Wario (SSB4)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Wario's neutral aerial.

Overview

Wario inflates his belly and spins in the air with his arms and legs spread wide. It is Wario's fastest aerial, coming out at frame 4, and one of his main combo starters, as the second hit launches at an angle for a follow-up into another aerial, or even a footstool at very low percents, in which Wario can follow up the footstool with a forward air lock, then repeat the process with up air. Despite it resembling a sex kick, it actually has 2 hits instead of an early/late hit, unlike other attacks. The first hit usually combos into the second, but at higher percents it'll launch too far to combo into it.

Despite how useful the move is, it has several flaws that hinder it greatly. The main flaw of neutral air is the very poor hitbox, having basically no range outside of Wario's hurtboxes, and in general being quite small. Other flaws include the 14 frame gap between to two hits, which can cause the move to completely whiff when landing sometimes, the belly hurtbox inflating a fair amount which makes Wario an easier target to hit and the inability to short hop autocancel the move, all of which make the move rather mediocre in actuality.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	6.5%	0		30	100	0	3.0	0	0.0	7.0	8.5	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
Late hit
0	0	4%	0		65	100	0	4.5	0	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0x	1.1x	0%							Punch

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-3
Hit 1	4
Hit 2	15-38
Ending autocancel	44-
Interruptible	50
Animation length	57

Landing lag

Animation length	12

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Wario's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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