Dr. Mario (SSB4)/Up smash

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's up smash.

Overview

An upward headbutt. It renders Dr. Mario's head intangible throughout its duration, quite similarly to Mario's. It also launches at a much lower angle than Mario's, 130°, which makes it better than Mario's in regard to starting combos when uncharged at low percentages, with its most notable follow-up being itself. This also makes it even more reliable at KOing near the edge, whereas Mario's can KO reliably from any part of a stage. It KOs middleweights at 119% while near the edge, and has the lowest amount of ending lag out of his smash attacks. At 0% on most middleweights and heavier without rage, down throw is able to combo into this move, which can then be followed up with another up smash, forward tilt or up tilt. The move can also be used as a general anti air move, due to the good hitbox and head intangibility, and is relatively safe due to the low endlag.

Update history

1.0.6

• Knockback angle lowered: 110° → 130°, improving its horizontal KO potential.

1.1.0

• Knockback scaling increased: 108 → 117, greatly improving its KO potential.
• Hitbox frame duration increased: 9-12 → 9-13.

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	15.68%	0		0	117	0	5.0	19	2.5	1.1	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	15.68%	0		0	117	0	4.0	13	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Charges between	6-7
Hitboxes	9-13
Head intangible	9-13
Interruptible	40
Animation length	48

Hitboxes

Intangibility

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Intangible

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