Fox (SSBM)/Neutral aerial

Overview

The hitbox of Fox's neutral aerial

Fox does a flying kick, being an easily identifiable sex kick. It has very quick startup, in addition to having decent knockback when it first comes out. With its long active frames and extreme speed, it is a good option against shields (having the best possible frame advantage of any of Fox's aerials at +/- 0), and a very good move to be used in a short hop or as an aerial approach. It also helps when an opponent is approaching or near him - combined with Fox's fast falling speed, it's also an excellent move to use in a SHFFL while approaching, as Fox can then lead into other moves easily, such as a waveshine. Overall, it's a move commonly used in Fox's metagame due to its versatility.

However, Fox players must take care to not to spam it; this is because the move has a very glaring Achilles' heel: crouch canceling. Lightweights such as Jigglypuff and Mr. Game & Watch can comfortably crouch cancel the move until the low 60's, while heavyweights like Donkey Kong and Captain Falcon can crouch cancel until above 80%. ASDI Down by itself is not quite as effective a counter as crouch canceling is, only being effective until percents about half that of character's crouch canceling percents, but is still a potent option that the Fox player must consider, especially when the opponent has freshly respawned and is at 0%.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	12%	0		10	100	0	3.49587	4	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	12%	0		10	100	0	3.49587	7	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick
2	0	12%	0		10	100	0	2.991996	13	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late
0	0	9%	0		0	100	0	3.49587	4	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	9%	0		0	100	0	3.49587	7	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick
2	0	9%	0		0	100	0	2.991996	13	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-3
Clean hit	4-7
Late hit	8-31
Ending autocancel	37-
Interruptible	42
Animation length	49

Landing lag

Animation length	15
L-cancelled animation length	7

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Similar moves

• Falco's neutral aerial

Fox's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special