Sonic (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Sonic's down aerial.

Overview

A diagonal flying kick. It is a stall-then-fall that can meteor smash. It is difficult to use as such, however, since its meteor hitbox is present only after frame 19. Originates from Sonic the Fighters, though it also resembles the Sonic Rocket from Sonic Battle. It is similar to Sheik's and Zero Suit Samus' and while it has more start up and landing lag than than their's, it has much less ending lag, making much safer to use off stage. Sonic can also land a footstool jump after use at certain percentages and because it's a stall-then-fall with not that much ending lag, he can meteor smash his opponents if landed right after a foot stool jump.

Update history

1.0.8

• Ending lag (FAF 50 → 46), slightly improving its safety.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Piercing	Heedless	No GFX	Flinchless	Stretch
Clean hit
0	0	0	8%	0		Standard	80	70	0	6.2	0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
Mid hit
0	0	0	8%	0		Standard	80	70	0	6.2	0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
1	0	0	8%	0		Forwards	30	90	0	3.5	0	0.0	1.3	2.8	1.0x	2.0x	0%							Kick		63								—
Late hit
0	0	0	7%	0		Standard	80	70	0	7.0	0	0.0	3.0	2.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick		63								—

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-3
Clean hit	17-18
Mid hit	19-22
Late hit	23-32
Ending autocancel	41
Interruptible	46
Animation length	61

Landing lag

Animation length	38

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Sonic's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · 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 (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash