Important All Aircraft Report; Falco Directory

[Ffamran]

All credit goes to Apex1124 for this awesome image.
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All pilots report! To make things a bit easier to navigate and reduce some clutter, a directory, index, or table of contents was made. This directory will be brief and will act as a way to link you towards wherever, so if a thread was recently buried and you don't remember what it was called, you can check here or if you want to reference older, perhaps outdated topics, you can also check here.

General Areas​

First off is the Falco, King of the Birds: Game Play Discussion & Q&A by @IsmaR and @Shaya.

- We originally had two of these threads for some reason which is why this thread has two creators.
- Anyway, as the title says, it's for general discussion and quick answers, so it's a good place to start for new Falco players.​

Falco Social (Where We Prefer The Air And The Points Don't Matter!) by @SmashCapps.

- It's a place for Falco players or anyone to hang out. Nothing much to it.
- Introduce yourself, talk about Falco, Smash Bros., Star Fox, or whatever your hearts desire. Heck, talk about your awesome recipe for making a crème brûlée.
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Anyone want to exchange NNID's or Friend codes? by @NotAnAdmin.

- Wanna train with or fight other Falco players? Check here.
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Happy Feet - Falco Video Thread by @Illuvial.

- This is your #1 resource for footage of Falco players known and unknown.
- Ask for feedback too.
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Falco Tournament Representation by @Galgatha.

- Looking for other Falco players aside from @Keitaro and @GimR? This is the place to check.
- Placed in a tournament? Make your mark here!​

Great Fox Hangar: Ace Pilot List by Ffamran .

- A list of notable and known Falco players in the competitive scene.
- Has info on where they're based, where footage and streams they appear in, and more.
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Gameplay Areas​

Falco: Approaches and Combos/Strings by @Legend Vermillion.

- Looking for ways to combo with Falco or how others use Falco's moves? Check here.
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"What? You're just not explaining the controls?" - Falco's Moveset Analysis General by @Captain Rage Quit 69.

- Moves are discussed weekly, but you can still add in your feedback on how you use each of Falco's moves.
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Falco stage discussion by @gameplayzero.

- Dedicated to discussing stages and how they work with Falco.​

I'll be your wingman anytime; Falco Doubles Discussion by Ffamran .

- Discussion dedicated on who Falco pairs up well for doubles.​

Customs Area​

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Official Standard Custom Moveset Project: Falco by @Amazing Ampharos.

- Focused on Falco's custom movesets and not specifically on each custom.
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Falco's Custom Moves? by @Kain6th.

- An older thread that was meant to discuss each custom.
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Matchup Areas
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SSB4 Falco Matchup Thread - Main Post by @Legend Vermillion.

- This is where general MU discussions can be held along with requests.
- The index needs to be updated, so for now...
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Temporary Falco Matchup Index.

- For now, use this. If there has been a discussion, then the names will be clickable. If not, then wait or request for a discussion thread on them.
- Note: DLC characters will have at least a 1 month period before they can be discussed.

Bayonetta | Bowser | Bowser Jr. | Captain Falcon | Charizard | Cloud Corrin | Dark Pit & Pit | Diddy Kong | Donkey Kong | Dr. Mario | Duck Hunt Duo
Falco (Ditto)| Fox | Ganondorf | Greninja | Ike | Jigglypuff King Dedede | Kirby | Little Mac | Link | Lucario | Lucas Lucina | Luigi | Mario | Marth | Mega Man | Meta Knight Mewtwo | Mii Brawler | Mii Gunner | Mii Swordfighter | Mr. Game & Watch | Ness Olimar / Alph & Pikmin | PAC-MAN | Palutena | Peach | Pikachu | ROB Robin | Rosalina & Luma | Roy | Ryu | Samus | Sheik Shulk | Sonic the Hedgehog | Toon Link | Villager | Wario | Wii Fit Trainer Yoshi | Zelda | Zero Suit Samus

Technical Areas
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These threads are more in-depth game engine, patch notes, frame data, techniques and such. Don't be scared, though, it's not all that tough to understand.

Falco Patch History by @Wulfy07.

- Patch changes to Falco; not much to be said here, except don't post things willy-nilly without evidence.​

I'll Take The Sky Any Day II: Falco Moveset Data by @ Ffamran .

- This is a place to check damage, move properties, frame speed, attributes, and such on Falco.
- Even if you don't understand what "50 base knockback" means, you can still use this thread to reference how many times a move hits or how fast a move is.​

Falco Tech Compilation by @NeverKillAgain.

- A compilation of techniques for Falco.​

Falco Dair Cancel by @Izaw.

- The discovery of frame perfect landings began with Falco and Bowser Jr. by Izaw, but this is specifically on Falco's.
- The general thread in the Competitive Discussion is this: Frame Cancel.
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Phantasm Spike! by @Bonk! and expanded by @Snipnigth.

- This "technique" uses the fact that since Falco and Fox don't enter helpless mode after using Phantasm or Illusion allows Falco to get a soft spike out of a read by using Phantasm towards and off the stage.
- Snipnigth expands this further by falling off and using Phantasm immediately and using the lingering hitbox to spike opponents.
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F-air to Footstool: Guaranteed Kill? by @zCyRo.

- A weird thing you can do where Falco can footstool out of Forward Air. It still needs testing, though.​

Falco's Fast Fire Bird -> Perfect Landing Slide by @Balgorxz.

- Originally mentioned by @Plain Yogurt on the ability to land at idle with Fox's Fire Fox and Falco's Fire Bird, this technique was first noted by Ffamran, proven by @Lavani, and experimented by Balgorxz. All credit goes to those people and thanks for their contribution.
- Basically, this technique allows Falco to abuse Fast Fire Bird's momentum and slide while standing. It's tricky, but if you can pull it off, it's stylish and fast. Fox can also do this with Flying Fox.
- Not patched out yet and hopefully stays so since it's not easy to do.​

Other Stuff​

Basically, weird stuff like glitches or weird interactions.

Dthrow Stage Spike on Japes (and sort of YI but not really) by @Xadrin.

- A weird thing about Falco's Down Throw that has been in existence, perhaps Melee?, where he can throw people past the ledge on certain stages and spike them. I don't know why it exists and why it was never fixed, but whatever, I guess.
- Has since been removed in patch 1.1.4.
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Megaman's Metal Blade bug with our Reflector by @Legend Vermillion.

- To sum this up:

Mario and Doc have the same thing, so its good that we have it too. Z dropped metal blade that gets reflected will go back up, hit megaman, then go back down, and hit megaman again.

Good find! Thanks for sharing.