Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Grab

Piranha Plant grab hitbox visualization.

Piranha Plant dash grab hitbox visualization.

Piranha Plant pivot grab hitbox visualization.

Overview

Piranha Plant reaches out with the leaf farthest from the camera. While it is among the fastest grabs in the game, Piranha Plant's grabs are also very short ranged, making it difficult to get grabs in neutral without conditioning an opponent to shield, and weakens its usage out of shield as well. Despite this, Piranha Plant's grabs are still important, as its down throw provides combos, its up throw can lead to kills, and both its forward and back throws are exceptional at setting up edgeguard or ledgetrap scenarios.

Piranha Plant's grabs are also important during ledgetrapping: in addition to negating shields, Piranha Plant's pummels deal additional damage when combined with Poison Breath, which can help up throws kill far earlier. While pivot grabs may not provide exceptional range, they have less end lag than dash grabs and can still be used to catch opponents who attempt to land near Piranha Plant.

Timing

Standing grab

Grab	6-7
Interruptible	35
Animation length	41

Dash grab

Grab	9-10
Interruptible	43
Animation length	44

Pivot grab

Grab	9-10
Interruptible	37
Animation length	49

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Grab

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