Dr. Mario (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's down aerial.

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's down aerial's landing.

Overview

Dr. Mario's down aerial is a drill kick with good horizontal knockback on the last hit. This move has a decent damage output, and like most drills, its hits connect more reliably than some other multi-hitting attacks, making it a proficient damage-racker. Its low angle also makes it good at gimping opponents recovering low. However, it has little horizontal range, not much use in combos due to its unfavorable launch angle, and it has no KO power whatsoever because of its low knockback scaling. A strange attribute is tied to the landing hitbox, where it is only able to hit grounded opponents. This makes it quite inconsistent at landing near the ground, and quite punishable due to the landing lag of the move. The landing hitbox itself is a bit more powerful than the final hit of down aerial.

Update history

1.0.4/ 1.0.0

• The loop hits deal more damage (1.4% → 1.7%).
• Landing lag (24 frames → 21).
• The loop hits have a longer rehit rate 3 → 4. This gives the move two less hits, reducing its overall damage (11.4% → 9.8%).

Hitboxes

Attack

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Piercing	Heedless	No GFX	Flinchless	Stretch
Loop hits
0	0	4	1.7%	0		Standard	30	10	0	4.5	0	0.0	1.0	3.7	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
1	0	4	1.7%	0		Standard	30	10	0	3.2	0	0.0	5.5	0.4	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
2	0	4	1.7%	0		Standard	30	10	0	4.5	0	0.0	1.0	3.7	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
3	0	4	1.7%	0		Standard	30	10	0	3.2	0	0.0	5.5	0.4	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
Final hit
0	1	0	3%	0		Standard	50	120	0	5.5	0	0.0	1.0	3.7	3.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
1	1	0	3%	0		Standard	50	120	0	3.7	0	0.0	5.5	0.4	3.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
The damage values are untouched before being affected by Dr. Mario's 1.12x damage multiplier.

Landing

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Stretch
Landing
0	0	2%	0		50	160	0	4.0	0	0.0	3.2	4.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		0.0	3.2	-3.5
The damage values are untouched before being affected by Dr. Mario's 1.12x damage multiplier.

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-5
Hits 1-4	11-26
Hit 5	27
Ending autocancel	45-
Interruptible	52
Animation length	52

Landing lag

Animation length	21

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Dr. 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 · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash