Ganondorf (SSB4)/Neutral attack

Hitbox visualization showing Ganondorf's jab

Overview

Ganondorf leans in a palm strike that deals electric damage (with the exception of the sourspot). It has three separate hitboxes: on the hand, on the arm, and on his body. The hitbox on his hand is the sweetspot, dealing the most damage and knockback while the hitbox on his body is the sourspot, dealing the least damage and knockback. It is Ganondorf's fastest ground attack, and has decent range and knockback that can KO around 155% near the ledge if sweetspotted. However, it is surprisingly weak for a heavyweight jab where, apart from the sweetspot, the damage is relatively low and possesses little (if any) jab setups.

While initially nerfed from Brawl where the sourspot and arm hitboxes dealt 1% less damage, this was reverted in patch 1.0.6 for the arm hitbox, and the sweetspot also gained a 1% damage bonus. Ganondorf's neutral attack was improved again in 1.1.5, dealing more damage on the sourspot and arm hitbox, having faster start-up and ending lag, and the sweetspot's hitbox was shifted forward one unit giving it more range and the sourspot was shifted back one unit reducing the possibility of hitting a blindspot.

Update History

1.0.6

• Neutral attack damage increased: 6% (arm)/9% (sweetspot) → 7%/10%.

1.1.5

• Neutral attack has faster startup (8 frames → 7), less ending lag (34 → 29), deals more damage (7%/10%/4% → 8%/10%/6%), and the sweetspot was shifted one unit forwards giving it more range and the sourspot was shifted one unit backwards, making the sweetspot easier to hit. (12/18 → 11/19).

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	8%	0		38	90	0	4.4	0	0.0	12.0	11.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
1	0	10%	0		30	90	0	5.0	0	0.0	12.0	19.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
2	0	6%	0		40	105	0	3.5	0	0.0	12.0	7.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch

Timing

Hitbox	7-8
Interruptible	29
Animation length	38

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Ganondorf'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 (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash