Roy (SSBM)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Roy's down aerial.

This article or section may require competitive expertise. You can discuss this issue on the talk page or edit this page to improve it.

Overview

This move sucks. Roy swings his sword in a downward slash, which has the potential to meteor smash opponents. As with all of Roy's moves, the move's sweetspot is located in the hilt hitbox. Unfortunately, unlike Marth's down aerial, it does not spike opponents. Even more unfortunately, the move does not share Marth's dair's property of the sweetspot taking priority over the sourspots should they both connect. This means that Roy essentially has to be almost below the opponent to hit with just the hilt hitbox in order for it to work properly. Even then, it can be easily meteor canceled. Overall, Roy's down air is significantly less useful in practically every way compared to Marth's. What a move!

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
1	0	9%	0		40	70	0	4.2966	78	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
2	0	9%	0		40	70	0	3.1248	73	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
3	0	9%	0		40	70	0	2.3436	27	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
0	0	6%	0		40	70	0	3.5154	78	5.4684	0.0	0.0						Punch

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-6
Hitbox	7-10
Ending autocancel	55-
Interruptible	64
Animation length	68

Landing lag

Animation length	32
L-cancelled animation length	16

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Roy'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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special