Mewtwo (SSBU)/Neutral special

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Update History

3.0.0

• Fully charged Shadow Ball has more knockback scaling (67 → 71).
• Shadow Ball deals less shield damage (0 → -0.6 (uncharged), 3 → -4 (fully charged).

8.0.0

• The move has less ending lag (FAF 44 → 40; from release: 32 → 28).
• Uncharged Shadow Ball deals more damage (2.5% → 4%).

Hitboxes

Shadow Ball's damage, shield damage, base knockback, and knockback scaling are linearly scaled from the minimum charge hitbox to the maximum charge hitbox for every charge frame. The sound effect's level also changes to M (Medium) when reaching at least half of the move's charge, then to L (Large) at full charge.

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
Minimum charge
0	0	0	4.0%	-0.6		Forward	14	30	0		2.2	top	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Burn		All	All
Maximum charge
0	0	0	25.0%	-4.0		Forward	30	71	0		2.2	top	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Burn		All	All

Timing

The move takes 12 frames to initiate before it can fire or start charging, and can be charge-canceled after this period. The timings listed below are without this initiation period. Charge-canceling also incurs 4 frames of lag before the selected action.

While the Shadow Ball's hitbox is active on frame 4 of release, it often ends up hitting later due to still being inside Mewtwo's jostle area for a few frames.

Hitbox	4-83
Interruptible	28
Animation length	40

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Prop event

Interruptible

Parameters

Move

Total charge time	120 frames
Minimum recoil speed after shot	0.2 (grounded) 0.4 (aerial)
Maximum recoil speed after shot	1.4 (grounded) 2.3 (aerial)
Aerial recoil friction	0.07

Shadow Ball

Lifetime	80 frames
Minimum speed	1.6
Maximum speed	2.3
Amount of trajectory curves	8
Speed of trajectory curves	18
Minimum curve randomness (uncharged)	0.28
Maximum curve randomness (fully charged)	0.14
Minimum scale	4
Maximum scale	12

Mewtwo's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 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