Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Forward smash

Overview

File:Captain Falcon Forward Smash Hitbox Melee.gif

Forward smash hitbox duration.

Nicknamed The People's Elbow, Captain Falcon rears back and thrusts his elbow in a fast-moving motion, dealing flame damage to anyone it connects with. This is one of the most powerful forward smashes in Melee, being the third most powerful forward smash overall with especially high knockback scaling (while Ganondorf's produces slightly stronger knockback, the fact Ganondorf's hits vertically allows Falcon's to KO faster on fast fallers and stages with high ceilings). However, it is difficult to land, with slow start-up lag and rather small hitboxes (though since Falcon lunges far with it, it reaches far regardless). It is additionally very punishable, with a heavy 39 frames of ending lag. As such, despite its great power, the move is not seen much in competitive play, especially when Falcon has access to a much easier to land and much safer move with comparable power in his Knee Smash. With a successful hard read though, it can potentially get a KO as early as 80% from center stage, and with its very high damage output, it can outprioritise up to moderate damage dealing ground attacks.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Angled up
0	0	21%	0		24	100	0	3.5154	23	0.0	0.0	0.0						Burn
1	0	21%	0		24	100	0	3.5154	24	0.0	0.0	0.0						Burn
Angled side
0	0	20%	0		24	100	0	3.5154	23	0.0	0.0	0.0						Burn
1	0	20%	0		24	100	0	3.5154	24	0.0	0.0	0.0						Burn
Angled down
0	0	19%	0		24	100	0	3.5154	23	0.0	0.0	0.0						Burn
1	0	19%	0		24	100	0	3.5154	24	0.0	0.0	0.0						Burn

Timing

Charges between	10-11
Hitbox	18-21
Interruptible	60
Animation length	64

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Interruptible

Similar moves

• Ganondorf (SSBM)/Forward smash

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