Meta Knight (SSBB)/Forward aerial

Overview

Hitboxes of Meta Knight's f-air. Top: first hit; middle: second hit; bottom: third hit.

Meta Knight slashes in front of himself three times. The move has decent knockback and always does up to 10% damage if all three of the slashes hit (regardless of stale-move negation). The move is one of Meta Knight's most useful moves in tight situations, as it has extremely fast startup and ending lag, very little landing lag, great range, and transcendent priority. The move is commonly used as a SHFF when Meta Knight is either approaching or retreating from the ground, and it can be used to great effect for spacing and pressuring when combined with other moves such as down aerials and forward tilts.

Overall, like many of Meta Knight's other moves, Meta Knight's forward aerial is a very favourable option to use in many situations, and as a result has gained a reputation of being broken.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Sound
Hit 1
0	0	3%	0	0	100	80	3.5	0	0.0	1.0	6.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
1	0	3%	0	0	100	80	3.5	0	0.0	1.0	15.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
2	0	3%	0	0	100	5	3.5	0	0.0	10.0	6.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
3	0	3%	0	0	100	5	3.5	0	0.0	10.0	15.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
Hit 2
0	0	3%	0	0	100	80	4.0	0	0.0	1.0	6.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
1	0	3%	0	0	100	80	4.0	0	0.0	1.0	15.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
2	0	3%	0	0	100	5	4.0	0	0.0	10.0	6.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
3	0	3%	0	0	100	5	4.0	0	0.0	10.0	15.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
Hit 3
0	0	4%	0	60	122	0	5.0	0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
1	0	4%	0	60	122	0	5.0	0	0.0	1.0	14.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
2	0	4%	0	60	122	0	5.0	0	0.0	10.0	3.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash
3	0	4%	0	60	122	0	5.0	0	0.0	10.0	14.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%	Slash