Fox (SSBM)/Up smash

Overview

The hitbox of Fox's up smash.

Fox does a fast kick flip. It can also hit behind him with his foot, though this does far weaker knockback. As Fox's most reliable finisher, it has very quick speed, very high vertical knockback, and decent range. It can reliably KO below 100% damage (KOing most characters in the 75% to 90% range), and it's the third most powerful up smash in the game behind Pikachu's and Sheik's and tied with Peach's. What makes Fox's up smash truly frightening, is Fox's multitude of options to combo into it. Waveshining can combo directly into an up smash and Fox's fast dashing speed allows him to do a running, jump-canceled up smash to followup L-cancelled neutral aerials and back aerials. Against fastfallers, an uncharged up smash is often used as a followup to an up throw at low percentages, and at higher percentages, Fox can similarly combo into a charged up smash with an up throw. Overall, a very good move, and considered to be, by far, the best up smash in the game.

During the first few frames, Fox's head (but not his snout) will be intangible.

Hitboxes

NTSC

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	18%	0		30	112	0	3.327912	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	18%	0		30	112	0	4.655952	13	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late
0	0	13%	0		10	100	0	3.327912	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	13%	0		10	100	0	3.82788	13	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick

PAL

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	17%	0		26	108	0	3.327912	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	17%	0		26	108	0	4.655952	13	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late
0	0	13%	0		10	100	0	3.327912	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	13%	0		10	100	0	3.82788	13	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick

Summary

• Clean hit deals -1% damage.
• Clean hit has less base knockback and knockback scaling (-4 for each).

Timing

Head (not snout) intangible	1-9
Charges between	2-3
Clean hit	7-9
Late hit	10-17
Animation length	41
Interruptible	49

Hitboxes

Head (not snout)

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Vulnerable

Intangible

Interruptible

Similar moves

• Falco (SSBM)/Up smash

Fox'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