Captain Falcon (SSBU)/Down special

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's grounded Falcon Kick.

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's aerial Falcon Kick.

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's landing Falcon Kick.

Overview

Captain Falcon performs a fiery kick that launches him a considerable distance. The move works as a way for Captain Falcon to get in on the opponent or a situational KO option. The kick is much more powerful at the start of the attack. The grounded version also works as a read tool on rolls and the aerial version can get him out of juggling situations. However, both versions have fairly high ending lag and the aerial version in particular is very laggy when it hits the ground.

Update History

3.1.0

• Falcon Kick's clean hit has a longer hitbox duration, with the total duration of the attack being the same (frames 15-17 (grounded), 16-18 → 16-20 (aerial)).

8.0.0

• It has less startup (frame 15 (grounded)/16 (aerial) → 13/14), with its total duration reduced as well (FAF 71 → 69 (grounded, landing), 68 → 66 (grounded, off-edge), 59 → 57 (aerial)).
• The clean hit has more knockback scaling (84 → 88 (grounded), 52 → 57 (aerial)).

Hitboxes

Grounded

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
Clean hit
0	0	0	15.0%	0		Standard	60	88	0		3.8	legr	10.0 to 2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
Mid hit
0	0	0	11.0%	0		Standard	90	60	0		3.2	legr	10.0 to 2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	7.0%	0		Standard	80	65	0		3.2	legr	10.0 to 2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Aerial

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
Clean hit
0	0	0	15.0%	0		Forward	80	57	0		5.76	kneel	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
Mid hit
0	0	0	12.0%	0		Forward	80	46	0		5.0	kneel	4.0 to -2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	80	46	0		5.0	kneel	4.0 to -2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
Landing
0	0	0	9.0%	0		Standard	80	35	0		4.5	top	0.0	2.0	7.2 to -7.2	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Grounded

The move disables jostling during frames 13-33, and can crash into walls during frames 14-36.

Clean hit	13-16
Mid hit	17-23
Late hit	24-33
Interruptible (ground)	69
Animation length (ground)	83
Interruptible (off ledge)	66
Animation length (off ledge)	66

Ground
Off ledge

Aerial

Clean hit	14-18
Mid hit	19-24
Late hit	25-27
Interruptible	57
Animation length	57

Landing

Hitboxes	1-2
Interruptible	36
Animation length	36

Wall crash

Animation length	53

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Interruptible

Parameters

This only applies to the grounded version.

Speed multiplier on hit	0.8
Maximum speed decreases on hit	4
Friction on ending	0.12

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
Floor attack (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Edge attack
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash