Pac-Man (SSB4)/Back aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Pac-Man's back aerial.

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Overview

Pac-Man performs a dropkick, hitting opponents behind him. The hit deals 11.8% damage and has moderate knockback, making it a kill option at higher percents. It is able to autocancel off of a short hop, making it an effective spacing tool. If not autocancelled, however, the move has 22 frames of landing lag, leaving Pac-Man open to punishes.

Update history

Pac-Man's back aerial has received only one change in version 1.1.5, where the clean hit's knockback was slightly increased.

1.1.5

• Back aerial clean hit knockback scaling (98 → 100)

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	11.8%	0		10	100	0	4.5	9	4.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	11.8%	0		10	100	0	5.9	8	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
Late hit
0	0	7%	0		7	90	0	4.5	9	4.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	7%	0		7	90	0	5.3	8	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-8
Clean hit	9-11
Late hit	12-16
Ending autocancel	36-
Interruptible	41
Animation length	44

Landing lag

Animation length	22

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Pac-Man'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