Isabelle (SSBU)/Back aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Isabelle's back aerial.

Overview

Compared to Forward aerial, Back aerial is slightly slower but marginally more powerful. Overall, this results in the move being a more situational choice, as the reduced rate of fire is worse for Isabelle's play style than the additional knock back and damage. This is due to Isabelle's game plan often being focused around safety and setup, as her survivability and disadvantage state are rather poor. This results in Back aerial rarely being worth using over Forward aerial if given the opportunity.

However, this does not inherently make it a bad attack for Isabelle, as it allows her to utilize a variant of arguably her most essential attack when the opponent is towards her backside. Situationally, assuming the player is briefly provided additional time, this move can intentionally be opted for in place of Forward aerial for a mildly more rewarding, powerful hit with identical hitboxes and range.

As move staling greatly affects Isabelle’s Forward aerial in many matchups, this move could intentionally be opted for as a means to combat the issue. However, the added difficulty of proper execution, along with its drawbacks and risks, make doing so for this sole reason only a situationally reasonable option.

Update History

1.2.0

• Bug: Created the Slingshot Crash glitch where if Villager or Isabelle Pocket one another's slingshot from a Pocket, the game will crash.

2.0.0

• Fixed the Slingshot Crash glitch.

3.0.0

• Slingshot attacks (forward and back aerials) deal less shield damage.

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	9.0%	-4.5		Forward	55	100	0		5.0	top	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Mid hit
0	0	0	5.0%	-2.5		Forward	10	100	0		1.2	top	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	3.0%	-1.5		Forward	10	100	0		1.2	top	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Clean hit	13-15
Mid hit	16-21
Late hit	22-26
Ending autocancel	30-
Interruptible	36
Animation length	54

Landing lag

Interruptible	15
Animation length	29

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Prop event

Interruptible

Pellet parameters

These parameters are shared with Isabelle's forward aerial.

Lifetime	14 frames
Travel speed	4.8
Initial travel angle	5.73°
Gravity	0.1
Falling speed	1
Can pierce opponents?	No

Isabelle'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 · Edge getups
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash