Mario (SSB4)/Up throw

Hitbox visualization of Mario's up throw.

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Overview

Mario throws his opponent high into the air with both hands. Good throw for fast-fallers. Can KO lightweights at extremely high percentages.

Ally Combo

The Ally Combo involves Mario performing an up throw, then following it with his down aerial before finishing the combo with another aerial (commonly a forward aerial) or Super Jump Punch. It's named after Canadian smasher Ally, widely considered to be the best Mario player in the world during SSB4's lifespan.

Performance

The combo is performed by doing an up throw into a full-hop down aerial. The player can then follow up with any of Mario's other aerials, typically forward aerial for optimal damage or up aerial for coverage and extended advantage situations. Up aerial is predominantly used as a finisher in most cases due to forward aerial not being true with certain DI.

While powerful, it is not a true combo. The long delay before down aerial's final hitbox allows characters with an air dodge or attack that is active before frame 4 to escape from the move, thus ending the combo. Since the combo is performed close to the ground, an opponent that air dodges will end up in landing lag by the time Mario's down aerial ends, allowing Mario to punish them. This means only characters with fast attacks can reliably escape the combo. This combo generally works from around 0-30% on middleweights, though down aerial will send too far to follow up with other aerials around 15-20%.

Throw Data

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	FFx	Type	Effect	Sound
0	7%		Forwards	70	72	0	0	None			None
1	3%		Forwards	40	100	0	0	None			None

Timing

The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight.

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Invincible	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18
Throw	14.28	14.98	15.09	15.32	15.56	15.67	15.79	15.91	16.14	16.26	16.72	16.84	16.95	17.19	17.3	17.42	17.53	17.65	17.77	17.88	18	18.23	18.35	18.47	18.7	18.81	18.93	19.51	19.86	20.21	20.56	21.49
Animation length	30.68	32.24	32.5	33.02	33.54	33.8	34.06	34.32	34.84	35.1	36.14	36.4	36.66	37.18	37.44	37.7	37.96	38.22	38.48	38.74	39	39.52	39.78	40.04	40.56	40.82	41.08	42.38	43.16	43.94	44.72	46.8
Interruptible	31.46	33.06	33.33	33.86	34.4	34.66	34.93	35.2	35.73	36	37.06	37.33	37.6	38.13	38.4	38.67	38.93	39.2	39.47	39.73	40	40.53	40.8	41.07	41.6	41.87	42.13	43.47	44.27	45.07	45.87	48.01

Min (Jigglypuff)

Baseline

Max (Bowser)

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

Mario'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
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash