King K. Rool (SSBU)/Pummel

Hitbox visualization showing King K. Rool's pummel.

Overview

A simple headbutt. Pummeling opponents prior to using down throw is especially crucial for King K. Rool's success, as well as after a dash grab to make use of the long lunge while still dealing damage. This is because down throw uses all damage prior to the throw itself to calculate the bury frames. This also removes moves from the stale-move negation queue, allowing for K. Rool's damage to remain high (as his high damage is heavily affected by the staleness multipliers). Considering hitlag, a buffered throw from a buffered pummel is guaranteed from around 10%, allowing for almost automatic damage. Thus, buffering pummel into down throw and then using neutral attack will almost completely refresh the queue.

King K. Rool's pummel is also one of the most damaging of its kind, with surprisingly little lag for its damage as well. This allows for an easy down throw into up smash as it prompts mashing from opponents aiming to avoid taking unnecessary damage.

However, King K. Rool's pummel has a tendency to suffer from glancing blows against characters with specific "grabbed animations". As a result, it is not always consistent. It's also only frame 2, which is something only shared with a few characters such as Donkey Kong. This means it's possible for characters to escape grabs before the pummel comes out, though this is rare.

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	1.6%	0		Standard	0	100	30		7.0	top	0.0	10.0	11.0	2.3×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Hitbox	2
Interruptible	8
Animation length	23

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

King K. Rool's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · 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