Luigi (SSB4)/Down throw

Hitbox visualization showing Luigi's down throw.

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Overview

Luigi forces his opponent on the floor and Ground Pounds them. Depending on percentage, this throw can be followed up by up tilt, any smash attack, any aerial attack, Luigi Cyclone or Super Jump Punch. It serves as Luigi's starting move for some of his most powerful KO combos.

Update history

In earlier versions of the game, Luigi's down throw functioned identically to its Brawl counterpart, which made it an incredible combo tool. It could easily combo at any percent, leading into KO confirms which worked at an extremely wide percent range. Update 1.1.1 however noticeably increased the throw's knockback, greatly hindering its ability to lead into KO moves. Despite this, it still has incredible combo potential at low percents and it is overall still Luigi's most useful throw.

1.1.1

Down throw has less base knockback but much more knockback scaling (75 (base), 30 (scaling) → 55/83). While this does improve its followup potential at lower percents, it also removes Luigi's most notable follow-ups at higher percents (very few moves are now only semi-guaranteed KO set-ups).

Throw data

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	FFx	Type	Effect	Sound
0	6%		Forwards	55	83	0	0	1.0x			None
1	3%		Forwards	40	100	0	0	None			None

Timing

The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight.

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Invincible	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18
Throw	14.93	15.5	15.6	15.79	15.98	16.08	16.17	16.27	16.46	16.56	16.94	17.04	17.14	17.33	17.42	17.52	17.62	17.71	17.81	17.9	18	18.19	18.29	18.38	18.58	18.67	18.77	19.25	19.54	19.83	20.11	20.88
Interruptible	33.77	35.12	35.35	35.8	36.25	36.48	36.7	36.93	37.38	37.61	38.51	38.74	38.97	39.42	39.64	39.87	40.1	40.32	40.55	40.77	41	41.45	41.68	41.9	42.36	42.58	42.81	43.94	44.62	45.3	45.97	47.78
Animation length	38.68	40.24	40.5	41.02	41.54	41.8	42.06	42.32	42.84	43.1	44.14	44.4	44.66	45.18	45.44	45.7	45.96	46.22	46.48	46.74	47	47.52	47.78	48.04	48.56	48.82	49.08	50.38	51.16	51.94	52.72	54.8