Snake (SSBU)/Forward tilt/Hit 1

Hitbox visualization showing Snake's forward tilt 1.

Overview

Snake performs a knee strike that leads into the second hit of his forward tilt. The first hit has very fast startup at frame 4, his second fastest ground move and one of his most commonly used attacks as well as his fastest tilt attack. It sends the opponent up at a vertical angle and has a hitstun modifier of 2, allowing it to connect into the second hit more consistently, and due to its speed, it has a guaranteed setup confirm from Snake's down throw at high percentages.

It also has some mixup potential. Once hitting the opponent with the first hit, the second hit can be delayed and can potentially condition them into making a mistake (such as dropping their shield early) where they will become vulnerable to the second hit of forward tilt. Due to both hits of forward tilt having 3 extra points of shield damage, it can be used to whittle down shields rather quickly if the opponent becomes predictable when shielding or if their shield is already damaged.

The attack does have some issues, however. Due to sending the opponent vertically, it has trouble consistently landing the second hit at higher percents as the opponent can either jump or air dodge out of the second hit. Additionally, it cannot connect into the grounded sweetspot of the second hit (which does more damage), and does not reliably connect into the aerial sweetspot of the second hit until high percents due to the first hit's aerial hitbox having low knockback, with its hitstun modifier failing to fully compensate.

Despite having some mixup potential, said potential is somewhat limited and unreliable as a result of the hit's high ending lag, which makes it rather unsafe on shield and easy to punish.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless	Hitstun
0	0	0	4.0%	3.0		Standard	42	10	0		4.5	legr	3.2	0.0	0.0	1.6×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All							+2 frames
1	0	0	4.0%	3.0		Standard	20	10	0		4.5	legr	3.2	0.0	0.0	1.6×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All							+2 frames

Timing

Hitboxes	4-5
Earliest continuable	10
Interruptible	32
Animation length	39

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Earliest continuable point

Interruptible

Snake's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · Forward tilt (1 · 2) · 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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash
Up taunt · Side taunt · Down taunt