Peach (SSBU)/Down smash

Hitbox visualization showing Peach's down smash.

Overview

Peach spins rapidly on her left leg, using the edge of her dress to slash the opponent. Down smash is a multihit, inflicting a maximum of 15% damage (21% when fully charged) with all seven hits. Its fairly high damage combined with its low-hitting hitboxes can be used to shield poke. However, it is deceptively weak for a smash attack, with roughly similar launching power to an average forward tilt. As a result, it is one of the weakest down smashes in the game.

However, down smash is very fast, hitting both sides on frame 6; for example, it can be used as a quick punish from a spot dodge cancel, as a combo finisher on grounded opponents, or buffered from a parry to cover cross-up landings. On the other hand, it has the latest FAF of her smash attacks, and one of the latest of all her moves, making the move very punishable both on shield and on whiff.

Down smash also hits slightly below stage, with the far hits reaching slightly lower. Instead of 2 frame punishing the opponent with down tilt, she can perform down smash. The multihits are less consistent when hitting opponents off stage, especially the lower they are hit, but unexpected fall-outs can situationally work in Peach's favor, namely with fast-fallers.

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
Hits 1-6
0	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	0	100	20		2.5	top	-2.5 to 2.5	2.0	0.0	0.5×	0.5×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	0	100	25		3.2	top	-2.5 to 2.5	2.0	7.5	0.5×	0.5×	0%							Slash		All	All
2	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	0	100	25		3.2	top	-2.5 to 2.5	2.0	-7.5	0.5×	0.5×	0%							Slash		All	All
Hit 7
0	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	40	180	0		4.3	top	0.0	1.8	7.5 to -7.5	3.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Timing

Charges between	2-3
Hits 1-6	6-7, 10-11, 14-15, 18-19, 22-23, 26-27
Hit 7	30-31
Interruptible	55
Animation length	69

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Interruptible

Peach'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