Meta Knight (SSBB)/Forward aerial

Overview

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Meta Knight slashes in front of him three times. The move has some decent knockback and always do up to 10% damage if all three of the slashes hit regardless of stale-move negation. Having to be one of the best forward aerials in the game, it is one of the many useful attacks Meta Knight has that has extremely fast start-up and ending lag, good for racking up damage, and has a great transcendent range to keep him safe. Meta Knight can also space and pressure an opponent with his forward aerial very well, where it can effectively try to offensively attack or trying to keep away an opponent. Due to having little lag if the move hits the ground, one can use a short hop to use it and this gives him a great opportunity to lead in to many of his other moves that he can utilize such as another forward aerial or down tilt.

With his ability to jump multiple time in midair, Meta Knight can utilize his forward aerial well off stage. When he does get an opponent offstage, it only takes a a few forward aerials to get a good KO at an opponent depending on his damage percentage. Even if it doesn't KO, the attack can cause some difficult to characters who doesn't have a good horizontal recovery. His forward aerial can also perform a variation of the wall of pain along with his down aerial. Due to his poor air speed however, it isn't as effective as Jigglypuff's wall of pain.

Overall, like Meta Knight's other moves, it is an universally excellent move to use in all levels of play, and has gained a repetition of being broken.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Hit 1
0	0	3%	0		0	100	80	3.5	0	0.0	1.0	6.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	3%	0		0	100	80	3.5	0	0.0	1.0	15.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	3%	0		0	100	5	3.5	0	0.0	10.0	6.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
3	0	3%	0		0	100	5	3.5	0	0.0	10.0	15.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hit 2
0	0	3%	0		0	100	80	4.0	0	0.0	1.0	6.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	3%	0		0	100	80	4.0	0	0.0	1.0	15.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	3%	0		0	100	5	4.0	0	0.0	10.0	6.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
3	0	3%	0		0	100	5	4.0	0	0.0	10.0	15.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hit 3
0	0	4%	0		60	122	0	5.0	0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	4%	0		60	122	0	5.0	0	0.0	1.0	14.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	4%	0		60	122	0	5.0	0	0.0	10.0	3.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
3	0	4%	0		60	122	0	5.0	0	0.0	10.0	14.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-3
Hit 1	6
Hit 2	10
Hit 3	13
Ending autocancel	22-
Animation length	39

Landing lag

Animation length	15

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Meta Knight's moveset

Neutral attack · Forward tilt (1 · 2 · 3) · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial · Glide attack
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack (fast) · Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash