Ike (SSBU)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Ike's neutral aerial.

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Overview

Ike does a downward arcing slash underneath himself.

This is one of Ike's faster moves (frame 10) with the move covering all around him in a wide arc. Its large hitboxes and long duration make it a difficult move to challenge for characters without disjoints. Low landing lag (9 frames) gives this move high combo potential, especially out of a fast fall. At early percents, it combos into up tilt. At mid percents, it has kill confirms into up aerial, back aerial and up special.

However, This move suffers from some minor flaws. While it's fast for Ike's standards, it's also rather sluggish compared to most neutral aerials. This makes the move a poor out of shield option. Additionally, the move has high endlag, making it a risky move offstage and very committal out of a full hop or double jump.

In patch 8.0.0, this move was nerfed, making the hitboxes of the late hit smaller, with its knockback was also increased, making it less viable for combos.

Overall, Ike's neutral aerial is an essential part of his toolkit. While not one of the best neutral aerials in the game, it's still a contender for Ike's best move.

Update History

8.0.0

• The move has much more knockback scaling (105 → 130). This removes its previous KO setups, but restores most of its standalone KO power from Smash 4.
• The late hit has smaller hitboxes (4u → 3u).

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
Clean hit
0	0	0	7.5%	0		Standard	35	130	0		4.0	sword	0.0	10.2	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
1	0	0	7.5%	0		Standard	35	130	0		4.0	sword	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
2	0	0	7.5%	0		Standard	35	130	0		4.0	sword	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	35	130	0		3.0	sword	0.0	10.2	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
1	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	35	130	0		3.0	sword	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
2	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	35	130	0		3.0	sword	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Clean hit	10-14
Late hit	15-22
Ending autocancel	50-
Interruptible	60
Animation length	68

Landing lag

Interruptible	9
Animation length	26

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Ike's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · 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