Donkey Kong (SSB)/Forward aerial

Overview

Donkey Kong does a front flip with his fists clasped together, smashing them into opponents. The move is a powerful meteor smash if DK hits his opponent with his hand while his arms deal powerful horizontal knockback. This move inspired Donkey Kong's air attack in Donkey Kong 64. These traits give the move solid combo and KO potential. The move also has an extremely lenient initial auto-cancel window which outlasts its hitboxes. Because of this, the move will only enter landing lag during frames 20-35 of the move; removing the need to Z-cancel it if DK decides to use it near the ground. The move does not have a lot of landing lag either so even if DK does not auto-cancel or Z-cancel the move, he will not be at a huge disadvantage.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	16%	0		0	100	0	120	15	220	0	0					Punch
1	0	16%	1		20	100	0	80	14	80	0	0					Punch
2	0	16%	1		20	100	0	80	8	80	0	0					Punch

Timing

Attack

Initial auto-cancel	1-19
Hitboxes	8-15
Ending auto-cancel	36-
Animation length	49

Landing lag

Animation length	15
L-cancelled animation length	4

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Donkey Kong's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2) · 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 · Forward throw · Back throw
Forward roll · Back roll · 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 · Up special · Down special