SSBM/Luigi

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Introduction

Luigi ranks at 12th on the 2021 Melee tier list, right at the top of B- tier, placing him in the dead center. Luigi is notable for having a very long wavedash due to his low traction. Luigi also has some very good approach options; Luigi's wavedash alone is the longest in the game, which can take him roughly half across Final Destination and traversing the area in a speed only slightly slower than Captain Falcon's dash. Luigi also has access to strong KO moves, including a powerful forward smash and a very fast, powerful sex kick for his neutral air. Luigi's traction, however, acts as a double-edged sword; while it gives him an excellent wavedash, it also limits some of his approaches on the ground if he's not wavedashing. Additionally, Luigi's recovery is slow and predictable, with very few mix-ups available to him.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Wavedash: Luigi has the longest wavedash in the game and is able to cover a lot of ground quickly Combos: Overall strong combo game on most of the cast, including floaties Strong aerials: Has one of the best set of aerials, that are good for combos and KOs alike Combo breaker: Using his quick nAir can help you break out of combos if opponents over-extend and start your own combo instead Out of shield reversals: Luigi has access to a few quick options out of shield in the form of nAir and Up B, which can either combo or kill reckless opponents respectively

Disadvantage: In spite of solid aerials, Luigi is particularly susceptible to extended juggles due to his poor aerial drift and slow falling speed Recovery: Slow and predictable recovery that's easy to edgeguard. Sometimes has to rely on misfires to make it back Low traction: While his low traction allows for an excellent wavedash, it also makes him slide further when hit, which makes punishing things out of shield or crouch cancel harder than for other characters Limited approaches: Due to relying on wavedashes to approach, it can be hard for Luigi to get in on characters that are able to safely put out hitboxes within his wavedash range to snuff him out Projectile spam: Luigi is very susceptible to projectile spam like Falco's lasers and Sheik's needles. While a few of his moves have decent range, he lacks a good projectile of his own Vertical speed: On the ground Luigi has access to very fast movement and while he has a high full hop, it is hard for him to catch characters who can quickly traverse platforms and get from side to side above him

Physics
Weight	100 (9th)
Fall Speed	1.6/Fast 2 (20th/3rd)
Gravity	0.069 (24th)
Ground Movement
Walk Speed	1.1 (13th)
Initial Dash Speed	1.34 (8th)
Initial Dash Length	10f (4th)
Run Speed	1.34(5th)
Traction	0.025 (26th)
Jumping
Jumpsquat	4f (10th)
Jump Height	Full 46.546/Short 14.91/Air 38 (25th/7th/4th)
Air Speed	0.68(26th)
Air Acceleration	0.04 (24th)

Ground Moves

Jab

Jab
Jab (5AAA)

Jab 1	First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
	2	2	13	16	-	-
	Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
	3%	0	100	83	Normal	-10
Generic jab. Often used in conjunction with overshot wavedash as an approach mix-up, or as pseudo-shield pressure followed by grab/dsmash/upb
Jab 2	First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
	2	2	14	-	-	-
	Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
	2%	0	100	83	Normal	-13
Not used as often as single or triple jab, but works as a timing mix-up similar to single jab
Jab 3	First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
	5	2	24 (finisher)	22	-	-
	Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
	5%	10	100	361(Sakurai angle)	Normal	-14
Decently fast string of jabs. Can be effective in scramble situations as a quick get-off-me option.

Dash Attack

Fists of Fear
d.A

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
4	33(Frames 4, 10, 16, 22, 29 and 37)	27	59	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
2%(total 6 hits)	2	100	361(Sakurai angle)	Normal	-20
Arguably the worst dash attack in the game. Supposed to have a 7th hit, but the hitbox is missing. Nearly useless.

fTilt

Plumber Kick
fTilt (t.6A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
4	4	24	32	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
10%	2	100	361(Sakurai angle)	Normal	-21
Fast with good range. Useful for catching dashbacks and is a generally good neutral tool. Can be angled up to more easily catch aerial opponents and down which gives it a set knockback of 1, effectively not sending the opponent anywhere and making it mostly useless outside niche edgeguarding situations.

uTilt

Cat Punch
uTilt (t.8A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
4	8	17	-	0	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
9%	30	127	100	Normal	-14
Arching move that starts behind and ends in front of Luigi, similar to uSmash. Great as both a combo starter and extender.

dTilt

Heel Kick
dTilt (t.2A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
5	2	26	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
9%	10	80	80	Normal	-23
Rarely used due to dSmash filling a similar function of grounded low hitbox. Can combo into KO moves at very high %.

fSmash

Trowel Stab
"2 dollar slices!"
fSmash (s.6A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
12	2	28	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
13%	20	135	55	Normal	-21
Fairly strong KO move. Great for a DI mix-up finisher after a chaingrab. Can be angled up and down for 1% higher and lower damage respecively, as well as a higher and lower launch angle.

uSmash

Lead Headbutt
uSmash (s.8A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
9	3	28	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
17%	35	98	110	Normal	-19
Good for snuffing out some aerial approaches due to invincibility on the head. Because of Luigi's low traction and shield pushback, it can be hard to punish on shield.

dSmash

Breakdance Sweep
dSmash (s.2A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
5	Front: 2, Back: 2	22	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
17%	40	80	90	Normal	-22
One of Luigi's most common offensive tools. Fast start-up, good damage, sets up for combos, can also KO.

