Falco (SSBB)/Forward smash

Hitbox visualization showing Falco's forward smash.

Overview

Falco brings his arms down in a chopping manner. The move deals 15% clean and 10% late. The move is Falco's strongest attack knockback wise, KOing at around 130%, but despite its power, the move is very sluggish, hitting on frame 16, and must be sweetspotted for efficient KOs. The move thus often necessitates a hard read to be used effectively and as such, players often turn to Falco's up smash for more guaranteed punishes.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			SDIx	H×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Type	Effect	G	A	Sound	Direct
Clean hit
0	0	15%	0		40	88	0	2.2	28	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.0x	0.5x	0%							Slash
1	0	15%	0		40	88	0	3.0	28	3.2	1.0	1.5	1.0x	0.5x	0%							Slash
2	0	15%	0		40	88	0	4.0	28	0.65	1.0	1.5	1.0x	0.5x	0%							Slash
Late hit
0	0	10%	0		10	90	0	9.0	0	0.0	5.0	13.0	1.0x	1.0x	0%							Slash

Timing

Charges between	12-13
Clean hit	16-20
Late hit	21
Animation length	49

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Charge interval

Hitbox

Interruptible

Falco's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 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