Pac-Man (SSB4)/Back aerial

Overview

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Pac-Man does a dropkick, hitting opponents behind him. The hit deals 11.8% damage and has moderate knockback, making it a kill option at higher percents. It is able to autocancel off of a short hop, making it an effective spacing tool. If not autocancelled, however, the move has 22 frames of landing lag, leaving Pac-Man open to punishes.

Hitboxes

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Effect	Damage	Angle	Base knockback	Knockback scaling
Normal	11.8% (early), 7% (late)		10 (early), 7 (late)	100 (early), 90 (late)

Timing

Attack

Early hitboxes	9-11
Late hitboxes	12-16
Ending autocancel	36
Animation length	38

Landing lag

Animation length	22

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Update history

Pac-Man's back aerial has only received one change in version 1.1.5, increasing its knockback growth.

Back air knockback growth: 98 → 100

Pac-Man's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · 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