Sonic (SSBU)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Sonic's neutral aerial.

Overview

Curls up into a ball and spins while slightly undulating up and down. In addition to being a reliable follow-up from Spin Dash, Spin Charge, and Spring Jump-assisted combos, its launching angle, fast startup (frame 6) and low landing lag (10 frames) allow its clean and late hitboxes to serve as useful combo starters at low to medium percentages when SHFF'd, allowing it to be followed up by any aerial. At high percents, landing immediately with the late hit can combo into a back aerial, which can lead to a KO near the ledge.

It resembles the Air Spin from Sonic the Fighters and the Insta-Shield, an attack that debuted in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Hitboxes

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Timing

Attack

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Landing lag

Animation length	10

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash