Ice Climbers (SSBU)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Popo's neutral aerial.

Hitbox visualization showing Nana's neutral aerial.

Overview

Each of the duo twirls diagonally with their mallet extended, ending with a flourish after a couple rotations. It sports decent range on either side, high activity, moderate ending lag, and remarkably low landing lag. Thanks to leaving such a small opening while also possessing respectable shieldstun, it's very safe on shield, enough in fact to actually give the duo a slight frame advantage against an opponent who blocks it.

A short-hop-nair is their fastest out of shield option, but sometimes struggles to connect with short attackers or those low to the ground during a landing animation.

Its high speed, activity, and low launch angle make it a very useful gimping tool, which is further compounded with the 2nd Climber's additional coverage.

When landing with the move, neutral aerial is quite useful for combos, leading to a jab, tilt, or smash attack at low percents, and starting a tech chase or combo into dash attack at mid percents. It can even start combos while rising and chain into itself when desynced, carrying foes across the stage for a chance to be spiked. A desynced neutral aerial additionally plays a role in some of the Ice Climbers' zero to death combos.

Even without both climbers, it's still a good move that does most of what it could at its best. It's still very safe, good at edgeguarding, and can still be used as a combo starter or out of shield option. Which speaks volumes for the incredible traits of its base form.

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
Leader
0	0	0	7.0%	0		Standard	20	100	0		3.0	havel	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	7.0%	0		Standard	20	100	0		3.0	havel	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	7.0%	0		Standard	20	100	0		4.0	havel	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Partner
0	0	0	5.25%	0		Standard	20	120	0		3.0	havel	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	5.25%	0		Standard	20	120	0		3.0	havel	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	5.25%	0		Standard	20	120	0		4.0	havel	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-5
Hitboxes	6-23
Ending autocancel	30-
Interruptible	46
Animation length	64

Landing lag

Interruptible	8
Animation length	11

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Ice Climbers'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 · 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