Captain Falcon (SSBB)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's down aerial.

Overview

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Captain Falcon stomps downwards with both of his legs. With the hitbox coming out on frame 16 and ending on frame 45, down aerial can be used as a standard gimping tool, a suboptimal approaching tool, or a combo mixup. This move is primarily used for approaching, gimping opponents offstage, and for comboing. Autocancelled down air can lead to either a jab or forward tilt. This can also be used for buffering turnarounds or attacking opponents in general. Due to its longer startup and more specific uses, Falcon players prefer to open up with attacks such as his jab or up aerial first, since they have more versatility overall. Down aerial's combo capabilities are limited due to the hitbox's tight placements, limiting this to a handful of characters across select percentages.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
0	0	14%	0		10	100	0	4.5	13	1.6	5.6	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	14%	0		40	100	0	6.0	12	1.6	4.4	0.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Initial autocancel	1-3
Hitbox	16-18
Ending autocancel	39-
Interruptible	45
Animation length	54

Landing lag

Animation length	21

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

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 (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Final Smash