Captain Falcon (SSBU)/Forward tilt

Captain Falcon forward tilt hitbox visualizations.
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Overview

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Captain Falcon does a roundhouse kick and comes to a rest after pivoting back around to his starting position. The move can be angled up or down allowing for better coverage of the air or smaller characters, with a slightly stronger sweetspot on the foot that does 1% extra base damage. Angling either up or down adds 1% damage as well, almost always being preferable to no angle at all. The attack comes out on frame 7 and does 10% base damage when both angled and sweetspotted.

Application

The two main purposes of this move are as a ranged poke in neutral or on shield and a safe, versatile combo finisher. In neutral its relatively low lag, decent range, and angling allow it to keep opponents at bay and remain functionally safe of shield should the opponent defend in time. The angling allows Captain Falcon to space the sweetspot as it will not reach as far when not pointed straight out. The extra damage from angling and the sweetspot increase shield safety frame-wise while losing some range. This can be combined with sliding tilt attacks (done by canceling the running turnaround animation with a tilt attack) to increase safety when retreating with the move, or to increase range when approaching.

As a combo finisher, forward tilt is very consistent with a frame 7 startup, solid range, and angling. Landing with moves at low percent such as up air, neutral air, or back air will reliably combo into this, racking on easy damage. The main benefit to using this move as a combo finisher is to set up for a tech chase. At anywhere from 10-50% Forward Tilt sends at a low angle with tumble to force an opponent to tech, which Captain Falcon is good at chasing down. This move does not however start any combos, though can put an opponent in a difficult position for further followup.

Other applications for Forward Tilt include using it as a ledge trapping tool. Not only can angling the move down hit many characters hanging from ledge, but the solid four active frames help cover getup options such as neutral getup. And with the low endlag and decent shield safety a missed ledge trap attempt is often of little consequence. Having the same startup as dash attack, and the previously mentioned sliding tilt technique, lend to Forward Tilt being a decent whiff punishing tool as well.

Update History

3.1.0

• It deals more base knockback (50 → 60).

Hitboxes

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
Unangled
0	0	0	8.0%	0		Forward	60	58	0		4.3	legr	3.5	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	8.0%	0		Forward	60	58	0		4.3	hip	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	60	58	0		5.3	kneer	5.5	-1.0	0.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
Angled up or down
0	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	60	58	0		4.3	legr	3.5	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	9.0%	0		Forward	60	58	0		4.3	hip	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	10.0%	0		Forward	60	58	0		5.3	kneer	5.5	-1.0	0.5	1.0×	1.0×	0%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Hitboxes	7-10
Interruptible	30
Animation length	35

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

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
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash