Wolf (SSBB)/Down smash

Overview

Hitboxes of Wolf's down smash - first hit at the top, second hit in the middle, and unsweetspotted hit at the bottom.

Wolf swipes his claws on both sides of his body, first in front and then behind. This attack has very low startup lag and even less ending lag, along with powerful horizontal knockback, reliably KOing at around 125% and is often used as a followup to a spot dodge. It is often considered Wolf's best finisher due to it being significantly stronger than the rest of his attacks (except for the very difficult to land sweetspot of his up smash) and being even faster than his other KO moves. It is often considered the best down smash in the game on par with Meta Knight's due to its great speed and reach, as well as its great knockback for a down smash. When compared to Meta Knight's down smash, Wolf's has slightly less reach and slightly more startup lag, but even less ending lag and the first swipe of it is slightly stronger than the back slice of Meta Knight's. It is also interesting to note that both Wolf and Meta Knight's down smashes have the same amount of frames in their durations.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Hit 1
0	0	14%	0		40	90	0	5.5	50	-3.0	0.5	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	35%							Slash
1	0	14%	0		50	90	0	4.5	49	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	35%							Slash
2	0	12%	0		50	60	0	4.5	48	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	35%							Slash
Hit 2
0	0	13%	0		40	90	0	5.5	29	3.0	-0.5	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	35%							Slash
1	0	13%	0		50	90	0	4.4	28	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	35%							Slash
2	0	10%	0		50	60	0	4.4	27	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	35%							Slash

Timing

Charge interval	2-3
Hit 1	8-9
Hit 2	14-15
Animation length	34

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Trivia

• Wolf has the strongest down smash of the three Star Fox characters in Brawl, while Fox possesses the strongest up smash, and Falco the strongest forward smash.

Wolf'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 · 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 (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash