Isabelle (SSBU)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Isabelle's forward aerial.

Overview

Isabelle's forward air is used for a variety of purposes, such as creating space, safely racking up damage in neutral, extending combos, and edge guarding. Learning how to short hop and fast fall properly while using Forward aerial is essential for getting the most mileage out of the move, allowing for greater manipulation of Isabelle's spacing and trajectory of the projectile.

Despite being one of her less novel moves, it is often the most used move in her arsenal- and a cornerstone of her desired play style. This is largely due to her other moves and attributes lending her towards more safe gameplay, if possible. Many of her moves are close range, but are not particularly fast or deal high damage. Additionally, distinctive attributes such as her Fishing rod and Lloid Trap, are not reliable tools for her offensive or neutral play. So due to the relatively low reward, and situational use of many of her options, Forward aerial and to a lesser extent Back aerial are key aspects to her success in many matchups.

Despite being identical to Villager's, Isabelle utilizes Forward air more often. This is primarily because she has worse offensive play, and better defensive attributes. Additionally, it is her main means of pressuring from afar, which is more important for Isabelle than Villager due to her overall worse survivability and disadvantage state.

Update History

1.2.0

• Bug: Created the Slingshot Crash glitch where if Villager or Isabelle Pocket one another's slingshot from a Pocket, the game will crash.

2.0.0

• Fixed the Slingshot Crash glitch.

3.0.0

• Slingshot attacks (forward and back aerials) deal less shield damage.

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	7.0%	-3.5		Forward	55	100	0		5.0	top	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Mid hit
0	0	0	4.0%	-2.0		Forward	10	100	0		1.2	top	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	2.5%	-1.0		Forward	10	100	0		1.2	top	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Clean hit	10-12
Mid hit	13-18
Late hit	19-23
Ending autocancel	30-
Interruptible	40
Animation length	57

Landing lag

Interruptible	15
Animation length	29

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Prop event

Interruptible

Pellet parameters

These parameters are shared with Isabelle's back aerial.

Lifetime	14 frames
Travel speed	4.8
Initial travel angle	5.73°
Gravity	0.1
Falling speed	1
Can pierce opponents?	No

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