Dr. Mario (SSB4)/Dash attack

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's dash attack.

Overview

Dr. Mario's dash attack is a sliding kick that deals moderate damage and vertical knockback. While its animation is one to one with Mario's, it boasts more utility, as it has slight combo potential with the late hit, and the angle puts opponents straight into a juggle situation, rather than knocking them away or behind him. The late hit is able to combo into up aerials at low to mid percents, and can sometimes combo into up tilt if the move hits a ledge hanging opponent at very low percent, although very situational. The move's main use is as a punish tool, when his other punish options normally can't, due to the distance dash attack covers. The overall lag and generally lacking reward of the move makes it bad as an approach option, and combos aren't exactly guaranteed for the most part without the late hit, and even then its combo potential isn't as great as his other moves.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	8%	0		90	42	0	3.5	0	0.0	1.5	4.4	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
Late hit
0	0	6%	0		90	42	0	2.6	0	0.0	1.5	4.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
The damage values are untouched before being affected by Dr. Mario's 1.12x damage multiplier.

Timing

Clean hit	6-9
Late hit	10-25
Interruptible	38
Animation length	53

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Interruptible

Dr. 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