.::Captain Douglas Falcon::.

[th3kuzinator]

Also, edited my post, changing "the" to "it"

GRAMMAR YES

 

[Sempiternity]

Why does Smashboards decapitalize my post if the caps begin the post?

GRAMMAR PUNCH

 

[King Funk]

A faptain calfon guide? I am quite excited. He is one of those characters I feel I should be good with but never got into because of everyone telling me how easy he is to play.

He's easy to learn, but hard to use.

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

Basically, you can learn how to play falcon but it takes forever to master falcon.

also, am i the only person who sometimes edgegaurds with falcon punch?

i mean, i don't do it all the time, but if i'm winning and or bored...

 

[Surri-Sama]

Yeah i also do that for kicks from time to time.

Nantes likes to haul FP out at the most random times lol

 

[th3kuzinator]

Ikr.

Like he will do a second jump uair and then gave plenty of room to upb, but instead does a falcon punch which misses completely 100% of the time.

When nantes gets srs hes pretty good, when hes not/high hes all jokes.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

what I like the most for e.g. with Falcon is a FSmash or a Dtilt(if not against a good DI user) in that case I go off stage to kill him.

 

[Sempiternity]

Dtilt is lolzy because it's such an anticlimactic move.

*pop*

*opponent hurtles helplessly sideways to his death*

 

[th3kuzinator]

Or he ledge DI's and then proceeds to **** you with his upb due to the dtilt's slow cooldown time.

Unless you're playing ness of course.

 

[Sempiternity]

Can't ledge DI if he's far enough from the ledge!

 

[th3kuzinator]

You can if he has keyboard DI!

Or a turbo keyboard!

Or a macro!

 

[Sempiternity]

Or powers to bend time and space!

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

All that is true, but.......
Didn't you read what was between (...)??

 

[Sempiternity]

Why read when you can DI with your MIND!?

 

[SuPeRbOoM]

hey man I max out my range on my keyboard and then plug in another keyboard just for DI purposes. 2 keyboards worth of DI, hells yeah.

 

[King Funk]

You can if he has keyboard DI!

Or a turbo keyboard!

Or a macro!

Or Mahie DI.

 

[rando]

Are there any guides for falcon combos? I am not very good but would like to learn. The only thing I can do fairly consistently is the forward throw into the Up+B move. What's the best combo?

Also what is "DI" and "Dtilt" I keep seeing these places and don't know what they mean

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

Are there any guides for falcon combos? I am not very good but would like to learn. The only thing I can do fairly consistently is the forward throw into the Up+B move. What's the best combo?

Also what is "DI" and "Dtilt" I keep seeing these places and don't know what they mean

DI = Directional Influence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEfODQB_88Y

Dtilt is when you slightly hold your stck down and then press A...
is the move you make in an spesific direction without smashing.
but anyway there're some topics here explaining those things.

Also for a Falcon's basic combo, take a look at the last combo of this vid...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETXpOymo4bY

 

[ballin4life]

Are there any guides for falcon combos? I am not very good but would like to learn. The only thing I can do fairly consistently is the forward throw into the Up+B move. What's the best combo?

Also what is "DI" and "Dtilt" I keep seeing these places and don't know what they mean

Read the smash index thread for explanations of the lingo.

Use fthrow, usmash, and uair -> upB

Once you have that down, you can move on to more advanced stuff (nairs/fairs)

Watch videos of good players too

 

[asianaussie]

more specifically, click the advanced techs pdf linked in the smash index

the index itself doesn't list tech names or explanations

 

[Gammelnorsk]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[rando]

Consistently I can do fthrow then dash to up+b. I can also do fthrow, then dash, then uair, then up+b. A couple of times I was able to do fthrow, then dash, then uair, uair, then up+b which was pretty cool. It's hard though because it requires a double jump and most of the time I just jump above them. Also, after the first set (even if it's just a fthrow to up+b) they bounce too high from the fthrow to do anything. I try and jump after them to do the combo but kirby's drillkick seems to hit me no matter what. It seems to have pretty great priority over most moves.

