Roy (SSBU)/Side special

Overview

Roy performs a series of sword swings to form a natural combo, also known as a rekka. The player can input up or downward inputs while executing the move to perform different swings. This can be used to position the opponent in a manner that can confirm a sweetspotted 4th hit, which has high KO potential. The attack is notoriously powerful due to its amazing consistency, rarely dropping without the player making a huge mistake. The attack can carry opponents closer to the blast zone, improving the already high kill power. This is a particularly popular maneuver when used in tandem with neutral attack on Town and City. The sweetspots having higher hitbox priority also greatly assists with the move's consistent kill power. The lowered SDI and Hitlag multipliers are also crucial to its success, with the latter effectively increasing the already amazing input windows for the rekka. However, it does technically make it easier to SDI, albeit made worse by the lowered multipliers.

However, the attack does have issues, namely its extremely poor safety on shield. The lowest possible shield safety is -16 from an aerial hit, while the rest ranges from -29 (2nd neutral hit) to -46 (4th downward hit). In a similar manner to how neutral attacks work, however, Roy players tend to make use of the large input window for the multiple hits. This allows the player to bait out of shield options and get the rekka anyway. Considering mental frame data as a result of reaction time, the hits can effectively be safe. The low 4th hits can also be used to poke through damaged shields, which is improved by the extra shield damage that each hit of Double-Edge Dance deals; almost every hit deals some bonus shield damage.

The first hit can be used with wavebouncing for safe movement and mindgames, as well as crossing up opponents on shield. This can bolster Roy's approach, though the safety on shield makes it a bit difficult to use properly.

Hitbox Visual Table

	1	2	3	4
Up	—
Neutral
Down	—	—

Hitboxes

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First Hit

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
First Hit
0	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	25	30	0		5.5	top	0.0	9.0	8.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
1	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	25	30	0		6.5	top	0.0	9.0	13.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
2	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	25	30	0		5.5	top	0.0	9.0	16.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
It uses weight-independent knockback.

Second Hits

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
Angled High
0	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	30	30	0		5.0	top	0.0	9.0	8.5	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
1	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	30	30	0		4.5	top	0.0	6.0	12.5	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
2	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	30	30	0		3.0	top	0.0	6.0	16.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
Angled Straight
0	0	0	3.0%	1.0		Standard	30	25	0		5.5	top	0.0	9.0	8.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
1	0	0	2.0%	1.0		Standard	30	25	0		6.5	top	0.0	9.0	13.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
2	0	0	2.0%	1.0		Standard	30	25	0		5.5	top	0.0	9.0	18.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
Both variants use weight-independent knockback.

Third Hits

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
Angled High
0	0	0	4.0%	1.0		Standard	35	40	0		5.5	top	0.0	9.0 to 11.0	4.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	1.0		Standard	40	30	0		4.5	top	0.0	6.0 to 15.0	9.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
2	0	0	3.0%	1.0		Standard	35	30	0		3.0	top	0.0	6.0 to 16.0	12.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
Angled Straight
0	0	0	4.0%	1.0		Standard	35	25	0		5.5	top	0.0	9.0	8.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	1		Standard	40	25	0		6.5	top	0.0	9.0 to 11.0	12.5	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
2	0	0	3.0%	1.0		Standard	35	25	0		5.5	top	0.0	9.0 to 11.5	16.5	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
Angled Low
0	0	0	4.0%	1.0		Standard	40	30	0		4.8	top	0.0	5.6 to 7.0	14.0 to 10.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	1.0		Standard	40	30	0		3.0	top	0.0	4.0 to 7.0	19.0 to 10.0	0.7×	0.8×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
All variants use weight-independent knockback.

Fourth Hits

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
Angled High
0	0	0	7.0%	1.0		Standard	80	40	0		3.5	top	0.0	6.0 to 21.0	10.0	1.4×	0.8×	0%							Fire		All	All
1	0	0	5.0%	1.0		Standard	65	40	0		3.5	top	0.0	6.0 to 21.0	14.0	1.4×	0.8×	0%							Fire		All	All
2	0	0	7.0%	1.0		Standard	80	40	0		3.5	top	0.0	21.0 to 24.0	10.0 to 3.5	1.4×	0.8×	0%							Fire		All	All
3	0	0	5.0%	1.0		Standard	65	40	0		3.5	top	0.0	22.5 to 26.5	14.0 to 4.0	1.4×	0.8×	0%							Fire		All	All
Angled Straight
0	0	0	6.0%	5.0		Standard	80	123	0		7.0	top	0.0	9.0	7.5	1.8×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
1	0	0	4.0%	5.0		Standard	70	105	0		8.0	top	0.0	9.0	11.7	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
2	0	0	4.0%	5		Standard	70	105	0		7.0	top	0.0	9.0	15.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
Angled Low (Multihits, 4 iterations)
0	0	0	2.0%	1.0		Standard	2	20	0		5.0	top	0.0	6.0	11.0	0.5×	1.1×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
1	0	0	2.0%	1.0		Standard	2	20	0		4.0	top	0.0	6.0	16.0	0.5×	1.1×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
2	0	0	2.0%	0		Standard	2	20	0		4.5	top	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.5×	1.1×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
Angled Low (Final Hit)
0	0	0	5.0%	1.0		Standard	55	120	0		4.5	top	0.0	6.0	5.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	1.0		Standard	40	120	0		5.0	top	0.0	7.0	11.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All
2	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	40	120	0		3.0	top	0.0	8.0	18.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Roy Hit		All	All

Timing

Hit 1

Hitboxes	9-11
Earliest continuable	12
Interruptible grounded	39
Interruptible aerial	29

Grounded

Aerial

Hit 2

Neutral hitboxes	5-7
Neutral earliest continuable	8
Neutral interruptible	38
Up	4-6
Up earliest continuable	8
Up interruptible	38

Neutral

Up

Hit 3

Neutral hitboxes	4-6
Neutral earliest continuable	7
Neutral interruptible	43
Up hitboxes	5-7
Up earliest continuable	8
Up interruptible	43
Down hitboxes	5-7
Down earliest contiuable	8
Down interruptible	44

Neutral

Up

Down

Hit 4

Neutral hitboxes	7-9
Neutral interruptible	58
Up hitboxes	6-10
Up interruptible	44
Down hitboxes	7/10/13/16/19-21
Down interruptible	71

Neutral

Up

Down

Trivia

• Despite being a straight angled attack in-game, the 2nd straight hit is referred to as AttackS2Lw in the game's scripts.

Roy's moveset

Neutral attack · 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