Captain Falcon (SSBM)/Forward aerial

Overview

Forward aerial's hitbox duration.

Formally known as the Knee Smash, Captain Falcon sticks out his knee. If it lands during the initial frames, the opponent is electrocuted and suffers extremely high knockback, with the move being difficult to DI out of. If it lands any other time, the move is very weak with little knockback, though it can be comboed into another Knee, and it can gimp some recoveries (such as Falco's) in certain situations. Captain Falcon can also SHFFL this move so he can effectively follow up with his other great aerials, including itself. Considered one of the best moves in Melee and the most powerful forward aerial. Can impressively KO as low as 60% off stage.

It can be utilized in many of Captain Falcon's aerial combos, being an excellent combo finisher and versatile part of his combos alike, as well as a generally great KO move and edgeguarder. At low percentages on grounded opponents, the move can also combo into itself. A clean knee can even be followed up with an aerial Falcon Punch in the legendary "Sacred Combo".

Hitboxes

NTSC

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	18%	0		24	100	0	5.0778	7	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	18%	0		24	100	0	3.5154	4	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late
0	0	6%	0		35	80	0	5.0778	7	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	6%	0		35	80	0	3.5154	4	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Kick

PAL

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Clean
0	0	18%	0		24	100	0	5.0778	7	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	18%	0		24	100	0	3.5154	4	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Kick
Late
0	0	3%	0		30	80	0	5.0778	7	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	3%	0		30	80	0	3.5154	4	4.2966	0.0	0.0						Kick

Summary

• Late hit does -3% damage and has -5 base knockback.

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-6
Clean hit	14-16
Late hit	17-30
Ending autocancel	35-
Interruptible	36
Animation length	39

Landing lag

Animation length	19
L-cancelled animation length	9

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Similar moves

• Zelda (SSBM)/Forward aerial
• Zelda (SSBM)/Back aerial

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)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special