Ness (SSB)/Up aerial

Overview

Hitbox of Ness's up aerial.

Hitbox of Ness's up aerial while double jump cancelled.

Ness does a quick headbutt above himself in the air, doing 15% damage, 110 Knockback Scaling, and 10 Base Knockback. The move is good for juggling and, against most characters, it can be used in conjunction with an up tilt. However, this move is even more feared when in use with the double jump cancel technique, which is very important to Ness's metagame and vital in most of his matchups. With it, Ness is capable of doing even shorter short hops, allowing him to use the move a very short distance from the ground, meaning up aerial chains can be performed until ~60%. Ness can also potentially perform zero-to-death combos on opponents, as he can rack up huge damage with his up aerial in conjunction with his other aerials, such as his down aerial. However, the move, along with Ness's other moves used for this technique, has short range, so the technique has since lost recognition and known effectiveness.

What`s also interesting to note is the fact that this move has transcendent priority, due to Ness`s head being intangible (meaning it can`t be harmed) and a rather large hitbox size (despite this, the move`s range is still short).

The move also makes a hard "Ping!" cartoon sound when he hits an opponent with this move in the NTSC version of the game (most powerful head or punch attacks make this sound).

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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