Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Down throw

Overview

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Falcon slams the opponent against the ground. Easily one of the best throws in Melee due to its incredible combo potential against many characters, such as:

-Tech-chasing against Fastfallers and Midfallers

-Direct combos into his neutral air, up air, and Knee

-Placing opponents far offstage at a low-angle, which can lead to some lethal edgeguards

Mixed up with his up-throw, this move serves as one of Falcon's core punish game tools and is useful against EVERY character in the game, at least at certain percents.

Throw data

	Damage	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Effect
Throw	7%		75	34	0
Release	3%		60	100	0

Timing

The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight.

Baseline
Invincibility	1-8
Throw Release	20
Animation length	39

NTSC
PAL
Invincible	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8	1-8
Throw	11	12	14	14.6	14.8	15	16	17	17.4	17.6	18	18.8	19.6	20	20.8	21.6	21.8	22	22.2	22.8	23.4	23.6
Animation length	21.45	23.4	27.3	28.47	28.86	29.25	31.2	33.15	33.93	34.32	35.1	36.66	38.22	39	40.56	42.12	42.51	42.9	43.29	44.46	45.63	46.02

Min (Pichu)

Baseline

Max (Bowser, PAL)

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

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
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special