Roy (SSBM)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Roy's down aerial.

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Overview

Roy swings his sword in a downward slash. The move has the ability to send at a wide variety of angles, all having niche application.

The hitboxes located on Roy's body, which have lower priority than his sword hitboxes, will meteor smash the opponent. The meteor is most consistent when hit from below, akin to Young Link's down air. On the flipside, the commonly hit sourspot is located near the tip of Roy's sword and pops the opponent straight upwards. Lastly, the hilt of Roy's sword, which has more priority than the meteor but less priority than the tipper, knocks the opponent at the Sakurai angle. It is often regarded as the least desirable of the three angles to hit, although it can potentially kill at a somewhat reasonable percent under the right circumstances, due to the inherent "DI mixup" nature of the move.

Despite having relatively high landing lag, Roy's down air is an indispensable piece of his combo game, whether using the meteor to pillar opponents in tandem with down tilt or using the tipper for juggling intermittently with up airs; The overall modest knockback can work to its benefit in these situations.

However, one would be harshly mistaken in attempting to use this move's meteor as a serious means of offstage edgeguarding as its meteor hitboxes aren't really powerful to begin with, coupled with meteor cancel, 53 frames of endlag, and Roy's high gravity.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
1	0	9%	0		40	70	0	4.2966	78	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
2	0	9%	0		40	70	0	3.1248	73	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
3	0	9%	0		40	70	0	2.3436	27	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
0	0	6%	0		40	70	0	3.5154	78	5.4684	0.0	0.0						Punch

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-6
Hitbox	7-10
Ending autocancel	55-
Interruptible	64
Animation length	68

Landing lag

Animation length	32
L-cancelled animation length	16

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Roy'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