Mario (SSB)/Up smash

Overview

The hitbox of Mario's up smash.

Mario does a headbutt upward in an arc, doing 19% damage. This makes his head a large, disjointed hitbox, with extremely high vertical knockback; it is the strongest up smash in the game, being able to KO at around 80-90% normally, and as low as 73% if the opponent doesn't DI. At base/very low percentages, it can also be used as a combo starter, as it can lead into an up tilt chain. However, it is rather laggy in terms of both startup and ending lag (especially the latter), and has limited horizontal range. Also, there aren't many ways to combo straight into it, outside of Mario's wall combos in the "tent" portion of Hyrule Castle. It can be considered the third best up smash in Smash 64, behind Fox's and Pikachu's, and is Mario's strongest KO move.

Mario's head has invincibility frames for part of the move's duration.

Trivia

• During this move, Mario's head model separates slightly from his body. Luigi's up smash shares this trait.

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Similar moves

• Luigi (SSB)/Up smash

Mario's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · 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 · Forward throw · Back throw
Forward roll · Back roll · 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 · Up special · Down special