Ridley (SSBU)/Forward smash

Hitbox visualization showing Ridley's forward smash.

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Overview

Ridley rears back, before expelling a fiery blast from his mouth. While it has slow start-up and shorter range compared to other moves on Ridley's moveset, forward smash boasts very high power for a smash attack, dealing enough damage and knockback to begin killing foes below 80%, potentially even earlier depending on the stage, Ridley's positioning relative to the ledge and the time spent charging it. Additionally, the size of the hitbox allows it to 2-frame punish the recoveries of certain characters, although timing this is very difficult and of much higher risk compared to utilising downward-angled forward tilt.

Another noteworthy property of this move is its start-up animation - due to him physically rearing back, this shifts Ridley's hurtbox to evade certain moves in front of him, although this only really applies to short ranged moves.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
0	0	0	20.0%	0		Forward	58	80	0		9.0	top	0.0	8.0	14.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All

Timing

Charges between	5-6
Hitboxes	18-21
Interruptible	54
Animation length	79

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Interruptible

Ridley's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · 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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash