Byleth (SSBU)/Forward smash

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Byleth forward smash hitbox visualizations
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Overview

Thrusts Areadbhar forward. It has a tremendous range, with the sweetspot located on the tip of Areadbhar being extremely powerful. It is fairly slow for a forward smash, however, and has a fairly weak sourspot covering the shaft of the lance. It can be angled, with the upward-angled variant being stronger, and the downward-angled variant being weaker in exchange for being able to more reliably hit shorter, crouching, prone, or ledge-hanging opponents. Byleth may occasionally say either "Areadbhar!" or "There!" while using this move. It resembles Paraselene, a combat art learned exclusively by Dimitri upon mastering the Great Lord class in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Compared to the other smashes, the hitboxes occur at frame 23, making it their slowest smash attack. At low percentages starting around 30%, Byleth can kill midweights early if they hit the foe with the tip of Areadbhar, making it an early kill option if the player succeeds breaking the opponent's shield. Can be used to 2 frame punish opponents when angled downward.

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
Angled up
1	0	0	13.0%	0		Forward	55	86	0		4.5	top	0.0	5.5	6.0	0.6×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	13.0%	0		Forward	55	86	0		1.6	haver	0.0	3.0 to 13.0	0.0	0.6×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
3	0	0	19.5%	0		Forward	60	86	0		2.6	haver	-0.5	16.5 to 23.0	0.0	1.35×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
0	0	0	19.5%	0		Forward	60	86	0		2.0	haver	-0.5	24.0 to 26.5	-0.3	1.35×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Angled forward
1	0	0	12.0%	0		Forward	55	90	0		4.5	top	0.0	5.5	6.0	0.6×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	12.0%	0		Forward	55	90	0		1.6	haver	0.0	3.0 to 13.0	0.0	0.6×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
3	0	0	18.0%	0		Forward	60	90	0		2.6	haver	-0.5	16.5 to 23.0	0.0	1.45×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
0	0	0	18.0%	0		Forward	60	90	0		2.0	haver	-0.5	24.0 to 26.5	-0.3	1.45×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Angled down
1	0	0	11.5%	0		Forward	55	90	0		4.5	top	0.0	5.5	6.0	0.6×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	11.5%	0		Forward	55	90	0		1.6	haver	0.0	3.0 to 13.0	0.0	0.6×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
3	0	0	17.25%	0		Forward	60	90	0		2.6	haver	-0.5	16.5 to 23.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
0	0	0	17.25%	0		Forward	60	90	0		2.0	haver	-0.5	24.0 to 26.5	-0.3	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Timing

Charges between	13-14
Hitboxes	23-25
Interruptible	64
Animation length	98

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Interruptible

Byleth's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · 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