Meta Knight (SSB4)/Down throw

Hitbox visualization showing Meta Knight's down throw.

Overview

Meta Knight stomps on his opponents multiple times, ending with a more powerful stomp that sends them into the air, all in a manner similar to, but slower than Kirby's down throw. It has almost identical follow-up potential to his dash attack. At low percents, it combos reliably into an up smash, and depending on DI, Mach Tornado and dash attack, the latter of which can lead into further follow-ups. Until mid-percents, down throw can also combo reliably into Shuttle Loop and all of Meta Knight's aerials; the most notable being his up aerial, which can combo into itself, other aerials, Shuttle Loop, and back aerial, which can be used to floor the opponent and jab reset them.

However, down throw has very high knockback growth, preventing Meta Knight from following up reliably past mid-percents outside of Shuttle Loop, but even Shuttle Loop can be escaped with proper DI at KO percents, all while down throw is too weak to KO realistically. As such, his dash attack and forward throw are generally more effective for combos at higher percents.

Throw and Hitbox Data

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Piercing	Heedless	No GFX	Flinchless	Stretch
Hits 1-9
0	0	0	0.5%	0		Forwards	0	100	10	5.0	0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0x	None	0%							Kick		63								—
Hit 10
0	0	0	1%	0		Forwards	60	200	0	7.0	0	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—

Throw

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	FFx	Type	Effect	Sound
0	2%		Forwards	50	170	0	0	None			None
1	3%		Forwards	0	100	100	0	None			None

Timing

Invincibility	1-18
Hits 1-9	11-13, 17-19, 23-25, 29-31, 35-37, 41-43, 47-49, 53-55, 59-61
Hit 10	73-74
Throw Release	75
Animation length	87
Interruptible	88

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

Meta Knight's moveset

Neutral attack · Forward tilt (1 · 2 · 3) · 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
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash