Lucas (SSBU)/Down smash

Hitbox visualization showing Lucas's down smash.

Overview

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Lucas does 3 hits of PSI energy. The move is pretty slow, having a third of a second of start-up and a long move duration, being interruptible at frame 60. However, the move is balanced out by being very strong, KOing at pretty early percents; additionally, the move is very big, being one of the easiest 2 frames to hit in the game, and despite the high amount of total frames, the move's final hit coming out later than the other hits (at frame 39), combined with the fact that all 3 hits on shield are a true blockstring and the fact that the last hit has plenty of shieldstun, mean that the move is relatively safe on shield (-12, which is pretty good).

With all of those strengths, this move is often considered one of the best down smashes in the game.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
Hit 1
0	0	8	17.0%	-10.0		Forward	43	90	0		8.0	top	0.0	2.5	8.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Magic		All	All
Hit 2
0	0	9	14.0%	-8.0		Forward	30	90	0		9.8	top	3.3	2.5	8.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Magic		All	All
Hit 3
0	0	9	11.0%	-6.0		Forward	20	90	0		12.0	top	-5.6	2.5	8.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Magic		All	All

Timing

Charges between	5-6
Hit 1	20-22
Hit 2	29-31
Hit 3	39-41
Interruptible	60
Animation length	73

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Interruptible

Trivia

• The hitbox does not actually have any gaps between hits; instead, during the "inactive" frames, its hit bits are changed to be unable to hit fighters. This was implemented in Smash 4 to prevent the move from hitting more than once without giving it a consistently active hitbox against opponents; in Ultimate, however, it was given a rehit rate, allowing it to still function like a traditional multi-hit move.

Lucas'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 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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash