Captain Falcon (SSB4)/Down aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's down aerial.

Overview

Captain Falcon performs a downward stomp with both feet. If sweetspotted, it is a strong meteor smash. It otherwise sends opponents diagonally with even higher knockback. Aside from duration, its timing bears a striking resemblance to Falco's. This move is an excellent high-risk, high-reward option when edgeguarding, as it can KO characters offstage at low percent thanks to its high knockback and meteor smash angle. This especially powerful against characters with poor vertical recoveries, such as Donkey Kong. It also allows Falcon to perform powerful footstool combos by following up a footstool with a fastfall down aerial - this can lock the opponent, or bounce them up into the air for additional follow-ups (including another footstool). Examples of footstool combos can be seen here.

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	5.9	0	0.0	-5.2	0.8	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick
1	0	14%	0		40	100	0	6.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Kick

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-3
Hitboxes	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 · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash