Sonic (SSBU)/Up aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Sonic's up aerial.

Overview

A scissor kick. Its very large auto-cancel window makes it deceptively safe and easy to avoid even its fairly low landing lag. In addition to being a reliable follow-up from Spin Dash, Spin Charge, and Spring Jump-assisted combos, it is a viable KOing option near the upper blast line, especially as a follow-up from Spring Jump. Both hits don't always connect very reliably however. Despite this, the move still possesses good combo potential should the second hit land. It also has the lowest start up (tied with forward aerial) of Sonic's aerials, coming out on frame 5.

Update history

9.0.0

• Up aerial's second hit has an additional hitbox below Sonic, allowing it to connect more reliably from the first hit.

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	3.0%	0		Standard	0	50	90		3.0	top	0.0	7.0	3.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	0	50	90		3.0	top	0.0	7.0	-3.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	0	50	120		4.0	top	0.0	7.0	7.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
3	0	0	3.0%	0		Standard	0	50	120		4.0	top	0.0	7.0	-7.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
Hit 2
0	0	0	8.0%	0		Standard	66	68	0		7.0	top	0.0	20.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	8.0%	0		Standard	66	68	0		6.0	top	0.0	15.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	8.0%	0		Standard	66	68	0		4.5	top	0.0	10.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
3	0	0	8.0%	0		Standard	66	68	0		4.8	top	0.0	10.0 to 8.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-4
Hit 1	5-7
Hit 2	14-15
Ending autocancel	16-
Interruptible	40
Animation length	54

Landing lag

Interruptible	14
Animation length	30

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Trivia

The late auto-cancel window is listed to start on frame 11 but as it is listed after the command to remove the second hit's hitboxes in the move's script, it does not auto-cancel until frame 16. This was carried over from the previous two games.

Sonic'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 · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash