Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Up aerial

Overview

Hitbox of Captain Falcon's uair.

Captain Falcon does a bicycle kick in the air. This move's knockback is decent, with the main part of the attack sending opponents on a semi-reliable angle for edgeguarding, and the hitbox near his feet while traveling back being able to semi-spike, albeit with much less knockback and hitstun than in Smash 64 (even considering the reduced hitstun in Melee). The move can be used for juggling to some extent, though not very reliable. The semi-spike portion of the move is generally used to gimp characters with poor recoveries. The move does have some combo ability, being able to lead into neutral aerial, down aerial, and Knee Smash mostly, as well as Falcon Dive in some situations. The move is commonly used right after a wall jump on stages such as Yoshi's Story. Due to the semi-lingering hitbox on Captain Falcon's leg during this attack, it is also commonly used as an approach option, in order to "scoop" the opponent upwards. Combined with the overall low landing lag on this attack, it becomes a very useful tool for mix-ups, combos, and approaches.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	13%	0		10	100	0	3.906	7	3.1248	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	12%	0		10	100	0	4.6872	8	5.859	0.0	0.0						Kick
Mid
0	0	12%	0		8	80	0	3.906	7	3.1248	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	10%	0		8	80	0	4.6872	8	5.859	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late*
0	0	8%	0		6	70	0	3.906	7	3.1248	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	6%	0		6	70	0	4.6872	8	5.859	0.0	0.0						Kick

Timing

Attack

Clean hit	6-10
Mid hit	11-13
Late hit*
Ending autocancel	22-
Interruptible	30
Animation length	33

* Due to what is presumably a programming error, the "delete all hitboxes" command runs on the same frame the late hit begins, and so the late hit never occurs. This error is not shared by Ganondorf's version of the move; as all other frame data is the same between the two moves, one can assume the intent was for the late hit to connect on frames 14-16. Even stranger, the same error exists for the move in Brawl, suggesting the code was copied and the error was never caught.

Landing lag

Animation length	15
L-cancelled animation length	7.5

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Similar moves

• Ganondorf's up aerial

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