Isabelle (SSBU)/Up aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Isabelle's up aerial.

Overview

Isabelle's Up air is largely generic, outputting mediocre damage. However, where it stands out is its lingering hit box, which when combined with her slow fall speed, can allow for very strong aerial pressure on some characters. In comparison to Villager's version, is it much more consistent due to always pulling out two turnips instead of one to three. Some possible followups are from Up-tilt, Lloid trap if the opponent is nearby, and occasionally Down throw.

Up aerial provides a good tool for juggling some characters, as well as the primary use case of Isabelle's net grab Up throw. The sour spot of the move still provides a fair amount of stun, allowing for juggling scenarios to sometimes continue even if the hit is not sweet spotted. Along with her slow fall speed, plus Up aerial's disjoint and long lasting hit box, can make it very difficult for the opponent to safely land. This makes the move one of her greatest assets, depending on the matchup.

Updates 1.1.0 and 8.0.0 have significantly improved the move overall, with 8.0.0 increasing base knock back. This particularly improved Isabelle's ability to continue juggling - even when landing the sour spot. The first buff Up aerial received in 1.1.0 was a "day 1 patch", meaning the original version of the move had virtually no competitive usage.

Update History

1.1.0

• Up and down aerials have less landing lag (12 frames → 9).

8.0.0

• Up aerial has more base knockback (30 → 40).

Hitboxes

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
Clean hit
0	0	0	10.0%	0		Standard	40	100	0		6.5	top	0.0	20.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	5.0%	0		Standard	40	100	0		4.5	top	0.0	18.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-5
Clean hit	6-7
Late hit	8-31
Ending autocancel	39-
Interruptible	43
Animation length	57

Landing lag

Interruptible	10
Animation length	21

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Isabelle'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