Sheik (SSBM)/Forward aerial

Overview

Hitbox duration of Sheik's forward aerial.

Sheik does a quick swipe in front of herself, semi-spiking the opponent with very high knockback. It is Sheik's second most powerful move, only behind her sweetspotted up smash, and is among Sheik's most useful finishers. It is especially deadly when used offstage, as it can easily gimp characters with poor recoveries, such as Falco and Dr. Mario. It is usually used as a combo finisher, and is commonly used after forward tilts on fastfallers or down throws on floaties as a KO setup.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	13%	0		0	100	0	5.4684	22	2.327976	0.0	0.0						Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-4
Hitbox	5-7
Ending autocancel	11-
Animation length	33
Interruptible	40

Landing lag

Animation length	16
L-cancelled animation length	8

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Sheik'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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special