Techno's Freaking Amazing Falco Guide

[technomancer]

Mark is ups by request but I don't know how many more matchups I'll be doing. Here's the rundown:

Falcon: Combo combo combo combo combo
Ganon: Combo combo combo combo spike
Slow Characters: Laser laser laser combo spike
Bowser: Lol don't even ask for advice about bowser, just don't miss and you'll be fine, he's not hard to hit.
Low Tiers: Don't get grabbed, pay attention they are usually pretty good against spacies if they are playing low tier in tournament
Ice Climbers: Lol, don't get grabbed, 2 sets of shield stun, don't get downsmashed, grab and throw quickly, ALWAYS WATCH WHAT POPO IS DOING and watch out for Chu's Nana
Jiggz: Pick a new character

 

[lexxil]

Jiggz?

Against Falco?

One Time offstage und youre dead, only fastfalling undpredicted jumos help there ...

I often play against a Jiggz, and also prefer to pick CF ort Marth, but Falco can Laser Spam, and some Shine, uair, bair thnigies to...

 

[A-Laon]

Jiggs:

If they're aggressive aerial-priority walling wh0res, retreat with rshls and once you land a hit immediately turn back and put the pressure on them. Combo, combo, combo, bair / dtilt.

If they're defensive multi-jumping evading pu$$ies, approach as normal, wait for them to make their idiotic and predictable counter-attack, evade, and own them. Combo, combo, combo, bair / dtilt... again.

Don't get grabbed or hit out of your second jump. Game is yours.

 

[technomancer]

Jigg's best move vs. Falco is empty shorthop. Discuss.

 

[Brockman5]

thanks techno maybe that could solve my problem against making it back on the ledge against a **** marth...

 

[technomancer]

Bump for professional reviews (aside from "lol" from shiz)

 

[daddy neptune]

Wow this is good!

 

[santos1192]

Wow this is good!

very good !!

 

[Leoneri]

Jiggz: Pick a new character

I lol'd at that. Is the guide really done like it says on the first page or will you continue updating it?

DaddyNeptune: I hate you I wish I still lived in Dayton.

 

[technomancer]

I think the official status is "done but I might update it if something is bothering me". I still have to sweep for typos.

 

[Laijin]

Add the "How to beat Sheik" section plz.
And also a Falcon section.
Hell. Just do all the characters in the game. xD

 

[technomancer]

Beating Sheik is a matter of not getting edgeguarded; Falco's combo game is awesome against her. Master those platform Dair combos for the win. Falcon you really just have to have fast reactions and make good decisions and use your speed and priority to keep him off you, and once you have him, like Fox, give him what's for. Edgeguarding Falcon is easy, you have days to hog the ledge then you can back-air him pretty much indefinately.

 

[daddy neptune]

DaddyNeptune: I hate you I wish I still lived in Dayton.

Dude there is NOTHING here. Nothing but sleepers that I can't find and people with big heads and don't know anything. Only a hand full of people I hang out with is DECENT in anything.

 

[technomancer]

Falcon matchup is up. Shiek tidbits are in there and around, don't think I'm going to do her (sorry Laijin). Check Forward's thread for a great description of the Sheik matchup (also with amazing diagrams, I think amazing diagrams are required for a Falco guide).

 

[technomancer]

Epic video updates! With them pros and pros and pros!

 

[JPOBS]

I figured alot of this out on my own but its still a great guide.

i laughed a lot.

 

[RICO SUAVE]

Awesome guide.

Can you expand on the part where you said: "Generally, however, I recommend mixing up fthrow to laser and backthrow to laser traps. If they miss a DI on a backthrow at the wrong percent you can just forward smash them. Forward does this all the time, and it's beyond gay and yes, this does work on everyone."?

Are you talking about mixing between fthrow shl and bthrow reverse shl, using fsmash instead if they DI incorrectly?

Also, I don't know if it's just me but your Hugs vs PC link is broken.

 

[technomancer]

roger that I'll fix it.

Basically the fthrow/bthrow thing is just mindgames. I don't recommend Fthrow->laser or Bthrow->laser just standing there, because (and you'll see if you try it), it's just not fast enough. You can reverse dashing SHL away from them and set yourself up safely, or you can just run up and grab them again (fthrow only against floaties, bthrow works on spacies too), or you can SHFFL a Dair or Nair twoards them starting at higher percentages, or, and this is my favorite, just sit there for a second and watch them squirm.

Backthrow to Fsmash works if they DI towards you, which alot of players do by reflex.

On that same subject, I've been using downthrow and upthrow alot more and it's working out well, just need to be a decent guesser. Uthrow to spike at the edge is broked.