Bayonetta (SSBU)/Up tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Bayonetta's up tilt.

Hitbox visualization showing Bayonetta's up tilt bullet arts.

Overview

Bayonetta performs an upwards pistol whip. Although it comes relatively slow at frame 9, it is a great anti-air that doubles as a combo starter, capable of leading into up aerial, neutral aerial, and Witch Twist at low to mid percents and even into itself against heavyweights at low percents. It can also hit below platforms and shield-pressure opponents from above, potentially starting a combo.

However at higher percents it loses all its combo potential, serving then exclusively as an anti-air, and its knockback growth is too low to score a KO until unreasonably high percents. It is also noteworthy that, at high percents and/or depending on positioning and hurtbox shifting, the first hit may fail to connect to the second hit against grounded opponents.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Sound	Hit bits	Hit part
Early hit 1
0	0	0	1.5%	0	Standard	100	10	0	5.0	top	0.0	7.0 to 10.0	9.5	0.8×	0.0×	0%	Punch	All	All
1	0	0	1.5%	0	Standard	90	10	0	5.0	top	0.0	7.0 to 10.0	9.5	0.8×	0.0×	0%	Punch	All	All
Late hit 1
0	0	0	2.0%	0	Standard	65	27	0	4.5	top	0.0	18.0	7.0	0.8×	0.0×	0%	Punch	All	All
Hit 2
0	1	0	6.0%	0	Standard	55	60	0	5.5	top	0.0	25.5	-1.0 to 1.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Punch	All	All