Captain Falcon (SSB4)/Forward smash

Captain Falcon forward smash hitbox visualization
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Overview

Rears back and performs a lunging elbow strike with a flame effect. It has deceptively long horizontal range due to Captain Falcon leaning forward, and boasts enough knockback to KO middleweights between 90% and 100% from the center of Final Destination. However, it has slow startup and high ending lag.

Update History

1.0.6

• Down-angled forward smash has significantly lower knockback scaling (94 → 84), hindering its KO potential despite its lower launch angle (40° → 38°).

1.0.8

• Up and non-angled forward smash have marginally higher knockback scaling (94 → 95).
• Down-angled forward smash has marginally lower knockback scaling (84 → 83).

Hitboxes

Angled up

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	FFx	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	20%	0		24	95	0	4.5	16	-2.0	-2.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
1	0	20%	0		24	95	0	3.0	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
2	0	20%	0		24	95	0	3.0	15	-4.5	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn

Angled forward

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	FFx	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	19%	0		24	95	0	4.5	16	-2.0	-2.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
1	0	19%	0		24	95	0	3.0	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
2	0	19%	0		24	95	0	3.0	15	-4.5	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn

Angled down

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	FFx	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	20%	0		24	83	0	4.5	16	-2.0	-2.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
1	0	20%	0		24	83	0	3.0	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn
2	0	20%	0		24	83	0	3.0	15	-4.5	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Burn

Timing

Charges between	11-12
Hitboxes	19-22
Interruptible	60
Animation length	64

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Interruptible

Captain Falcon's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · 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 · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash