Little Mac (SSBU)/Down tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Little Mac's down tilt.

Overview

Little Mac moves slightly forward when crouching and punches downwards in front of him. It's tied with Ness, Lucas, R.O.B and Meta Knight for the fastest startup of any down tilt, coming out on frame 3, and has low ending lag. It has a slightly disjointed hitbox at the fist and impressive range, even in comparison to swordfighters, and has a vertical angle that makes it one of his most reliable combo starters. At high percents, it can combo into Jolt Haymaker or Rising Uppercut for a KO confirm, especially when 2-framing. However, down tilt's combos are harder and less reliable because of its higher ending lag, although it's still a good combo starter. This makes it one of Mac's most important options for its metagame.

Update History

3.1.0

• It has more range.

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
0	0	0	8.0%	0		Forward	50	50	0		4.5	arm	4.4	0.2	0.2	1.0×	1.0×	20%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	8.0%	0		Forward	50	50	0		3.0	arm	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	20%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	8.0%	0		Forward	50	50	0		3.0	shoulderr	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	20%							Punch		All	All

Timing

The move disables jostling during frames 1-5.

Hitboxes	3-4
Interruptible	26
Animation length	36

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Trivia

• The move has a 20% trip chance that can never actually happen, due to its vertical launch angle.

Little Mac's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · 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