Link (SSBM)/Forward aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Link's forward aerial.

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Overview

Link does two horizontal slashes in front of himself. The first hit of this move has decent knockback and long reach, and can even be 0 on block, making it a somewhat slow but effective approach and pressure option. The 2nd hit has lower knockback and relatively little reward, but isn't terrible on block. You can just barely time this move such that both hits come out in a shorthop. Altogether a strong move for Link that makes for a good neutral option when you have time to use it.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean hit
0	0	13%	0		5	100	0	4.6872	26	1.953	0.0	0.0						Slash
1	0	13%	0		5	100	0	2.7342	23	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
2	0	13%	0		5	100	0	1.953	19	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
3	0	13%	0		5	100	0	4.2966	26	4.6872	0.0	0.0						Slash
Late hit
0	0	8%	0		0	90	0	3.5154	26	1.953	0.0	0.0						Slash
1	0	8%	0		0	90	0	2.3436	23	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
2	0	8%	0		0	90	0	1.5624	19	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
3	0	8%	0		0	90	0	3.5154	26	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Slash

Timing

Attack

Hit 1	14-16
Hit 2	30-33
Ending autocancel	51-
Animation length	55

Landing lag

Animation length	15
L-cancelled animation length	7

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Link's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash (1 · 2) · 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