Pikachu (SSBM)/Up smash

Overview

Hitboxes of Pikachu's up smash.

Pikachu does a back flip with its tail sticking out, doing extremely high vertical knockback. It is the strongest up smash in Melee in terms of knockback, and is also very quick, with some range as well. Like in any Smash Bros. game, this is one of Pikachu's most versatile moves, as it can combo many characters at low percentages, juggle fastfallers at lower percentages, and is a very effective way to finish a combo, followup a move such as an up throw or down throw (depending on the opponent's falling speed), or just to KO an opponent period. The move can also be used effectively for shield stabbing. Pikachu can also use the move to combo straight into Thunder for a Star KO, referred to as a "Thunderspike", though this is much less effective than in Smash 64 due to Thunder having much slower speed in terms of both startup and ending lag, and no longer having infinite vertical range (now striking from a fixed height from a thundercloud), as well as the generally faster falling speeds in Melee.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		40	110	0	0.007812	47	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		40	110	0	0.0124992	47	0.007812	0.0109368	-0.0031248						Kick
2	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		40	100	0	0.0187488	47	0.015624	0.023951592	-0.007983864						Kick
Mid
0	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		30	110	0	0.007812	47	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		30	110	0	0.0109368	47	0.007812	0.0109368	-0.0031248						Kick
2	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		30	110	0	0.0140616	47	0.015624	0.023951592	-0.007983864						Kick
Late
0	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		5	48	0	0.007812	47	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		5	48	0	0.0109368	47	0.007812	0.0109368	-0.0031248						Kick
2	0	Template:DamageWhenCharged	0		5	48	0	0.0140616	47	0.015624	0.023951592	-0.007983864						Kick

Timing

Charge interval	5-6
Clean hit	8-10
Mid hit	11-13
Late hit	14-17
Interruptible	41
Animation length	43

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Interruptible

Pikachu's moveset

Neutral attack · 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) · Edge attack (fast) · Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special