Videos breaking down what actually makes one move so good are a cool idea. It's something you learn intuitively by playing the game enough, yet made easy to understand for those who haven't
@counterpicky7 ай бұрын
It's like having your subconscious instincts put into words
@drakeeshleman45197 ай бұрын
death, taxes, Seal in the comments of any new melee video essay
@firstlast33137 ай бұрын
@drakeeshleman4519 always a pointless comment too
@FlamingZelda37 ай бұрын
@@counterpicky right, falcon upair just **feels** good to me because it's fast, denies airspace, and has good knockback scaling, but it's something people don't really talk about.
@SmokePudding7 ай бұрын
@@firstlast3313 pointless hating. go win a major
@tree29925 ай бұрын
This video made me think about how the Captain has a bad matchup vs. Fox and Falco partially because their short hops are so low, and they don't need to jump as far into vulnerable airspace in order to attack him with aerials
@daolothe10437 ай бұрын
Really amazing video! One other part that wasn’t covered: due to Falcon’s amazing aerial drift, not only does he get the option to overshoot really far with up airs, but he also gets the ability to retreat. Doing a dash forward drift forward SH up air to catch an opponent on platform is great, but if they call it out, they can shield punish the endlag. Falcon can mitigate this by doing a dash forward into drift back instant up air, which both covers the platform in front of you while also moving away from your opponent during the end lag of the attack.
@PokeCollectionsWorldwide7 ай бұрын
Dude this is actually so helpful as a samus player you have no idea. Needed to hear this.
@Skyehoppers7 ай бұрын
Cool video! Although I have to admit I clicked because I thought the thumbnail was falcon's getup attack and was ready to have my mind blown somehow. Upair makes a bit more sense
@artsysafeqenquizitiv98767 ай бұрын
I've always wondered why everyone played so grounded against Cap Falcon. I was how does he get his neutral b if melee is a platformer with emphasis on jumping? You learn something new all the time with this game. Thanks for the vid
@Natnizer7 ай бұрын
I’m convinced that if Falcon’s up air had Ganon’s late semi-spike, he’d be S tier
@growaplant7 ай бұрын
What's a semi spike and how does it work on Ganon?
@PowerfulKundalini7 ай бұрын
@@growaplanti think he's talking about the wild angle it can send you at if you time it correctly.
@FlamingZelda37 ай бұрын
@@growaplant I think the end of Ganon's up air sends the opponent downwards. (Kind of like pikachu up air)
@TacoPluss7 ай бұрын
The tipman spike!
@leaffinite20017 ай бұрын
@AlanTheNoob ganons up air has a third hitbox after the first two that hits almost entirely behind him and sends at a down and away angle (semi-spike) people call it the tipman
@user-nm9yd4wq4s7 ай бұрын
Fiction played Sheik at Big House 11 for fun, and made a tweet about wizzy "air wobbling" him. I didn't understand it completely at the time, but I can assume he meant Wizzrobe stuffed out his platform movement with up-air. Denying his game plan and finding easy stocks. great video 👍
@Minwu3257 ай бұрын
air wobbling is more about how all falcon's aerials combo into eachother (especially upair into a few more upairs or a knee)
@ultralowspekken7 ай бұрын
Only melee players could come up with such a stupid name, which is coincidentally the name of a true infinite in the same game, for basically playing sound, zoning and punishing movement accordingly
@lagalil7 ай бұрын
@@ultralowspekkenNot only melee players have a sense of humor if that is what you are saying.
@nirvanabutnomoreideas65347 ай бұрын
@@ultralowspekkenthis dude definitely got air wobbled against Falcon lmao
@chosenundead71187 ай бұрын
@@ultralowspekkenguys go easy on him, it’s his first day and he doesn’t know what a joke is yet 💀
@quinntessentialskill74147 ай бұрын
This is a pretty fascinating video! I always like thinking about how people's playstyles change in response to different characters, so this is a very informative video to me.
@mailiam17 ай бұрын
This is BIG for the DK-Yoshi matchup
@wonkywombat127 ай бұрын
absolutely loved this video. would be really cool to see a series of videos like this covering what makes certain moves so good/central to a characters gameplan
@ElFreyre_7 ай бұрын
I haven't played melee competitive in years, but i still watch tournaments and all that type of content and i want to say good video man, it's educative and fun to watch, keep doing shit like this man
@Nintendofan1847 ай бұрын
I play 64 and this also applies to 64 falcon so this was a nice reminder to stay on the ground, Ty
@BacchusGames7 ай бұрын
0:50 why is it blurry guitar hero in the background
@MarMaxGaming7 ай бұрын
Definitely noticed the huge difference between Wizz and aspiring falcon players before him (aside from chain grabs and tech chases) this guy is ALWAYS using his up air, even inches from the ground just to try to scoop and attempt to pop his opponent up for more aerial punishment.
@leaffinite20017 ай бұрын
It is cool how you can very clearly see hbox going over or under that space around the side platforms height where short hop upair from falcon covers. Nuts
@evildougthevillainousassistant7 ай бұрын
so true! im gonna tell everyone i know about falcon upair, and the drift, and other such points made
@N8_mul7 ай бұрын
I don’t play Melee but I love content like this. Great work!!!
@3Starinvideot7 ай бұрын
Great video! Falcon's sharking below platforms is something I've also noticed is strong, but never thought to delve deeper into the whys beyond "yeah it covers most of the platform" I hope you make more videos like this dissecting specific moves! A video about Sheik or Marth's moves would be really cool!
@Cerialos7 ай бұрын
had to drop a fat like for that tony hawk sound effect
@moerocketz9454Ай бұрын
Great video reminds me back around the 2000s my cousin always tried challenging falcons Uair and always got denied. He said “it’s too fast” never thought it was the hit box
@awogbob7 ай бұрын
2:11 all the way across battlefield, sir this is yoshis
@timarschmalz12297 ай бұрын
No it's battlefield
@fluffydragon15257 ай бұрын
Nuh uh
@DudeMatt947 ай бұрын
Nice video! I think most regular melee players sort of understand the threat of Falcon's up air intuitively, but you did a great job explaining it in words. The example sets you chose were really excellent as well, I liked that you demonstrated how the counterplay can be actually be seen and measured, rather than just picking a set where some Falcon goes crazy juggling someone
@bobrze7 ай бұрын
5:21 MY MOM
@Doormin7 ай бұрын
This is a great video! I'm a puff player who's been subpar at the falcon matchup, and this helped me understand it even better! I always knew I needed to play more grounded but it was never explained to me in this way
@mickflurry7 ай бұрын
as someone who doesnt play melee but loves watching the competitive scene, these videos are so fascinating. looking forward to more!
@Pan_Z3 ай бұрын
Streets of Rage music goes really well with any video game discussion.
@dom42266 ай бұрын
More videos like this you earned a sub my dude this is incredible
@JoeDejacque7 ай бұрын
Amazing video mate, love this type of analysis, think it'll be really helpful and engaging to the community! Can't wait to see more, keep it up chief and set up a patreon or something
@nayolfa29267 ай бұрын
I'm thoroughly convinced the best three moves in melee are Rest, Shine, In falcon up air. Thank you for validating my beliefs lol
@Sizzyl7 ай бұрын
I didn't know his upair stayed out like that, that's wild
@waivcr7 ай бұрын
Shoutout to sirmeris!! Great vid~
@glassyloss47157 ай бұрын
I'd love to see one of these for good moves on a worse/"bad" character, example being Link upb
@BrunoRosarini-un8dp7 ай бұрын
Very Good Video! Thanks, 1st time ive seen content from you
@Pal42_7 ай бұрын
If this game had RAR we'd be fucked, imagine how much coverage falcon would have with RAR up air
@glassyloss47157 ай бұрын
Why do that qhen you can just play ganon lmao
@LEDNightLite7 ай бұрын
Well done on the video usually don’t watch much melee content. This video caught my attention though.
@turndownforwalt7 ай бұрын
Good 🅱ideo
@rguez23327 ай бұрын
Analyzing stuff like: "This player made this neutral decision x times because of this, on this other situation y times" its so underrated and useful info
@CarloVaccariPlus7 ай бұрын
Also Falcon keeps faaaaar more dash/run speed into the air than any other character.
