Falco (SSBU): Difference between revisions

Before release, many players immediately took notice of Falco's drastic improvements from the previous game. This was thanks to several factors, such as the mechanics of the game being greatly in his favor, the improvements to his already potent combo game, and his improved neutral game due to his improved blaster and speed. In addition, some of Falco's worst matchups in ''Smash 4'' (most notably {{SSBU|Sheik}}, {{SSBU|Bayonetta}}, {{SSBU|Luigi}}, and {{SSBU|Cloud}}) were nerfed and made less problematic for him. Due to this, Falco was greatly anticipated to be a very strong character in ''Ultimate'', with many top professionals stating that he could potentially be a top-tier character.

Unfortunately, opinions on Falco quickly dwindled when the game released as the buffs he received were seen to be "overhyped." On the other hand, players believed Falco's fellow spacies {{SSBU|Fox}} and {{SSBU|Wolf}} were significantly better, seemingly worsening Falco value to other players as they believed one could play a rather similar character with better success. As such, Falco initially saw low results, with his dedicated players failing to obtain notable results with the character, leading the general consensus to assess him as a mid or low-tier character.

As the metagame progressed, however, opinions of Falco began to improve thanks to the efforts of players such as {{Sm|Kofi}}, {{Sm|Ismon}}, and, most notably, {{Sm|Juice}}, all of whom saw great placements at national tournaments. His improved representation led to a small but positive shift in perception: although several players such as {{Sm|ESAM}} maintained that Falco was at best mid-tier, others believed that Falco had potential to be high-tier. This perception only continued to improve thanks to the buffs Falco received in patch 8.0.0, which improved his combo and kill potential, as well as the efforts of {{Sm|Tilde}} and {{Sm|MASA}}, both of whom have placed highly in several major tournaments since the return of offline competitive play. Falco also performs fairly well against several characters in the current meta, such as {{SSBU|R.O.B.}}, {{SSBU|Fox}}, {{SSBU|Steve}}, {{SSBU|Peach}}, {{SSBU|Snake}}, {{SSBU|Palutena}}, {{SSBU|Samus}}, and {{SSBU|Min Min}}. As of now, Falco is now mostly seen as a solid viable high tier by many professionals, ranking 41st on the first and current tier list.