Meta Knight (SSB4)/Forward throw

Hitbox visualization showing Meta Knight's forward throw.

Overview

Meta Knight flip kicks the opponent. Against heavyweights and fastfallers, it has the same follow-ups as down throw and dash attack. On the rest of the cast, however, this throw can start combos only off of a dash throw. Like the aforementioned moves, it can chain into an up smash, up tilt, any aerial, Mach Tornado, and Shuttle Loop. It has lower knockback growth than his down throw, and since the much faster animation makes it difficult to DI properly, forward throw links more reliably into Shuttle Loop past 100%. Also, at low percents, it can link into a dash attack, which also has excellent combo potential.

Update history

1.0.4/ 1.0.1

• Forward Throw's hitbox has gained an additional two hitboxes, allowing the move to properly hit every character. Previously, the hitbox whiffed against a sizeable portion of the cast.

Throw and Hitbox Data

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Piercing	Heedless	No GFX	Flinchless	Stretch
Clean hit
0	0	0	6%	0		Forwards	10	100	0	6.0	11	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
Late hit
0	0	0	6%	0		Forwards	10	100	0	6.0	11	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
1	0	0	6%	0		Forwards	10	100	0	4.0	0	0.0	8.0	10.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—

Throw

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	FFx	Type	Effect	Sound
0	3%		Forwards	50	130	0	0	None			None
1	3%		Forwards	60	100	0	0	None			None

Timing

Invincibility	1-18
Clean hit	8
Late hit	9
Throw Release	10
Interruptible	28
Animation length	51

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

Interruptible

Meta Knight's moveset

Neutral attack · Forward tilt (1 · 2 · 3) · 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