Ice Climbers (SSBU)/Down tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Popo's down tilt.

Hitbox visualization showing Nana's down tilt.

Overview

Each of the duo performs an outward sweeping attack with their mallet. It sports quick startup, decent activity, and solid damage output. With moderate range, knockback, and ending lag to boot. While the move lacks combo potential and significant KO potency, it's fairly easy to poke shields with, and sends opponents diagonally downward, making it useful as a means of unexpectedly knocking the enemy offstage and setting up edgeguards.

The move clips the ledge if positioned right, and its high speed, disjoint, and semi-spike launch angle make it a fairly safe and very dangerous two-framing option. What's more, the extra swing from the 2nd Climber works as a built-in 2nd try if the leader swings too early.

Depending on how much the 2nd Climber's attack is delayed (via desynching) this can make the move much safer than it would be otherwise, and even gives it some use in setting up tech chases. But it doesn't seem to have much use in desyncs outside of that.

Even with only one of the two, down tilt still serves as a passable poking and gimping tool, and a desirable move when used in a pair.

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
Leader
0	0	0	6.0%	0		Forward	40	100	0		3.0	havel	0.0	-1.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	40%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	6.0%	0		Forward	40	100	0		3.0	havel	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	40%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	6.0%	0		Forward	40	100	0		4.0	havel	0.0	8.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	40%							Punch		All	All
Partner
0	0	0	4.5%	0		Forward	40	100	0		3.0	havel	0.0	-1.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	40%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	4.5%	0		Forward	40	100	0		3.0	havel	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	40%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	4.5%	0		Forward	40	100	0		4.0	havel	0.0	8.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	40%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Hitboxes	8-11
Interruptible	31
Animation length	34

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Trivia

• The move has a 40% trip chance that can only happen on slants due to the launch angle.

Ice Climbers'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