Falco (SSB4)/Down tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Falco's down tilt.

Overview

Falco performs a tail sweep across the ground. It has deceptively disjointed range, and has 3 hitboxes that get progressively weaker the farther the opponent is. It is a versatile tool, with the fast disjoint being able to combo into other moves, such as neutral, up or forward aerials, and can kill at reasonable percentages. As Falco has a relatively fast walk animation, down tilt is commonly used out of it as an approach. The damage is also good for a down tilt, dealing 9% at weakest and 12% at strongest, which further increases its usefulness. The main drawback however is that it only hits low, causing it to be beaten out by aerial approaches and the like.

Overall, a very good move for Falco, as it deals good damage, is fast and disjointed, can kill and also combo opponents into his good aerials.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	12%	0		50	90	0	2.6	1001	-4.1	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	40%							Slash
1	0	11%	0		35	88	0	3.5	1001	1.9	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	40%							Slash
2	0	9%	0		35	88	0	3.3	1001	7.8	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	40%							Slash

Timing

Hitbox	7-9
Interruptible	28
Animation length	49

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Falco's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 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 (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash