Samus' up tilt has different trajectories?

[Joski]

Hey everyone! I am new to Melee and Smash and was wanting to pick up Samus as she looked fun to play. I'm sure this has already been discovered but, while messing around with her on practice mode I noticed that her u-tilt has different trajectories based on if the bot was on the ground or in the air. Is this the bot just using DI? If not, what causes this?

 

[EZえん]

Its a meteor on the ground and not when its in the air, this is kinda obvious lol idk how someone wouldnt find this out. Also many moves are like this, such as mario's upsmash

 

[tauKhan]

Melee hitboxes have specific flags to determine if they can hit grounded and aerial opponents. Plenty of moves, such as Samus utilt, have identically positioned hitboxes with different properties where some can only hit grounded opponents and the others only aerial opponents.

Also many moves are like this, such as mario's upsmash

You're thinking of doc, not mario. Mario's upsmash only has one hitbox with 83° launch angle. Also strictly speaking the doc upsmash on grounded opponents isn't meteor either , the hitboxes have 259° launch angle and couldn't be meteor cancelled. Because the opponent is grounded, the launch angle being up and behind instead of straight up is the only factor that matters though.

 

[Joski]

Melee hitboxes have specific flags to determine if they can hit grounded and aerial opponents. Plenty of moves, such as Samus utilt, have identically positioned hitboxes with different properties where some can only hit grounded opponents and the others only aerial opponents.



You're thinking of doc, not mario. Mario's upsmash only has one hitbox with 83° launch angle. Also strictly speaking the doc upsmash on grounded opponents isn't meteor either , the hitboxes have 259° launch angle and couldn't be meteor cancelled. Because the opponent is grounded, the launch angle being up and behind instead of straight up is the only factor that matters though.

Thanks!