Kirby (SSBU)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Kirby's forward aerial.

Overview

A series of three kicks in front of Kirby. It has the second slowest startup of his aerials due to it coming out on frame 10 and only autocancels one frame after he reaches the peak of his short hop. Due to this, it cannot autocancel in a short hop, but can do so in a full hop fast fall. It has good versatility: it can be used as an approach option, is good for extending combos, can combo into itself at low and mid percentages for a Wall of Pain, has minimal landing lag (8 frames), giving it some setups, and it's good for edgeguarding or rackup damage: it deals 12% damage, with the final hit dealing 5% and having average knockback that allows it to KO middleweights on the edge of Final Destination at around 150% without rage. It's also a good out-of shield option due to these traits, especially if Kirby gets pushed too far to hit the opponent with a neutral or up aerial.

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
Hit 1
0	0	0	4.0%	0		Standard	43	39	0		5.0	top	0.0	4.0	6.5	0.8×	0.5×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	4.0%	0		Standard	35	38	0		4.4	top	0.0	3.5 to 4.2	13.0 to 6.5	0.8×	0.5×	0%							Kick		All	All
Hit 2
0	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	28	30	0		4.5	top	0.0	2.8 to 4.1	13.0 to 7.0	0.8×	0.5×	0%							Kick		All	All
Hit 3
0	0	0	5.0%	0		Standard	30	148	0		5.1	top	0.0	3.0 to 4.2	13.0 to 7.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initital autocancel	1-9
Hit 1	10-11
Hit 2	17-18
Hit 3	25-27
Ending autocancel	41-
Interruptible	48
Animation length	68

Landing lag

Animation length	8

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Kirby's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · inf) · 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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash