Kirby (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Kirby's down aerial.

Hitbox visualization showing Kirby's down aerial's landing hitbox.

Overview

A drill kick. The final hit has a weak meteor effect. An effective combo starter on grounded opponents, and a dangerous edge-guarding move on recovering opponents. Low ending lag makes it relatively safe to use off-stage. It can also lead in to a footstool jump. This move can combo into a vast majority of Kirby's arsenal at almost any percent. Perhaps the most classic combination sequence to a successful down aerial used toward the ground is one to three up tilts (depending on opponent weight and damage percentage) followed either by one or two up aerials or an up smash.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Hits 1-5
0	0	1%	0		20	107	0	5.0	0	0.0	-2.5	2.4	1.0x	1.5x	0%							Kick
Hit 6
0	0	2%	0		20	110	0	6.2	0	0.0	-2.5	2.4	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
Landing
0	0	2%	0		0	100	40	5.4	0	0.0	3.2	4.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	2%	0		0	100	40	5.0	0	0.0	3.2	-4.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-17
Hits 1-5	18-19, 21-22, 24-25, 27-28, 30-31
Hit 6	34
Ending autocancel	48-
Interruptible	55
Animation length	59

Landing lag

Hitboxes	1-3
Animation length	17

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Kirby's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 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 (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash