Kirby (SSB)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox of Kirby's neutral air.

Landing hitbox of Kirby's neutral air when not Z-cancelled.

Overview

Kirby does a sex kick, flattening his foot and sticking it out for a moment. The move deals 15% damage and high knockback during its first four active frames and dealing 10% damage for the rest of its duration. It is one of the strongest neutral aerials in the game as well as Kirby's strongest aerial; being able to KO Mario at around 118% at the center of Dream Land. Its high power makes it a move usable for edgeguarding, and can be used in certain combos, such as after an up tilt however, this also gives it less combo potential compared to Kirby's forward and back aerials. It also has slightly disjointed range and very low startup lag; coming out on frame 3. This makes it Kirby's fastest aerial as well as an excellent out of shield option. While back aerial has more utility as a spacing and edgeguarding move, and forward aerial has superior and much more versatile combo ability, Kirby's neutral aerial is faster and stronger than both moves; making it a pretty decent move for most situations.

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Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean hit
0	0	15%	0		30	100	0	110	5	0	0	0					Kick
1	0	15%	0		30	100	0	130	24	120	0	0					Kick
Late hit
0	0	10%	0		10	100	0	105	5	0	0	0					Kick
1	0	10%	0		10	100	0	130	24	120	0	0					Kick
Landing
0	0	3%	0		0	100	80	130	0	0	0	0					Punch

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-2
Clean hit	3-6
Late hit	7-30
Ending autocancel	31-
Animation length	49

Landing lag

Hitboxes	1-2
Animation length	16
L-cancelled animation length	4

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Similar moves

• Jigglypuff (SSB)/Neutral aerial

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 · Forward throw · Back throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Up special · Down special