Donkey Kong (SSBM)/Dash attack

Hitbox visualization showing Donkey Kong's dash attack.

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Overview

Donkey Kong rushes forward before skidding to a halt, hands astray and foot afloat in midair. The move’s middling frame data, horrendous hitbox properties, and lack of comboing potential make dash attack barren in usage. While the move is disjointed and can catch an opposing character off guard, other options such as his up throw and his down tilt are far more consistent in providing genuinely useful qualities throughout a game-to-game basis. This extends to being considered as his worst move overall, and by extension, one of Melee’s worst moves in the entire game.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean hit
0	0	11%	1		115	15	0	5.987898	7	3.906	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	11%	1		115	15	0	4.6872	7	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late hit
0	0	9%	1		0	100	120	4.6872	7	3.906	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	9%	1		0	100	120	3.1248	7	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick

Timing

Clean hit	9-12
Late hit	13-20
Animation length	54

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Donkey Kong'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
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Edge attack (fast) · Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special