Aerial Moves

nAir

Plumber's Boot
C-c-c-combo breaker!!!
nAir (j.5A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
3	28	14	-	7	<3 35>
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
Clean: 15% / Late: 8%	Clean: 20 / Late: 20	100	90	Normal	+1
One of Luigi's defining and most versatile moves. Used as a combo starter, extender and finisher, as well as breaking out of combos and pressuring shields.

fAir

Chop Chop
fAir (j.6A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
7	3	25	33	12	<2 19>
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
12%	43	100	361(Sakurai angle)	Normal	-5
A quick chop with okay range above and in front. Good as a combo finisher or as walling in neutral with short hop double fAir.

bAir

Drop Kick
bAir (j.4A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
6	12	11	-	7	<6 18>
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
11%	12	100	361(Sakurai angle)	Normal	-1
A solid neutral tool with decent range. Good for keeping opponents out and edgeguarding from ledge.

uAir

Bicycle Kick
uAir (j.8A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
5	3	26	30	7	<2 15>
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
13%	0	100	55	Normal	+/-0
Great as an aerial combo extender into fair/dair/nair/upb. Can also be used for aerial interrupts.

dAir

Screwdriver Kick
dAir (j.2A)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
10	5	18	29	9	<6 23>
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
16%	20	100	361(Sakurai angle)	Normal	+/-0
Strong aerial with great downward range and IASA window for safe poking in neutral. Has a small meteor hitbox that opens up new combo trees and is particularly useful as a rest punish.

Special Moves

Fireball

Fireball
nB (5B)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
17	17-67	0	0	0	<0 0>
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
6	5	25	361	Flame	0
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Green Missile

Green Missile
Praying for a Misfire
sideB (4/6B)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
Charging: 18 / Hitbox: 5	Charging: 18-89 / Hitbox: 5-44	-	-	41	<0 0>
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
6	30	100	361	Normal	-
Placeholder
First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
5	5-44	-	-	41	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
25%	20	100	83	Flame	-55
Placeholder

Super Jump Punch

Super Jump Punch
upB (8B)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
5	5-23	-	-	40	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
Clean: 25 / Late: 1	Clean: 70 / Late: 1	Clean: 73 / Late: 1	Clean: 90 / Late: 80	Clean: Flame / Late: Coin	Clean: -20 / Late: -31
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Luigi Cyclone

Luigi Cyclone
downB (2B)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
18	6-43	46	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
Spin Hit: 8 / Strong Hit: 12	50	80	90	Normal	Spin Hit: -67 / Strong Hit: -65
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Grabs & Throws

Grab

Grab
Grab (Z)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
7	7-8	22	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
-	-	-	-	Normal	-
Placeholder

Dash Grab

Dash Grab
d.Grab (d.Z)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
11	11-12	28	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
-	-	-	-	Normal	-
Placeholder

Pummel

Pummel
g.A

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
17	17-24	-	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
3	-	-	-	Normal	-
Placeholder

fThrow

Heave-Ho
fThrow (g.6)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
12(W)	12(W)-28(W)	-	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
8	60	65	45	Normal	-
The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight (W).

bThrow

Sand Attack
bThrow (g.4)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
44(W)	44(W)-67(W)	-	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
Throw: 10 / Collateral: 8	Throw: 80 / Collateral: 20	Throw: 65 / Collateral: 100	45	Normal	-
The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight (W).

uThrow

Sand Attack
uThrow (g.8)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
18(W)	18(W)-40(W)	-	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
7	70	72	100	Normal	-
The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight (W).

dThrow

Sand Attack
dThrow (g.2)

First Active	Active	Recovery	IASA	Landing Lag	Autocancel
18(W)-40(W)	-	-	-	-	-
Damage	Base Knockback	Knockback Growth	Angle	Effect	On Shield
7	75	30	110	Normal	-
The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight (W).

Advanced Frame Data

This table shows the frame data for all of Luigi's non-special moves. Including shield advantage at different timings and cancels.

