Donkey Kong (SSBM)/Down tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Donkey Kong's down tilt.

This article or section may require competitive expertise. You can discuss this issue on the talk page or edit this page to improve it.

Overview

Donkey Kong, from a crouching position, does a quick one-handed slap across the ground. The move shares a lot of similarities with Marth's down tilt, both in terms of move data and applicability in a match. As compared to Marth's down tilt, it comes out a frame sooner, has the same amount of active frames, deals 1 to 3 percent less damage (depending upon the sword hitbox), recovers 2 frames slower, and has less reach.

The move is a low risk, medium reward option in neutral. While it is unlikely to lead to any combos, both because of the low knockback and 40° angle, knocking opponents slightly up and far away, it's also very unlikely to get DK punished, since his hitbox is low to the ground; If he is hit by a move that launches him up, and he's at low enough percent, he will immediately land back on the ground, thanks to ASDI-down, assuming the player held the control stick down. However, where the move really shines is in edgeguarding, as it can often hit opponents attempting to sweetspot the ledge, gimping them and allowing DK to do rinse-repeat edgeguards.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	7%	0		10	80	0	3.659922	51	2.659986	0.0	0.0						Punch
1	0	7%	0		10	80	0	4.2966	52	5.987898	0.0	0.0						Punch
2	0	7%	0		10	80	0	4.2966	43	0.0	0.0	0.0						Punch

Timing

Hitboxes	6-9
Animation length	22

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

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