Pac-Man (SSB4)/Down smash

Overview

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Pac-Man thrusts Clyde in front of him and Pinky behind him, sending the opponent in a semi-spike angle. While it is the weakest of Pac-Man's smash attacks, it does have considerable range on either side of him. Like his other two smash attacks, it is able to nullify any oncoming projectiles. However, it has a high amount of starting and ending lag, coming out only as early as frame 18 and ending only as early as frame 54. As such, it is generally unsafe to use, being useful primarily for roll reads and ledge coverage.

Hitboxes

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Effect	Damage	Angle	Base knockback	Knockback scaling
Normal	13% (early), 7% (late)	29° (early), 45° (late)	30 (early), 40 (late)	86 (early), 92 (late)

Timing

Early hitboxes	18-20
Late hitboxes	21-28
Animation length	54

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Update history

Pac-Man's down smash has received only one change, having received greater knockback growth in version 1.1.5

• Down smash knockback growth: 84/90 → 86/92

Pac-Man's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash