Bowser's claw = disjointed hitbox

[David the Great]

I don't know if this is new but I don't see it on this board. I was playing in some crazy high explosive match and f-tilt a bob-omb with Bowser without getting burned. I went to the training mode and did some test attacking a legion of defenseless bob-ombs. The result was quite pleasing for a Bowser player.

Unlike most of the other characters who fight barehanded, Bowser's claw is like Marth's sword and has a disjointed hitbox. You could actually use it to slash bombs without taking damage as long as Bowser's main body doesn't touch the explosive. This probably explains why Bowser's standard A and his f-tilt, u-tilt etc can sometimes beat some weird stuff when timed right.

 

[St. Viers]

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ASCIIBOOZER approves. Take that projectile spammers ^___^

 

[S_B]

It's 4 AM, but after reading this, I went downstairs to test it out:

Bowser's F-tilt basically nullifies any projectile, so long as he hits it before it hits his body. This gives the player another option when dealing with characters with powerful projectiles like Samus or Lucario: you can literally just punch that crap out of the air and still be advancing upon your opponent.

With Samus, this won't necessarily work as you're going to come within grappling range, but being able to swat her missiles and charge shot is rather handy.

 

[eyestrain92]

Charge shot? Are you kidding me? Awesome discovery!

 

[MagnuM]

Bowser's claws are like him having a tiny sword on each finger...