Sheik (SSBM)/Up smash

Overview

Hitbox of Sheik's up smash.

Sheik puts her arms above herself and quickly, violently separates them to her left and right. Incredibly powerful when sweetspotted, being among the most powerful in the game (being the second strongest up smash, only exceeded by Pikachu's), but otherwise does moderate knockback when sourspotted. The sweetspot is located at her hands when she splits them apart, though it's rather difficult to land under normal circumstances, requiring precise combo ability and accuracy to lead into it. In the NTSC version of Melee, it can be a reliable KO move after a down throw chaingrab or a down throw on its own.

While Fox's up smash does have more knockback at higher percents, Sheik's is still better in terms of ability to KO off the top due to the better angle of 90 degrees, compared to Fox's up smash angle of 80 degrees.

Hitboxes

NTSC

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Hit 1
0	0	17%	+4		50	105	0	3.5154	42	2.7342	0.0	0.0						Slash
1	0	17%	+4		50	105	0	3.5154	22	2.7342	0.0	0.0						Slash
Hit 2
0	0	13%	0		38	100	0	3.1248	42	0.0	0.0	0.0						Punch
1	0	13%	0		38	100	0	3.1248	22	0.0	0.0	0.0						Punch
2	0	13%	0		38	100	0	3.906	42	2.9295	0.0	0.0						Punch
3	0	13%	0		38	100	0	3.906	22	2.9295	0.0	0.0						Punch

PAL

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Hit 1
0	0	16%	+4		50	102	0	3.5154	42	2.7342	0.0	0.0						Slash
1	0	16%	+4		50	102	0	3.5154	22	2.7342	0.0	0.0						Slash
Hit 2
0	0	13%	0		38	100	0	3.1248	42	0.0	0.0	0.0						Punch
1	0	13%	0		38	100	0	3.1248	22	0.0	0.0	0.0						Punch
2	0	13%	0		38	100	0	3.906	42	2.9295	0.0	0.0						Punch
3	0	13%	0		38	100	0	3.906	22	2.9295	0.0	0.0						Punch

Summary

• Hit 1 damage decreased by 1.
• Hit 1 knockback scaling decreased by 3.

Timing

Charges between	10-11
Head and lower arms intangible	12-16
Hit 1	12
Hit 2	14-16
Interruptible	40
Animation length	47

Hitboxes

Head and lower arms

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Intangible

Interruptible

Sheik's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 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
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special