Dr. Mario (SSB4)/Back aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Dr. Mario's back aerial.

Overview

Dr. Mario performs a backwards dropkick. It has minimal startup, ending and landing lag, as well as a very short amount of time before the move is able to autocancel, making it possible to short hop fast fall the move and autocancel with it. Combined with its decent range, lasting hitbox, and respectable power in both damage and knockback, it is seen as one of the best back aerials in the game. It is able to combo into itself at low percents or slightly higher with the late hit, can kill reasonably well and also is very effective at edgeguarding due to the power and long lasting hitbox. Some of his other moves can combo into back aerial as well, such as the reverse hit of up aerial or down throw. It should be noted that this move has longer lasting hitboxes on both the early and late hits of the move, compared to Mario's version.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Piercing	Heedless	No GFX	Flinchless	Stretch
Clean hit
0	0	0	12%	0		Backwards	10	95	0	4.2	9	4.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
1	0	0	12%	0		Backwards	10	95	0	5.4	0	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
Late hit
0	0	0	7%	0		Backwards	7	90	0	4.5	9	4.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
1	0	0	7%	0		Backwards	7	90	0	5.3	8	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
The damage values are untouched before being affected by Dr. Mario's 1.12x damage multiplier.

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-5
Clean hit	6-8
Late hit	9-13
Ending autocancel	19-
Interruptible	34
Animation length	45

Landing lag

Animation length	16

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Dr. Mario'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
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash