Mario (SSB4)/Neutral attack/Hit 1

Hitbox visualization of Mario's first jab.

Overview

The first hit of Mario's neutral attack is a simple punch from Mario's arm further from the camera. It does 2.5% damage and very little knockback. Jab 1’s entire hitbox, excluding the fist, can lock and force a pratfall at any percent. Due to its speed, it can interrupt approaches. If the attack button is held, the first jab will continuously repeat until a character comes into range. The player can cause jab 2 and 3 to happen early by hitting the attack button. Using this, one can trick the opponent into approaching in attempt to punish jab 1, only to be hit by the larger range of the later jabs. Another situational use is holding jab 1 at the ledge. If you manage to land only jab 1 against a recovering character, they will be unable to grab the edge of the stage for one second. Characters with quick up specials such as Marth and Luigi may overshoot the ledge in a panic, leaving themselves open to a hard punish.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	2.5%	0		0	100	15	3.0	15	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
1	0	2.5%	0		0	100	10	1.5	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
2	0	2.5%	0		0	80	15	4	16	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch

Timing

Hitbox	2-3
Earliest continuable frame	7
Interruptible	20
Animation length	23

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Earliest continuable point

Interruptible

References

Master Core Alpha

Kurogane Hammer

Mario'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 · 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