Falcon Dive: Difference between revisions

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Falcon Dive can easily [[stage spike]] opponents while allowing Falcon to recover.

==Appearances==

===''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===

[[File:SSB64 Falcon Combo.gif|thumb|left|A string of up aerials followed with a Falcon Dive]]

When the move connects with foes, it will strongly launch them at a 45° angle horizontally and vertically, thus making it hard to DI the knockback. It does a solid 20% damage upon connection with high knockback (average KO is around 130%). As with all of Falcon's special moves, it had 2-D rendered sprites as special effects. When contact is successful, it will restore a foe's midair jump and Falcon will not be helpless, free to use the move again.

However, Falcon Dive is arguably the worst recovery move in the game. In addition to the poor vertical boost it offers, Falcon Dive cannot grab onto enemies hanging on [[ledge]]s, making it susceptible to [[edge-hogging]].

A string of multiple up aerial attacks from Captain Falcon followed by a Falcon Dive, throughout all of the games in the Smash Bros. series is commonly referred to as an "SSB64 Combo", as this was a very common combo in said game.

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===

Not much has changed since its ''Smash 64'' incarnation aside from better voice quality and better special effects, along with the move traveling a much further distance upward, though the hitbox isn't out for as long. Falcon Dive seems somewhat weaker and easier to DI the angle. As with ''Smash 64'', contact will allow the foe to reuse a midair jump and give Captain Falcon the ability to use the move once more.

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===

In ''Brawl'', Falcon Dive was buffed in terms of how easy it is to land, but the knockback was nerfed to where it cannot KO at realistic damages, KOing at roughly 200%. Timing and landing the move seems to be improved due to the floatiness and the slower falling speed of characters in ''Brawl''. However, doing it in the opposite direction Falcon is looking drastically decreases the horizontal distance which decreases the recovery distance and didn't happen in ''Melee''. Also, Captain Falcon is vulnerable to hits during the start-up and to moves that hit directly above him (where the move has no grab box). It now has [[launch resistance]] mid-grab.

A number of things were changed from its ''Melee'' function to ''Brawl's''. Raptor Boost's base knockback no longer allows Falcon to combo into Falcon Dive as effectively as before, and a majority of Falcon's remaining combos into the Dive are much more predictable and DI-able. It no longer restores a foe's midair jump, though Falcon can still use the move afterwards. This move cannot break Smash Balls but it is capable of destroying targets in [[Target Smash!!]] when the body comes in contact with the target.

Perhaps the biggest change and buff of the move from ''Melee'' to ''Brawl'' is the ability to grab and effectively [[stage spike]] foes that hang on the ledge much more efficiently; Falcon Dive in ''Brawl'' is capable of grabbing foes hanging onto the ledge and function as it normally would airborne, making Captain Falcon harder to [[edgehog]] than ever before, though it's still vulnerable to edge hogging if the edge hog is timed early enough, especially because his ledge sweetspot range is one of the largest in the game. It is excellent at punishing foes who [[camp]] on ledges. This is considered one of Captain Falcon's few [[buff]]s from ''Melee'' to ''Brawl''. Additionally, even though opponents can still [[tech]] the stage spike, they cannot punish Captain Falcon for it due to the height he travels after releasing the enemy.

In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', Falcon Dive was buffed again; its start-up was increased, covers more distance while losing less momentum, and deals slightly more damage. However, it no longer has launch resistance during mid-grab making it easier to intercept and edge-guard.

====Customization====

{{CustomSet|Falcon|Up|name1=Falcon Dive|desc1=Jump and grab a foe. If you connect with your prey, you'll explode off of them.|name2=Falcon Strike|desc2=Jump higher than the Falcon Dive, but doesn't grab opponents.|name3=Explosive Falcon Dive|desc3=Doesn't jump as high as the Falcon Dive, but it's more explosive.}}

# '''Falcon Strike''': Jump higher than the Falcon Dive, but doesn't grab opponents.

# '''Explosive Falcon Dive''': Doesn't jump as high as the Falcon Dive, but it's more explosive.

 

==Description from the ''Melee'' instruction booklet==

''Grab an enemy then propel him or her into the air.''

 

==Description from the {{for3ds}} foldout==

File:FalconDive.jpg|Falcon Dive in ''Brawl''

File:Falcon Dive.png|Falcon ascending in the move in ''Brawl''.