Ridley (SSBU)/Down tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Ridley's down tilt.

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Overview

Ridley sweeps the ground in front of him with his tail. Like most moves involving his tail it has a sweet spot at the barbed tip which deals more damage. Covers a very large area in front of Ridley, outranging even his forward tilt and being fairly disjointed thanks to Ridley's tail hurtbox. Its knockback angle allows for combos into most of his aerial attacks, or even up tilt against larger targets at low percentages. These attributes make it a reliable combo starter at lower percentages as well as a decent tool for poking at opponents in neutral, although forward tilt fulfills the latter niche better by being overall safer on shield, especially if sweetspotted.

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
0	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	65	80	0		4.5	top	0.0	3.8	22.0 to 5.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	9.0%	0		Standard	65	80	0		4.5	top	0.0	3.8	28.5 to 27.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Hitboxes	9-11
Interruptible	31
Animation length	50

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Ridley's moveset

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