Editing Grab aerial

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[[File:SSBUWebsiteDarkSamus3.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Dark Samus]]'s grab aerial in ''Ultimate''.|right]]
A '''grab aerial''' ({{ja|空中ワイヤー|Kūchū waiyā}}, ''Midair wire''; also known as a '''grab air''' or '''zair''') is a [[Fighter ability|technique]] introduced in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' that allows a character to use their extended [[grab]] implement as an [[aerial attack]] or [[tether recovery]] ([[wall grapple]] in ''Melee''). Grab aerials are performed in the same way as grabs, either by simply pressing the grab button while in the air, or by holding a [[shield]] button and then pressing an [[attack]] button.

Grab aerials quickly extend forward and strike opponents with weak damage and knockback (except Lucas's  in ''Brawl'', which doesn't hit opponents). They tend to have more range than other aerials, which makes them useful for spacing (especially out of a [[short hop]]) and surprising opponents with their high speed, and are sometimes effective for starting combos. Despite their name and input, grab aerials cannot grab opponents, though attempting one while holding an [[item]] will drop the item instead. All grab aerials except Luigi's can be also be used as a [[tether recovery]] or [[wall grapple]], though they cause [[helpless]]ness in ''[[Melee]]'' if they fail to attach to a wall.

Grab aerials are considerably more useful in ''[[Brawl]]'' and onward than in ''Melee'' due to their lack of ending lag, the absence of [[L-canceling]] and the existence (only in ''Brawl'') of the [[landing lag glitch]] which affects other attacks. Prior to ''Ultimate'', characters with it can cancel an [[air dodge]] with a grab aerial, which in ''Brawl'' and ''[[SSB4]]'', allows one to use a grab aerial or tether recovery without dropping a held item. Starting in ''Brawl'', grab aerials do not cause a character to go into a [[helpless]] state, allowing for repeated usage more easily, as well as being able to safely use the move off of the stage for [[edge guarding]].

In ''Brawl'', if a character uses their grab aerial right before getting KO'd off the upper blast line, the KO blast will be seen with the usual colourful explosion seen on other [[blast line]]s, but it will be facing upwards off the screen, and appear small and incomplete.

In ''Smash 4'', all grab aerials have 8 frames of landing lag. If they are used by pressing a shield and attack button at the same time, however, they will instead have the landing lag of an air dodge (which lasts 21 frames); as such, using grab aerials to cancel air dodges is riskier when close to the ground.

==List of grab aerials==
*[[Link]] – [[Hookshot]] and [[Clawshot]]. In ''Melee'', it has high lag and low damage, but in ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'' it can be used to start combos and the ending hit has much more [[knockback]]. Combos into a [[DACUS]] at moderate percentages. Link no longer has a grab aerial in ''Ultimate'', but both of his doppelgängers still do (see below).
*[[Lucas]] – Thrusts his [[Rope Snake]] forward. No damage in ''Brawl'', but can be used to move Lucas a bit faster in the air.
*{{SSBU|Luigi}} – Performs the Suction Shot, in which he fires a plunger from the [[Poltergust 5000#As a grab|Poltergust G-00]]. It can damage opponents like all other grab aerials, but it is the only one that cannot tether to ledges. Unlike other grab aerials, Luigi's grab aerial acts like a projectile, as the plunger doesn't retract back into the Poltergust and instead stays out and slowly falls down, with its hitbox still active. Exclusive to his appearance in ''Ultimate''.
*[[Samus]] – [[Grapple Beam]]. Considered to be Samus's best spacing move in ''Brawl''. In ''Melee'', it can be canceled by dropping {{b|Bomb|Samus}}s in the [[NTSC]] version.
**{{SSBU|Dark Samus}} also has this move.
*[[Toon Link]] – Shoots his Hookshot forwards. Short range compared to Link and Samus's grab aerials, although due to its short height, it's easier to hit grounded opponents. Very useful for setting up an [[up smash]].
*[[Young Link]] – Shoots his Hookshot forwards. Useful spacing tool. Interestingly enough, his Hookshot in ''Melee'' shares the same model as Link's (just like his [[grab]]), making it look rather large when used by him.
*[[Zero Suit Samus]] – Shoots her laser whip forward. As a grapple, it behaves almost identically to her [[Plasma Whip]]. Can be used for edgeguarding opponents. Does not exist in ''Brawl''.

==Gallery==
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File:Clawshot2.jpg|{{SSBB|Link}}'s tether recovery narrowly missing the ledge in ''Brawl''.
File:Zair.jpg|thumbnail|{{SSBB|Samus}} using her grab aerial offensively in ''Brawl''.
File:Tether Recovery.png|Samus using her grab aerial as a Tether Recovery in ''Brawl''.
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