Pichu (SSBM)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Pichu's down aerial.

Hitbox visualization showing Pichu's down aerial landing.

Overview

Down aerial does not spike, resulting in it being outclassed by neutral aerial in many cases due to recoil and worse frame data. However, the primary hitbox lasts five frames longer than Neutral aerial, while having identical damage output. The landing hitbox increases safety of the move, allowing Pichu to avoid some punishes, but its unideal frame data and additional recoil must be considered.

One of the two landing hitbox frames are lost if this move is l-canceled. Interestingly, the move's hitboxes for bottom half of Pichu's body are respectably disjointed.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Attack
0	0	12%	0		20	100	0	5.48793	15	0.496062	2.160018	0.0						Shock
1	0	12%	0		20	100	0	4.655952	4	0.0	0.0	0.0						Shock
Landing
0	0	4%	0		0	100	30	5.987898	15	0.496062	2.160018	0.0						Shock
1	0	4%	0		0	100	30	4.991868	4	0.0	0.0	0.0						Shock

Timing

Hitbox	14-26
Ending autocancel	39-57
Interruptible	48-57
Animation length	57

Landing lag

Hitboxes	1-2
Animation length	26
L-cancelled hitboxes	1
L-cancelled animation length	13

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Pichu's moveset

Neutral attack · 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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special