Aerials Oos and it's uses

[TFB]

When should I aerial Oos? I'm so used to wavedashing oos, I forget that I can fight back lol

 

[HighTen]

Falcon's options out of shield are lack luster, so you've gotta see a good opening. If someone hits your shield pretty high you can try a n-air or up-air to catch them before they land. Falcon's fastest option out of shield is up-air, so try to work on getting those out as fast as possible. They can be useful against opponents at mid-high % because the knockback is decent, and you might find a combo.

Another thing to look for is a fade back d-air out of shield. Sometimes a spacie will try to cross up your shield with a d-air, and then immediately shine. (A lot of players have blinders on when it comes to shield pressure like this.) Try to wait out the shine, and then immediately fade back d-air out of shield to catch them sitting in it.

This might stop working once they catch on, but I like the "use it until it stops working" mentality.

 

[j3ly]

nair oos is frame 11, uair oos is frame 13 with uair being the main option for platform dropping

 

[1000g2g3g4g800999]

When they do a more unsafe or higher option and aren't in a position to ASDI down grounded. Also, before it even hits your shield. Hey, it counts! Shielding is great for augmenting Falcon's movement.

 

[ShiftingShadows28]

All the usual options have been covered. I have been thinking about knee out of shield recently. First I thought it was just high risk high reward, however, as a surprise it sometimes works. I think in certain situations it might even be good to avoid the next incoming shield pressure attack using the natural knee animation pull back. Something I plan to try out in future. If you are godlike knee out of shield can space around a spacie utilt.

 

[Klemes]

Falcon's dair OoS can beat nair>shine, but decent spacies will catch up quickly and nair>utilt, which will open you up just as bad as him getting stomped. And so the mixup is to keep your shield up... not ideal vs spacies. I recommend escaping pressure asap every time, rather than putting yourself at risk fishing for an opening. Just shield at unexpected time and space (dash>shield-stop, pivot-shield etc) and shieldgrab unsafe aerials.

j3ly does any falcon actually uses nair OoS to counter attack ? Seems like CC bait to me. Maybe if you do a shield stand-off vs sheik and she freaks out and nairs, you can start an air wobble with sh nair. But I love instant uair recently, it's just that the hitbox is tricky to find on grounded opponents (especially low profile chars).

Also since it wasn't mentioned here : reverse upB OoS ! It's so funny, always catch people off-guard, and can get you out of hairy situations. And it covers your back, which is nice.