Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Hit 3

Hitbox visualization showing Piranha Plant's jab 3.

Overview

Piranha Plant performs a headbutt. It has low damage and knockback, and puts the opponent into tumble at quite early percents, and combined with the low knockback angle at early percents gives it unique use for tech chases or performing jablocks that can lead to very high damage, utilizing Poison Breath to add massive damage on (tech) rolls in or (missed) tech in place, and dash attack to cover (tech) rolls away. At higher percents, it possesses no notable kill power whatsoever, but due to the lower angle, it can put the opponent at a worse position for edgeguards. A common setup at low percents is to perform jab 3 at ledge, then run off and use down aerial for an early meteor smash KO. The low endlag of the move also makes it somewhat safe on shield, being -13. When combined with the prior hits and the ability to mix them up, this gives the move some use in scouting out of shield options. The move has somewhat low range, only slightly outranging jab 2.

Update history

3.1.0

• Neutral attack 3 has more range (5.0u → 5.5u, Z-offset: 11.8 → 12.8 (head hitbox)).

Hitboxes

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
0	0	0	4.4%	0		Forward	60	70	0		5.5	top	0.0	8.0	12.8	2.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	4.4%	0		Forward	60	70	0		2.5	top	0.0	8.0	7.0	2.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	4.4%	0		Forward	60	70	0		2.5	top	0.0	8.0	4.7	2.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Hitboxes	7-8
Interruptible	26
Animation length	43

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Piranha Plant's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · Forward tilt (1 · 2) · 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 · Footstooled attack
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash