Bowser (SSBB)/Up special

Hitbox visualization showing Bowser's grounded Whirling Fortress.

Hitbox visualization showing Bowser's aerial Whirling Fortress.

Overview

Retreats into his shell and spins around. This attack is considered to be one of the best out of shield moves in the game, but only deals up to two hits when used on the ground, making it unsafe to use against enemy shields. As a recovery move, although it gains decent horizontal distance, it gains very little vertical distance, making this recovery worse compared others. On the ground, the clean hit deals good vertical knockback, able to KOing certain characters at around 131%.

Hitboxes

Grounded

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	11%	3		70	80	0	9.5	0	0.0	7.6	-4.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
1	0	11%	3		70	80	0	9.5	0	0.0	7.6	8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
Hit 2 (clean)
0	0	5%	0		80	50	0	5.8	0	0.0	7.6	-4.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	5%	0		80	50	0	5.8	0	0.0	7.6	8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hit 2 (late)
0	0	3%	0		50	50	0	5.8	0	0.0	7.6	-4.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	3%	0		50	50	0	5.8	0	0.0	7.6	8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash

Aerial

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Hit 1
0	0	10%	3		80	60	0	10.0	0	0.0	8.4	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
Hits 2-6
0	0	3%	0		50	20	0	9.0	0	0.0	8.4	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hits 7-11
0	0	2%	0		50	20	0	8.199984	0	0.0	8.4	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash

Timing

Grounded

Intangible	1-5
Hit 1	6-7
Hit 2 (clean)	8-11, 12-15, 16-19, 20-23
Hit 2 (late)	24-27, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39
Animation length	79

Aerial

Hit 1	6-7
Hits 2-6	8-11, 12-15, 16-19, 20-23, 24-27
Hits 7-11	28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 44-47
Animation length	79

Landing lag

Animation length	50

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Vulnerable

Intangible

Bowser's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash