Sweet spot



The sweet spot is the part of an attack that deals more damage or knockback than other parts of the attack. Inversely, the sour spot of an attack does less damage or knockback than the sweet spot.

This is generally due to a hitbox in the attack that causes more damage than the other parts of the attack, although some come about at a certain timing, such as Mario's forward air.

They are an element in the Super Smash Bros. series and in the Super Smash Flash series. While for the most part they only change minor amounts of damage certain knockback effects are critical to learn in order to master a character.

Notable sweet spot moves

 * 's forward aerial, the knee of justice. The move's sweet spot is in the intial frames of the attack. It is one of the strongest horizontal KO moves in the game and is used at the end of his combos.
 * 's forward smash has a visible sweet spot which is the fire ball that shoots out of his hand. The move will deal 23% and with good knockback when touched at the tips of the fire ball.
 * 's forward aerial and back aerial, Lightning Kick. The sweetspot is at the heel of her foot in the intial frames of the move and is difficult to land, but if landed, it can have an incredibly powerful effect. Her back aerial's sweet spot is bigger and easier to land then her forward aerial.
 * 's up smash has a sweet spot at her hands when she splits them apart.