Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Infinite

Hitbox visualization showing Piranha Plant's rapid jab.

Hitbox visualization showing Piranha Plant's rapid jab finisher.

Overview

Piranha Plant performs a fast flurry of bites, finishing with a stronger bite. It is capable of racking impressive amounts of damage, typically dealing up to ~20% if held and then finished just before the opponent gets out. It possesses no notable kill power, making it exclusively for dealing damage or to send offstage for an edgeguard. It also pushes back shields more than most rapid jabs. A very useful tool, coming from the frame 2 jab 1 and doing very high damage for how fast it is.

Update history

3.1.0

• Neutral infinite deals more hitstun (3 frames → 4).

9.0.0

• Rapid jab and its finisher have transcendent priority, preventing them from being canceled out by weak attacks.

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	Hitstun	Shieldstun
Rapid jab
0	0	0	0.6%	0		Forward	8	10	0		5.2	top	0.0	8.0	8.0 to 13.0	0.5×	0.8×	0%							Slash		All	All							+4 frames	9×
Rapid jab finisher
0	0	0	3.4%	0		Forward	40	150	0		6.0	top	0.0	7.5	9.0 to 15.0	3.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All							—	—

Timing

After one full loop, releasing the attack button at any point causes the infinite to transition into the finisher. Interruptibility and animation length are for the finisher only.

Loop points	3-4, 20-21
Rapid jab	6, 10, 14, 18
Finisher	6-7
Interruptible	40
Animation length	49

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Loop point

Interruptible

Piranha Plant's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · Forward tilt (1 · 2) · 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
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack · Footstooled attack
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash