Falco (SSB4)/Down special/Default

Hitbox visualization showing Falco's reflector.

Overview

Falco kicks out his Reflector, which returns back to him. The reflector hitbox comes out frame 1, while the actual attacking hitbox comes out a bit later, at frame 5, and also has a small hitbox in comparison to the effect. When it returns to Falco, it has no hitbox, although the reflector hitbox stays until Falco grabs his Reflector, Falco is also mostly able to move during the animation whilst airborne.

As a reflector, it has great range at the cost of being unable to be held for a long time, unlike most reflectors. This makes it punishable when Falco mistimes the move. The range can make reflected projectiles harder to react to, and it is on par with most other reflectors with similar strength.

As an attack, it has very weak knockback, barely being able to kill just below 999%. The low knockback allows the move to be used as a locking tool, and can be used in edgeguarding due to the disjoint and low knockback being able to send the opponent slightly downwards whilst in hitstun. It is very unsafe at low percents and very close ranges, due to the high endlag with the move.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
3	0	5%	5		35	30	0	3.5	1002	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0x	0.5x	25%							Shock

Timing

Hitboxes	5-14
Reflection	1-33
Interruptible	51
Animation length	63

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Reflect

Interruptible

Properties

Reflection radius	9
Reflection damage	1.2x
Reflection speed	1.3x
Reflection duration	0.8x
Max reflectable damage	50

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
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 (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash