King K. Rool (SSBU)/Up tilt

Hitbox visualization showing King K. Rool's up tilt.

Overview

An uppercut. Has a wide hitbox, covering the front of K. Rool, and starts low enough to reach prone enemies. In fact, it can hit a select few characters on the ledge, including; Mario, Ness, Jigglypuff, Dr. Mario, Pichu, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Lucas, Olimar, Villager, Mii Brawler and Bowser Jr.. The vertical reach of Up Tilt is significant, with it hitting platforms below while also catching jumps as they begin from them. The most notable cases of this are Battlefield and Pokemon Stadium 2, which also happen to be considered his most favorable stages.

Up tilt is King K. Rool's fastest tilt attack, coming out on frame 5, which is very fast for a move with reasonably decent KO power. The IASA of 38 also makes it one of K. Rool's safest moves. While the move loses power the longer it is out, the fact it lingers until Frame 13 makes it his best anti-air. Due to the hitbox placement, odd angles are also possible to get as the fist rises, giving the illusion of a mid hitbox. The sweetspot deals rather strong diagonal knockback, and the sourspot deals weak, mostly vertical knockback, which can potentially lead to another up tilt or up aerial. The length of time the hitbox is out combined with its relatively fast startup makes it a very useful approach option with pivot cancelling.

Up tilt is a very important move to use out of forward throw when dash attack is no longer possible, which can be achieved through pivot cancelling forwards. This is difficult to do, but with practice it is immensely important due to the angle it sends at. This leads to ledgetrap situations very consistently. Up tilt also works extremely well out of down throw due to its combination of high speed and power, and can kill middleweights over 120%. However, it is inferior to other options in terms of KO potential (dash attack is 2 frames slower but much stronger), making this a move usually used for consistency against good mashers.

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
Clean
0	0	0	11.5%	0		Standard	50	90	0		3.5	arml	2.2	0.5	0.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	11.5%	0		Standard	50	90	0		5.0	arml	7.5	2.5	0.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Late
0	0	0	6.8%	0		Standard	66	72	0		4.0	arml	2.2	0.0	0.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	8.2%	0		Standard	66	72	0		5.0	arml	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Left arm intangible	4-9
Clean Hit	5-6
Late Hit	7-13
Interruptible	38
Animation length	63

Hitboxes

Left arm intangibility

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Vulnerable

Intangible

Interruptible

King K. Rool'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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash