Captain Falcon (SSBU)/Down tilt

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's down tilt.

Overview

A sweep kick that with above average startup and endlag but keeps Captain Falcon low to the ground. Because of the angle it sends at, down tilt sets up for potent edgegaurding, especially against characters with poor recoveries. The high knockback, when combined with the low angle, make this move a solid KO option starting above 100%. Its startup of 11 and knockback gives down tilt the role of a pseudo-smash attack when the slow startup of Captain Falcon's actual smash attacks would otherwise not suffice. The aforementioned low animation also gives this move solid potential for punishing high-hitting grounded moves and aerials. The last big application of this moves comes as a 2-frame/ledgetrap option, with down tilt hitting all character's ledge hang, and ledge grab, animations, though some may be low enough that only the middle hitbox will connect.

Update History

8.0.0

• Down tilt has more knockback scaling (80 → 86).

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
0	0	0	10.0%	0		Standard	38	86	0		4.8	kneel	6.5	-1.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	50%							Kick		All	All
1	0	0	10.0%	0		Standard	38	86	0		4.8	legl	3.5	0.0	0.0	1.0×	1.0×	50%							Kick		All	All
2	0	0	10.0%	0		Standard	38	86	0		3.5	top	0.0	3.5	-1.0	1.0×	1.0×	50%							Kick		All	All

Timing

Hitboxes	11-12
Interruptible	35
Animation length	49

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Interruptible

Trivia

• The move has a 50% trip chance that can only happen on slants due to the launch angle.

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