Ike (SSBU)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Ike's neutral aerial.

Overview

This move is used notoriously by Ike players due to the low-end lag and low knockback which is used in his other aerials or tilts. When in high percent, it can kill confirm into up-aerial which is a very good juggling and has a wide hitbox. It has been nerfed from the prior patch 8.0.0 which made it a bit stronger and the late hitbox a bit smaller. Despite the nerf, it wasn't significant enough and he got a new kill to confirm with using Aether which also has gone buffed. It is still relatively one of Ike's best moves and even considering to be the best move out of Ike's moves overall.

Update History

8.0.0

• The move has much more knockback scaling (105 → 130). This removes its previous KO setups, but restores most of its standalone KO power from Smash 4.
• The late hit has smaller hitboxes (4u → 3u).

Hitboxes

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
Clean hit
0	0	0	7.5%	0		Standard	35	130	0		4.0	sword	0.0	10.2	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
1	0	0	7.5%	0		Standard	35	130	0		4.0	sword	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
2	0	0	7.5%	0		Standard	35	130	0		4.0	sword	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	35	130	0		3.0	sword	0.0	10.2	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
1	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	35	130	0		3.0	sword	0.0	7.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All
2	0	0	6.0%	0		Standard	35	130	0		3.0	sword	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Ike Hit		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Clean hit	10-14
Late hit	15-22
Ending autocancel	50-
Interruptible	60
Animation length	68

Landing lag

Interruptible	9
Animation length	60

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

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