Sonic (SSB4)/Dash attack

Hitbox visualization showing Sonic's dash attack.

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Overview

Sonic performs a Spin Attack followed by a flying kick. It is a reliable follow-up from a down throw; however, the move has high end lag and the second hit may not always properly connect. In addition, it also deals extremely low damage and has mediocre range for a dash attack.

The move's low reach, low damage and high endlag make it an unsafe and mediocre approach option; to add to the list of reasons to not use it, it's also heavily outclassed by Spindash and Spincharge.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Piercing	Heedless	No GFX	Flinchless	Stretch
Spin attack
0	0	4	1%	0		Forwards	60	40	0	3.0	0	0.0	5.0	1.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch		63								—
1	0	4	1%	0		Forwards	60	20	0	3.0	0	0.0	5.0	3.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch		63								—

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Kick
0	0	3%	0		80	125	0	5	5	6.5	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	3%	0		80	125	0	3.5	5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
2	0	3%	0		80	125	0	3.5	4	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Spin attack hitboxes	5-15
Kick hitboxes	17-20
Boost grab window	2-3
Interruptible	62
Animation length	68

Hitboxes
Boost grab

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

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