Marth (SSB4)/Back aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Marth's back aerial.

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Overview

An upward crescent slash behind him in an inward swipe. Has the interesting property of turning Marth around, changing the direction he is facing. Similar use to his forward aerial, although with more knockback and a smaller hitbox. Can be used a few frames before landing to catch opponents with a tipped blow, with correct spacing. Another very powerful move when tippered considering its speed it can KO near the edge at around 90%, and around 145% at the stage's center.

Update history

1.1.0

• Landing lag decreased (19 frames → 17).

1.1.4

• Tipper hitbox damage increased (12% → 12.5%).
• Tipper hitbox moved further away from Marth (Z offset: 6.7u → 7.7u), improving the move's range and making the tipper easier to land.
• The lower sword hitbox has been moved further away from Marth (Z offset: 2u → 2.5u). This moves the hitbox closer to the tipper, although it does not fully compensate for the tipper's increased range, making the tipper easier to land despite this change.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	9%	0		40	85	0	3.5	1002	0.0	0.0	2.5	1.0x	0.7x	0%							Slash
1	0	9%	0		40	85	0	3.5	22	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	0.7x	0%							Slash
2	0	12.5%	0		40	94	0	3.5	1002	0.0	0.0	7.7	1.0x	1.25x	0%							Slash

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Direction reversal	3
Hitboxes	7-11
Ending autocancel	32-
Interruptible	40
Animation length	43

Landing lag

Animation length	17

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Related moves

• Lucina (SSB4)/Back aerial
• Roy (SSB4)/Back aerial

Marth's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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