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. 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 14% damage, with the final hit dealing 6% and having average knockback that allows it to KO middleweights on the edge of Final Destination at around 140% 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.

Update History

8.0.0

Forward aerial's second and third hit deal more damage (3% → 4% (hit 2), 5% → 6% (hit 3); total: 12% → 14%), with base knockback on the third hit not fully compensated (30 → 24).

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Sound	Hit bits	Hit part
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	4.0%	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	6.0%	0	Standard	24	148	0	5.1	top	0.0	3.0 to 4.2	13.0 to 7.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
Hits 1 and 2 use weight-independent knockback.