Zelda (SSBU)/Back aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Zelda's back aerial.

Overview

Zelda's second Lightning Kick. Functionally identical to forward aerial, but in a backward direction and with a slightly stronger sweetspot, at the cost of marginally more landing lag, a longer animation and a later auto-cancel. The sweetspot also is positioned slightly less outward.

When sweetspotted, it is often the strongest aerial in the game. Its higher base knockback and marginally higher scaling than forward air causes it to KO about 5% earlier—for illustration, this is roughly equivalent to the effect of 9+ less weight units (ex. the weight difference between Mega Man and Joker). Therefore, usage of turning, RARs and slingshots when applicable can make the difference between a stock being taken. One should be mindful of staleness between the two kicks and balance them throughout the duration of a game to optimize KOs; ideally, a fresh back aerial is the finishing blow. Of course, the main caveats are that it can be difficult to tell when it will make the difference, and that it is not always possible to choose, since Zelda must sometimes attack from out of shield or in midair.

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
Sweetspot
0	0	0	20.0%	0		Backward	30	96	0		2.2	top	-1.0 to 1.0	4.4	-11.1	1.5×	0.0×	0%							Magic		All	All
Sourspots
1	0	0	4.0%	0		Backward	5	80	0		4.0	kneer	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	4.0%	0		Backward	5	80	0		4.5	hip	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
3	0	0	4.0%	0		Backward	5	96	0		5.0	toer	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Sweetspot	6
Sourspots	6-10
Ending autocancel	45-
Interruptible	50
Animation length	62

Landing lag

Interruptible	17
Animation length	33

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Trivia

• On top of the magic effect, the sweetspot has an additional unique lightning effect on hit. This is purely aesthetic and distinct from the electric attack effect the move formerly had in Melee and Brawl.

Zelda's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · inf) · 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