Lucina (SSBU)/Up special

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Lucina Up Special Hitbox Visualizations.
Grounded	Aerial

Overview

One of the best recoveries in the game, as well as a solid Out-Of-shield punish option.

As a recovery, it goes decently high, with a very fast movement and a disjointed hitbox making it hard to intercept with an aerial, especially if performed directly below the ledge; beyond that, its frame 1 (through 5) intangibility (when used in the air) provide lucina with a tool that make her almost impossible to challenge offstage without a jump read. The relatively strong clean hitbox (frames 5-6) reinforces this, threatening opponents with a an almost guaranteed stage spike KO if they get hit and miss the tech. Furthermore, Lucina's low gravity allows her to mix up the timing of this move, making it even harder to contest (and scarier, as it makes teching the eventual Stage Spike less trivial than it may seem).

It is also a frame 6 out of shield punish option with a decent range and KO potential (especially near the ledge at mid percents, given its high base knockback but low scaling knockback), which only adds to an already great OoS kit (neutral air, forward air, back air, as well as situational but useful OoS smashes, Forward/Down Smash being frame 21/17 OoS with a huge range). While punishable if missed (baited by a -5 or more hitbox or a well spaced move), it might be useful to note that it allows Lucina to land on the top platform of Battlefield, in which case it becomes was harder to punish (does not work on Yoshi's Story)

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 hit
2	0	0	11.0%	0		Standard	70	74	0		4.0	top	0.0	8.0	8.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
3	0	0	11.0%	0		Standard	70	74	0		4.0	top	0.0	8.0	4.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Mid hit
2	0	0	11.0%	0		Standard	70	74	0		4.0	top	0.0	8.0	8.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
3	0	0	11.0%	0		Standard	70	74	0		4.0	top	0.0	8.0	4.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
0	0	0	7.0%	0		Standard	20	90	0		5.0	sword1	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.9×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	7.0%	0		Standard	20	90	0		5.0	sword1	0.0	0.0	-1.5	0.9×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	7.0%	0		Standard	20	90	0		5.0	sword1	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.9×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	7.0%	0		Standard	20	90	0		5.0	sword1	0.0	0.0	-1.5	0.9×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Timing

Attack

The move enables ledge grabs from the front starting on frame 8. It lacks a window for backward ledge grabs, so Lucina cannot grab ledges from behind until a frame after the animation is over (frame 41 onward).

Intangible (grounded)	4-5
Intangible (aerial)	1-5
Clean hit	5
Mid hit	6
Late hit	7-11
Animation length	39

Hitboxes
Grounded
Aerial

Landing

Interruptible	25
Animation length	34

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Vulnerable

Intangible

Parameters

Horizontal speed multiplier on startup	0.66
Stick sensitivity to angle	0.5
Maximum angle deviation	20°
Gravity after jump	0.06
Aerial height multiplier	1.1
Helplessness air speed multiplier	0.4
Landing lag	24 frames

Lucina's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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