

Utilising it is essential for tracks that demand high speeds and are corner-reliant, with frequent changes.

Top Speed & Turning

Top speed, as its name suggests, sets the maximum speed, but it doesn’t determine how quickly you reach it; that depends on your build's weight and boost.

The turning stat makes it easier for you to handle, enhancing nimbleness and making it easier to move past obstacles. 

Weight also affects these stats; a lighter build with a higher turning stat makes builds feel unstable. Whereas, heavier builds tend to turn out less overall. It’s important that you experiment and use a heuristic approach when it comes to figuring out the right balance; your preferred stat here will also vary compared to others.

Charge

This stat affects how quickly a vehicle charges its boost; vehicles like the Bulk Star benefit a lot from having a high charge start. A high stat here allows it to do frequent takeoffs.

Glide

Glide, on the other hand, controls your time on air and your lift. For flight-focused characters, you’ll want to prioritize high glide. It also negatively correlates with weight; the higher the weight, the lower the glide.

Offense, Defence, and HP

These base stats will determine your damage from spin attacks, collisions, and items; defence reduces damage received.

Your HP determines your overall endurance and is closely tied to your weight.

To get the best use of your builds, it’s important that you get the most out of these stats and have an understanding of them. How well you get will come down to your ability to adapt to various circumstances, depending on the game mode in Kirby Air Riders.

Also, check out our Kirby Air Riders Review.