Meta Knight (SSB4)/Back throw

Hitbox visualization showing Meta Knight's back throw.

Overview

In the blink of an eye, Meta Knight vanishes, knocking his opponent off balance before suddenly reappearing and slashing them from behind. Its high base knockback and low launch angle make it useful for starting edgeguards and tech chases, and it can KO outright at very high percentages. It has deceptively high hitstun and low ending lag, allowing it to lead into a dash attack at very low percentages. The move's short animation makes it difficult to tech and gives it some use as a DI mix-up, although the benefit of this is limited due to the lack of significant KO potential in Meta Knight's throws.

Overall, Meta Knight's back throw is an unimpressive, but competent move that has decent synergy with the rest of his kit.

Throw and Hitbox Data

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Piercing	Heedless	No GFX	Flinchless	Stretch
0	0	0	7%	0		Forwards	10	100	0	6.0	0	4.0	5.5	-2.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash		63								—
1	0	0	7%	0		Forwards	10	100	0	4.0	0	0.0	5.5	4.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash		63								—

Throw

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	FFx	Type	Effect	Sound
0	3%		Forwards	60	140	0	0	None			None
1	3%		Forwards	60	100	0	0	None			None

Timing

Invincibility	1-18
Hitboxes	16-17
Throw Release	18
Animation length	34
Interruptible	35

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

Meta Knight's moveset

Neutral attack · Forward tilt (1 · 2 · 3) · 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 · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash