Captain Falcon (SSBU)/Back aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's back aerial.

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Overview

Performs a backfist behind him. Its startup is somewhat average, but its first frames serve well as a kill move due to its high knockback scaling. It can even perform as a wall of pain at low-mid percents.

Update History

3.1.0

• It deals slightly more knockback (25 base/94 scaling → 27/97).

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
Clean hit
0	0	0	13.0%	0		Standard	27	97	0		5.5	arml	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	13.0%	0		Standard	27	97	0		4.0	shoulderl	3.2	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	13.0%	0		Standard	27	97	0		4.0	shoulderl	-0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	8.0%	0		Standard	27	97	0		5.5	arml	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	8.0%	0		Standard	27	97	0		4.0	shoulderl	3.2	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	8.0%	0		Standard	27	97	0		4.0	shoulderl	-0.8	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-4
Clean hit	10-11
Late hit	12-15
Ending autocancel	19-
Interruptible	36
Animation length	44

Landing lag

Animation length	10

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Captain Falcon's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · 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