Sheik (SSBM)/Forward aerial

Overview

The hitbox of Sheik's forward aerial.

Sheik does a quick swipe in front of herself. It semi-spikes with high knockback, being a great finisher (whether used on its own or to finish a combo), and very deadly against characters offstage, especially those with poor recovery like Falco and Dr. Mario. It can be combo'd into with moves such as forward tilt or dash attack, and is Sheik's second most powerful move (behind her sweetspotted up smash). On stage such as Dream Land and Fountain of Dreams, it can also be used straight after an edge drop→wall jump off the area below the edge to edgeguard, though this is obviously situational and requires a pretty hard read.

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Attack data

Animation length	33
Hits on frames	5-7
Autocancel frames	Before 4, after 11

Landing lag

Animation length	16
Animation length when L-cancelled	8 frames

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Sheik's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 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) · Edge attack (fast) · Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special