Ryu (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Ryu's down aerial.

Overview

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Ryu punches diagonally downward in the air relatively quickly. An incredibly useful tool in Ryu's arsenal, this aerial attack offers numerous advantages. When used alone, its sweetspot acts as a rare diagonal meteor smash, though the hitbox to make this happen is rather small. As part of a combo, when used near the floor, it sets up the player for several potential follow-ups, most notably up tilt (tap or hold), up smash, and Shoryuken, each of which are usually difficult for the opponent to escape from.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	15%	0		10	80	0	2.7	0	0.0	3.0	9.5	1.0x	1.8x	0%							Ryu Punch
1	0	12%	0		60	14	0	4.4	0	0.0	3.0 to 8.0	9.5 to 5.0	1.0x	1.5x	0%							Ryu Punch
2	0	11%	0		20	80	0	4.4	0	0.0	3.0 to 8.0	9.5 to 5.0	1.0x	1.5x	0%							Ryu Punch

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Hitboxes	8-12
Ending autocancel	33-
Interruptible	46
Animation length	45

Landing lag

Animation length	18

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Ryu's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · 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