Instant aerial

While it is simple enough to input neutral or down aerials immediately as you leave the ground, doing so with up, forward, and back aerials can feel impossible on a typical grip.

If you try to Up-throw up-air opponents with late aerials, you will notice that you won't quite connect the up-air. Are your hands just too slow? No. In fact, this requires some finesse.

To get the aerial out on frame 1 or 2, you will need to have your thumb already on the C-stick while another finger presses jump. This is usually done with one of four methods:

• Full claw
• Hybrid claw
• Tap jump
• Z-jump

Experiment and see which method you prefer. High-level Foxes in the current meta lean towards hybrid claw and Z-jump.

Practice tips

• If you're accidentally getting Jump cancel up-smash, your C-stick input is too quick.
• Training Mode can tell you which frame in-the-air your aerial began on.