Dr. Mario (SSB4)/Down throw

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's down throw.

Overview

Dr. Mario body slams the opponent. It is his main method of starting a combo. Compared to Mario's down throw, Dr. Mario's version has much less knockback growth, but higher base knockback, giving it much different combos. Against most characters, a down throw at 0% can lead into a guaranteed up smash, which has the potential to combo into another up smash, a turnaround tilt, or even another grab. It may also combo into up tilts on fast fallers, and at slightly higher percents, up air to up special becomes a true combo, dealing large amounts of damage, or back aerial can be used for extra damage when up aerial to up special won't work anymore. Most notably, however, down throw can combo into forward aerial, and usually kills at around 90%-100%. On heavier characters, however, due to the throw being weight dependent, thus making it slower the heavier a character is, it has much worse combo potential, and down throw to forward aerial is not a true combo on heavies.

Overall, a very good throw with many deadly combos, making it very useful and important in Dr. Mario's gameplay.

Throw Data

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	FFx	Type	Effect	Sound
0	5%		Forwards	75	45	0	0	None			None
1	3%		Forwards	40	100	0	0	None			None
The damage values are untouched before being affected by Dr. Mario's 1.12x damage multiplier.

Timing

The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight.

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Invincible	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18
Throw	14.93	15.5	15.6	15.79	15.98	16.08	16.17	16.27	16.46	16.56	16.94	17.04	17.14	17.33	17.42	17.52	17.62	17.71	17.81	17.9	18	18.19	18.29	18.38	18.58	18.67	18.77	19.25	19.54	19.83	20.11	20.88
Interruptible	32.95	34.27	34.49	34.93	35.37	35.59	35.81	36.03	36.47	36.69	37.58	37.8	38.02	38.46	38.68	38.9	39.12	39.34	39.56	39.78	40	40.44	40.66	40.88	41.32	41.54	41.76	42.87	43.53	44.19	44.85	46.61
Animation length	38.68	40.24	40.5	41.02	41.54	41.8	42.06	42.32	42.84	43.1	44.14	44.4	44.66	45.18	45.44	45.7	45.96	46.22	46.48	46.74	47	47.52	47.78	48.04	48.56	48.82	49.08	50.38	51.16	51.94	52.72	54.8

Min (Jigglypuff)

Baseline

Max (Bowser)

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

Interruptible

Dr. Mario'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
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash