Ridley (SSBU)/Up smash

Hitbox visualization showing Ridley's up smash.

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Overview

Ridley performs an overhead kick, covering his entire overhead. Unlike most up smashes in the game this move begins behind Ridley, which can situationally aid with cross ups on his shield. However, its 12 frames of start up and blindspots beneath Ridley's active leg give it somewhat limited use as an out of shield option especially against smaller targets. Where this move excels however is as an anti-air or during platform tech chases - Ridley's up smash possesses a hitbox large enough to entirely cover one of the lower platforms on Battlefield or Small Battlefield if positioned correctly. Combined with its kill power and granting Ridley's leg intangibility while its hitbox is active, this makes it an especially dangerous tech chase option should the opponent end up on the platform, even being a checkmate situation on those stages if their damage is high enough. Additionally the aforementioned intangibility adds extra safety to challenging opponents descending onto Ridley or being in his general airspace.

In regards to kill power it is slightly outclassed by Down Smash and greatly outclassed by Forward Smash, killing on average at 105% on ground level. However due to its anti-air nature, Ridley players may see more uses for this move compared to the other two.

Update History

4.0.0

• Up smash has a longer hitbox duration (frames 12-16 → 12-17), increasing its range in front of Ridley.
• Up smash has more knockback scaling (76 → 78).

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	17.0%	0		Standard	58	78	0		4.5	legr	0.0	-1.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	17.0%	0		Standard	58	78	0		4.5	kneer	0.0	-1.5	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	17.0%	0		Standard	58	78	0		6.0	footr	-1.5	-1.0	-1.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Charges between	6-7
Hitboxes	12-17
Lower leg intangible	12-17
Interruptible	48
Animation length	68

Hitboxes
Lower leg

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Intangible

Interruptible

Ridley's moveset

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