Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Neutral attack

Overview

Piranha Plant's neutral attack consists of a jab with its leaf, then a leaf swipe, and either a headbutt or series of bites to finish off. The first hit comes out very fast at frame 2, making it effective for grounded combo breaking, quick punishes or out-framing many moves. The headbutt is useful for starting tech chases due to the Sakurai Angle and low endlag, while the bite attack is excellent for racking damage, typically dealing ~20% combined with the first 2 hits and held long enough just before it ends.

For the technical data of each individual hit, see:

• Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Hit 1
• Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Hit 2
• Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Hit 3
• Piranha Plant (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Infinite

Quickest loop

Jab 1	2-3
Consecutive jab	7
Jab 2	6-7
Jab 3	17-18
Rapid jab	16, 20, 24, 28
Rapid jab finisher	36-37
Interruptible	20, 25, 36, 70
Animation lengths	29, 37, 53, 79

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Earliest continuable point

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