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Bowser
BowserUltimate guides, combo videos, matchups, and tech from the community. Tag posts with #SSBU_Bowser or pick Bowser when posting to add to this page.
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Most Bowser guides, matchup notes and tech live in the character's Discord: SHOWTIME.. Ask questions, find practice partners and see what top players are working on.
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Guides
Combo videos
- Platform extension off up throw neutral-air (video) ↗ · Mood4food
- Forward-air → up throw → forward-air chains on Battlefield (video) ↗ · Mika
- Forward-air → up throw → forward-air → up throw → up-air (video) ↗ · Mika
- Up-B starter combo into a kill (video, Japanese) ↗ · Rearlet
- Input lag, reaction time and hit confirming (video) ↗ · GimR
Tech & practice
- Forward tilt is a spot dodge: its hurtbox shift (video) ↗ · lattie
- Trumping offensive recoveries ↗ · Mika
- Wavebounce side-B so a baited Bowsercide doesn't cost you a stock ↗ · Mika
- Grounded down-B is never actually grounded ↗ · Mika
- Tech chase trapping (video) ↗ · GimR
- C-stick flick (CSF) tech showcase (video) ↗ · Snasen
Combos, punishes & data
- Bowser hit advantage on Mario ↗ · Cryme and Woof
- Bowser spot dodge frame advantage on grabs ↗
- Optimal pummels by percent ↗ · Echizen
- Nair heat map: each hitbox ↗ · Mika
Matchups
- Who can recover against a Bowsercide, by stage ↗ · Xadrin
- Dealing with projectiles (video) ↗ · Game5 Smash
- Beating those projectiles (video) ↗ · Deku Tree
Bowser frame data
How fast every move starts, how long it lasts, and how safe it is on shield, from Ultimate Frame Data.
Top resources
From the Bowser resource library
- Forward tilt is a spot dodge: its hurtbox shift (video) ↗ · lattie
- Trumping offensive recoveries ↗ · Mika
- Wavebounce side-B so a baited Bowsercide doesn't cost you a stock ↗ · Mika
- Grounded down-B is never actually grounded ↗ · Mika
- Tech chase trapping (video) ↗ · GimR
- C-stick flick (CSF) tech showcase (video) ↗ · Snasen
Matchups
Guides, set VODs and discussions for Bowser against each character, shared by the community.
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