Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Down aerial

Overview

Hitboxes of Captain Falcon's dair

Captain Falcon does a stomp attack. This attack has two hitboxes - the lower one on the legs, and the upper one in the torso region. The lower hitbox is a powerful meteor smash (fourth strongest in the game) with some high hitstun as well, while the upper hitbox is an extremely powerful spike known as the Nipple Spike - it is the strongest spike in the game, but is also notoriously difficult to land. It can KO at low percentages, and can be combo'd into with moves such as a down aerial on a grounded opponent, Raptor Boost, a neutral aerial, or a down throw/up throw (depending on the falling speed of the opponent). When used on a grounded opponent, the move is also a great combo starter, being able to lead into an aerial, including a Knee Smash as a finisher or another down aerial to get the opponent back onto the ground, with potential to start a tech-chase.

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  A simple Nipple Spike combo, using Raptor Boost -> Nipple Spike

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  A more complicated Nipple Spike combo, using dair -> grab -> u-throw -> nair -> grab -> u-throw -> nair -> nair -> Nipple Spike

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Attack data

Animation length	44
Hits on frames	16-20
IASA frames	38
Autocancel frames	Before 3, after 36

Landing lag

Animation length	24
Animation length when not L-cancelled	12

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Related moves

• Ganondorf's down aerial