Down aerial (Super Smash Flash)

This article is about the attack in Super Smash Flash. For the Super Smash Flash 2 variant, see down aerial (Super Smash Flash 2).

Link's thrusting the Master Sword downwards with his down aerial.

A down attack in Super Smash Flash, called air attack downward within the How to Play section, is an attack that is performed by pressing the attack button with putting the down key while the character is found in midair, sometimes as a result of jumping. True to their name, down aerials are very similar to their equivalents in the official Super Smash Bros. games. Attacks of this type include characters directly hitting below them, such as sword characters directly slashing beneath them or swordless characters kicking downwards in some way as they fall; in case it involves projectiles, these are normally fired so they travel all the way down. As usual for many attacks in the game, some characters may propel forward a few inches right after performing their down aerials.

List of down attacks

The following is a list of all the down attacks in SSF per character, adding a brief description, and explaining if the attack is a projectiles and if it skids or propels the character forward in a single use.

Down attacks in Super Smash Flash

Character	Description	P	S
Blade	Slashes while facing downwards.
Blue	Slashes whilñe facing downwards.
Captain Falcon	Performs a diving flameless Falcon Kick
Cloud	Flips in the air as he slashes with the Buster Sword downwards in an arc.
Crono	Thrusts his katana beneath him.
Fox	Uses Fire Fox, engulfing himself in fire and plummeting towards the ground at great speed.
InuYasha	Uses Sankon Tessō to extend the range of his claws and directly scratches downwards.
Jigglypuff	Performs a downward pit point kick.
Kirby	Rapidly kicks with both feet in quick succession.
Knuckles	Throws a swinging chop.
Link	Thrusts the Master Sword downwards.
Lloyd	Plummets himself towards the ground with Rising Falcon, diagonally slanted, with the Flamberge extended.
Luigi	Uses Luigi Cyclone, spinning around with his arms extended out.
Mario	Uses Mario Tornado, spinning around with his arms extended out, shouting "Wa haa!".
Mega Man X	Shoots with his semi-charged X-Buster at an downward angle.
Meta Knight	Thrusts Galaxia downwards, plummeting towards the ground.
Mewtwo	Uses Disable, producing a psychic spark that semicircles beneath its feet.
Mr. Game & Watch	Delivers a downward swift kick.
Mr. Incredible	Deals an aerial ground kick.
Naruto	Delivers a downwards swing kick, emitting a shockwave at the moment his foot reaches the highest point that extends directly below him.
Pikachu	Produces a large lightning bolt with Template:User that has infinite range, spawning above it and travels from top to bottom. This is also his down attack.
Samus	Rapidly fires multiple shots from her arm cannon in a similar way to a machine gun at an downward angle.
Shadow	Closes his eyes and snaps his fingers, firing an invisible projectile of Chaos Magic straight down, with a considerable long range.
Sheik	Spins seemingly slower clockwise and the first time it is performed, she gets propelled a bit upwards.
Sonic	Delivers a downward rocket kick.
Super Sonic	Delivers a downward rocket kick.
Tails	Faces down and fires a ball directly downwards with his Energy Ball Blaster.
Young Link	Thrusts the Kokiri Sword downwards.
Zelda	Perform a downwards angled Lightning Kick, a kick that she delivers with a shine coming from her heel.
Zero	Flips in the air as he slashes with his Z-Saber downwards in an arc.