Bayonetta (SSBU)/Forward aerial

Overview

Bayonetta uses her full forward air combo as a combo starter in neutral, comboing it into either another forward air, or into an After Burner Kick. She also uses it to end most of her Witch Twist and After Burner Kick combos, and it even KOs opponents when in the magnifying glass.

The first and second hit are used with fast-falls to chain into each other, and eventually into another attack, with the first hit into Witch Twist also sometimes being used as a reset mixup to give Bayonetta more corner carry horizontally than she would get from a true combo. This works because in order to avoid it, Bayonetta's opponent needs to react to just one hit of forward air, and press an escape option, which then puts them into ending lag in a bad spot offstage, which is easy for Bayonetta to edgeguard.

Sometimes forward air one is also used to interrupt someone's animation in Witch Time to make followup attacks more consistent.

For the technical data of each individual hit, see:

• Bayonetta (SSBU)/Forward aerial/Hit 1
• Bayonetta (SSBU)/Forward aerial/Hit 2
• Bayonetta (SSBU)/Forward aerial/Hit 3

Quickest loop

Hit 1	7-9
Hit 2	19-21
Hit 3	36-39
Interruptible	38, 52, 71
Animation lengths	39, 59, 79

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Earliest continuable point

Interruptible

Bayonetta's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · Forward tilt (1 · 2 · 3) · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial (1 · 2 · 3) · 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