Palutena (SSB4)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Palutena's forward aerial.

Overview

Palutena dropkicks in front of herself. It has a long horizontal hitbox with good range. It also has low landing lag and a fairly wide autocancel window (though not as wide as Sheik's forward aerial) that lets it SHFF. Its low power makes it viable for comboing: when SHFF'd it can lead into a jab, another forward aerial, a back aerial if timed well, or a grab. It has, however, relatively high ending lag.

Update history

1.1.0

• Forward aerial deals more damage (7% → 8%).

1.1.5

• Forward aerial deals more damage (8% → 9%) without full compensation on its knockback (30 base/100 scaling → 31/92).

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Stretch
0	0	9%	3		31	92	0	5.5	0	0.0	6.9	9.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Magic		0.0	6.9	15.0

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-3
Hitboxes	9-11
Ending autocancel	24-
Interruptible	45
Animation length	54

Landing lag

Animation length	12

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Palutena's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · inf) · 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