Pac-Man (SSB4)/Forward smash

Hitbox visualization showing Pac-Man's forward smash.

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Overview

Pac-Man thrusts Blinky in front of him, and is the strongest of Pac-Man's smash attacks. Like Pac-Man's other two smash attacks, it is able to nullify oncoming projectiles. However, it has a high amount of starting and ending lag, coming out only as early as frame 18 and ending only as early as frame 52. As such, it is considered very unsafe to use, unless the opponent has been stunned or their shield has been broken.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	16%	0		25	99	0	4.8	1000	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
1	0	15%	0		25	99	0	3.0	0	0.0	6.5	11.5	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch
Late hit
0	0	9%	0		25	102	0	4.0	1000	0.0	5.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Punch

Timing

Early hitboxes	18-20
Late hitboxes	21-28
Animation length	52

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Update history

Pac-Man's forward smash has received only one change, having received greater knockback growth in version 1.1.5

• Forward smash knockback growth: 97/100 → 99/102

Pac-Man'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