Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Up smash

Hitbox visualization showing Piranha Plant's up smash.

Overview

Piranha Plant lunges upward for a large bite. Up smash provides significant utility in Piranha Plant's gameplay, as it serves as a very punishing anti-air with large disjoint, capable of beating out most landing aerials, and even low-profiles during the first hit, and has a total of 7 active hitbox frames. Combined with immense strength, 90 degree angle which makes DI have little effect over its kill potential, it can kill even the heaviest of fighters before 100%, when fresh. This also makes it a devastating read tool against rolls and short hop approaches as well, and up smash is capable of hitting the bottom platforms of Battlefield as well.

Despite immense strength, the move has a tendency to fail to connect, with its first hit. It typically happens especially when catching extended hurtboxes, or hitting smaller characters. This factor, combined with its very poor horizontal range, make up smash difficult to use against grounded opponents, as it is quite unreliable at times due to the first hit. Thus, the move is typically relegated as an anti-air option, with Piranha Plant's other smashes being used for grounded opponents.

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
Hit 1
0	0	0	3.0%	0		Forward	75	0	0		5.5	top	0.0	12.0	-4.0	0.8×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	0		Forward	75	0	0		5.5	top	0.0	12.0	4.0	0.8×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Hit 2
0	0	0	12.0%	0		Forward	90	82	0		9.0	mouth	2.0 to 3.5	0.0	0.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Timing

Charges between	6-7
Hit 1	12-15
Hit 2	16-18
Head and lips intangible	12-18
Interruptible	52
Animation length	72

Hitboxes
Head and lips

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Intangible

Interruptible

Piranha Plant's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · Forward tilt (1 · 2) · 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 · Footstooled attack
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash