Meta Knight (SSBB)/Back aerial

Overview

The back aerial hitboxes. Top: The first hit. Middle: second hit. Bottom: Final hit.

Meta Knight slashes behind himself three times, in a similar manner to his forward aerial. In comparison to his forward aerial, the slashes are slower and more laggy, but the third slash has more knockback to the point where it is a more reliable KO move. Despite having sizable ending lag and landing lag, the move also has almost no startup lag (7 frames; only one frame slower than forward air's startup). The first two slashes are very useful for setting up other moves, such as forward tilts and grabs at lower percentages to rack up damage, or the back slash of a down smash at higher percentages for a KO setup. Overall, the move has many uses competitively, even though it is often an inferior option to Meta Knight's other aerials.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Hit 1
0	0	3%	0		0	100	48	5.0	0	0.0	2.8	-8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	3%	0		0	100	35	6.5	0	0.0	7.2	-12.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	3%	0		0	100	20	5.0	0	0.0	11.6	-8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hit 2
0	0	3%	0		0	100	48	5.0	0	0.0	2.0	-8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	3%	0		0	100	35	6.5	0	0.0	6.4	-12.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	3%	0		0	100	20	5.0	0	0.0	10.8	-8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hit 3
0	0	4%	0		30	175	0	5.0	0	0.0	2.8	-8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	4%	0		30	175	0	7.0	0	0.0	7.2	-12.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	4%	0		30	175	0	5.0	0	0.0	11.6	8.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-6
Hit 1	7-8
Hit 2	13-14
Hit 3	20-21
Ending autocancel	33-
Interruptible	48
Animation length	47

Landing lag

Animation length	12

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Meta Knight's moveset

Neutral attack · Forward tilt (1 · 2 · 3) · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial · Glide attack
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 (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash