Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Down special

This article is about the hitbox visualization in Super Smash Bros. Melee. For the move itself, see Falcon Kick.

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's grounded Falcon Kick.

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's aerial Falcon Kick.

Overview

Known as Falcon Kick, Captain Falcon's down special involves Captain Falcon commencing a powerful, fiery kick that deals fire damage upon impact. On the ground, Captain Falcon moves in the direction he is facing, but in the air, Captain Falcon moves diagonally downward. The move has a 69 frame animation with hitboxes from frames 14-32 on the ground while in the air, the move has a 59 frame animation with hitboxes from frames 15-29. When used in the air, the user is able to use both jumps following the move even if they have already jumped while in the air. This is known as the double jump refresh.

Hitboxes

Grounded

ID	Part	Damage	SD	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Sound
Clean hit
0	0	15%	0	50	70	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
1	0	15%	0	50	70	0	2.7342	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
2	0	15%	0	50	70	0	4.2966	14	7.812	0.0	0.0	Kick
Mid hit
0	0	12%	0	50	60	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
1	0	12%	0	50	60	0	2.7342	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
Late hit
0	0	9%	0	50	50	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
1	0	9%	0	50	50	0	2.7342	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick

Aerial

ID	Part	Damage	SD	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Sound
Clean hit
1	0	15%	0	40	70	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
2	0	15%	0	40	70	0	4.6872	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
Mid hit
1	0	13%	0	40	65	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
2	0	15%	0	40	65	0	4.6872	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
Late hit
1	0	11%	0	40	60	0	3.906	14	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
2	0	11%	0	40	60	0	4.6872	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick

Landing

ID	Damage	BK	KS	Radius		Sound
0	9%	80	20	3.906	7.0308	Kick
1	9%	80	20	3.906	-7.0308	Kick
2	9%	80	20	3.906	0.0	Kick

Timing

Grounded

Clean hit	14-16
Mid hit	17-24
Late hit	25-32
Animation length	69

Aerial

Clean hit	15-17
Mid hit	18-25
Late hit	26-29
Animation length	58

Landing lag

Hitbox	1-2
Animation length	45

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)
Lag time	Hitbox	Hitbox change

Trivia

The aerial version's late hit is programmed to be active from frames 26-33 however, it is only active from frames 26-29 as aerial Falcon Kick's animation only lasts 29 frames.