Shield Advantage

move	start	end	lcancelledLandingLag	autoCancelAfter	iasa	missedLcancelLandingLag	totalFrames	damage	shieldstun	bestShieldAdvantage	lcancelledShieldAdvantage	missedLcancelShieldAdvantage	earlyHitAutoCancelledShieldAdvantage	lateHitAutoCancelledShieldAdvantage	earlyHitIASACancelledShieldAdvantage	lateHitIASACancelledShieldAdvantage	earlyHitTotalFramesShieldAdvantage	lateHitTotalFramesShieldAdvantage
dtilt	5	8	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	34	9	6	-20	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-23	-20
dtilt	5	8	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	34	9	6	-20	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-23	-20
dtilt	5	8	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	34	9	6	-20	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-23	-20
uair	5	7	7	15	30	15	33	13	7	0	0	-8	-7	-5	-17	-15	-21	-19
uair	5	7	7	15	30	15	33	13	7	0	0	-8	-7	-5	-17	-15	-21	-19
fsmash_h	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	14	8	-20	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-20
fsmash_h	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	14	8	-20	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-20
fsmash_h	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	14	8	-20	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-20
fsmash_l	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	12	7	-21	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-22	-21
fsmash_l	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	12	7	-21	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-22	-21
fsmash_l	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	12	7	-21	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-22	-21
jab3	4	5	N\A	N\A	22	N\A	29	5	4	-12	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-13	-12	-21	-20
ftilt_l	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
ftilt_l	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
ftilt_l	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
ftilt_h	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
ftilt_h	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
ftilt_h	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
dashattack	4	4	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-52	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-52	-52	-57	-57
dashattack	4	4	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-52	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-52	-52	-57	-57
dashattack	10	10	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-46	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-46	-46	-51	-51
dashattack	10	10	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-46	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-46	-46	-51	-51
dashattack	16	16	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-40	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-40	-40	-45	-45
dashattack	16	16	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-40	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-40	-40	-45	-45
dashattack	22	22	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-34	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-34	-34	-39	-39
dashattack	22	22	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-34	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-34	-34	-39	-39
dashattack	29	29	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-27	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-27	-27	-32	-32
dashattack	29	29	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-27	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-27	-27	-32	-32
dashattack	37	37	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-19	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-19	-19	-24	-24
dashattack	37	37	N\A	N\A	59	N\A	63	2	2	-19	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-19	-19	-24	-24
dair	10	14	9	23	29	18	32	16	9	0	0	-9	-8	-4	-9	-5	-13	-9
dair	10	14	9	23	29	18	32	16	9	0	0	-9	-8	-4	-9	-5	-13	-9
dair	10	14	9	23	29	18	32	16	9	0	0	-9	-8	-4	-9	-5	-13	-9
bair	6	17	7	18	N\A	15	28	11	6	1	-1	-9	-10	1	N\A	N\A	-16	-5
bair	6	17	7	18	N\A	15	28	11	6	1	-1	-9	-10	1	N\A	N\A	-16	-5
usmash	9	11	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	39	17	9	-19	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-19
jab2	2	3	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	17	2	2	-12	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-13	-12
jab2	2	3	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	17	2	2	-12	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-13	-12
jab2	2	3	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	17	2	2	-12	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-13	-12
jab1	2	3	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	15	3	3	-9	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-10	-9
jab1	2	3	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	15	3	3	-9	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-10	-9
jab1	2	3	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	15	3	3	-9	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-10	-9
ftilt_m	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
ftilt_m	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
ftilt_m	4	8	N\A	N\A	32	N\A	32	10	6	-17	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-21	-17	-22	-18
nair	3	6	7	35	N\A	15	45	15	8	1	1	-7	-28	-25	N\A	N\A	-34	-31
nair	3	6	7	35	N\A	15	45	15	8	1	1	-7	-28	-25	N\A	N\A	-34	-31
nair	7	31	7	35	N\A	15	45	8	5	-2	-2	-10	-27	-3	N\A	N\A	-33	-9
nair	7	31	7	35	N\A	15	45	8	5	-2	-2	-10	-27	-3	N\A	N\A	-33	-9
dsmash	5	6	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	37	17	9	-22	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-23	-22
dsmash	5	6	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	37	17	9	-22	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-23	-22
dsmash	14	15	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	37	17	9	-13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-14	-13
dsmash	14	15	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	37	17	9	-13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-14	-13
fsmash_m	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	13	7	-21	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-22	-21
fsmash_m	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	13	7	-21	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-22	-21
fsmash_m	12	13	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	41	13	7	-21	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-22	-21
utilt	4	12	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	29	9	6	-11	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-19	-11
utilt	4	12	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	29	9	6	-11	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-19	-11
utilt	4	12	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	29	9	6	-11	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	N\A	-19	-11
fair	7	10	12	19	33	25	34	12	7	-5	-5	-18	-9	-6	-18	-15	-20	-17
fair	7	10	12	19	33	25	34	12	7	-5	-5	-18	-9	-6	-18	-15	-20	-17