Meta Knight (SSBB)/Up tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Meta Knight's up tilt.

Overview

Meta Knight stabs upward. The move has a sweetspot at the tip of the sword (similarly to Marth's tipper sweetspots). When sweetspotted, the move has high vertical knockback, and can reliably KO under 150%, although its KO power is reduced by a sizable amount if the move is not sweetspotted. The move is usually used to punish and cover options from opponents above Meta Knight, especially those on soft platforms above Meta Knight on stages such as Battlefield and Halberd.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Early hit
2	0	7.0%	0		40	120	0	7.0	40	0.0	-1.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Clean hit
0	0	7.0%	0		35	145	0	5.5	40	0.0	9.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	8.0%	0		35	130	0	6.0	40	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	6.0%	0		40	120	0	10.0	40	0.0	-1.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Late hit
0	0	7.0%	0		35	145	0	5.5	40	0.0	9.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	8.0%	0		35	130	0	6.0	40	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	6.0%	0		40	120	0	6.0	40	0.0	-1.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash

Timing

Early hit	7
Clean hit	8-12
Late hit	13-18
Animation length	35

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

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