Ridley (SSBU)/Neutral attack

Overview

Ridley's neutral attack consists of 2 claw swipes followed by either a bite or a flurry of tail stabs and swipes. Being frame 4 to start with, this is Ridley's fastest move and best option out of a Space Pirate Rush mashout.

For the technical data of each individual hit, see:

• Ridley (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Hit 1
• Ridley (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Hit 2
• Ridley (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Hit 3
• Ridley (SSBU)/Neutral attack/Infinite

Quickest loop

The third jab and rapid jab have different continuability windows, with the latter being shorter and taking priority. The move transitions into the rapid jab if, since the start of the first jab and before the end of the rapid jab window, the attack button has been pressed at least 3 times and released at least 2 times. Otherwise, it transitions into the third jab.

Jab 1	4-5
Jab 2	11-12
Jab 3	19-20
Rapid jab	18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33
Rapid jab finisher	38-39
Interruptible	24, 33, 51, 80
Animation lengths	37, 45, 59, 79

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Loop point

Earliest continuable point

Interruptible

Ridley's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · 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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash