Autolink angle

The hitboxes of the pre-final hits of Super Jump Punch in Brawl, an example of an attack that utilizes the autolink angle.

The autolink angle is a special knockback angle programmed into certain attacks in Brawl and Smash 4. While it reads in the game data as an angle of 362, 365, 366, or 367 degrees, the game treats it rather differently - instead, targets are sent in whatever direction the attacker is moving.

The primary use of the angle is to ensure that enemies will stay trapped by certain multi-hitting moves that cause or require their users to move, almost always through the air; the angle manifests itself in the likes of Super Jump Punch, as well as a sizable quantity of multi-hitting aerial attacks.

The angle does not exist in Smash 64 or Melee; attacks with the angle in Brawl have fixed angles in the other two games. The angle is notably much more common in Smash 4 than Brawl, as many characters possessing multi-hitting aerial attacks had these moves adjusted to include it. It is typically considered favorable for an attack to employ the autolink angle, as it allows the move to be connect more reliably and sometimes be used in more versatile ways than one that has a static, unchanging angle.

List of attacks that use the autolink angle

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By characters

Character	Move(s)	Games
Dr. Mario	Down aerial
	Dr. Tornado (aerial)
Falco	Neutral aerial
	Forward aerial
Fox	Forward aerial
Greninja	Up aerial
King Dedede	Up aerial
Kirby	Forward aerial
	Down aerial
Mario	Super Jump Punch
Meta Knight	Forward aerial (pre-1.0.4 in Smash 4)
	Back aerial
Palutena	Neutral aerial
	Up aerial
	Black Hole Laser
Pikachu	Back aerial
Samus	Forward aerial
Sheik	Up aerial
Yoshi	Back aerial
Zelda	Up smash
	Neutral aerial