Dr. Mario (SSB4)/Up smash

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's up smash.

Overview[edit]

An upward headbutt. It renders Dr. Mario's head intangible throughout its duration, quite similarly to Mario's. It also launches at a much lower angle than Mario's, 130°, which makes it better than Mario's in regard to starting combos when uncharged at low percentages, with its most notable follow-up being itself. This also makes it even more reliable at KOing near the edge, whereas Mario's can KO reliably from any part of a stage. It KOs middleweights at 119% while near the edge, and has the lowest amount of ending lag out of his smash attacks. At 0% on most middleweights and heavier without rage, down throw is able to combo into this move, which can then be followed up with another up smash, forward tilt or up tilt. The move can also be used as a general anti air move, due to the good hitbox and head intangibility, and is relatively safe due to the low endlag.

Update history[edit]

1.0.6

Knockback angle lowered: 110° → 130°, improving its horizontal KO potential.

1.1.0

Knockback scaling increased: 108 → 117, greatly improving its KO potential.
Hitbox frame duration increased: 9-12 → 9-13.

Hitboxes[edit]

ID	Part	Damage	SD	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Sound
0	0	14%	0	0	117	0	5.0	19	2.5	1.1	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Kick
1	0	14%	0	0	117	0	4.0	13	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Kick
The damage values are untouched before being affected by Dr. Mario's 1.12x damage multiplier.