Bowser (SSBU)/Side special

Bowser side special hitbox visualizations.
Grounded	Aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Bowser's side special, Flying Slam, while falling.

Update History

3.1.0

• Opponents that are hit during Flying Slam's initial grab now interrupt Flying Slam instead of it slamming without an opponent.

Throw, Grab and Hitbox Data

Grab

ID	Radius	Bone	Offset			G	A
Grounded
0	4.0	top	0.0	8.5	19.0
1	5.0	top	0.0	8.0	11.0
2	2.0	top	0.0	8.5 to 8.5	19.0 to 16.0
3	3.0	top	0.0	8.0	11.0
Aerial
0	4.5	top	0.0	6.0	21.0
1	5.5	top	0.0	7.0	14.0

Falling collateral

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	15.0%	1.0		Standard	80	80	0		8.0	top	0.0	2.0	6.5 to -4.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Throw

When falling for more than 10 frames with the grabbed opponent, the slam's damage increases in proportion to the distance covered after this point, up to a maximum of 23.4%, fully affecting knockback dealt as well. More specifically, the damage multiplier is equal to 1 + 0.3 * (distance / 100), with Bowser falling at a speed of 5 units per frame.

Kind	ID	Damage	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	H×	Effect	Type	Sound
Slam
Throw	0	18.0%		Forward	80	60	0	0.0×			None
Break	0	5.0%		Forward	60	30	0	0.0×			None

Timing

Grab

Grab	6
Interruptible	53
Animation length	57

Catch, jump, and fall

The falling portion starts when the collateral hitbox becomes active, and lasts indefinitely until Bowser lands, at which point it transitions into the slam.

Intangibility	1-23
Collateral hitbox	52-

Slam

Throw release	9
Interruptible	49
Animation length	63

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Loop point

Intangible

Grab

Throw point

Interruptible

Parameters

The jump's horizontal speed can be influenced by both Bowser and the grabbed opponent. The summarized formula from the parameters is [0.2235 - 0.0005b] - [0.22 - 0.0007t], with b and t being Bowser and the target's respective damage percents, and the resulting value being the jump's horizontal acceleration per frame. Bowser's speed influence cannot be lower than 0.02, while the target's cannot be lower than 0.024, and the total acceleration to either side cannot be higher than 1.

While Bowser has an opponent grabbed, his blast line detection is extended downward by 10 units, usually causing him to get KO'd first in Sacrificial KO attempts. Furthermore, from version 6.0.0 onward, falling with a grabbed opponent for more than 100 frames forces a grab release.

Base horizontal speed from jump	0.25
Additional horizontal speed from jump by input	0.2
Maximum horizontal speed during jump	1.5
Bowser's base horizontal speed influence	0.2235 (1.1.0 onward) 0.21 (before 1.1.0)
Bowser's horizontal speed influence decrease by percent	0.0005 (1.1.0 onward) 0.00075 (before 1.1.0)
Bowser's minimum horizontal speed influence	0.02
Target's base horizontal speed influence	0.22 (1.1.0 onward) 0.19 (before 1.1.0)
Target's horizontal speed influence decrease by percent	0.0007 (1.1.0 onward) 0.00075 (before 1.1.0)
Target's minimum horizontal speed influence	0.024 (1.1.0 onward) 0.03 (before 1.1.0)
Maximum total speed influence	1
Falling portion downward speed	5
Falling frames before applying damage multiplier	10
Maximum damage multiplier by falling	1.3
Horizontal speed out of slam	-0.6
Vertical speed out of slam	2

Bowser'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