@andrewferguson69017 ай бұрын
Tell me you didn't watch the video lol
@CarloVaccariPlus7 ай бұрын
@@andrewferguson6901 in the video he reads the numbers off smashwiki which are very far from the whole story. Falcon's dash-jump momentum is far faster than his terminal airspeed and this is never mentioned.
@twelvevoltage7 ай бұрын
God I love Louisiana Melee
@ollie34274 ай бұрын
also helps that on fd and most stages ig you can stuff short hop approaches with stationary falcon nairs
@gnardawgyt7 ай бұрын
Great video, as always!
@_ben_millerАй бұрын
Fox down b is the best move in the game since its 1 frame, wins neutral and opens for follow ups, and can gimp most characters at low %. Falcon up air can only kill at high % while requiring more startup than 1 frame.
@certifiedmerchant20977 ай бұрын
good video. even in falcon dittos i always notice the falcon who jumps much less will win. n0ne is good becuase he can use cc a lot. where as someone who relies on jumping more like s2j tends to struggle in the ditto.
@_fudgepop017 ай бұрын
Captain falcon’s UAIR is such a WEIRD move to code AI for lmaooo
@ThatWolfArrow7 ай бұрын
I was confused when I read coding for AI, then I realized who's comment this was lmao. Hi, fudge.
@shinobeatz38037 ай бұрын
that was a well put together video. im just commenting for the algorithm tho
@A.R.T.C.R.E.W7 ай бұрын
@1:43 edging mentioned
@josephblight94217 ай бұрын
I legit think falcon beats puff in this meta. He's one of the only characters that can challenge her in the air and he can consistently kill her at insanely low percents like fox and marth can. All she really has on him is her edge guarding but falcon deals with that in every mu
@nicholasfenn68907 ай бұрын
Quality content. I think it would cover even more space on plat if you were to RAR falcon's UAir too. Only big issue is shield drop which is tough to play around regardless.
@rasha1a7 ай бұрын
RAR ain’t in melee but I feel the sentiment - closest we can get is moonwalk uair or a super tight pivot max drift up air - if RAR was in melee this would be a perfect game
@TangerineTux6 ай бұрын
And _that’s_ how he can just walk up slowly and down smash.
@JelloBrand7 ай бұрын
Very cool video! Thanks for making it!
@vapersmith78597 ай бұрын
Captain Falcon as far as I've seen him in every Smash Bros game I've ever played vs him is a monster in the air...he's usually a major cheese champion in For Glory back when I used to attempt this. I've moved on mostly to other fighting games but if I get back into Smash bros again I'll keep this in mind.
@DrewZGmusic7 ай бұрын
What I like to do against it is fake going to platform and fast fall through, baiting them to approach with up air If they do it’s pretty easy to punish on reaction
@dinomeat74007 ай бұрын
im feelin like the king of platforms
@Fain2557 ай бұрын
Good video! Subbed
@samehmann73537 ай бұрын
Awesome video!
@bibbyboxx22197 ай бұрын
Great video!
@sinfinite75163 ай бұрын
Great vid ❤
@JonathanScarlet7 ай бұрын
Now I need to know what GH3 song (on-disc, dlc or custom) was playing in the background.
@bryant75097 ай бұрын
That was really informative and fun
@josuebasterretxea39237 ай бұрын
Look i played mellee for a very short time. But that was enough for me to LOVE the move. Then i came back to ultimate, i was traumatized. Now i can't play ultimate whitout HDR.
@snazzypotatoes21777 ай бұрын
dude i be getting FU*KED up by this move across the stage as marth lol
@Boondockskickass7 ай бұрын
>falcon >not a dominant s tier pick one
@artminer67 ай бұрын
I mean he is A tier (still #6 though)
@Boondockskickass7 ай бұрын
@@artminer6 That's just cause the top players aren't doing it properly. Falcon is number 5, maybe number 4 tied with sheik. Falco is number 6, maybe even 7 with yoshi at 6. Mango is simply a God God. Falcon beats falco, but for some reason none of the top players have taken the time to get gud at powershielding
@LowTierFallout7 ай бұрын
@@BoondockskickassNo lol stop with the wank. Falcon is 6th. Fox, Marth, Jigglypuff, Falco, and Shiek are just better. Falco demolishes Falcon.
