Samus (SSBU)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Samus's forward aerial.

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Overview

Samus shoots 5 fiery blasts in front of herself starting high and going lower with every blast. Has fast startup at frame 7, very large hitboxes, low endlag and high damage and KO potential. Making it an outstanding pressuring tool and arguably her most useful tool for close quarter combat.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
Hit 1
0	0	0	3.0%	0		Forward	0	100	25		6.0	armr	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.8×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	0		Forward	0	100	30		4.0	armr	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.8×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
Hits 2-4
0	0	0	1.6%	0		Forward	0	100	35		6.0	armr	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.8×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
1	0	0	1.6%	0		Forward	0	100	40		4.0	armr	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.8×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
Hit 5
0	0	0	5.0%	0		Standard	40	140	0		5.5	armr	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
1	0	0	5.0%	0		Standard	40	140	0		7.2	armr	9.0	0.0	2.0	2.0×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All

Timing

Attack

Hit 1	6-7
Hits 2-4	12-13, 18-19, 24-25
Hit 5	30-31
Ending autocancel	47-
Interruptible	60
Animation length	63

Landing lag

Interruptible	15
Animation length	36

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Samus's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial · Grab aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash