Bowser Jr. (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Bowser Jr.'s down aerial.

Hitbox visualization showing Bowser Jr.'s down aerial's landing.

Overview

The Junior Clown Car extends a drill from its underside hatch to pierce opponents. Its high ending lag is compensated by the hitbox it produces upon landing, which grants it follow-up potential. If the attack hits an opponent, it can cancel quickly into other moves; if not, Bowser Jr. suffers from moderate ending lag. This could be similar to the Spin Drill from Super Mario Galaxy.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Looping hit
0	0	1.3%	0		0	100	30	3.6	0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	1.3%	0		30	100	0	3.8	0	0.0	-3.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	1.3%	0		30	100	0	3.8	0	0.0	-3.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Final hit
0	1	2%	0		70	130	0	3.8	0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0x	2.0x	0%							Slash
1	1	2%	0		70	130	0	4.3	0	0.0	-3.0	0.0	1.0x	2.0x	0%							Slash
Landing
0	0	2%	0		40	180	0	5.0	0	0.0	3.2	2.0	1.0x	3.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1
Looping hits	15-38
Final hit	39
Ending autocancel	68
Interruptible	57
Animation length	59

Landing lag

Hitbox	1
Animation length	25

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Bowser Jr.'s moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 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
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash