Palutena (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Palutena's down aerial.

Overview

An arcing kick below herself. This is the fourth fastest meteor smash in the game, tied with Luigi's and Cloud's down aerials. Its quick startup also makes it a good out of shield option. However, it lasts for only one frame, has disproportionately high landing lag, starts autocancelling incredibly late -though still before the move ends- and it is the laggiest aerial in the entire game, having 48 frames of ending lag, meaning she will not be able to react until she lands or passes the platform she was in before entering the air.

As a result of its unprecedentedly low post-hitbox speed, its sees extremely little usage in competitive play outside of edgeguarding. Despite this, it is still capable of comboing if one times the move well as Palutena lands during the move, occasionally leading into an aerial at mid percentages, though this is difficult to pull off.

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
0	0	0	9%	0		Standard	20	100	0	4.0	0	0.0	-3.7	0.5	1.0x	1.5x	0%							Magic		63								0.0	-5.2	0.5
1	0	0	9%	0		Backwards	30	100	0	6.3	0	0.0	-5.0	1.5	1.0x	1.5x	0%							Magic		63								0.0	-5.0	0.5

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Hitboxes	10
Ending autocancel	48-
Interruptible	59
Animation length	65

Landing lag

Animation length	18

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Palutena's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 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