Sephiroth (SSBU)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Sephiroth's neutral aerial.

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Overview

Sephiroth snaps his fingers, causing a burst of dark energy around himself. Being among the faster moves on Sephiroth's moveset, this is one of his most important moves as it fulfills a number of roles. Firstly, its range all around him and its relative speed compared to his other out of shield options such as up smash and shield grab makes it one of his only viable offensive options against shield pressure. Its low landing lag makes it both quite safe to use on opponents shields and a potent move for setting up combos; notably, it combos into itself, forward aerial and back aerial, with the former working at very low percentages and the latter two for a surprisingly long time, typically until the opponent reaches high damage. Its confirm into back aerial is especially dangerous near the ledge, being able to kill as early as 40% depending on the opponent’s weight and directional influence.

A few noteworthy drawbacks are its start-up and lower disjoint compared to many of Sephiroth’s other moves. While the hitbox consists of a large circle covering Sephiroth's character model, it only lasts for 2 frames, and due to its frequent use in Sephiroth's neutral, it runs a higher risk of staling from overuse, causing it to become slightly less safe on shield. Furthermore, while it is his fastest option out of shield, it is still frame 12 when buffered out of a short hop, limiting its use as an immediate counterattack after blocking an opponents move.

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
0	0	0	8.5%	0		Standard	64	72	0		12.5	top	0.0	10.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Fire		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1
Hitboxes	9-10
Ending autocancel	30-
Interruptible	34
Animation length	57

Landing lag

Interruptible	10
Animation length	36

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Sephiroth'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