Fox (SSBM)/Neutral special

Overview

The hitbox of Fox's Blaster, used on the ground.

The hitbox of Fox's Blaster, used in the air.

Fox's blaster fires red lasers at his opponents. The effects of the shots have changed from its Smash 64 incarnation, having a faster fire rate and an increased projectile speed, but no hitstun or ability to flinch opponents, making it unable to stop approaches or combo into other moves such as jab or up-smash. However, players can still make use of its long range to projectile camp, potentially racking up damage from a distance. Fox can also perform the short hop laser technique so he can draw his blaster quicker and reduce the ending lag; he can also move around slightly while doing so. Fox can perform other similar techniques, including short hop double laser, ledgehopped double laser, and wavelanded laser, albeit requiring consistently fast reflexes to do due to Fox's very quick short hop.

In some instances, the lack of hitstun and flinch can actually be of benefit to Fox. In instances where inflicting those states would make the opponent actionable, such as a shield break or missed rest, fox can rack up percent using the blaster before hitting them with a combo starter or finishing them off with a kill move. The move can also assist in getting that shield break, considering that, when unstaled, it deals 7 frames of shield stun, meaning that, if the move is done frame perfectly, Fox can be (+3) on shield.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable
0	0	3%	0		0	0	0	1.1718	0	0.0	0.0	-0.7812						Punch
1	0	3%	0		0	0	0	1.1718	0	0.0	0.0	-3.644298						Punch
2	0	3%	0		0	0	0	1.1718	0	0.0	0.0	-6.507396						Punch
3	0	3%	0		0	0	0	1.5624	0	0.0	0.0	-14.0616						Punch

Timing

Ground

First loop frame	7
Repeat window	4-16
Shot	12-45
Last loop frame	16
Animation length	40

Air

First loop frame	4
Repeat window	4-14
Shot	10-43
Last loop frame	14
Animation length	36

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Loop point

Continuable

Prop event

Similar moves

• Falco (SSBM)/Neutral special

Fox'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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special