Marth (SSBM)/Back aerial

Overview

Hitbox of Marth's bair.

Marth does a bottom to top sword slash behind himself. It deals 9% damage on the base, 10% in the middle, and 13% when tipped. This move has the unusual property of turning Marth around in the air when he uses it, being the only attack in the game to do so along with its clone, Roy's back aerial. In this regard, the move can potentially be used to setup a Ken Combo. It has some combo use, though a forward aerial is preferred in most situations due to sending opponents on a more favourable angle and having less ending lag. The move can also be used to perform a few techniques, such as jumping off the edge and using the back aerial to turn Marth around so he can grab the edge for an edgehog.

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Attack data

Animation length	39
Hitbox out	7-11
Interruptible	35
Autocancel frames	32>

Landing lag

Animation length	24
L-cancelled animation length	12

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Similar moves

• Roy's back aerial

Marth's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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