Captain Falcon (SSBB)/Neutral attack

Overview

Captain Falcon's neutral attack consists of two jabs and a knee strike followed by a flurry of punches. His jab is considered to be among his best moves in general (along with his up aerial), due to the versatility of jab canceling and coming out on frame 3. Its first hits can be used to rack up damage, keeping his finishers fresh, outspeeding opponents’ moves in close-quarters combat, and preventing opponents from comboing/approaches. Jab’s best combos involve getting the first two hits in, followed by grabbing the opponent, which can rack up damage at low percents. The jab infinite, while also decent at racking up damage at lower percents, can be punishable on shielding opponents and Falcon has better ways to combo/rack up damage.

For the technical data of each individual hit, see:

• Captain Falcon (SSBB)/Neutral attack/Hit 1
• Captain Falcon (SSBB)/Neutral attack/Hit 2
• Captain Falcon (SSBB)/Neutral attack/Hit 3
• Captain Falcon (SSBB)/Neutral attack/Infinite

Quickest loop

Jab 1	3-4
Jab 2	12-14
Jab 3	22-23, 24-25
Rapid jab	37-38, 43-44, 50-51, 56-57, 62-63
Interruptible	16, 26, 49, 77
Animation lengths	21, 27, 56, 81

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Earliest continuable point

Interruptible

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) · 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