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I'm the same way man, I totally understand where you're coming from. All I can tell you is that Falcon has to work harder than the Fox in this MU. Dirty tactics such as...*shiver*...tech chasing and consecutive stomps and Upairs must be used in order to win. I know, it's grimy, but that's just the way it's gotta be. If you let Fox corner you, push you off the edge, and shine you, you're dead as a doorknob. Don't let that happen. Spaced Nairs, Dash dance grabs into regrabs or knee, and offstage gimps will be your best friend. Also, capitalize and make reads like you're a ****ing English major. The more Falcon capitalizes on Fox's goofs, the more his odds go up in winning. Edgeguard like a fiend. He uses illusion? Knee. Bad Firefox angle? Knee. Missed waveland? Knee. Kill that sonofabitch, and don't un-tense your shoulder muscles until you've shaken hands at the end after you've won.
did you ever try that tech chase technique against someone? i can tell you it´s freaking hard. after using d throw or u throw you dash wavedash; okay sounds easy. but then.. there are a buuuunch of things you have to react to - and reacting in general is not that difficult but within 18 frames, which are 0.3 seconds, you have to take the right DECISION. i can´t tell you how hard it is to react to so many various things. after the throw your opponent can: miss tech, where you have to jab reset or crouch on top of him and react again to the next move of your opponent. but he can also tech in various directions: spott tech -> frame perfect regrab o.O (because of shine) ; tech behind you -> regrab or almost frame perfect shffl (reacting to techs with aerials in generall is f***ing difficult); reacting to a tech away from you is more difficult, because several options are killed by teching away.
hmm. your tactic to get him above 60% is good, but your killing part seems risky. it´s not very good to use raptor boost in neutral game. moreover, it´s hard to chain uairs against fast fallers like fox. and hitting with an usmash is also difficult.
I can only agree with most of that, although I don't really agree with the first part: I meant using raptor boost and those other moves not really in neutral game (then a side b would indeed be stupid unless you read it or something) but as a reset, just like you could jab or knee. The uairs in my opinion (but of course I could be wrong) are excellent because I think that you can't really DI out, right? It's like that saying: falcon wobbles you in the air into a knee...
That's true. I'd like to add one more thing though: falcon's speed allows for very quick followups: once fox DI's out you can most of the time follow up with a knee I think, or at the very least do some damage.
that´s right; thanks for your addition. in many cases one can follow up. especially when going offstage and you know you can hit with at least a weak knee. catching the double jump of a space animal can be game breaking! if you successfully manage to gimp your opponent at low % (works very good against falco), it feels preeeetty good :3
obviously not exactley like a sheik. I know a lot of newer falcons tend to want to do the super cool looking super offense combos, I was just tryin to get the point across that its really important to know how to play good defense and go for the less flashier stuff too, especially in the spacies matchup
