Ike (SSBU)/Up special

Hitbox visualization showing Ike's up special, Aether.

Hitbox visualization showing Ike's up special, Aether, when falling.

Hitbox visualization showing Ike's up special, Aether, when landing.

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Overview

Ike swings the sword upward, spins midair, and descends to the ground. This move makes it an effective out of shield option due to the super armor and KO potential prior to patch 8.0.0 buff to Aether. This move can also meteor opponents when Ike descends which can be used for gimps or last stock situations due to KOing the opponents first. Like every super armor move, this will be grabbed out of which can be situational for this move.

As a recovery, it only goes vertically, and due to Ike's predictable recovery, this makes it situational for recovering. He can be gimped from this, most notably with characters that have Counter due to redirecting the opponents hitbox and sending them almost horizontally which makes it useless for him to recover.

Update history

8.0.0

• The first hit has transcendent priority, improving its utility out of shield.
• The landing hit launches at a lower angle (60° → 50°) and has much more knockback scaling (115 → 155). This drastically improves the move's KO potential, KOing at around 115% from the center stage if all hits connect, and grants Ike a new KO setup from his neutral aerial near the edge at mid percents, regardless of said move's nerfs.

Hitboxes

Rising

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
Hit 1
0	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	0	100	150		3.5	top	0.0	5.0	7.0 to 8.0	0.8×	0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
1	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	0	100	150		1.5	top	0.0	3.0 to 7.0	15.0	0.8×	0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
2	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	0	100	150		3.5	top	0.0	5.0	19.0 to 7.0	0.8×	0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
3	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	0	100	145		3.5	top	0.0	13.5	7.0 to 8.0	0.8×	0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
4	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	0	100	145		1.5	top	0.0	11.5 to 15.5	15.0	0.8×	0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
5	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	0	100	140		3.5	top	0.0	13.5	19.0 to 7.0	0.8×	0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
Thrown Ragnell (clean hit)
0	0	0	2.0%	0		Bone-based	0	100	90		5.0	haver	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	2.0%	0		Bone-based	0	100	90		5.0	haver	0.0	10.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Thrown Ragnell (late hit)
0	0	0	1.0%	0		Bone-based	0	100	40		5.0	haver	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	1.0%	0		Bone-based	0	100	40		5.0	haver	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Apex hits
0	0	7	1.0%	0		Standard	0	100	50		9.0	top	0.0	16.0 to 8.0	14.0	0.5×	0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Falling

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
Early hit
0	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	120	30	0		6.5	sword	0.0	6.8	-1.0 to -12.0	0.5×	0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	0	100	165		4.8	sword	0.0	6.8	-1.0 to -13.0	0.5×	0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	0	50	0		4.8	sword	0.0	6.8	-1.0	0.5×	0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	0	100	150		4.8	sword	0.0	6.8	-1.0	0.5×	0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Landing

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
0	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	70	155	0		10.0	top	0.0	6.0 to 11.0	11.8	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All

Timing

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