Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Down special

Overview

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Known as Falcon Kick, Captain Falcon's down special involves Captain Falcon commencing a powerful, fiery kick that deals fire damage upon impact. On the ground, Captain Falcon moves in the direction he is facing, but in the air, Captain Falcon moves diagonally downward. The move has a 69 frame animation with hitboxes from frames 14-32 on the ground while in the air, the move has a 59 frame animation with hitboxes from frames 15-33. When used in the air, the user is able to use both jumps following the move even if they have already jumped while in the air. This is known as the double jump refresh.

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Timing

Grounded

Clean hit	14-16
Mid hit	17-24
Late hit	25-32
Animation length	69

Aerial

Clean hit	15-17
Mid hit	18-25
Late hit	26-33
Animation length	59

Landing lag

Hitbox	1-2
Animation length	45

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special