Luigi (SSB4)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Luigi's neutral aerial.

Overview

Luigi's neutral aerial is a very kick flying kick. It's his fastest aerial, coming out on frame 3, and his most versatile tool. It is most famous for its combo breaking and starting abilities. Thanks to its fast startup and large hitbox, it can break out of combos and put Luigi's opponents in a terrible position. Added to that is its ability to start combos. Thanks to its vertical knockback and decently low landing lag, it's able to start very long chains at low percent. It leads into all of Luigi's aerials and can even lead into Super Jump Punch. Late hit combos for much longer than the clean hit. It is, however, pretty easy to bait and punish. At that point, it becomes a mindgame.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	12%	0		20	90	0	4.5	5	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	12%	0		20	90	0	4.0	9	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
Late hit
0	0	6%	0		20	100	0	3.0	5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	6%	0		20	100	0	2.5	9	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Clean hit	3-5
Late hit	6-31
Ending autocancel	36-
Animation length	45

Landing lag

Animation length	14

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Luigi'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 (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash
Down taunt