Falco (SSBM)/Down aerial

Overview

Falco's down aerial is one of the most feared in the game, being a very fast and powerful spike that has no sourspot, and having a spiking hitbox with a long duration (however, in the PAL version, the second half of the move produces weak horizontal knockback instead). It can easily be done out of a short hop. It is of extreme risk to use below the ledge, however, due to the combination of its long duration, Falco's very fast falling speed, and Falco's terrible vertical recovery.

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Hitboxes

NTSC

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	12%	0		10	100	0	0.02062368	7	-0.00531216	0.005983992	0.0						Kick
1	0	12%	0		10	100	0	0.023951592	7	0.00398412	0.00398412	0.0						Kick
Late
0	0	9%	0		20	100	0	0.02062368	7	-0.00531216	0.005983992	0.0						Kick
1	0	9%	0		20	100	0	0.023951592	7	0.00398412	0.00398412	0.0						Kick

PAL

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	12%	0		10	100	0	0.02062368	7	-0.00531216	0.005983992	0.0						Kick
1	0	12%	0		10	100	0	0.023951592	7	0.00398412	0.00398412	0.0						Kick
Late
0	0	9%	0		20	100	0	0.02062368	7	-0.00531216	0.005983992	0.0						Kick
1	0	9%	0		20	100	0	0.023951592	7	0.00398412	0.00398412	0.0						Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-4
Clean hit	5-14
Late hit	15-24
Ending autocancel	30-
Animation length	49
Interruptible	60

Landing lag

Animation length	18
L-cancelled animation length	9

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel