Bowser (SSBM)/Up tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Bowser's up tilt.

Overview

Bowser performs an upward swipe. It's extremely strong, with high knockback growth and damage leading to KOs at unexpectedly low percentages. It is also as fast as his neutral attack, with high active frames and no late hit transition. As such, the move has great consistency, and is decent out of a crouch cancel. It is also a fairly decent out of shield option should Whirling Fortress be staled, or if up tilt would take the stock. It can potentially be confirmed into from Koopa Klaw or dash attack on some characters, though it's inconsistent. Up tilt can confirm itself at lower percentages (usually after 35%), though up smash and up aerial are also very possible. Whirling Fortress is a true combo, but should only be done in scenarios where it can be cancelled. It can also confirm a grab up close.

However, up tilt has a very high FAF, meaning that Bowser cannot afford to whiff the move. If he does, it's among his most punishable normals. Its hitbox is also a bit small, making it whiff on smaller characters. This also makes it relatively easy to low profile for characters such as Jigglypuff.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	13%	0		40	120	0	6.6402	38	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
1	0	13%	0		40	120	0	4.6872	34	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash

Timing

Hitboxes	7-10
Interruptible	50
Animation length	54

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Bowser's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special