Dr. Mario (SSB4)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's neutral aerial.

Overview

Dr. Mario performs a sex kick. Uniquely, it starts off weak, with a smaller yet stronger late hit afterwards. This gives the move decent combo ability and good edgeguard capabilities with the long lasting strong hit, making it quite useful for Dr. Mario. Landing neutral aerial can combo into grabs, jabs or tilts at low percents, then dash grab or dash attack at slightly higher percents, and mid percents may put them into a tech chase situation, allowing potential followups when read correctly. The move is also his fastest aerial, at frame 3, and thus is useful for breaking out of combos and strings. Furthermore, the move is also able to be autocancelled in a short hop, and is his only aerial able to be used out of a buffered short hop airdodge, making it somewhat useful as an approach option.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	5%	0		20	100	0	4.0	9	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
1	0	5%	0		20	100	0	4.0	5	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
Late hit
0	0	8%	0		13	90	0	3.0	8	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	8%	0		13	90	0	3.0	5	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
The damage values are untouched before being affected by Dr. Mario's 1.12x damage multiplier.

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Early hit	3-10
Clean hit	11-27
Ending autocancel	34-
Interruptible	46
Animation length	53

Landing lag

Animation length	12

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Dr. Mario's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · 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