Meta Knight (SSBU)/Down special

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Hitbox visualizations

Type	Stationary	Moving forward	Moving back
Grounded
Aerial

Hitboxes

On the ground, the stationary and moving forward versions briefly put Meta Knight in the air, causing him to use the aerial hitboxes of those versions instead. As a result, the grounded hitboxes for those versions are unused under normal circumstances.

Grounded

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
Stationary and moving forward
0	0	0	15.0%	0		Forward	40	98	0		7.5	top	0.0	7.5	-6.0 to -8.0	1.4×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	15.0%	0		Forward	40	98	0		5.5	top	0.0	6.5	-15.3 to 2.0	1.4×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Moving back
0	0	0	13.0%	0		Forward	40	98	0		8.5	top	0.0	7.5	6.0 to 8.0	1.4×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	13.0%	0		Forward	40	98	0		5.5	top	0.0	6.4	19.0 to -2.0	1.4×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Aerial

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
Stationary and moving forward
0	0	0	16.0%	0		Forward	40	98	0		11.2	top	0.0	7.5	-6.0 to -8.0	1.4×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	16.0%	0		Forward	40	98	0		7.5	top	0.0	6.5	-20.0 to 2.0	1.4×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Moving back
0	0	0	14.0%	0		Forward	40	98	0		11.2	top	0.0	7.5	6.0 to 8.0	1.4×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	14.0%	0		Forward	40	98	0		7.5	top	0.0	6.4	20.0 to -2.0	1.4×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Timing

No attack

The move enables ledge grabs from both sides starting on frame 35. Jostling is also disabled during frames 13-28.

Warp duration	12-28
Intangibility	12-39
Interruptible (grounded)	58
Animation length	63

Grounded
Aerial
Intangibility

Attack

All variants enable ledge grabs from both sides starting on frame 50. Jostling is disabled during frames 13-29 for the aerial stationary and grounded forward variants, and frames 13-35 for all others.

The moving forward attack variant causes Meta Knight to change direction relative to the one he was facing before its initiation.

Warp duration	12-28
Intangibility (stationary/back)	12-32
Intangibility (moving forward)	12-29
Hitboxes	34
Interruptible (grounded)	93
Animation length (grounded)	102
Animation length (aerial)	92

Grounded
Aerial
Stationary/back
Moving forward

Helplessness landing

Interruptible	31
Animation length	32

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Vulnerable

State change

Intangible

Interruptible

Parameters

Horizontal speed multiplier on startup	0.5
Vertical speed multiplier on startup	0.4
Warp acceleration (horizontal and vertical)	0.5
Maximum horizontal warp speed	3
Maximum vertical warp speed	2
Warp friction	0.13 (grounded) 0.09 (aerial)
Period before attacking	28 frames
Period the move can go off edges	8 frames
Helplessness air speed multiplier	0.6
Landing lag	30 frames

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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash