Luigi (SSBU)/Up smash

Hitbox visualization showing Luigi's up smash.

Overview

Luigi jumps slightly and swings his head from behind to front upwards. Nicknamed the 'Lead Headbutt' ingame, it is a powerful anti-air move for Luigi, possessing full head intangibility during the 5 frames the hitbox is active and has good knockback with a fair amount of range, capable of killing at ~125% with proper DI. It is fairly low in startup and endlag, making it a good out-of-shield option at frame 9, and the front hit is on frames 12-13, making it great coverage for landings or dealing with crossups on shield, although doesn't possess as much range as the back hit. Up smash's later frames are also capable of comboing into some of Luigi's aerials, such as forward, back or up aerials, which can lead to a fair amount of damage. The low angle that always sends towards Luigi can trip up opponent's DI with those unfamiliar with this property. Up smash possesses a sourspot on Luigi's chest, but is hard to land unless the opponent is almost touching him as the sweetspot has priority over it.

Update History

2.0.0

• Up smash has more knockback scaling (98 → 102).

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	14.0%	0		Standard	35	102	0		4.8	head	2.8	-1.2	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	12.0%	0		Standard	35	102	0		4.0	hip	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Charges between	6-7
Hitboxes	9-13
Head and nose intangible	9-13
Interruptible	40
Animation length	40

Hitboxes
Head and nose

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Intangible

Interruptible

Luigi'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 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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash
Down taunt