Sheik (SSBM)/Down throw

Overview

Sheik punches the opponent to the ground, dealing 8% damage and launching them up to the side slightly. It is very useful because of the guaranteed tech-chases it sets up against most characters in the game, as it enables Sheik to punish tech options, use a jab reset against missed techs to setup regrabs, and followup with various moves. On fastfallers, it can easily be compounded with moves such as a forward tilt to position opponents so that they can be regrabbed or comboed with other moves. On floaties, the move sets up a guaranteed forward aerial or up aerial, which can setup an easy KO at high percentages. Although the angle of the move is altered in the PAL version of the game so that less followups are possible, the move is still very useful against fastfallers.

Chaingrab data

In the NTSC version, the following characters can easily be chaingrabbed with the move from 0% to as high as 90%. Sheik hard counters most of these characters, with the chaingrab being a big part as to why.

• Bowser
• Ganondorf
• Link
• Mr. Game & Watch
• Ness
• Pichu
• Pikachu
• Roy
• Sheik
• Yoshi
• Young Link

Throw data

NTSC

Hitbox

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	5%	1		0	0	90	3.906	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	5%	1		0	0	90	5.0778	15	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick

Throw

	Damage	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Effect
Throw	3%		70	50	0
Release	3%		40	100	0

PAL

Hitbox

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	5%	1		0	0	100	3.906	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	5%	1		0	0	100	5.0778	15	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick

Throw

	Damage	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Effect
Throw	3%		70	50	0
Release	3%		40	100	0

Summary

• The hitbox has increased set knockback (90 → 100), making it slightly more effective against bystanders.
• The throw launches opponents at a lower angle (80° → 60°), significantly hindering its follow-up potential.

Timing

The speed of this throw is constant regardless of the opponent's weight.

Invincible	1-8
Hitbox	31-35
Throw	36
Animation length	57

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

Sheik's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · inf) · 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