Fox (SSBM)/Side special

Overview

Hitbox visualization of Fox Illusion.

Hitbox visualization of aerial Fox Illusion.

Fox's side special move is known as Fox Illusion, a move that involves Fox dashing forward whilst leaving afterimages of himself behind. These afterimages can damage opponents, but they are very weak. The move is primarily used as a recovery move, and it travels a decent distance, though inferior to the distance traveled by Fire Fox. However, Fox Illusion is a much faster horizontal recovery move, meaning it is Fox's best option for horizontal recoveries. The move knocks opponents who are hit by the afterimages upward slightly, but it is very weak and not a useful attack.

It is also possible to shorten the length of this move by quickly pressing the B button again after initiating the move. There are 5 shortened lengths for the move; one for each of the 5 frames in which Fox travels forward. Shortening the move is useful for making it to the edge whilst avoiding gimping options such as Marth's neutral attack.

Hitboxes

Grounded

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable
0	0	7%	0		68	40	0	4.15989	0	0.0	3.906	0.0						Slash

Aerial

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable
0	0	7%	0		68	60	0	4.15989	0	0.0	3.906	0.0						Slash

Timing

Fox can cancel this move's end lag by grabbing ledge as early as frame 29.

Hitbox	22-25
Animation length	63

Landing lag

Animation length (pre free fall)	20
Animation length (post free fall)	3

Pre free fall

Post free fall

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Prop event

Similar moves

• Falco Phantasm

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