Sonic (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Sonic's down aerial.

Overview

A diagonal flying kick. It is a stall-then-fall that can meteor smash. It is difficult to use as such, however, since its meteor hitbox is present only after frame 19. Originates from Sonic the Fighters, though it also resembles the Sonic Rocket from Sonic Battle. It is similar to Sheik's and Zero Suit Samus' and while it has more start up and landing lag than than their's, it has much less ending lag, making much safer to use off stage. Sonic can also land a footstool jump after use at certain percentages and because it's a stall-then-fall with not that much ending lag, he can meteor smash his opponents if landed right after a foot stool jump.

Update history

1.0.8

• Ending lag: frame 50 → 46, slightly improving its safety.

Hitboxes

Hitbox type	Damage	Angle	Base knockback	Knockback scaling	Fixed knockback value	Weight dependent	Effect	SFX level
Foot	8%/7%	70/285	80/30	70/90	—	?	Normal	?

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-3
Early hit	17-18
Mid hit	19-22
Late hit	23-32
Ending autocancel	41
Interruptible	46
Animation length	?

Landing lag

Animation length	38

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

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Sonic'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 · 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