Pichu (SSBM)/Up aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Pichu's up aerial.

Overview

Pichu does a flip while swinging its tail in an arc above itself. The move is quick and the hitbox is much larger than Pichu's actual tail, which makes it good at hitting opponents above it. However, the semi-spike hitbox is missing, meaning that this is exclusively a juggling move, though the fact that the move keeps the low damage output carried over from Pikachu's version makes up aerial strings a painfully slow way of racking up damage. The move can be followed up with a neutral aerial or back aerial, which will keep working on non-floaties until high percentages, where it will set up for an edgeguarding situation.

On the other hand, where the move truly shines is in single-player gamemodes, due to its incredibly high base knockback (among the highest in the game), which makes it remarkably effective at killing foes that take increased knockback (for example, the move can reliably OHKO the wireframes from Multi-Man Melee). Also, unlike Pikachu's up aerial, this one stays at 100 base knockback for its entire duration, making it much more reliable for this purpose.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean hit
0	0	4%	0		100	60	0	3.906	43	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	4%	0		100	60	0	2.7342	43	1.953	2.7342	-0.7812						Kick
2	0	4%	0		100	60	0	3.5154	43	3.906	5.987898	-1.995966						Kick
Mid hit
0	0	4%	0		100	60	0	3.906	43	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	4%	0		100	60	0	2.7342	43	1.953	2.7342	-0.7812						Kick
2	0	4%	0		100	60	0	3.5154	43	3.906	5.987898	-1.995966						Kick
Late hit
0	0	4%	0		100	60	0	3.906	43	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	4%	0		100	60	0	2.7342	43	1.953	2.7342	-0.7812						Kick
2	0	4%	0		100	60	0	3.5154	43	3.906	5.987898	-1.995966						Kick

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-3
Clean hit	4-5
Mid hit	6-7
Late hit	8-9
Ending autocancel	18-
Animation length	27

Landing lag

Animation length	18
L-cancelled animation length	9

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Similar moves

• Pikachu (SSBM)/Up aerial

Pichu's moveset

Neutral attack · 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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special