Fox (SSBU)/Side special

Hitbox visualization showing Fox's side special, Fox Illusion.

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Hitboxes

The hitbox is attached to the afterimages, which are considered a non-reflectable projectile that trails behind Fox. As a result, he does not experience hitlag from hitting an opponent with it, and it can clang with aerial attacks.

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
Grounded
0	0	0	8.0%	0		Forward	35	110	0		4.0	top	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
Aerial
0	0	0	5.0%	0		Forward	15	148	0		4.0	top	0.0	4.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Timing

When hitting a shield, in addition to stopping Fox's movement, the move skips to frame 29 on the next frame if the hit happened beforehand, cutting off at most 3 frames.

Grounded

Jostling is disabled during frames 24-39.

Hitboxes	25-29
Interruptible	56
Animation length	75

Aerial

The move enables ledge grabs starting on frame 25 from the front, and frame 28 from behind. Jostling is also disabled during frames 24-41.

Hitboxes	25-29
Interruptible	73
Animation length	74

Landing

Interruptible	17
Animation length	47

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Prop event

Interruptible

Parameters

Horizontal speed multiplier on startup	0.67
Acceleration on startup	0.05
Period before applying startup gravity	13 frames
Startup gravity	0.017
Speed at the end of the dash	2.5 (grounded) 2.3 (aerial)
Friction at the end of the dash	0.15 (grounded) 0.07 (aerial)
Speed after hitting a shield	0.5
Air acceleration multiplier for aerial ending	0.9
Air speed multiplier for aerial ending	0.7
Period before applying ending gravity	5 frames
Ending gravity	0.08
Illusion lifetime	5 frames

Fox'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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash