Sylvanos

The Heart of the Forest • Frame data and knockback info

By Sector 7-G

Rivals of Aether runs at 60 frames per second, and natively at 512×960px resolution. Throughout this document and site, these frames and pixels are used as units of time and distance, respectively.

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Idle	Crouch	Hitstun
75 × 44	75 × 27	75 × 57

Measured in pixels

In-game screenshot of Sylvanos's hurtbox during idle, crouch, and hitstun.

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Knockback Adjust	Air Friction	Hitstun Gravity Accel	Max Fall Speed
0.95	0.06 px/f²	0.51 px/f²	11 px/f

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Initial Dash Time	Initial Dash Speed	Run Speed	Run Stop Time	Run Turn Time	Run Turn Accel	Walk Speed	Walk Accel	Ground Friction	Waveland Time	Waveland Friction
10 frames	8 px/f	7.5 px/f	4 frames	10 frames	2 px/f²	4.5 px/f	0.35 px/f²	0.8 px/f²	8 frames	0.06 px/f²

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Air Acceleration	Max Air Speed	Max Jump Horizontal Speed	Shorthop Speed	Fullhop Speed	Double Jump Speed	Gravity Acceleration	Fastfall Speed	Land Time	Vertical Walljump Speed	Horizontal Walljump Speed	Pratfall Adjust	Pratfall Land Time
0.2 px/f²	4 px/f	8 px/f	7.4 px/f	12 px/f	12 px/f	0.6 px/f²	16 px/f	6 frames	9 px/f	6 px/f	1.5	15 frames

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All characters share the same universal dodge frame data. However, the travel speed of rolls and airdodge vary across the cast, affecting distance.

Airdodge Speed	Roll Speed	Roll Body Distance	Tech Roll Speed	Tech Roll Body Distance
8 px/f	11 px/f	143.5 px	11 px/f	149.5 px

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	Cancellable	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Force Flinch	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Jab 1	5	6-7	15	Jab 2: Endlag 6-13, 14-15 Tilts: Endlag 6-15	23	4%	361°	0	4 \| 0.00	1×	1	4 \| 0.00	2	True	None
Jab 2	4	17-18 (Soonest)	18	Jab 3: Endlag 6-16, 17-18 Tilts: Endlag 6-18	37 (Soonest)	4%	361°	0	5 \| 0.00	1×		5 \| 0.00	1	True	None
Jab 3	6 (12 in loop)	30-31 [ 44-45, 58-59... ] (Soonest)	18 (27 following Jab 3-4)		50 (Soonest)	6%	55°	6	11 \| 0.25	0.75×		6 \| 0.30	1	True	Standard

Jab combos have varying startup depending on when the attack is input. A jab input within the final 2 frames of the cancel window will not begin its startup until after the remaining frames of endlag are completed.

In-game screenshot of this attack's hitboxes

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun	Notes
Tail Swipe	5	29-31 (Soonest)	13 / 20	52 (Soonest)	5%	30°	0	6 \| 0.20	1×	6 \| 0.10		6	True	Standard	Interrupting Sylvanos prevents Petal Wave from spawning.
Petal Wave	16	[ 40-42, 43-45... ] (Soonest)			2%	30°	0	6 \| 0.00	1×	5 \| 0.00	4	1	False	Extended	Grass is spawned behind the wave of petals as they travel accross the ground.

Replaces Jab 3

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Early	6	7-9			9%	60°	0	7 \| 0.75	1×	8 \| 0.70	8	True	Standard
Late		10-16	19 / 29	46	6%	60°	0	6 \| 0.45	1×	6 \| 0.40	4	True	Standard

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Cooldown	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Untechable	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun	Notes
Tail Swipe	8	9-11	30	47		3%	30°	0	4.75 \| 0.00	1×	True	6 \| 0.10	6	True	Standard	Endlag based on projectile, not physical hit.
Seed Shot		17-			20	4%	60°	3	4 \| 0.35	0.5×		6 \| 0.10	1	True	None	You can control the horizontal and vertical trajectory of the seed by holding any direction on the left stick before it spawns.
Seed Multihit	(Seed Shot Must Connect)	On Hit: 6, 11, 16, 21 (Not active during hitpause)				1%	60°	3	4 \| 0.20	0.9×		3 \| 0.00	2	True	None

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Projectile Invuln.
On Landing: 1-60 (Projectiles Less Than 8%)

Maintains all grass on the current platform or ground it is occupying, preventing it from being removed if Sylvanos leaves that surface for too long. Can have 3 flowers placed at a time, with the oldest flower being removed from play if a new flower is spawned (seeds can still be spawned freely). A spawned flower will grow a small patch of grass, likewise, destroying flower will also destroy a small area of grass, unless the grass is currently inactive. If the ground beneath a flower disappears it will snap to the nearest ground within 32px, otherwise it will be destroyed. Hitting only a flower will cause the players move to have halved hitpause.

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Hit 1-2	8	9-10, 13-14			2%	70°	9	7 \| 0.00	1×	5 \| 0.00	1	True	Standard
Hit 3		17-18	13 / 20	39	4%	90°	0	7 \| 0.40	1×	7 \| 0.30	1	True	Standard

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Hit 1 (Sour)	9	10-11	10 / 15	29	3%	361°	6 \| 0.35	1×	4 \| 0.00 (+4)	1	True	Standard
Hit 1 (Sweet)		10-11			5%	100°	6 \| 0.50	1×	6 \| 0.00 (+4)	6	True	Standard
Hit 2 (Sour)		14-16	14 / 21	38	3%	361°	6 \| 0.35	1×	5 \| 0.30	1	True	Standard
Hit 2 (Sweet)		14-16			5%	100°	6 \| 0.50	1×	6 \| 0.40	6	True	Standard

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Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Landing Lag	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
8	9, 12, 15, 18-20	10 / 15	36	6 / 8	2%	300°	4	3 \| 0.20	1×	4 \| 0.10	2	True	Standard

In-game screenshot of this attack's hitbox

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Landing Lag	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Sour	12	13-15	12 / 18	34	8 / 12	6%	55°	6	4 \| 0.50	1×	5 \| 0.25	3	True	Standard
Sweet		13-15			8 / 12	8%	40°	0	6 \| 0.60	1×	10 \| 0.50	2	True	Standard

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	Startup	Direction Locked In	Active	Endlag	FAF	Landing Lag	Damage	Angle	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Extending Hit 1	15	15	16-18			7 / 11	5%	135°	5 \| 0.30	1×	5 \| 0.30	10	3	True	Standard
Extending Hit 2			16-18			7 / 11	5%	135°	5 \| 0.40	1×	5 \| 0.30	10	4	True	Standard
Extending Hit 3			17-18			7 / 11	5%	135°	5 \| 0.50	1×	5 \| 0.30	10	5	True	Standard
Extending Hit 4			18			7 / 11	6%	135°	5 \| 0.60	1×	5 \| 0.50	10	6	True	Standard
Tipper (Sour)			18			7 / 11	7%	135°	5 \| 0.70	1×	5 \| 0.70	10	7	True	Standard
Tipper (Sweet)			18	20 / 30	49	7 / 11	16%	158°	5 \| 1.00	1×	12 \| 0.90	10	8	True	Standard

Bair will extend directly outwards or can be angled up or down by the player. It is possible to aim Bair using the right stick, which takes priority over your left stick input.

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Endlag	Cancellable	Cooldown
1 / 10	Unpin (Input Bair): 1-96 / 11-96 (10f Endlag) Double Jump, Aerials, Specials, Airdodge: 1-96 / 11-96	Bair: 25 (On Unpin)

You can pin with extending hits, with the pin taking 1 frame to confirm (this can be either during the active frames or as an additional frame of endlag). Can remain pinned for 96 frames before it is automatically cancelled. Maintains grass as if grounded if pinned onto a surface with grass on it. Pinning the wall maintains grass on the stage floor. Landing during unpin cancel endlag will incur whiff landing lag even if the attack hit an opponent prior to this. Allowing pin to end naturally will cause landing lag to consider if the move had hit an opponent or whiffed prior to the pin.

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Landing Lag	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	ASDI Modifier	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Hit 1	6	7-9			8 / 12	3%	82°	0	2 \| 0.00	1×	4 \| 0.00	1.6×		2	True	Standard
Hit 2		13-15	15 / 23	39	8 / 12	5%	75°	6	8 \| 0.70	0.85×	6 \| 0.50		3	5	True	Standard

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Landing Lag	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Spike	8	9-11			6 / 9	10%	280°	0	6 \| 0.65	1×	6 \| 0.50	10	8	True	Standard
Dive		12-24	10 / 15	40	6 / 9	7%	361°	0	6 \| 0.55	1×	6 \| 0.50		3	True	Standard

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Force Flinch	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Hit 1-2	14	15-16, 23-24			2%	361°	4	2 \| 0.00	1.5×	2	2 \| 0.00		1	True	Standard
Hit 3	20	31-34	15 / 23	58	10%	45°	0	7 \| 1.15	1×		8 \| 0.80	10	1	True	Standard

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Top	26	27-29	20 / 30	60	18%	55°	9 \| 1.20	1×	10 \| 1.00	10	8	True	Standard
Top/Middle		27-29			14%	55°	8 \| 1.10	1×	8 \| 1.00	10	6 / 5	True	Standard
Middle/Bottom		27-29			10%	55°	7 \| 1.00	1×	8 \| %!f(int=90)	10	2 / 1	True	Standard

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Hit 1	10	11-12	24 / 36	49	11%	50°	4	7 \| 1.05	1×	7 \| 0.70	10	2	True	Standard

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	Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Cooldown	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun	Notes
Seed Shot	9	10-	30	40	20	4%	60°	3	4 \| 0.35	0.5×	6 \| 0.10	2	True	None	You can control the horizontal and vertical trajectory of the seed by holding any direction on the left stick before it spawns.
Seed Multihit	(Seed Shot Must Connect)	On Hit: 6, 11, 16, 21 (Not active during hitpause)				1%	60°	3	4 \| 0.20	0.9×	3 \| 0.00	2	True	None

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Projectile Invuln.
On Landing: 1-60 (Projectiles Less Than 8%)

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Startup	Active	Endlag	Cancellable	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
17 (7 in loop)	18-21 [ 29-32, 40-43... ]	30	IASA (On Hitting Character) IASA (On Hitting Object): Endlag 1-10 Walljump: 25-	52 (In Pratfall)	8%	45°	0	8 \| 0.35	1×	10 \| 0.35	2	False	Standard

Holding special while on grass on the 2nd frame of endlag allows you to continue the attack until either releasing special, no grass remains or you become airborne. Sylvanos spawns grass behind him if there isn't any or he eats any grass beneath him from f14 onwards. Hitting another character or object will prevent Sylvanos from entering pratfall at the end of the move. Holding either horizontal direction allows you to increase or decrease the move's travel speed.

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	Startup	Active	Cancellable	Damage	Angle	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Hit 1	8	9-12	Cancel (Input Parry): 10- (6f Endlag)	2%	45°	6 \| 0.00	1×	4 \| 0.00		1	False	Standard
Hit 2		16-19	Cancel (Input Parry): 10- (6f Endlag)	2%	20°	6 \| 0.00	1×	4 \| 0.00		1	False	Standard
Hit 3		23-26	Cancel (Input Parry): 10- (6f Endlag)	2%	0°	6 \| 0.00	1×	4 \| 0.00		1	False	Standard
Hit 4		30-33	Cancel (Input Parry): 10- (6f Endlag)	2%	-20°	6 \| 0.00	1×	4 \| 0.00		1	False	Standard
Hit 5		37-40	Cancel (Input Parry): 10- (6f Endlag)	2%	-45°	6 \| 0.00	1×	4 \| 0.00		1	False	Standard
Hit 6		44-47 [ 52-59, 64-71... ]	Cancel (Input Parry): 10- (6f Endlag)	2%	-60°	7 \| 0.10	1×	4 \| 0.00	4	1	False	Standard

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	Startup	Intangible	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun	Notes
Instant Burrow	8		9-14	7		5%	90°	6	8 \| 0.15	1.2×	6 \| 0.10		3	True	Standard	Holding the special button when performing up-special while grounded allows Sylvanos to instantly burrow into the ground, skipping the dive section of the move.
Dive Into Ground			1-5	7		5%	90°	6	8 \| 0.15	1.2×	6 \| 0.10		3	True	Standard
Dive Into Wall			1-5	7		5%	135°	0	7 \| 0.10	1×	6 \| 0.10		3	True	Standard
Emerge		1-16		28 (20 on grass)	45 (37 on grass)											You have full control to move under the stage during intangible frames. Hold special f16 to Bite, hold taunt to emerge with taunt.
Bite	22	1-22	23-25	30	56	10%	90°	0	9 \| 1.05	1×	8 \| 1.00	10	3	True	Standard
Bite (Sour)			23-25			8%	60°	6	7 \| 0.50	1×	6 \| 0.50		2	True	Standard

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Startup	Active	Endlag	FAF	Damage	Angle	Angle Flipper	Knockback	Hitstun	Hitpause	Hit Lockout	Priority	Kills Projectiles	Parry Stun
Initial: 16 Root: 6	23-	19	35	4%	110°	0	7 \| 0.20	1×	4 \| 0.00	3	1	False	Extended

Howl activates grass outwards in a circular radius around Sylvanos every frame after f16. Grass is unable to disappear once Howl has begun. Interrupting Sylvanos anytime before frame 16 will prevent any grass from spawning roots, and reset all active grass to its full 60 frame timer. Interrupting Sylvanos anytime from frame 16 onwards will prevent any further grass from spawning hitboxes, however any grass which is in its root startup state will still spawn its 1 frame hitbox and become inactive for 180 frames.