Falco (SSB4)/Up smash

Hitbox visualization showing Falco's up smash.

Overview

A double sideways-hitting kick. Falco's legs have intangibility during the hitboxes, and combined with the hitboxes extending from Falco's legs considerably, it is relatively disjointed and good for catching landings. It comes out relatively fast, but has notable endlag, and usually kills at around 120%, somewhat weak for a smash attack. Opponents may be hit out of the move if the first hit sends them too far for the second to connect, in similar vain to Charizard's up smash, giving it notable reliability issues as a result. The first kick is also able to hit certain characters hanging on the ledge and stage spike them, such as Pikachu.

Update history

1.0.6

• The first hit's leg hitboxes can now hit grounded opponents, while the early foot hitbox can now hit aerial opponents.
• The first hit's leg hitboxes angle (140° → 110°) and knockback (30 (base), 20 (scaling) → 60/25). This makes them connect less reliably into the second hit against aerial opponents.

1.0.8

• The first hit's late foot hitbox now overrides the early foot hitbox.
  • This means that the foot hitbox can no longer hit grounded opponents above Falco, preventing it from hitting opponents on higher platforms.
  • However, the move always failed to lead into the second hit against opponents on higher platforms, allowing Falco to simply land the second hit, which is much more powerful.
• Second hit startup lag/duration (frames 14-19 → 13-20). The animation was unchanged, giving the move more range below Falco.
• The second hit now has a part value of 1 on its hitboxes. As the first hit's hitboxes are deleted, this has no affect.

1.1.4

• First hit startup/duration (frame 8 → 7-8). The animation was unchanged, giving the move more range below Falco.
• Falco now has intangibility on his attacking leg while the hitboxes are active.
• First hit knockback (60/80 (base near/far), 25/30 (scaling near/far) → 70/18).
• The first hit is now weight independent.
• Middle hitbox X position (1.5 → 2).
• Far hitbox X position (5 → 7.7 (hit 1 early)/7 (hit 1 late/hit 2)), giving the move more range.
• Second kick knockback (30 (base), 98 (scaling) → 31/104).

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Hit 1 (clean)
0	0	4%	0		70	18	0	4.0	9	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	4%	0		70	18	0	3.5	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
2	0	4%	0		70	18	0	4.0	9	7.7	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
Hit 1 (late)
0	0	4%	0		70	18	0	4.0	9	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	4%	0		70	18	0	3.5	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
2	0	4%	0		0	100	15	3.5	9	7.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
Hit 2
0	0	12%	0		31	104	0	5.0	5	7.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.3x	0%							Kick
1	0	12%	0		31	104	0	3.5	5	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.3x	0%							Kick
2	0	12%	0		31	104	0	3.0	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0x	1.3x	0%							Kick

Timing

Charges between	2-3
Right leg intangible	7-12
Hit 1 (clean)	7-8
Hit 1 (late)	9-12
Left leg intangible	13-20
Hit 2	13-20
Interruptible	50
Animation length	59

Hitboxes

Right leg

Left leg

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Interruptible

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