Dr. Mario (SSB4)/Neutral attack/Hit 1

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's jab 1.

Overview

The first hit of Dr. Mario's neutral attack is a simple punch from his arm further from the camera. It does 2.8% and very little knockback. Unlike Mario's jab 1, Dr. Mario's is incapable of locking or pratfalling, due to the lack of a Sakurai angle on all hitboxes. The speed allows it to interrupt approaches, or combo break if Dr. Mario lands fast enough from an attack. Most notably, the attack is able to be jab cancelled into Super Jump Punch, one of his best kill moves. Jab cancels are also effective with his down tilt to start combos with it, especially as down tilt has decent range, compared to up tilt, which is riskier to use due to shorter horizontal range.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	2.5%	0		30	100	0	3.0	15	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
1	0	2.5%	0		30	100	0	1.5	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
2	0	2.5%	0		30	80	0	4	16	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
The damage values are untouched before being affected by Dr. Mario's 1.12x damage multiplier.

Timing

Hitbox	2-3
Earliest continuable frame	9
Interruptible	23
Animation length	27

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Earliest continuable point

Interruptible

References

Master Core

Kurogane Hammer

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