Zelda (SSBM)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Zelda's forward aerial.

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Overview

Technique

Zelda's Lightning Kick has a unique animation that sharply raises her ECB, then drops it slightly immediately following. Using this to land on a platform is referred to as an aerial interrupt (AI). Timing this aerial interrupt can land Zelda, autocancel for 4 frames, and leave Zelda actionable on platform. This is likely the fastest way to land and be actionable on a side platform on all stages. The aerial interrupt is also one of the strongest, albeit hardest, ledge options Zelda has available to her, granting 9 frames of invulnerable actionability from ledge on a stage with flat walls, 10 frames on Yoshi's Story, or 13 frames on Battlefield.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	10%	0		0	80	0	3.906	7	0.0	0.0	0.0						Punch
1	0	10%	0		0	80	0	3.1248	4	0.0	0.0	0.0						Punch
2	0	20%	0		30	96	0	5.0778	10	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-7
Hitboxes	8-11
Ending autocancel	25-
Interruptible	36
Animation length	39

Landing lag

Animation length	18
L-cancelled animation length	9

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Zelda'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) · Edge attack (fast) · Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special