Luigi (SSBU)/Side special

Hitbox visualization showing Luigi's side special, Green Missile.

Hitbox visualization showing Luigi's side special, Green Missile, when it misfires.

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Overview

Green Missile is by far Luigi's most situational move. The hitbox covers his neck, face and upper torso, but does not completely cover his head, making the move easy to intercept, especially with disjointed attacks. Due to his low airspeed, Luigi has to use it when trying to recover, making his recovery somewhat predictable. It acts very similarly to Pikachu's Skull Bash: it can be charged, and at full charge, it travels at a long distance and deals high damage and knockback.

By using a smash input, it gains a bit of charge by default.

The move has a 10% chance of misfiring. This makes the move faster and stronger, and the hitbox covers more of Luigi's torso. However, it does not give any height, making it easy to get stuck under the stage after its use.

Above a certain speed, it has a 50% of getting Luigi stuck into a wall. The minimum speed is very low and possible to reach with a smash input. When inside the wall, Luigi is completely vulnerable for 91 frames (just above a second and a half).

Update History

2.0.0

Green Missile has one less frame of ending lag.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Sound	Hit bits	Hit part
Regular
0	0	0	10.0%	4	Standard	30	80	0	4.8	neck	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%	Burn	All	All
Misfire
0	0	0	25.0%	4	Standard	20	100	0	5.5	neck	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%	Burn	All	All

Timing

Missile

This data starts from release. Start up animation is 17 frames. The interruptibility is when the move ends when airborne. The ending lag on the ground depends on the height before landing.