Falco (SSBM): Difference between revisions

Falco is one of the two characters in the game to have no disadvantageous matchups whatsoever, along with {{SSBM|Fox}}, but has more even matchups than most other top tier characters. Falco has seven even matchups, [[soft counter]]s three characters, [[counter (matchup)|counter]]s seven, and [[hard counter]]s eight. He has the tools to beat every character, though he is particularly vulnerable to [[chaingrab]]s from characters such as {{SSBM|Marth}} and {{SSBM|Peach}}, and is very easy to [[gimp]] and [[edgeguard]]. These disadvantages give him some trouble against characters who have effective edgeguarding tools, such as {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}, Marth, and Fox. He tends to do well against characters who do not have the tools to properly respond to his [[combo]] openers, such as {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, and does very well against characters with a lack of reliable horizontal finishers and/or edgeguarding ability, such as {{SSBM|Young Link}}. Overall, Falco's matchup spread is among the best in the game. A topic of constant debate is Falco's matchup with Fox. Falco is arguably the only character in the game to have a winning matchup against Fox. His laser's allow him to camp better along with his finishers being more effective on Fox than Fox's on him. The common argument against this however is that one character will usually kill the other after one hit is landed from both characters excellent combo games.