Donkey Kong (SSBM)/Up aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Donkey Kong's up aerial.

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Overview

Donkey Kong does a quick headbutt above himself. DK's primary combo move due to its decent hitbox, very wide autocancel window, and convenient knockback scaling that allows it to be consecutively usable at a lot of percents against most of the cast. It is also a reliable kill option against midfallers like Sheik at percents when forward aerial won't combo. It's a useful air-to-air option in neutral, particularly as a tool to catch shorthops from characters like Sheik or Ganon who typically start their aerials as they fall.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	14%	0		32	90	0	7.812	44	0.0	0.0	0.0						Punch

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-5
Hitboxes	6-8
Ending autocancel	13-
Interruptible	38
Animation length	44

Landing lag

Animation length	25
L-cancelled animation length	12

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Donkey Kong's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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 · 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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special