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

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
Clean hit
0	0	0	12.0%	0		Standard	30	80	0		5.0	hip	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Mid hit
0	0	0	8.0%	0		Standard	20	85	0		4.5	hip	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	5.0%	0		Standard	20	90	0		4.0	hip	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Attack

Clean hit	6-9
Mid hit	10-19
Late hit	20-38
Ending autocancel	48-
Interruptible	50
Animation length	69

Landing lag

Interruptible	11
Animation length	16

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

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