King Dedede (SSBB)/Back aerial

Hitbox visualization showing King Dedede's back aerial.

Overview

King Dedede sticks out a foot behind himself, doing 13% damage with the initial hitbox and 9% with the subsequent hitbox. It functions as a sex kick due to becoming weaker the longer it is out, but the knockback does not decrease that much. The move has far horizontal reach, a long-lasting hitbox, strong horizontal knockback, and very fast startup. The move is great for edgeguarding and can be used as a WoP technique at low percentages in conjunction with his forward aerial. It also has above average KO power and is a reliable KO move when not stale. While the move has minor landing lag, it is difficult to punish. It is considered to be one of the best back aerials in the game, and also King Dedede's best attack.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	13%	0		20	100	0	8.5	16	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	30%							Kick
1	0	13%	0		20	100	0	8.5	16	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	30%							Kick
Late hit
0	0	9%	0		20	100	0	7.0	16	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	30%							Kick
1	0	9%	0		20	100	0	7.0	16	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	30%							Kick

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-4
Clean hit	6-8
Late hit	9-25
Ending autocancel	26-
Animation length	32

Landing lag

Animation length	21

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Notes

• Shield stun: 4, 3
• Shield hitlag: 10, 8
• Advantage on shield: -17/-18 (jump/grab OoS), -10/-11 (normal shield drop)
• The late hit is supposed to only be active until frame 21 however due to a timing error (with the auto-cancel window on frame 26 being listed before the timer to remove the hitboxes on frame 22), the late hit is active until frame 25. This is also reflected by the move's animation as Dedede clearly starts to move his foot back after frame 21 yet the hitboxes are still active.

King Dedede's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 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
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 (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash