Ganondorf (SSB4)/Forward tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Ganondorf's forward tilt.

Overview

Commonly referred to as The Boot, Ganondorf leans back and delivers a forceful forward kick with his left leg.

It has good start-up, high knockback, and is a semi-spike, making it an excellent edge-guarding move against characters with little horizontal recovery options, such as Little Mac. It is one of the few tools Ganondorf has for spacing, even though it is not a great spacing move itself. It can also be used to punish opponents who charge in recklessly, or be a safer read option against characters with no projectiles to aid their approach. Forward tilt is guaranteed on certain characters if they fail to tech Flame Choke, though down tilt is generally better as a combo starter.

The move is based on a kick Ganondorf and other large enemies use in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Hitboxes

Effect	Damage	Angle	Base knockback	Knockback scaling
Normal	13% (foot), 12% (leg)	22°	30	88

Timing

Attack

Hitboxes	10-12
Animation length	39

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

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Ganondorf'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) · 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