Luigi (SSB4)/Down taunt

Hitbox visualization showing Luigi's down taunt.

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Overview

Luigi bashfully performs a small kick. The kick produces a hitbox which deals 2% but it is an extremely powerful meteor smash with very high set knockback. it is the strongest meteor smash at 0% by quite a large margin, reliably KOing offstage opponents at 0%. The move can be useful against an opponent that wasted their ledge intangibility however, the move suffers from extremely high startup lag (coming out on frame 45) and very poor range. This makes the move incredibly difficult to land and disjointed recovery moves can flat out beat it. The move is ineffective against grounded opponents as if the opponent does manage to get hit by the move, they can tech the down taunt and the move can be avoided and punished by grounded opponents incredibly easily due to its poor speed and range.

Overall, while Luigi's down taunt does have a practical use unlike most taunts, it is still an extremely situational move overall.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Piercing	Heedless	No GFX	Flinchless	Stretch
0	0	8	2%	0		Standard	0	100	180	3	0	0.0	-1.0	5.5	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Bat		63								—

Timing

Hitbox	45
Animation length	69

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Luigi'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
Down taunt