Also in that video, falcon seems to be able to do multiple uairs without jumping very high. How is that done?

 

[rando]

When you're falcon playing against kirby and kirby keeps short hop drilling, what do you do? I thought that I could have the shield up (Z) and then grab right after (A) but even with the quick grab, I guess there's shield stun or something so kirby always gets to grab first.

 

[asianaussie]

Don't get drilled lol...

SH B-Air a bunch, at worst you'll clash and you'll generally outrange and whack him. Alternatively predict it and full hop D-Air > techchase grab or something.

 

[ballin4life]

Don't shield against kirby's drill.

Bair him.

 

[th3kuzinator]

dash dance like crazy until he misses an approach and punish.

I would not suggest a bair, just in case he also bairs, which he will probably win. Bair is safest no doubt though

 

[tacos]

Don't shield against kirby's drill.

Bair him.

And then quickly turn around and dash to grab

 

[rando]

I imagine it would have to be a shorthop bair otherwise I would just be jumping over him.

 

[th3kuzinator]

If he is drilling you, then he is in the air, yes?

Usually the SH is necessary but not always.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

dash dance like crazy until he misses an approach and punish.

I would not suggest a bair, just in case he also bairs, which he will probably win. Bair is safest no doubt though

I had to read that last paragraph twice in order to get that. xD
but yea, bair... or else pick Fox or pika.

 

[Meno5000]

For any CF kkeyboard users,
Any advice on doing uair without screwing up by jumping consistently to do uair chains? This is really hard >_>.
I would really like to be a decent player with cf but I cant even do basic combos .

 

[ciaza]

You mean you screw up because you do a second jump in midair?
If that's the case just buffer. While doing the first Uair keep holding the Up key and then just press A again to do a second uair without the jump.

But I may of gotten confused by your question and misunderstood you :/

 

[The Star King]

Or you can use tap jump.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

Or you can use tap jump.

If is a beginer, would be better to start from buffering rather than tap jump.
imo it'd be a lot easier for him to perform a buffer.

 

[B Link]

SO I am now pretty sure that you can only do a maximum of 8 "consecutive upBs" against a CPU on hyrule.

By consecutive upBs I mean knocking a lev9 CPU falcon off the stage and then using upB to knock him off the tall walls of either the left or right side of hyrule, and then when the CPU does his 2nd jump, you do another upB.

Here's my method, maybe there's a better one that can hit 9???:

1. Stand on the most right edge of hyrule
2. Wait for CPU to come
3. Backthrow CPU (at 0%, turn your shield on and off so it upB's right in front of you)
4. SH reverse Uair the CPU
5. When it jumps and misses the ledge, do your 1st upB off the wall
6. CPU jumps, you have to fastfall to catch the next upB, you'll be pretty low for now, but you'll get higher and should constantly move backwards after each one
7. Continue until you get your 8th one, after that the CPU will be too high to do another one
Should end at 155% if done correctly (normal settings)
Turn stocks to 99 so that you can keep trying when you mess up

I'll post a video soon maybe

EDIT: nevermind I just did 9, the ninth one hit off the green house though, 172%, wonder if you can do 10

 

[Sangoku]

Vids please.

It should be funny to watch, I hate those CPUs so much lol.

 

[The Star King]

If is a beginer, would be better to start from buffering rather than tap jump.
imo it'd be a lot easier for him to perform a buffer.

I wasn't aware beginners have difficulty pressing up.

 

[Wenbobular]

Haha you don't even have to short hop to do Falcon Uair chains

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

I wasn't aware beginners have difficulty pressing up.

.......

Haha you don't even have to short hop to do Falcon Uair chains

No, but to perform a double uair without making a second jump with a keyboard and no buffering, it's kind of dificult.

 

[Sangoku]

Can an f-throw to falcon punch actually connect? I've tried against another falcon from ~40 to ~70 percent and it never connects =/.