Kirby (SSB4)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Kirby's forward aerial.

Overview

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Three quick spinning kicks. The first two hits deal weak knockback to lead into the last hit. Low landing lag, meaning that the first or second hit can be used as a setup into other moves. Can link into itself for a pseudo Wall of Pain in certain instances. Virtually guaranteed to combo out of a forward throw, though the player may have to jump between the throw and forward aerial if the opponent is especially light or at mid-range damage.

Update history

1.1.3

• Hitlag multiplier: 1x → 1.2x.
• Knockback growth: 145 → 148.

Hitboxes

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Hitbox type	Damage	Angle	Base knockback	Knockback scaling	Fixed knockback value	Weight dependent	Effect	SFX level
Foot	4% (hit 1), 3% (hit 2), 5% (hit 3)	?	?	148	—	?	Normal	?

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-9
Hit 1	10-11
Hit 2	17-18
Hit 3	25-26
Ending autocancel	41-
Interruptible	48
Animation length	68

Landing lag

Animation length	13

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Kirby'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 · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash