Ness (SSB4)/Down throw

Hitbox visualization showing Ness's down throw.

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Overview

Ness shoves his opponent into the ground, produces 5 fire rings which attack the opponent and then he throws the opponent diagonally forward. Combos into forward aerial and up aerial at lower percents, and leaves the opponent open to juggling at higher percents.

Update history

In the initial release of the game, down throw was identical to its Brawl counterpart, much like all of Ness' other throws. This made it a powerful combo throw regardless of the opponent's percent. This was quickly changed in update 1.0.4 however, as the fire hits deal less damage and the throw deals more knockback at higher percents, reducing its damage racking potential, as well as its followup potential at higher percents.

1.0.4/ 1.0.1

• The fire hits deal less damage (1% → 0.6%), making the throw deal less damage overall (9% → 7%).
• Down throw deals more knockback (90 (base), 30 (scaling) → 70/80), significantly hindering its followup potential at higher percents.

Throw and Hitbox Data

Hitboxes

Loops five times.

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	0.6%	0		0	100	0	4.32	0	-6.4	1.8	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
1	0	0.6%	0		0	100	0	4.32	0	-4.4	1.8	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn

Throw

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	FFx	Type	Effect	Sound
0	4%		Forwards	70	80	0	0	None			None
1	3%		Forwards	60	100	0	0	None			None

Timing

Invincibility	1-18
Hitboxes	10-13, 14-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-29
Throw Release	30
Animation length	49
Interruptible	50

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

Ness'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