Auto-canceling: Difference between revisions

*{{SSBM|Link}}: Neutral aerial auto-cancels before its hitbox ends which can make the move frame positive on shield if executed perfectly.

*{{SSBM|Marth}}: Neutral aerial's large hitbox and long duration make it an effective approach option, especially out of a dash dance. This was retained in ''Brawl'' but neutral aerial's auto-cancel window was made far worse in later entries.

*{{SSBM|Ness}}: All his aerials auto-cancel in a short hop. His down aerial auto-cancels as long as the hitbox is not active, making the move frame safe on shield if executed perfectly. This auto-cancel window was retained in ''Brawl''.

*{{SSBM|Sheik}}: Forward aerial can autocancel almost immediately after it is initiated, doing so from frame 11 onward, making it one of the safest aerials in the game. It retains this trait in subsequent ''Smash'' games although it auto-cancels one frame later in ''Brawl'' due to the hitboxes' longer duration.

*{{SSBB|Luigi}}: All of his aerials auto-cancel from a short hop but more notably, he can perform two forward, up or down aerials in a short hop and he will still auto-cancel them making them strong approach tools on the ground especially forward aerial.

*{{SSBB|Meta Knight}}: All of his aerials auto-cancel in a short hop. Most notably, his forward aerial's long range and autocancel window give it great utility in relieving pressure, approaching, and comboing.

*{{SSBB|Peach}}: Her forward aerial is a powerful spacing tool and it auto-cancels as soon as the hitbox ends. Her back and down aerials also share this trait.

*{{SSBB|R.O.B}}: All of his aerials auto-cancel in a short hop. Neutral, back and down aerials all have extremely lenient auto-cancel windows and the latter two can be used for recovering.

*{{SSB4|Luigi}}: As with all previous entries, all aerials auto-cancel from a short hop although unlike ''Brawl'', he cannot perform two up or down aerials in a short hop and auto-cancel them. Forward aerial is good combo move, and back aerial is one of his better KOing options.

*{{SSB4|Mario}}: Up aerial is great combo move and can lead into Super Jump Punch. Back aerial can [[wall of pain]] due to its speed.

*{{SSB4|Pac-Man}}: Back aerial is his strongest aerial, and has a significant auto-cancel window on startup.

*{{SSB4|Pikachu}}: Up aerial is very fast and is great for juggling.

*{{SSBU|Fox}}: Fox's up air can autocancel out of a shorthop, allowing it to combo into itself 3-4 times if hit below a platform.

*{{SSBU|Jigglypuff}}: Down air was buffed in patch 6.0 to autocancel out of a short hop, this opened up a huge combo game for it.

*{{SSBU|Pikachu}}: Unlike the previous titles, Pikachu's back air autocancels out of a short hop, allowing it to combo into itself.

*{{SSBU|Squirtle}} Squirtle's back air and down air autocancel out of a shorthop, most notably allowing back air to combo into itself, and down air to combo into grab/itself.

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*{{SSB4|Shulk}} is the only character in ''Smash 4'' who cannot auto-cancel any of his aerials at all, due to his auto-cancel windows on all of his aerials being programmed after they can be interrupted while their animations have not completed (forward aerial has the least severe case as unlike his other aerials, it can auto-cancel a decent while before the animation has finished and has a strict 3 frame window to be auto-cancelled in a full hop). However, this allows him to cancel an aerial attack's ending lag with another action (jumping, aerial, airdodge). {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} also exhibits this trait with his [[up aerial]] in ''Brawl'' and multiple other aerials in ''Smash 4'' (such as {{SSB4|Ganondorf}}'s forward aerial and {{SSB4|Palutena}}'s up aerial) also share this trait. All aerials with this trait had their auto-cancel windows fixed in ''Ultimate'' patch 2.0.0.

*[[Luigi]] is the only of the 12 veterans who can auto-cancel all of his aerials out of a short hop in every game.

*[[Link]] is the only veteran who is unable to auto-cancel all his aerials in a short hop in ''Smash 64'', as up and down aerials have a very long hitbox duration, causing them to have strict auto-cancel windows.

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