Kirby (SSBU)/Forward aerial

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Hitbox visualization showing Kirby's forward aerial.

Overview

A series of three kicks in front of Kirby. It has the second slowest startup of his aerials due to it coming out on frame 10. It cannot autocancel in a short hop, but can do so in a full hop fast fall. It has good versatility: it has relatively large hitboxes, making it useful for spacing and approaching, it's good for extending combos and can combo into itself at low and mid percentages for a Wall of Pain with its low ending lag, it has minimal landing lag (8 frames), giving it some setups, and it's good for edgeguarding or racking up damage: it has highest damage output of his aerials, dealing 14% damage, and the final hit has decent knockback, allowing it to KO at high percents when used at the ledge. It's also a good out-of shield option due to these traits, especially if Kirby gets pushed too far to hit the opponent with a neutral or up aerial.

Update History

8.0.0

Its second and third hit deal more damage (3% → 4% (hit 2), 5% → 6% (hit 3); total: 12% → 14%), with base knockback on the third hit not fully compensated (30 → 24).

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Sound	Hit bits	Hit part
Hit 1
0	0	0	4.0%	0	Forward	43	39	0	5.0	top	0.0	4.0	6.5	0.8×	0.5×	0%	Kick	All	All
1	0	0	4.0%	0	Forward	35	38	0	4.4	top	0.0	3.5 to 4.2	13.0 to 6.5	0.8×	0.5×	0%	Kick	All	All
Hit 2
0	0	0	4.0%	0	Forward	28	30	0	4.5	top	0.0	2.8 to 4.1	13.0 to 7.0	0.8×	0.5×	0%	Kick	All	All
Hit 3
0	0	0	6.0%	0	Forward	24	148	0	5.1	top	0.0	3.0 to 4.2	13.0 to 7.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All