Luigi (SSBU)/Up special

Luigi Up Special Hitbox Visualizations
Grounded	Aerial

Overview

Super Jump Punch is Luigi's most reliable KOing move, able to finish off opponents at around 50% to 60%. It has massive landing lag (45 frames), making it very punishable on whiff. Coming out on frame 8, it is one of Luigi's fastest out of shield options, but hindered by its low range. Aside from being Luigi’s primary recovery move for vertical distance, the move is typically used as a powerful combo finisher from a variety of Luigi's combo extenders, ending in a stock taken almost all the time. The move does not launch traditionally at 90°; instead, it has an angle of 88°. This means that optimal DI is away from Luigi.

In the air, it is noticeably weaker, but can be hit from an up tilt, a down throw and other combos and mix ups. It also has a slightly bigger hitbox that isn't extended into the z-axis, causing some inconsistencies against thinner characters. It is also able to start a combo should Luigi grab the ledge immediately after sweetspotting it. Unlike the grounded version, the aerial version sends straight up, using an angle of 90°.

When sourspotted, Super Jump Punch deals only 1% with knockback so weak that it cannot KO above the upper blast line, allowing two Luigis to perform the Luigi ladder technique. Combined with the high landing lag, this makes the late hit incredibly unsafe to land as it will inevitably lead to a very strong punish.

Hitboxes

Landing a grounded clean hit triggers a Special Zoom.

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
Grounded clean hit
0	0	0	25.0%	0		Standard	50	88	0		2.2	top	1.2 to -1.2	6.0	7.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Bat		All	All
Aerial clean hit
0	0	0	20.0%	0		Standard	40	80	0		2.7	top	0.0	6.0	5.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Burn		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	1.0%	0		Standard	1	1	0		5.8	head	2.0	2.2	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Coin		All	All
1	0	0	1.0%	0		Standard	1	1	0		4.7	hip	0.0	4.8	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Coin		All	All

Timing

Close-up of the move's clean hit.

The move enables ledge grabs from the front starting on frame 11, and from behind starting on frame 25. Luigi can also fast fall as early as frame 25.

To B-reverse the move, the control stick has to be held backward on frame 8 for the grounded version, and frame 6 for the aerial version.

Grounded

Optional reverse	8
Intangible	8-10
Clean hit	8
Late hit	9-23
Animation length	56

Aerial

Optional reverse	6
Intangible	6-8
Clean hit	6
Late hit	7-23
Animation length	56

Landing

Animation length	45

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Vulnerable

State change

Intangible

Parameters

Move

While the move is generally described to only travel straight up, it can actually be directed horizontally much like Mario's version, albeit to a much less significant degree that is harder to discern.

Horizontal speed multiplier on startup	0
Startup gravity	0.05
Stick sensitivity to reverse	0.25
Stick sensitivity to angle	0.2
Maximum angle deviation	1°
Grounded height multiplier	1
Aerial height multiplier	1.2
Horizontal speed multiplier on ending	0.05
Helplessness air speed	0.35
Helplessness fall speed	1.5
Landing lag	45 frames

Special Zoom

Duration	35 frames
Slowdown magnitude	4
Zoom rate	3.5
Time before zoom	3 frames
Background duration (non-1v1)	24 frames

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