Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Down special

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's grounded Falcon Kick.

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's aerial Falcon Kick.

Overview

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 15-29. 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.

Hitboxes

Grounded

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean hit
0	0	15%	0		50	70	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	15%	0		50	70	0	2.7342	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
2	0	15%	0		50	70	0	4.2966	14	7.812	0.0	0.0						Kick
Mid hit
0	0	12%	0		50	60	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	12%	0		50	60	0	2.7342	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late hit
0	0	9%	0		50	50	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	9%	0		50	50	0	2.7342	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick

Aerial

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean hit
1	0	15%	0		40	70	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
2	0	15%	0		40	70	0	4.6872	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
Mid hit
1	0	13%	0		40	65	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
2	0	15%	0		40	65	0	4.6872	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late hit
1	0	11%	0		40	60	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
2	0	11%	0		40	60	0	4.6872	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick

Landing

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
0	0	9%	0		80	20	0	3.906	0	0.0	0.0	7.0308						Kick
1	0	9%	0		80	20	0	3.906	0	0.0	0.0	-7.0308						Kick
2	0	9%	0		80	20	0	3.906	0	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick

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	26-29
Animation length	58

Landing lag

Hitbox	1-2
Animation length	45

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Trivia

• The aerial version's late hit is programmed to be active from frames 26-33 however, it is only active from frames 26-29 as aerial Falcon Kick's animation only lasts 29 frames.

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