Jigglypuff (SSB4)/Up aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Jigglypuff's up aerial.

Overview

Jigglypuff sweeps its hand overhead, hitting opponents with 9% damage and decent knockback. The move has limited usage due to its two major flaws; firstly, it is Jigglypuff's laggiest aerial, being the aerial with the second longest duration, after down air, however unlike down air, it is not a multihit move, giving it more ending lag overall, which makes using the move for juggling somewhat difficult. Secondly, it has the least range out of all of Jigglypuff's aerials, having only a small hitbox on its hand which barely reaches above Jigglypuff at all, severely limiting its usage.

However, it does have some use. One benefit of the move is its long hitbox duration, somewhat mitigating the moves laggyness, and making it easier to use the move to prevent opponents from landing. It also has reasonably low landing lag, further improving this ability. It also does posses some degree of KO potential, particularly if Jigglypuff has rage, although it is generally reserved as a last resort kill option, due to its somewhat lacklustre knockback scaling. Furthermore, while it does have a lack of vertical reach, it possesses surprising reach around Jigglypuff, due to the sweeping motion it makes with its hand while using the attack. Finally, it can combo into Rest at very low percents when lading with the move, and while this doesn't kill, it can deal very high damage due to Rest applying the flower effect. It also will combo into Up Tilt at certain percents.

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	9%	0		30	100	0	4.0	15	7.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
1	0	9%	0		30	100	0	3.0	15	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
2	0	9%	0		30	100	0	3.0	15	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-3
Hitboxes	9-21
Ending autocancel	35-
Interruptible	45
Animation length	49

Landing lag

Animation length	15

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Jigglypuff'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