Pikachu (SSB)/Forward aerial

Overview

The hitbox of Pikachu's fair

Pikachu drills itself forward while surrounding itself in electricity. The attack does 7 hits in total, and each hit does 3% damage; thus, the total amount of damage Pikachu can deal is 21%. The move possesses a landing hit with horizontal knockback if Pikachu does not Z-cancel the move. As a drill attack, the move has very weak set knockback, and while it has a great damage output if all the hits are landed, the opponent can easily SDI away to avoid this. This can allow opponents to potentially avoid followups, although it is still a strong combo starter, being able to lead into neutral aerial or up aerial when used in the air. If Pikachu lands while using the move on an opponent and Z cancels it, it has even stronger followup potential, being able to lead into most of Pikachu's ground moves including his up tilt and up smash to lead into combos. It is overall a very solid move in Pikachu's kit, being a solid combo starter which can potentially also deal a lot of damage.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Effect	G	A	Sound
Hits 1-7
0	0	3%	0		0	100	30	195	11	0	65	15					Shock
1	0	3%	0		0	100	30	170	5	0	0	0					Shock
Landing
0	0	6%	0		30	100	0	180	11	0	65	15					Shock

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-6
Hits 1-7	7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22-23, 25-26
Ending autocancel	27-
Animation length	39

Landing lag

Hitbox	1-2
Animation length	16
Z-cancelled animation length	4

Normal

Z-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Pikachu'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 · 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