@artminer67 ай бұрын
@@Boondockskickass Yeah tier list needs a new update soon, yoshi, dk, falcon, etc all have gone up a few tiers
@Boondockskickass7 ай бұрын
@@artminer6 Honestly game and watch too, unless I'm just totally clueless in the MU
@MegaLuc37 ай бұрын
Great video
@squirtle34043 ай бұрын
Couldn’t this also apply to mewtwo as well if we consider his wavedashing and nair?
@aero61047 ай бұрын
nice hair, bro
@Rael05057 ай бұрын
great vid
@The_SOB_II7 ай бұрын
Cool content! I'm going to write down various words about it in order for you.
@VenatorXVenator7 ай бұрын
Peach players will create a whole video complaining about a move, instead of just learning counterplay.
@Aio-Project7 ай бұрын
marth sh ac nair has entered the chat
@InesKhezami-p7z28 күн бұрын
Does that Captain Falcon is the Character for Traditional Fighting Players🤔
@bdnik20247 ай бұрын
Bro I’m crying why do you have guitar hero 3 as your green screen lmfao
@zachstarattack73207 ай бұрын
captain falcoj is hype
@thediploge15617 ай бұрын
Golf swing baybeeee 🎉🎉🎉
@Late-Night-Venom7 ай бұрын
love this!
@samuelaltamira79937 ай бұрын
shield drop can usually counterplay it though and then you can faint like you will jump and bait out an up air and anti air it. I guess it fits title cuz it "redefines" the MU to an extent don't make it sound like it's unbeatable and platforms are useless. Point out flaws in future vids
@nazimmustafa87607 ай бұрын
commenting for the algorithm
@megamangomon7 ай бұрын
Sick video
@Swill_7 ай бұрын
ggs that was me
@witmilk65277 ай бұрын
This video is moist
@acycle21247 ай бұрын
You sounds exactly like Lanipatr lol
@garin54337 ай бұрын
sick vid! falcon is still trash tho (falcon main)
@Heisenbear7 ай бұрын
Oooh! Do Marths D-Tilt!
@lukefraser22447 ай бұрын
Let’s go sirmerisq
@tropicson7 ай бұрын
captain falcon
@tsurenami7 ай бұрын
yeah if you're above falcon, you're fucked
@Bub_s697 ай бұрын
yoo can I get your texture pack?? Fun video btw
@Miracle7Seven7 ай бұрын
I’m not that great at this game, but sometimes when I’m getting shit on in unranked I ask myself if there’s anything else I can do with this game besides getting dumped on by slippi player 5k
@vinnothy28977 ай бұрын
whats he doing to fox??
@aimlessnnag43897 ай бұрын
Poggies
@D-V-O-R-A-K7 ай бұрын
Ganon up-air is more oppressive. Stronger, more active frames.
@djhooker87827 ай бұрын
Except Ganon doesn’t have the same threat range that falcon does. If falcon had Ganons up air though, that would be a different story. Although it might make combos worse for falcon at higher percents
@jcdeton727 ай бұрын
Nice video! But after interacting with melee for almost 20 years I am sick of this game. I dont want to ever see this stupid game ever again, god damn it.
@aDSdl_l6 ай бұрын
lol what
@jcdeton726 ай бұрын
@@aDSdl_l I played it way too much. Im sure I spend 100k hours on it. Its like listening to a song over and over and over again. I just cant stand this game anymore.
@theelectricant986 ай бұрын
So true queen
@Firefromheat3 ай бұрын
Good for you.
@jcdeton723 ай бұрын
@@Firefromheat thank you
@Shamunt7 ай бұрын
Is this about the air wobble?
@manufacturedgoods61027 ай бұрын
engagement
@alexanderespinoza7 ай бұрын
Dope
@user-862917 ай бұрын
So based
@ImmaFarmerInMalaysia7 ай бұрын
Le poggeritos
@Jay_2167 ай бұрын
People still making videos on a game that’s 20+ years old, that’s wild