Template:SSB4 to SSBU changelist/Donkey Kong: Difference between revisions

===Aesthetics===

*{{change|Donkey Kong faces the foreground at an angle, instead of facing directly forward. In addition, he now faces the screen regardless of whether he's facing left or right, resulting in all of his animations being mirrored and many of them being tweaked.}}

*{{change|Up taunt has a new animation where he moves his body much less, more closely resembling how real-life {{s|wikipedia|gorillas}} beat their chests.}}

*{{change|Ledge-hanging animation has changed.}}

*{{change|Two of Donkey Kong's [[victory pose]]s have been tweaked:}}

**{{change|His right-inputted victory pose has him strike a different pose while maintaining an angrier expression.}}

*{{buff|Like all characters, Donkey Kong's [[jumpsquat]] animation takes 3 frames to complete (down from 6).}}

*{{buff|Donkey Kong is [[Weight|heavier]] (122 → 127). However, he is no longer the second heaviest character in the game (claimed by {{SSBU|King K. Rool}}) but instead tied with {{SSBU|King Dedede}} for the third heaviest. Nevertheless, this noticeably improves his survivability.}}

*{{nerf|Forward [[roll]] grants less [[intangibility]] (frames 4-16 → 4-15) and has more ending lag ([[FAF]] 30 → 31).}}

*{{nerf|Back roll has has more startup (frame 4 → 5) and ending lag (FAF 30 → 36).}}

*[[Neutral attack]]:

**{{buff|The first hit transitions into the second hit faster (frame 11 → 8).}}

**{{nerf|Both hits have a higher [[hitlag]] multiplier (1× → 1.5× (hit 1), 1.8× (hit 2)), giving opponents more time to [[SDI]] the first hit and [[DI]] the second hit.}}

**{{change|The first hit deals less knockback (0/35/45 base/100/25/25 scaling → 25/20/20 base/35/20/20 scaling) and its outermost hitbox launches opponents closer to Donkey Kong (110° → 180°), allowing it to connect better, but hindering its [[jab cancel]] setups.}}

***{{nerf|Due to its higher base knockback, it can no longer [[lock]] opponents, and the down angled variant can no longer cause [[tripping]].}}

**{{change|It has an altered animation where Donkey Kong keeps his other arm planted on the ground rather than it twisting with the rest of his body.}}

*[[Up tilt]]:

**{{nerf|The move deals less damage (11%/10%/9% → 10%/9%/8%) without compensation on knockback, hindering its KO potential.}}

**{{buff|The sweetspot is on the hand instead of the shoulder, making it easier to land overall.}}

*[[Down tilt]]:

**{{buff|The move has less startup lag (frame 7 → 6).}}

**{{nerf|The hitbox duration is shorter (3 frames → 2 frames).}}

**{{nerf|It has more ending lag (FAF 23 → 25).}}

**{{buff|The move deals more damage (18% → 19%) and has increased knockback (30 base/83 scaling → 40/84), improving its KO potential.}}

**{{buff|Up smash's hand hitbox is higher up (Y offset: 26 → 28) and the arm hitbox is lower down (Y offset: 20 → 18) and extends further outwards (Z offset: -3—3 → -5—5). This improves the move's range above and next to Donkey Kong, allowing it to hit larger fighters on the ground.}}

===Aerial attacks===

*{{buff|The removal of [[tech]]ing for grounded [[meteor smash]]es improves the combo potential of Donkey Kong's forward and down aerials onstage, compounded further by their reduced landing lag.}}

*[[Neutral aerial]]:

*[[Forward aerial]]:

**{{buff|The late hit lasts one frame longer (frames 21-22 → 21-23), allowing it to reach farther below Donkey Kong.}}

*[[Up aerial]]:

**{{nerf|The move grants less intangibility on Donkey Kong's head (frames 1-10 → 5-10), being more in line with the duration of the hitboxes.}}

===Special moves===

*[[Giant Punch]]:

***{{nerf|However, this lag applies to rolls out of the move as well, instead of them being immediate, making it riskier to charge-cancel by rolling.}}

**{{buff|It no longer causes [[helplessness]] when used in the air, much like in ''Smash 64''.}}

*[[Headbutt]]:

**{{buff|The move has [[super armor]] on frames 5-14.}}

**{{buff|It has one frame less ending lag (FAF 64 → 63).}}

*[[Spinning Kong]]:

**{{buff|The move's loop hits connect more reliably, especially for the aerial version, which uses the [[autolink angle]] (20°/180°/180° → 366°). The grounded version's loop hits hold the opponent in place rather than knocking them back and forth.}}

**{{buff|Both the grounded and aerial versions have drastically less ending lag (FAF 75 → 47 (grounded), 62 → 50 (aerial)).}}

**{{buff|The aerial version has significantly less landing lag (30 frames → 10), greatly improving its ability to set up combos and tech-chases.}}

**{{nerf|The grounded version has gained a [[shieldstun]] multiplier of 0.58×, thus dealing less shieldstun than in ''Smash 4'' despite it being increased for moves other than smash attacks and aerials. This allows shielding opponents to escape between hits more easily, worsening the move's [[shield break]]ing ability.}}

*[[Final Smash]]: