Ganondorf (SSBB)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Ganondorf's forward aerial.

Overview

Ganondorf punches using his fist downwards. The sweetspot at the fist has very decent power making it perfect for edgeguards and the sourspot at the arm having useless power when using it center-stage.

The move has slow startup and it interestingly cannot be auto-cancelled until frame 55, this was due to a coding error and because of the error it would led to Ganondorf having large landing lag after using the move.

Despite having a large auto-cancel window, large landing lag and slow startup, it remains of one Ganondorf’s best moves.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	15%	0		30	80	0	3.4	54	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
1	0	17%	0		48	83	0	5.0	55	-2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-6
Hitboxes	14-19
Ending autocancel	55-
Interruptible*	55
Animation length	59

* The move should become interruptible on frame 45 but due to the late auto-cancel window, it cannot be interrupted until frame 55. The developers most likely intended the move to be auto-cancellable from frame 36 but due to a timing error, it cannot be auto-cancelled until frame 55. This would not be fixed until Ultimate version 2.0.0 although in later games, it no longer delays when the move can be interrupted.

Landing lag

Animation length	32

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Ganondorf's moveset

Neutral attack · 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 (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash