Greninja (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Greninja's down aerial.

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Overview

Greninja stalls for a moment before quickly plummeting straight down. The move has a meteor hitbox near its beginning, while sending opponents up at a high angle later during the move. If it hits, Greninja will stop falling and bounce off of the opponent. If it misses, Greninja will continue to plummet downwards, often causing a self-destruct if it is above the blast zone. This move is commonly used for comboing opponents into either a footstool, a forward aerial, or another down aerial.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	8%	0		20	95	0	6.0	0	0.0	-2.0	0.0	1.0x	2.0x	0%							Kick
Late hit
0	0	8%	0		35	95	0	7.0	0	0.0	-2.0	0.0	1.0x	2.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Clean hit	17-19
Late hit	20-45
Ending autocancel	53-
Interruptible	57
Animation length	59

Landing lag

Animation length	33

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Greninja'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 (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash
Down taunt