Ness (SSB)/Back aerial

Overview

Ness does a quick split kick with his feet in front of him in the air, dealing 16% (10% for the late hit) for high knockback and high shield stun but with a smaller hitbox than most of his other aerials. This move is Ness's most powerful aerial, in terms of knockback (outside of Up Aerial in the Japanese version.) Unlike most of Ness's aerials, this move is not as strong for juggling purposes, due to it's higher knockback and slightly greater ending lag. It is possible to combine this move with the double jump cancel technique, though this is more used for pressure, KO potential, and grab setups than combo setups. The most common use of this technique is out of a up tilt or up aerial for KO knockback. The sour spot hit of his back aerial, being at the absolute edge of his feet, has low combo and knockback potential due to it's awkward hitbox/angle so it is uncommonly used on purpose outside of a weak b-air to down aerial spike at mid percents. The weak hit also has low shield stun, making shield breaks uncommon.

This move, along with Ness's other moves used for DJCing, has short range, so the technique has since lost recognition and known effectiveness.

Even though it is Ness's slowest aerials, it still has shield break potential due to it's incredible shield stun. However, unlike his other aerials, this only occurs if done right next to an opponent (to prevent the sour-spot) and it cannot be used alone (as in other aerials must be used after the initial b-air) due to it's range being sub-par and due to it's ending lag being noticeably higher than Ness's other aerials (along with the previously mentioned low shield stun.) This makes it the less commonly used aerial for Ness mains along with neutral air outside of high percents. This is also since his weak hitbox is considered to be borderline useless and is quite easy to hit with as Ness concentrates on spacing.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean hit
0	0	16%	0		10	100	0	120	26	-30	45	0					Kick
1	0	16%	0		10	100	0	145	26	80	30	0					Kick
Late hit
0	0	10%	0		0	100	0	110	26	-30	45	0					Kick
1	0	10%	0		0	100	0	135	26	80	30	0					Kick

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-9
Clean hit	10-13
Late hit	14-19
Ending autocancel	20-
Animation length	39

Landing lag

Animation length	15
L-cancelled animation length	4

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Ness'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 · Forward throw · Back throw
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Edge attack (fast) · Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special · Up special · Down special