Meta Knight (SSBB)/Grab

Hitbox visualization showing Meta Knight's grab.

Hitbox visualization showing Meta Knight's dash grab.

Hitbox visualization showing Meta Knight's pivot grab.

Overview

Meta Knight holds one hand forward to grab the opponent. It is one of the faster grabs in the game and is generally fairly safe to use, especially as a dash grab or pivot grab. Standing grab also has surprisingly long horizontal range which along with its fast speed, makes it a very solid grab. Dash grab covers a good amount of space and when used as a boost grab, it can cover a very large amount of distance and pivot grab has low startup lag and long range. When combined with Meta Knight's fast dash speed and solid throws, these factors make his grabs very solid overall.

Grabboxes

Standing grab

ID	Radius	Bone	Offset			G	A
0	4.0	0	0.0	6.5	12.0
1	4.0	0	0.0	6.5	6.0

Dash grab

ID	Radius	Bone	Offset			G	A
0	4.0	0	0.0	7.0	9.0
1	4.0	0	0.0	7.0	3.0

Pivot grab

ID	Radius	Bone	Offset			G	A
0	4.0	0	0.0	7.0	-14.0
1	4.0	0	0.0	7.0	-7.0
2	4.0	0	0.0	7.0	0.0

Timing

Grab

Grab	6-7
Animation length	29

Dash grab

Grab	8-9
Animation length	39

Pivot grab

Grab	7-8
Animation length	35

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Grab

Meta Knight's moveset

Neutral attack · Forward tilt (1 · 2 · 3) · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial · Glide attack
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 (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash