Donkey Kong (SSBU)/Up aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Donkey Kong's up aerial.

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Overview

Donkey Kong headbutts in an arc. With its combination of fast startup and low endlag, it remains a very strong move for Donkey Kong, and it can be used to juggle opponents at low percents, and outright kill them at higher percents.

Although the move can still combo from his forward throw, the changes made to the throw make it much harder to connect compared to Smash 4. This can be mostly mitigated if Donkey Kong uses cargo up throw shortly after landing on a platform.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
0	0	0	13.0%	0		Standard	32	90	0		7.5	head	2.5	2.5	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-5
Head intangible	5-10
Hitboxes	6-10
Ending autocancel	26-
Interruptible	38
Animation length	57

Hitbox
Head
Autocancel

Landing lag

Interruptible	16
Animation length	31

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Autocancel

Intangible

Interruptible

Donkey Kong's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash