Luigi (SSBU)/Grab

Luigi grab hitbox visualization.

Luigi dash grab hitbox visualization.

Luigi pivot grab hitbox visualization.

Overview

Luigi fires a plunger from the Poltergust G-00. While the move has significant start up lag, it has low ending lag. This makes it similar to regular grabs. The slow speed of all three variations allows them to only work effectively as whiff punishes. While it's not impossible to use it in other contexts, it is far less reliable.

Standing Grab

Luigi's standing grab, while slow at frame 14, is highly useful thanks to its range. It is ranked 7^th overall. It's able to reliably punished under-spaced moves and lead into Luigi's devastating combos.

Dash Grab

While ineffective as a burst option due to its speed, Luigi's dash grab is useful as a whiff punish. It suffers, however, from a blindspot. Its grabbox is disabled just before the plunger reaches its maximum range, giving the impression that the move should have worked in certain situations.

Pivot Grab

Pivot grab's high range, even on its first two active frames, makes it a very reliable option to catch aggressive options.

Update History

2.0.0

• Standing and pivot grabs have longer durations (frames 14-19 → 14-20 (standing), frames 17-22 → 17-23 (pivot)), now matching dash grab's duration.

Grabbox Data

Standing Grab

ID	Radius	Bone	Offset			G	A
Early
0	3.0	throw	0.0	0.0	-1.5
1	3.0	top	0.0	6.6	4.0 to 8.7
Late
0	3.0	throw	0.0	0.0	-1.5

Dash Grab

ID	Radius	Bone	Offset			G	A
Early
0	3.0	throw	0.0	0.0	-1.5
1	2.6	top	0.0	6.6	4.0 to 10.4
Late
0	3.0	throw	0.0	0.0	-1.5

Pivot Grab

ID	Radius	Bone	Offset			G	A
Early
0	3.0	throw	0.0	0.0	1.5
1	3.3	top	0.0	6.6	-4.0 to -14.7
Late
0	3.0	throw	0.0	0.0	1.5

Timing

Standing grab

Grab	14-15, 16-20
Interruptible	48
Animation length	63

Dash grab

Grab	16-17, 18-22
Interruptible	52
Animation length	66

Pivot grab

Grab	17-18, 19-23
Interruptible	50
Animation length	65

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Grab

Interruptible

Luigi'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 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
Down taunt