Bayonetta (SSBU)/Down smash

Hitbox visualization for Bayonetta's down smash

Hitbox visualization showing Bayonetta's down smash.

Hitbox visualization showing Bayonetta's down smash Bullet Arts.

Overview

The Heel Stomp; Bayonetta stamps her foot on the ground while simultaneously using Wicked Weaves to summon Madama Butterfly's foot, which stomps shortly after her. The Bullet Arts version of this move fires the guns on her feet downward into the ground, ricocheting off the ground and traveling upwards at an angle behind Bayonetta. There is a hitbox on Bayonetta's leg that leads into the main hitbox. It can meteor smash opponents that are either on the edge or in midair, making it a potent edge-guarding option. Like up smash, it only hits in front of her, has high ending lag and low priority, but has considerable vertical range. Madama Butterfly's hitbox cannot be reversed.

Update History

3.1.0

Down smash's second hit has a longer hitbox duration (frames 25-27 → 25-28).

12.0.0

Down smash is faster (20-21/25/26-28 → 17-18/22/23-25) with it's total duration as well (FAF 69 → 66).

Hitboxes

Attack

The move and its hitboxes have some unusual properties, which are shared with Bayonetta's other smash attacks:

The Wicked Weaves, while attached to Bayonetta and causing her to experience hitlag alongside opponents hit, are programmed as a separate object. This gives the second hit's hitboxes pseudo-projectile properties; for example, they do not have their damage affected by Bayonetta being giant or tiny.
- Additionally, when shielded, the 0.67× hitlag reduction only applies to the opponent, making it comparatively less safe than other attacks.
Compared to other smash attacks, it has a lower maximum charge damage multiplier, capping at 1.2× instead of 1.4×, and can only be held for up to 60 frames after reaching full charge instead of 120 frames. If hitting an opponent slowed down by Witch Time, the multiplier is further reduced to 1.1×, with the damage increase per charge frame being halved.

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Sound	Hit bits	Hit part
Hit 1 (Bayonetta)
0	0	0	5.0%	5.0	Standard	0	100	20	4.0	top	0.0	3.0	7.0	0.3×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
Clean hit 2 (Wicked Weaves)
0	0	0	16.0%	0	Standard	10	90	0	9.0	top	0.0	28.0	16.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
1	0	0	16.0%	0	Standard	10	80	0	9.0	top	0.0	28.0	16.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
Late hit 2 (Wicked Weaves)
0	0	0	15.0%	0	Standard	10	90	0	12.0	top	0.0	8.0	18.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
1	0	0	15.0%	0	Standard	10	80	0	12.0	top	0.0	8.0	18.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All

Bullet Arts

One bullet is first shot from Bayonetta's left leg gun, then another is shot from her right leg gun.

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Sound	Hit bits	Hit part
Left leg
0	0	0	0.5%	0	Forward	10	100	0	2.5	top	0.0	1.0 to 5.0	-2.3 to -2.0	0.0×	0.0×	0%	Bayonetta Hit 01	All	All
1	0	0	0.5%	0	Forward	0	0	0	2.5	top	0.0	1.0 to 69.0	-2.3 to 1.9	0.0×	0.0×	0%	Bayonetta Hit 01	All	All
Right leg
0	0	0	0.5%	0	Forward	10	100	0	2.5	top	0.0	1.0 to 4.8	4.5 to 3.3	0.0×	0.0×	0%	Bayonetta Hit 01	All	All
1	0	0	0.5%	0	Forward	0	0	0	2.5	top	0.0	1.0 to 58.1	4.5 to -14.0	0.0×	0.0×	0%	Bayonetta Hit 01	All	All

Timing

Attack

Charges between	8-9
Hit 1	17-18
Hit 2 (clean, late)	22, 23-25
Bullet Arts window	25
Interruptible	66
Animation length	78

Bullet Arts

Up to 10 consecutive bullets from each gun (20 total) can be fired by holding the button, with each one adding 7 frames to the move's duration. Otherwise, the Bullet Arts extension lasts 9 frames.