Isabelle (SSBU)/Forward tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Isabelle's forward tilt.

Overview

Isabelle swings a candy umbrella in front of her. With decent horizontal reach and eight frame startup, it's a solid spacing option. Its vertically wide hitboxes also allows it to two frame recovering opponents and punish ledge hangs, giving it edgeguarding utility. Having lower startup time than Forward aerial and especially Back aerial, Forward tilt can serve as a well disjointed 'get off me' tool- should Isabelle be approached.

While identical to Villager's forward tilt in terms of startup, hitboxes, and damage, Isabelle's stands out for being a stronger kill option; it launches at a lower launch angle and has significantly higher knockback scaling, being able to KO middleweights around 130% near the edge without any rage, while Villager's struggles to KO at all until damages beyond 200%. However, the move also has three more frames of endlag and worse safety on shield as a result, making it a move with both higher reward and higher risk.

For a shielding opponent, Isabelle's Down tilt is a better option. Similar to Isabelle's Down Smash, this move is one of her best panic options, offering a larger disjointed range at the cost of additional startup frames.

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
0	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	56	90	0		4.5	haver	0.0	9.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
1	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	56	90	0		2.5	haver	-5.0	7.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
2	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	56	90	0		2.5	haver	5.0	7.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All
3	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	56	90	0		2.0	haver	0.0	4.0 to 1.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Punch		All	All

Timing

Hitboxes	8-11
Interruptible	37
Animation length	48

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

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