Bayonetta (SSBU)/Up tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Bayonetta's up tilt.

Hitbox visualization showing Bayonetta's up tilt bullet arts.

Overview

Bayonetta performs an upwards pistol whip. Although it comes relatively slow at frame 9, it is a great anti-air that doubles as a combo starter, capable of leading into up aerial, neutral aerial, and Witch Twist at low to mid percents and even into itself against heavyweights at low percents. It can also hit below platforms and shield-pressure opponents from above, potentially starting a combo.

However at higher percents it loses all its combo potential, serving then exclusively as an anti-air, and its knockback growth is too low to score a KO until unreasonably high percents. It is also noteworthy that, at high percents and/or depending on positioning and hurtbox shifting, the first hit may fail to connect to the second hit against grounded opponents.

Update History

3.1.0

• Up tilt's hits connect more reliably.

8.0.0

• The move has less startup (frame 9 → 7), and the second hit has a longer duration (frame 15 → frames 13-15). The move's interruptibility has been compensated as well (FAF 32 → 30), reducing its ending lag.
• The first hit uses set knockback (100/90 base/10 scaling → 145/100 set/100 scaling), and launches grounded opponents at an angle more towards Bayonetta (123° → 125°), allowing it to connect more reliably into the second hit.
• The second hit has an additional hitbox that is placed lower (Y offset: 25.5u → 20u) and extends farther horizontally compared to the existing one (Z offset: -1u—1u → -3u—3u), increasing its range.

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
Early hit 1
0	0	0	1.5%	0		Standard	0	100	145		5.0	top	0.0	7.0 to 10.0	9.5	0.8×	0.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	1.5%	0		Standard	0	100	100		5.0	top	0.0	7.0 to 10.0	9.5	0.8×	0.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
The hitboxes on the early hit 1 use weight-independent set knockback.
Late hit 1
0	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	65	27	0		4.5	top	0.0	18.0	7.0	0.8×	0.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Hit 2
0	1	0	6.0%	0		Standard	55	60	0		5.5	top	0.0	25.5	-1.0 to 1.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	1	0	6.0%	0		Standard	55	60	0		2.0	top	0.0	20.0	-3.0 to 3.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Hit 1 (early, late)	7-9, 10-12
Hit 2	13-15
Interruptible	30
Animation length	49

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Interruptible

Bayonetta's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · Forward tilt (1 · 2 · 3) · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial (1 · 2 · 3) · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash