Captain Falcon (SSB4)/Down throw

Hitbox visualization showing Captain Falcon's down throw.

Overview

Captain Falcon slams the opponent down hard on the ground, launching them, and is his only throw to lack a collateral hitbox. Combined with its great angle and low knockback overall, it is a great combo starter, and an essential move for playing Captain Falcon, due to the plethora of combos available. It is most notably able to combo into his up aerial, which can combo into itself, a forward aerial, neutral aerial, or a down aerial from an airdodge read. Down throw can also combo straight into forward aerial, being a very powerful combo, capable of killing as low as 60% on mid weights at the ledge. Neutral aerial also works as a great combo extender, as it can combo into itself or a forward aerial, and back aerial can be used as well. Overall, despite doing the lowest damage of Falcon's throws, it provides a large amount of utility for Falcon, making his grab dangerous, as he can get big damage off a single down throw.

Throw Data

ID	Damage	Angle		BK	KS	FKV	Bone	FFx	Type	Effect	Sound
0	6%		Forwards	80	45	0	0	None			None
1	3%		Forwards	60	100	0	0	None			None

Timing

The speed of this throw depends on the opponent's weight.

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Invincible	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18	1-18
Throw	16.62	17.44	17.58	17.85	18.13	18.26	18.4	18.54	18.81	18.95	19.49	19.63	19.77	20.04	20.18	20.32	20.45	20.59	20.73	20.86	21	21.27	21.41	21.55	21.82	21.96	22.09	22.78	23.19	23.6	24.01	25.11
Animation length	30.68	32.24	32.5	33.02	33.54	33.8	34.06	34.32	34.84	35.1	36.14	36.4	36.66	37.18	37.44	37.7	37.96	38.22	38.48	38.74	39	39.52	39.78	40.04	40.56	40.82	41.08	42.38	43.16	43.94	44.72	46.8
Interruptible	31.46	33.06	33.33	33.86	34.4	34.66	34.93	35.2	35.73	36	37.06	37.33	37.6	38.13	38.4	38.67	38.93	39.2	39.47	39.73	40	40.53	40.8	41.07	41.6	41.87	42.13	43.47	44.27	45.07	45.87	48.01

Min (Jigglypuff)

Baseline

Max (Bowser)

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Vulnerable

Invincible

Throw point

Interruptible

Captain Falcon's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3 · inf) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash