Kirby (SSBU)/Dash attack

Hitbox visualization showing Kirby's dash attack.

Overview

Kirby covers himself with fire and lunges forward. It has decently fast startup on frame 9 and can be used as a burst option with significant range thanks to its long active duration, that consists of a clean hit, a mid hit, and a late hit. The clean hit deals 12% damage and has great knockback for a dash attack. It can cross-up shields, but its long animation makes it punishable if it misses the opponent or is not spaced carefully, and because of this, it must be used carefully to avoid punishment. Additionally, the move has transcendent priority, preventing it from trading with or beating out projectiles. It's best used as a whiff punishing option at high percents.

Update History

2.0.0

• It has greater range and all hitboxes deal 2% more damage (10%/7%/4% → 12%/9%/6%), with knockback not fully compensated.

8.0.0

• It has less ending lag (FAF 60 → 52).
• The clean hit has more knockback scaling (66 → 71).

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
Clean hit
0	0	0	12.0%	0		Forward	82	71	0		5.0	top	0.0	5.0	3.0 to 0.0	1.3×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
Mid hit
0	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	80	50	0		3.5	top	0.0	5.0	4.0 to -0.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	6.0%	0		Forward	80	50	0		3.5	top	0.0	5.0	4.0 to 0.0	0.8×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All

Timing

The move disables jostling during frames 9-34.

Clean hit	9-17
Mid hit	18-26
Late hit	27-34
Interruptible	52
Animation length	74

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Interruptible

Kirby'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) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash