Falco (SSB4)/Forward smash

Hitbox visualization showing Falco's forward smash.

Overview

Falco performs a two-handed overhead swipe. This is Falco's strongest attack if hit clean, KOing as early as 70% when fully charged. It also has decent range and transcendent priority. However, it has somewhat notable startup and high ending lag, making it easy to punish and often requiring a hard read to successfully land. The late hit has low SDI capacity and no transcendent priority, but also low hitlag and low power.

As a result, this move is used almost exclusively as a punish. It is also forgone in favour of his faster KO moves, such as up smash and back aerial.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	15%	0		42	90	0	2.2	15	0.0	1.5	-1.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	15%	0		42	93	0	3.0	15	4.0	1.8	-1.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	15%	0		42	96	0	4.0	15	8.0	2.2	-1.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Late hit
0	0	10%	0		30	90	0	6.0	0	0.0	5.0	12.0	0.3x	0.5x	0%							Slash

Timing

Charges between	12-13
Clean hit	17-19
Late hit	20
Interruptible	49
Animation length	49

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Hitbox change

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