Roy (SSBU)/Neutral special

Hitbox visualization showing Roy's neutral special, Flare Blade, at low charge.

Hitbox visualization showing Roy's neutral special, Flare Blade, at max charge.

Overview

Roy charges Flare Blade, swinging the sword down with an explosion occurring thereafter. It deals relatively high knockback even with low charge, though it isn't easy to land without reads. At maximum charge, which takes around 5 seconds, the move is treated as a one-hit KO that also breaks shields. Roy will take recoil damage if the move is fully charged. Flare Blade can deal slightly more damage if the move is released just before it reaches the one-hit KO threshold.

Flare Blade can be turned around during the charge, removing the need for a b-reverse. This also gives it minor utility on the ledge if spaced away from edge attacks. B-reversed Flare Blade does still have utility, however, as the momentum gives it minor use as an approach option, kill move or for general reads. It is committal, however, being -15 on shield and having a relatively long animation.

Hitboxes

When not fully charged, the hitboxes' true base damage is specified in the move's parameters, and is equal to 8 + 0.166667 * (charge frames / 240), for a maximum of 47.833333% right before reaching full charge. When fully charged, the hitboxes are instead changed directly with no additional damage modifier.

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
Not fully charged
0	0	0	5.0%	0		Standard	40	110	0		8.7	top	0.0	8.5 to 9.0	15.7 to 15.9	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
Fully charged
0	0	0	50.0%	30.0		Standard	50	83	0		9.6	top	0.0	10.5	16.0 to 15.7	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All
1	0	0	36.0%	30.0		Standard	50	70	0		17.0	top	0.0	10.5	16.0 to 15.7	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All

Timing

Roy can turn around while charging the move, which takes 19 frames, during which the move continues charging. He can continue turning until the move reaches full charge, albeit with a delay of at least 5 frames between consecutive turns.

Not fully charged

Charges between	11-12
Hitbox (from release)	21-24 (10-13)
Interruptible (from release)	45 (34)
Animation length (grounded; from release)	78 (67)
Animation length (aerial; from release)	82 (71)

Grounded
Aerial

Fully charged

The timings are shown from release. Roy receives 10% recoil damage on frame 10.

Hitboxes	10-14
Interruptible	34
Animation length (grounded)	67
Animation length (aerial)	71

Grounded
Aerial

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Interruptible

Differences for Kirby's Copy Ability

• The aerial version has a shorter animation (from release: 71 frames → 67) that matches the grounded version, reducing the time before Kirby can fast fall or grab ledges without interrupting the move.

Parameters

The move has three charge levels before reaching full charge (making four total), but the differences between them are only aesthetic, with the second and third levels having a more pronounced voice clip and particle effects, and the third level causing a Special Zoom on hit.

Move

Horizontal speed multiplier on startup	0.8
Air friction	0.02
Half-seconds of charge for second level	3 (90 frames)
Half-seconds of charge for third level	5 (150 frames)
Total half-seconds of charge	8 (240 frames)
Base damage	8%
Added damage per half-second of charge	5%
Recoil damage for fully charged attack	10%
Delay between consecutive turns	5 frames

Special Zoom

Duration	40 frames
Slowdown magnitude	2
Zoom rate	4
Time before zoom	3 frames
Background duration (non-1v1)	30 frames

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) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash