Yoshi (SSBU)/Side special

Hitbox visualization showing Yoshi's side special, Egg Roll.

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Overview

Encases himself in a large Yoshi Egg after a small hop before rolling around the stage. Having a sluggish startup of frame 32, being -29 to -27 on shield, having very little combo potential, having heavy endlag, and struggling to KO middleweights even past 200%, this move is considered to be Yoshi's least useful overall move. The aerial version of the attack also lacks a hitbox, leaving Yoshi open to being punished, or worse, self-destructing offstage due to failing to grab the ledge and not being able to break out until Yoshi lands. The move's lack of shield damage negates its usefulness as a shield pressuring option. While the move has the ability to go through shields and can potentially rack up notable amounts of damage after it uses Egg Lay on a foe, the opponent being able to easily mash out and Yoshi having numerous other highly damaging moves makes Yoshi's side special to being heavily outclassed by his other moves.

Hitboxes

The hitbox can deal from 10% to 14% damage based on Yoshi's movement speed.

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	32	10.0%	0		Standard	70	50	0		2.3	top	0.0	5.6	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	32	10.0%	0		Standard	70	50	0		3.5	top	0.0	5.6	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Egg Roll itself activates on frame 21, and can then last from 25 to 180 frames depending on when the player cancels it, but its hitbox does not appear until Yoshi lands on the ground, which is on frame 32 for a flat surface. The frame strip below shows the move's minimum duration with the additional hitbox startup accounted for. The move also has no hitbox while turning, or if initiated in midair until landing.

Roll duration	21-45
Hitbox	32-45
Interruptible (from cancelation)	85 (40)
Animation length (from cancelation)	89 (44)

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Parameters

The hitbox's damage is equal to 10 + roll speed, with the move's rolling speed being highly volatile and affected by various factors. The maximum reachable roll speed is of roughly 4.

Maximum roll duration	180 frames
Period before the roll can be canceled	25 frames
Roll duration lost per target hit	40 frames
Vertical speed on startup	2
Gravity	0.13
Fall speed	1.95
Initial roll speed when landing	0.9
Base roll speed	1.4 to 3.2 (grounded) 0.7 to 2.8 (aerial)
Grounded roll speed multiplier via input	1.2
Aerial roll speed via input	0.4
Roll acceleration	0.05
Roll friction	0.07
Roll speed decrease on hit	1
Maximum jumps per use	1
Lowest jump angle	30°
Horizontal speed multiplier when bouncing off	0.4 (wall) 1.3 (floor)
Vertical speed when bouncing off	1.7 (wall) 0.6×; 1 max (floor)
Speed multiplier when canceled	0.7 (horizontal) 0.5 (vertical)
Ground friction when canceled	0.05

Yoshi'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