Captain Falcon (SSBU)/Neutral special

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

Captain Falcon neutral special hitbox visualizations.
Grounded	Aerial

Grounded reversed	Aerial Reversed

Overview

Captain Falcon winds up his fist and announces his signature move Falcon Punch. Although it possesses humongous knockback and damage potential from the move alone upon hitting an opponent, the move can easily be shielded, unable to break a full shield despite dealing more shieldstun. As a result of its lengthy endlag, foes can retaliate and initiate a variety of follow up moves, causing Falcon to waste inititiative. Falcon Punch finds use only after shield break scenarios, where he can exploit the opponent’s helplessness. Due to how situational the move is, many players consider it to be the least useful special move, and by extension, his least useful move overall.

Hitboxes

Landing any hitbox produces a Special Zoom.

Grounded

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Sound	Hit bits	Hit part
Normal
0	0	0	25.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	4.5	armr	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
1	0	0	25.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	2.5	shoulderr	-2.5	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
2	0	0	25.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	4.0	armr	4.2	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
Reversed
0	0	0	28.0%	0	Standard	85	65	0	4.5	armr	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
1	0	0	28.0%	0	Standard	85	65	0	2.5	shoulderr	-2.5	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
2	0	0	28.0%	0	Standard	85	65	0	4.0	armr	4.2	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All

Aerial

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Sound	Hit bits	Hit part
Normal
0	0	0	22.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	5.175	armr	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
1	0	0	22.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	2.875	shoulderr	-2.5	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
2	0	0	22.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	4.6	armr	4.2	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
Reversed
0	0	0	25.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	5.175	armr	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
1	0	0	25.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	2.875	shoulderr	-2.5	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All
2	0	0	25.0%	0	Standard	93	59	0	4.6	armr	4.2	0.0	0.0	1.5×	1.0×	0%	Kick	All	All

Differences for Kirby's Copy Ability

The hitboxes have different sizes (4.5u/2.5u/4u → 2.5u/5u/4u) and offsets (X: -1u/-2.5u/4.2u → -3u/1u/5u; Z: 0u → 2u), with the ID 1 hitbox also being assigned to a different bone ("shoulderr" → "armr"), better matching Kirby's proportions.
- Kirby's aerial Falcon Punch does not have larger hitboxes than the grounded version (5.175u/2.875u/4.6u → 2.5u/5u/4u).
Kirby's aerial Falcon Punch deals less knockback (93 base/59 scaling → 58/68), and does not deal more damage when reversed (base: 25% → 22%). This makes it considerably weaker, with the normal and reversed versions KOing around 13% and 26% later (respectively) from center stage compared to Captain Falcon's.

Timing

Normal

The move can be reversed on frame 15. For the aerial version, the control stick is checked on frame 51 to apply vertical momentum in the chosen direction; additionally, a small, set amount of upward momentum (0.2) is applied upon initiation.