Falco (SSB4)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Falco's neutral aerial.

Overview

Falco spins with his wings, hitting four times for a total of 11%. It is capable of comboing into itself or forward aerial at slightly higher percentages, and the final hit is slightly disjointed. Landing with the move can be unsafe, as the attack lacks a landing hitbox and the landing lag may allow opponents to hit Falco out of landing neutral aerials, however, if buffered from a short hop and fast fallen as soon as possible, Falco can frame cancel the move, making its grounded combo potential very good as the frame cancel is consistent due to the method. The move is also able to kill at higher percents, and the autolinking multi-hits can drag opponents down, possibly leading to gimps.

The move is notably hampered by generally lacking range, like most of Falco's other moves, and the inability to short hop autocancel the move, making it unsafe to use frequently. Overall, however, it is a relatively decent move for Falco, providing good combo potential at lower percents and having decent kill power at the ledge.

Update history

1.0.8

• Neutral aerial improved. It keeps opponents in place more reliably for all of its hits, its hitboxes' sizes increased, and it always launches in the direction Falco faces.
• Neutral aerial deals 1% less damage: 12% → 11%.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Hit 1
0	0	3%	0		0	100	22	6.0	0	0.0	11.0	1.5	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	3%	0		0	100	22	4.0	22	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	3%	0		0	100	22	4.0	16	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
3	0	3%	0		0	100	22	3.0	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hit 2
0	0	2%	0		0	100	22	6.0	0	0.0	11.0	1.5	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	2%	0		0	100	22	4.0	22	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	2%	0		0	100	22	4.0	16	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
3	0	2%	0		0	100	22	3.0	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hit 3
0	0	2%	0		0	100	22	6.0	0	0.0	11.0	1.5	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
1	0	2%	0		0	100	22	4.0	22	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
2	0	2%	0		0	100	22	4.0	16	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
3	0	2%	0		0	100	22	3.0	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash
Hit 4
0	0	4%	0		55	130	0	8.0	0	0.0	11.0	7.0	1.0x	2.0x	0%							Slash

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-2
Hit 1	3-5
Hit 2	6-9
Hit 3	14-17
Hit 4	23-24
Ending autocancel	43-
Interruptible	49
Animation length	57

Landing lag

Animation length	15

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

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