Ganondorf (SSB4)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Ganondorf's forward aerial.

Overview

Nicknamed the Skull Crusher, Ganondorf performs an overhead, downward arcing punch.

In terms of startup, it is his second-slowest aerial attack (behind down aerial), coming out on frame 14. It deals 18% at his fist, and 17% at his arm. It is very powerful, with the sweetspot being able to KO Mario at 104% at the center of Final Destination. It also has an extremely large hitbox, reaching behind Ganondorf at the beginning and below him at the end. However, it has very high ending lag and fairly high landing lag. It can not autocancel even if used in a full hop, as the autocancel window is programmed to begin after the move ends.

Update History

1.0.4

• Forward aerial has received a slight decrease in landing lag.

1.1.0

• Forward aerial deals 1% more damage: 16%/17% → 17%/18%.

1.1.3

• Forward aerial has one frame less of landing lag: 23 frames → 22.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	17%	0		20	93	0	4.0	21	-1.1	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
1	0	18%	0		20	93	0	5.5	22	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.1x	0%							Burn

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-6
Hitboxes	14-19
Interruptible	45
Ending auto-cancel	55-
Animation length	59

Landing lag

Animation length	22

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

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
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