Captain Falcon (SSBB)/Up aerial

Overview

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A backflip kick. Considered one of his best moves along with his jab, up aerial serves as a multi-purpose move. Up aerial is used for KOing, approaching, racking up damage, and even gimping characters offstage. Comes out on frame 6 and lasts for 28 frames, it is considered to be one of his most versatile moves in general, and an important tool for Falcon players to utilize properly.

Hitboxes

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Captain Falcon’s up aerial hitbox.

Timing

Clean hit	6-10
Late hit	11-13
Ending autocancel	22>
Animation length	33

Landing lag

Animation length	9

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Captain Falcon's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · 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 (fast) · Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash