Pikachu (SSB)/Forward aerial

Overview
Pikachu drills itself forward while surrounding itself in electricity. The attack does 7 hits in total, and each hit does 3% damage; thus, the total amount of damage Pikachu can deal is 21%. The move possesses a landing hit with horizontal knockback if Pikach does not Z-cancel the move. As a drill attack, the move has very weak set knockback, and while it has a great damage output if all the hits are landed, the opponent can easily SDI away to avoid this. This can allow opponents to potentially avoid followups, although it is still a strong combo starter, being able to lead into or  when used in the air. If Pikachu lands while using the move on an opponent and Z cancels it, it has even stronger followup potential, being able to lead into most of Pikachu's ground moves including his and  to lead into combos. It is overall a very solid move in Pikachu's kit, being a solid combo starter which can potentially also deal a lot of damage.

Hitboxes

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Landing lag

 * Normal
 * Z-cancelled
 * Z-cancelled