Which aerial move should I use for Falco's recovery?

[AH-86]

Well, If you are familiar with smash boards there is a thread proving that aerials help to not get KO'ed so fast? Which one is the best for Falco, horizontally and vertically?

 

[Heroes_Never_Die]

Whichever aerial comes out fastest and has the least lag. I believe that would be Bair.

 

[sandwhale]

yeah if i remember correctly sk92 always uses the bair

 

[Fluke]

BAIR OR NAIR. (Prefer bair)


AND NOT FAIR!

 

[J4pu]

Off the side Nair is the best choice since it ends faster, but Bair will work and is easy to Cstick, and as soon as the move ends you need to be DI'ing towards the stage and jump (jump towards the stage)
off the top you want to DI to the sides and use Dair with Cstick (this was something like Smash DI downward during an attack will stop you from flying as high (Cstick downwards automatically inputs 1 input of smash DI as long as you aren't holding down on the analog stick))

 

[AH-86]

So, let me see if i get this straight, When Im sent flying to the sides, I use Bair (C-stick), and the joystick aiming towards the stage, and when sent vertically the same, but aiming downwards?

 

[Nexus Bond]

Wouldn't u-air/d-air be fastest?

 

[8AngeL8]

I think the bair is the most effective, since the uair/dair won't change your momentum as much. I'm really new to falco tho, so I can't say for sure.

 

[J4pu]

for when you are sent to the side you want to DI (up and) towards the stage and use falco's aerial that ends fastest so you can jump asap
when you are sent up, you want to DI to a side and Cstick Dair because it has some strange effect on how high you are sent.

 

[Astrokirby]

Yeah, dont Dair/Bair come out fastest. Uair is probably slowest, but its a good kill move.

 

[redgreenblue]

I'm not sure if it's bair or uair that has the least lag. Most likely bair. The knockback given by the aerial does not matter when used for recovery, only how fast the move is. The fastest move should be used. So in the case of falco's bair, use bair+towards the stage DI + jump as soon as bair ends when hit sideways, and bair+hold down when hit up.

 

[Denzi]

It's not which airial is the fastest overall, but the one with the least startup lag. I would think that to be Bair or Dair, but make sue you use the C-stick/don't fastfall if you use Dair.

 

[B-Mon]

If you go to Ulevo's thread, go to page 11. I had asked him before which aerial helped Falco and he confirmed it to be his Bair.

 

[J4pu]

It's not which airial is the fastest overall, but the one with the least startup lag. I would think that to be Bair or Dair, but make sue you use the C-stick/don't fastfall if you use Dair.

Having a hitbox come out does absolutely nothing to change your momentum, it was stated in the huge thread that when super in-depth on this topic and is also simple enough to figure out on your own, what you want is not the aerial with the least startup lag but rather the aerial that lasts the least amount of frames so that you can jump thus returning your control over the direction you are moving

 

[Astrokirby]

So, using a move while youre soaring up or to the sides helps you recover....? I never knew this. V_V

 

[Nexus Bond]

Ahh, so it's the speed at which the move COMES OUT. I see now, I had thought it was total duration, in which case it would be d/uair, but the fastest hitbox is bair. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Squipy]

Air-dodging is also proven to shorten your launch lag and helps you jump faster when flying. Jumping is proven to shorten your momentum.

When I get launched, I instinctively air dodge and mash jump with DI.

 

[B-Mon]

DI + Bair + Jump.

Like I stated earlier in this thread.