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 decent range as well. Like in any Super 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	19%	0		40	110	0	1.953	47	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	18%	0		40	110	0	3.1248	47	1.953	2.7342	-0.7812						Kick
2	0	17%	0		40	100	0	4.6872	47	3.906	5.987898	-1.995966						Kick
Mid
0	0	13%	0		30	110	0	1.953	47	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	13%	0		30	110	0	2.7342	47	1.953	2.7342	-0.7812						Kick
2	0	13%	0		30	110	0	3.5154	47	3.906	5.987898	-1.995966						Kick
Late
0	0	7%	0		5	48	0	1.953	47	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	7%	0		5	48	0	2.7342	47	1.953	2.7342	-0.7812						Kick
2	0	7%	0		5	48	0	3.5154	47	3.906	5.987898	-1.995966						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
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special