.::Captain Douglas Falcon::.

[ballin4life]

I have seen it combo before in training mode.

Also, even if it doesn't combo perfectly it can still be inescapable. If you do it right jumping/fast falling/attacking won't get you out of it.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

I have seen it combo before in training mode.

Also, even if it doesn't combo perfectly it can still be inescapable. If you do it right jumping/fast falling/attacking won't get you out of it.

Yeah!! even if the combometer doesn't count it, there's no way out of it if you do it right.
But I wonder if there's an aerial that gives you some imbicivility frames so that you could counter a Falcon-Punch and manage your way out of it in that way inb4...
gonna take a look again at Fireblaster's Thread.

 

[The Star King]

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

You can do it at low 70s. Make sure you use tap jump.

 

[ballin4life]

I've done it before without tap jump so it is possible. Don't remember the percents, but it was mostly about being like frame perfect in your dash forward/jump after the fthrow.

 

[Wenbobular]

.......

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

But why would you not buffer <_<
Just hold up and press A
Unless you're trying to fastfall, but it's not like you need to do that haha

 

[th3kuzinator]

Or you just go crazy nuts and learn to time the second uair after a ff.

you can thank star king for getting me started down that path. Kb is too legit.

And yeah, what wenbo said. Buffering the uair is quite ez

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

But why would you not buffer <_<
Just hold up and press A
Unless you're trying to fastfall, but it's not like you need to do that haha

you never know!!!
just to practice to be ready when the time to make a drop platform + uair comes, wich is really useful and is completely doable with no N64 controller, I do it an 85% of the time with a ps1 controller, I'm still working on it.

 

[Wenbobular]

But we're talking about keyboards ....
What controller your use is like totally irrelevant because it's still a joystick you're using

Also Falcon is dumb enough that you can do Uair chains -> up-b without ever needing to do a drop through Uair ... as useful as it might be ~_~

Woo basic playstyles

 

[The Star King]

Platform drop uairs are still useful with a lot of characters, so I think they're still worth learning to do.

 

[th3kuzinator]

if you wanna b pro keyboard, you should learn em

props to star king for getting me going on that

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

@The Star King
@th3kuzinator
You two got my point... I think...

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

@kuzinator

you should try the actual epicmafia:

http://www.epicmafia.com

it's basically the same but in actual format, i play it all the time.

also, falcon is too much fun to use whoops wheres my uair.

 

[th3kuzinator]

its the same thing I guess, cept there is not much flavor involved. Mafia is always more fun with flavor.

Decisive games on this forum is actually pretty good

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

so lately i've been getting good with falcon, even better then my mario.

question: horizontial spike/gimp uair pivots, how do they work?

my timing is bad on them, and i'm guessing you just hit them with the tips of falcon's toes but idk.

 

[King Funk]

so lately i've been getting good with falcon, even better then my mario.

question: horizontial spike/gimp uair pivots, how do they work?

my timing is bad on them, and i'm guessing you just hit them with the tips of falcon's toes but idk.

Falcon has to be diagonally below and in front of his opponent so that the tip of his uair hits.

Best way to practice it is:
- go on training mode vs Pikachu on Dreamland
- put him to around 50-70%
- f-throw -> pivot -> jump -> double jump + reverse uair

That way you'll understand the right positioning for it. (oh and best way to kill Pika btw)

After that you can try any set-ups that lead to reverse uair and practice them because it helps a lot.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

That's right!
It depends of the position you do it from.
And Bairs/Nairs are also good combos starters and easy to hit with.

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

ty for the advice funk, my falcon is getting really good but i wanna learn more of the advanced things like learning to pivot better because pivots + falcon = infinite ****.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

Then just practice it (pivot), there's not much of a method for it.

 

[th3kuzinator]

Lol. ^^^^

Tis true, nothing to learn about pivots except just plain doing them.

 

[Surri-Sama]

King funk might have something to say about that

 

[th3kuzinator]

Besides practicing the button movements, there is no extra trick to doing pivots...right?

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

Besides practicing the button movements, there is no extra trick to doing pivots...right?

That and the Run Pivot Ledge Cancel (if puting a name to it) when you cancel your run with a ledge by turning around at the very ledge and doing whatever you want.
I'd say no, there's no extra trick imo.

 

[th3kuzinator]

you mean the dash pivot edgehog? Or just canceling it off any ledge in general.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

Any ledge in general.
It's like the Taunt cancel, same thing, but with an attack or whatever you want.

 

[dandan]

you can jab with fox, dash pivot then turn around jab for doing flashy stuff.

i think you can find many uses for pivots, i think funk uses them a lot more than about anyone else though

 

[Surri-Sama]

I think it's more about finding truly applicable uses for it.

Obviously pivot isn't really a hard concept but using it effectively, when it's actually needed /helpful is another thing.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

Yeah! imo, it's more about Cool than Needed.

 

[#HBC | ѕoup]

That and the Run Pivot Ledge Cancel (if puting a name to it) when you cancel your run with a ledge by turning around at the very ledge and doing whatever you want.
I'd say no, there's no extra trick imo.

i love doing that with CF.

 

[3mmanu3lrc]

He's the less noticeable character to do that with because of his speed imo...
But Link, that's pretty cool

 

[dch111]

Yeah! imo, it's more about Cool than Needed.

captain falcon objects.

Cool= Needed

 

[NixxxoN]

captain falcon objects.

Cool= Needed

Using this logic, falcon uairs, grabs and upsmash must be the coolest thing in the universe

 

[King Funk]

Obviously pivot isn't really a hard concept but using it effectively, when it's actually needed /helpful is another thing.

Exactly.

Pivots may be easy, but there are oh so many uses for them that you have to try out and learn, which takes a considerable amount of experience and patience. If anyone wantz private lessons about pivoting just add me on MSN.

 

[DaviD DaW15]

C,FAlcon is a BEAST!

 

[ciaza]

The mighty DaviD DaW15 telling it like it is.

 

[sharksquail]

any tips for using the reverse bair and fair. i can sometimes get the bair, but i cant figure out the spacing for the fair at all.

 

[Battlecow]

So GUYS. Doug's thread is being NEGLECTED. This will not do.

What do you like to do out of Fthrow when you're feeling funky? I always go for the regrab and then try to combo into an Fsmash because Fsmashes are 2cool. Like shuair-Usmash-uairz-Fsmash or something using a DL platform.

 

[ballin4life]

I like to do some uairs and then doug hug

sometimes if I'm feeling really funky I will dair instead of upB

 

[The Star King]

I like to do some uairs and then doug hug

sometimes if I'm feeling really funky I will dair instead of upB

Wow, you are a combo mastermind. What's your inspiration?

 

[ballin4life]

Well ... at first I always did fthrow pivot bair combos, but then I had a stroke of genius and realized that you could also fthrow uair.

The rest, as they say, is history.

 

[asianaussie]

somebody might take you seriously guys :O

does anyone else use aerial falcon kick to edgeguard