Template:SSB4 to SSBU changelist/Falco: Difference between revisions

===Aesthetics===

*{{change|Falco's holster has been redesigned indigo with vegas gold tints, and his headset is now entirely gray. These changes are unique to ''Ultimate''.}}

*{{change|[[Idle]], [[sidestep]], [[roll]], initial and secondary falling animations animations have changed slightly.  However, he will revert to his idle animation from ''Brawl'' while holding a small [[item]].}}

*{{change|Falco now says "Come on!" during his side taunt instead of "Get some!".}}

*{{change|Falco now does a different pose in his jumping in the air victory animation.}}

===Attributes===

*{{buff|Like all characters, Falco's [[jumpsquat]] animation takes 3 frames to complete (down from 6).}}

*{{buff|Falco [[walk|walks]] slightly faster (1.28 → 1.344).}}

*{{buff|Falco's [[air speed]] is slightly higher (0.93 → 0.977).}}

*[[Forward tilt]]:

**{{buff|Forward tilt has less ending lag (FAF 28 → 25).}}

*[[Up tilt]]:

**{{buff|Up tilt has much less ending lag (FAF 37 → 30), significantly improving its combo potential.}}

**{{nerf|It deals less damage (4% → 3.5% (hit 1), 3% → 2.7% (hit 1, late tip), 5% → 4% (hit 2)).}}

***{{change|The second hit's knockback was not compensated, further aiding in combos but reducing its KO potential.}}

*[[Down tilt]]:

**{{buff|All of down tilt's hitboxes deal more damage (12%/11%/9% (near/mid/far) → 13%/12%/10.5%) and the mid hits have higher base knockback (35 → 40). This improves the move's KO potential, while keeping its combo potential intact due to Falco's faster jumpsquat.}}

*[[Forward smash]]:

**{{buff|Forward smash deals more damage (15% → 16% (clean), 10% → 12% (late)), with its knockback scaling not fully compensated (90/93/96 → 89/91/93), improving its KO potential.}}

*[[Up smash]]:

**{{change|Up smash has a new animation: a [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/540_kick 540 kick] while facing the camera (if facing left, his back is toward the camera). In terms of execution, it is similar to {{SSBU|Captain Falcon}}'s up smash.}}

**{{nerf|Its animation change lifts its hitboxes much higher from the ground. This prevents it from hitting behind Falco, and reduces its horizontal reach in front of him, with up tilt's first hit having more range; it also limits his ability to hit shorter, crouching or prone opponents with the move, even if they are directly in front of him. This drastically reduces up smash's utility.}}

*[[Down smash]]:

**{{buff|Down smash has one extra frame of [[intangibility]] (frames 3-7 → 3-8).}}

===Aerial attacks===

*[[Neutral aerial]]:

***{{nerf|However, the move's total duration remains the same, thus increasing its ending lag. This worsens its ability to combo into other attacks without landing.}}

**{{buff|Its reduced landing lag allows it to combo into itself repeatedly near the ground from low to mid percents, drastically improving its damage racking potential.}}  

**{{nerf|Due to Falco rising faster from his jumps, opponents are more likely to fall out of neutral aerial's looping hits, making it harder to connect.}}

**{{change|It has a larger "wind" particle around Falco while he spins.}}

**{{buff|It [[auto-cancel|auto-cancels]] earlier (frame 46 → 42).}}

**{{buff|The landing hit deals more base knockback (30 → 50), allowing it to KO more reliably near edges.}}

**{{nerf|The initial auto-cancel window is shorter (frames 1-5 → 1-4).}}

**{{nerf|The last hit has lower knockback scaling (145 → 137).}}

***{{buff|However, its total duration remains the same, thus reducing its ending lag compared to the hitbox, slightly improving its followup potential.}}

**{{nerf|It auto-cancels later (frame 15 → 20).}}

*[[Up aerial]]:

**{{change|It has an altered animation where Falco's body faces the side of the screen more than in ''SSB4'', matching the hitboxes more closely.}}

*[[Down aerial]]:

**{{buff|Down aerial has significantly faster startup (frame 16 → 10), being only twice the startup of Falco's down aerial in ''Brawl''.}}

**{{buff|It auto-cancels earlier (frame 38 → 30), restoring its ability to auto-cancel from a short hop. Combined with its faster startup and lower landing lag, this significantly improves its previously situational use, making it more reliable for approaching and contesting opposing attacks.}}

**{{change|Down aerial's clean hit on grounded opponents has more base knockback, but less knockback scaling (10 (base), 80 (scaling) → 55/50). This allows it to start combos at a wider range of percents, but hinders its KO potential.}}

===Throws and other attacks===

***{{nerf|Consecutive aerial Blaster shots fire slower.}}

**{{buff|The grounded version has a shorter delay between consecutive shots (29 frames → 26).}}

**{{change|Blaster has different sound effects when fired and when hitting an opponent.}}

*[[Falco Phantasm]]:

**{{buff|The grounded version has altered knockback (40 (base), 100 (scaling) → 83/50). Combined with the aforementioned change, and Falco's faster jumpsquat and jump speed, this grants it combo potential from low to mid percents if it hits near the end of the dash.}}

**{{nerf|Aerial Falco Phantasm travels a slightly shorter distance.}}

**{{nerf|It no longer travels through shields, making it extremely unsafe if blocked.}}

**{{buff|The dashing portion's looping hits connect significantly more consistently, due to using a different [[autolink angle]] that lifts opponents off the ground, though it is still prone to launching opponents away at very high percents.}}

**{{buff|Fire Bird is able to deal more damage (31% → 33%)}}

*{{b|Reflector|Falco}}:

**{{buff|It can no longer be [[reflect]]ed.}}

**{{nerf|It no longer has a bonus [[trip]] chance, removing its followups and safety on hit at close range.}}