Can she no longer spike?

[Nomzr]

I turned on debug mode to find only one hitzone for her dair, as I noticed I wasn't spiking anymore. Has it been removed as a sweet spot, I didn't see anything other than a single red circle around the spores.

 

[Strong Badam]

Her Dair meteor is timing based, not spacing based. Hit during the first few frames to meteor an opponent.

 

[WhinoTheRhino]

Oh, so any part of the hitbox will meteor if hit within the first few frames?

 

[Nomzr]

Oh, so any part of the hitbox will meteor if hit within the first few frames?

I would actually like to know this as well, I remember it used to have a sweet spot, but if it doesn't now that'd be nice actually.

 

[Strong Badam]

It has been as I described it since at least 3.0. The meteor hitbox is active for 1 frame before becoming much larger and no longer meteoring.

 

[Nomzr]

I swear there was this frame data thread that showed the larger hitbox and then the sweet spot hitbox, but I don't remember if it was before or after 3.0.

Wait, is that smaller hitzone under the larger one? I feel like debug mode in PM doesn't advance it by single frames.

 

[Strong Badam]

No; the two hitboxes I described are never active at the same time. The larger one that does not meteor replaces the smaller one that does one frame after it becomes active.

 

[WhinoTheRhino]

Good to know, thanks!

 

[Nomzr]

Oh ok, so it's not a simultaneous situation, it's a chronological situation?

 

[SuruStorm]

Exactly, I've seen that image and I'm upset with it as it's rather misleading, 1 frame of tiny spike hitbox which heals and poisons, followed by normal hitbox, they are never both active.