Bayonetta (SSBU)/Back aerial

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Hitbox visualization showing Bayonetta's back aerial.

Hitbox visualization showing Bayonetta's back aerial Bullet Arts.

Overview

A high-angle back kick. Based on the second hit of Bayonetta's aerial Punch + Kick (PK) combo while wielding Love is Blue. The Bullet Arts version of this move fires one gun behind her at an upward angle.

This is a relatively slow back air attack, and is also somewhat precise to land, and it has moderate kill power. Outside of jab, this is Bayonetta's only realistic KO move from within neutral. Occasionally, it's also used for specific combo extensions and combo starters at low percent.

This move is awkward to land on its own, because of its range, hitbox location, and Bayonetta's movement and physics. It is mostly used as an ender during a kill confirm combo, as a result. These kill confirms are primarily started with up tilt, either comboeing directly into back air, or an intermediary up air to bring the opponent closer to the blastzone, which itself bridges into a back air. At higher percents, Afterburner Kick also sets up into it really well.

Hitboxes

Attack

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	13.0%	0		Backward	12	106	0		4.6	top	0.0	13.0	-14.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	10.0%	0		Backward	12	106	0		4.2	top	0.0	13.0 to 11.0	-14.0 to -4.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Bullet Arts

The bullet is shot from Bayonetta's left leg gun.

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	0.5%	0		Backward	10	100	0		2.5	top	0.0	14.0 to 14.8	-13.0 to -16.9	0.0×	0.0×	0%							Bayonetta Hit 01		All	All
1	0	0	0.5%	0		Backward	0	0	0		2.5	top	0.0	14.0 to 26.5	-13.0 to -71.7	0.0×	0.0×	0%							Bayonetta Hit 01		All	All

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1
Hitboxes	11-14
Bullet Arts window	15
Ending autocancel	29-
Interruptible	35
Animation length	39

Bullet Arts

Up to 10 consecutive bullets can be fired by holding the button, with each one adding 7 frames to the move's duration. Otherwise, the Bullet Arts extension lasts 11 frames.