Zelda (SSBU)/Forward tilt

Zelda forward tilt hitbox visualizations.
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Overview

Zelda emits magical energy from her hand and slashes horizontally with a magically produced blade. It has noticeable startup lag at frame 12, but has a high damage output , high base knockback and average knockback growth, making it very strong, and also has somewhat low ending lag (23 frames) for its power, making it safe on shield with good spacing. It has good range, with five small hitboxes: three sourspots close to Zelda and two sweetspot at her hand and the blade, and they are all reliable KO options, although the hitboxes are small, and thus narrow, and the sourspots deal 3.5% less damage without changes on knockback.

Update History

7.0.0

• Forward tilt deals more damage (10%/12% → 11.5%/15%), with knockback scaling not fully compensated (70/70 → 68/69). This significantly improves its KO potential to the point it is even stronger than in Smash 4, with the sweetspot KOing at around 120% from the center of Final Destination.

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
0	0	0	11.5%	0		Forward	72	68	0		2.1	arml	-2.0	0.2	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
1	0	0	11.5%	0		Forward	72	68	0		2.2	arml	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
2	0	0	11.5%	0		Forward	72	68	0		2.3	arml	3.2	0.4	-0.1	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
3	0	0	15.0%	0		Forward	72	69	0		2.4	handl	3.5	0.0	0.7	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All
4	0	0	15.0%	0		Forward	72	69	0		2.5	handl	6.2	0.0	1.4	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Slash		All	All

Timing

Hitboxes	12-13
Interruptible	37
Animation length	54

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Zelda's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 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) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash