My plan is to implement a Smash 4 set-up soon (capture card and junk) and probably stream it at twitch.tv/dekar173 I don't have it yet so no friend code but when it's up I'd love to get some Falcon dittos going and just play more in general :^>
General things I noticed about gameplay: ledge-play and stealing the ledge in particular seems to actually refresh their invulnerability "queue" so let's say someone is planking the ledge: first grab = normal invulnerability frames, all subsequent grabs = 0 invuln frames when regrabbing ledge. All interactions seem to reset this, including footstools, stealing the ledge, or even empty grabs with 0 pummels that let them grab release back out.
I'm still not sure if stealing the ledge leads into a falcon bair. People could be reacting slowly when I get it off, and I could just be doing it too slowly when I fail. I like having the option, but against characters with decent aerial mobility and fairs it's a bit dangerous if it's not guaranteed. If someone could verify/deny it'd be nice!
Falcon's sideB in tandem with dash-dancing is amazing for killing, especially against the more roll favoring opponents/characters.
I'm not entirely sure how shield-pushing off a ledge works but I believe they have to be holding towards the ledge for it to occur, either that or there's just a certain threshold for knockback a move has to do/their weight is a barrier when the game determines if it's going to happen or not.
Grassy stages effect your friction, which definitely effects Falcon a lot more than others since his ground mobility is such a huge asset. If mastered on our side this knowledge is more useful to us as switching from grassy to non-grassy stages can definitely mess with our opponents punish game on us.
Dash-dance is 100% necessary on Falcon. Practice it up and use it for mix-ups! L LR RL LR RL where the space is a slight pause, timing's a little weird but you'll get used to it.
Gentlemen is great guaranteed damage off the first jab, and puts them in the air, setting up for reads/forced situations.
Properly spaced bair SEEMS safe on block against a lot of the cast, but that could be people improperly punishing. I'd like a verify with this too
If it's on a grassy stage that might effect it since they'll be shoved slightly less, but aside from that (SV, BF and many neutrals) it seems pretty reliable.
Empty short hops as a mix-up are obviously super necessary, especially since air-dodging into the ground is no longer safe in the slightest.
Oos upB seems pretty great against people trying to abuse your back with double aerials like Diddy or Mario, especially since they're so small bairs often times will miss.
Overall I'm in love with Falcon, his speed and combo game are great, and over-all I feel very rewarded when I get a proper chain of reads off, kind of similar to PM and far surpassing Brawl.
Also, I made a post in the vids thread if anyone wants to help me out with some critique. It's a twitch vod/poor audio syncing though so sorry for that :/ I also took third so I'm a disappointment and failure, so from that alone you can disown me/refuse to watch and I wouldn't blame you in the slightest. :C
If people ever wanna chat/spitball ideas I'm usually around on League or Skype. Just PM me and I'll gladly add you on Skype, or add me on League and just lemme know who you are/you're from SWF. "Dekar289" "King of Memes" "The Lord Rengar"
