#Falco Coaching

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solar ingot
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Who are you requesting?
@stoic kindle or any Falco coach

What is your time zone?
EST

What specifically do you need help with?
I mainly want to focus on setups/offense and fundamentals. I usually struggle with falco offense and I want to know if I’m missing anything vital to falco gameplay

When am I available?
On weekdays anytime after 5PM EST i'm usually available, weekends are possible but saturdays are a bit finnicky on exact times.

How long have I been playing?
I picked up Falco near the end of 2024 but I've been playing on my local Esports team for a little under a year, with playing smash as a game on and off since brawl.

Can I VC?
Yes I can.

stoic kindle
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Send me at least 1 vod in each category

Where you think you did poorly

Where you think you did well

solar ingot
stoic kindle
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General understanding for Falco offence is pretty hard to grasp, it’s all good. Take your time 👍

solar ingot
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I got a few gonna upload them in a sec, the falcon one I really want to deep dive in, still waiting on it to recognize that I posted the matches

solar ingot
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For this one (and most of them) I was far too predictable, I kept doing the same approaches over and over again

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Something I did good was keep fairly good neutral until I wanted to dive in

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At times I kept them in something of disadvantage

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SD’ing twice really got to my head and I made dumb decisions, overextended and didn’t avoid moves I could have

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I was able to get good poke damage and get some combos off when I got the chance

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My recovery was very predictable most of the time, same with some approaches

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On the other hand I had decent combo game and was able to secure good kills

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I feel like instead of using laser normally I get into like a “mode” where I just use nothing but it for like 20 seconds then don’t utilize it when I can in other places.

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I also could have ledge guarded better

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I was able to play smart and accurately avoid most dangerous projectiles, I did have decent combo game and stayed in advantage for a good amount of time

solar ingot
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@stoic kindle not trying to be impatient just unsure if you get notified from messages in threads like these

dim rune
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Or micfred?

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Cause my k rool not butt like that man who did two counters

solar ingot
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also get out of my coaching 👎

dim rune
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😦

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Okay :((

stoic kindle
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You're more than welcome to ping me whenever u want me to see something

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I'll take a look over ur vods and will probably have something to say by tomorrow or the next day

stoic kindle
# solar ingot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLJJy2Iq3Dw

From this, I see what you mean by you’re struggling with your offence.

Here’s some points I’m getting from this vod for ya

You’re missing out on a lot of dragdown opportunities by not utilizing falco’s nair. Fast fall/dragdown nair is true into up tilt which is where a lot of your pressure comes from

A common interaction would be your up tilt up air combos, I would try to watch as to where they’re DIing into dodge or nothing. Generally what you can do is catch the end lag of a dodge with a dragdown nair into more pressure

Some other stuff I’ve noticed is mostly over utilizing fair on shield, this is your second worst on shield option overall, only really being beaten by dair (or something else I may have forgotten)

What I would try to do instead, is a either a tomahawk grab, falling up air, or a falling nair. A well space falling nair is basically unpunishable by a grand majority of the cast, and your falling up air is the least minus overall

A good strategy you should try to implement is ending your juggle combos with a dragdown, or even fast falling into waiting in shield is also a great option.

What you can do there is after ending a juggle combo, fast fall into shield and watch the opponent. A lot of people will be mashing their best combo breaker option, at least at your level currently. What you can do is wait for this, react out of shield with either a grab, up tilt, or nair. Grabs would probably gain you the most value overall, but depends on the scenario

One last thing I noticed was how you end positive interactions, with this game you generally want to end your combos in a scenario that benefits you if you don’t plan on continuing them. Such as for example, back throw offstage if you know you can’t get much off up throw

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Probably should also point this out as an extra thing, a GRAND MAJORITY of the stuff falco pulls off are NOT true combos. He relies hugely on reset scenarios and setups okizeme, essentially how he ends his interactions and how he can continue the pressure

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If you watch any video top tier falco playing, they often prioritize a solid reset, over a sliver more damage from an extra up air or something

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Also, check this out. Good to know all your options at individual percents and character weights 😉

https://youtu.be/rvIZBv556J0?si=DqWVbcZYot2hcRnv

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I don’t think Trixx plays smash or falco anymore, but they’re a HUGELY beneficial resource still for his stuff

stoic kindle
solar ingot
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Thank you 🙏

solar ingot
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Usually, doing short hop or full hop for that matter doesn’t let you fast fall with nair

solar ingot
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After a few online matches I definitely am doing better, or at least putting on more pressure

rose stormBOT
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@solar ingot has earned the Newcomer role!

solar ingot
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I didn’t record them but I still struggle with continuously throwing out fairs

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For sure doing more drag down nairs than before

stoic kindle
solar ingot
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Ooh interesting

stoic kindle
solar ingot
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Ah I’ve just been fast falling these the whole time

stoic kindle
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This sequence is you go to out of nair at early-late percents

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you have to buffer the up air as the nair is ending for it to be true

solar ingot
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Got it

stoic kindle
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anything that leaves you in a better pressure scenario is usually better than 5% more damage if any

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Falco is 100% all about looping pressure, he doesn't overall have a lot of true combos aside from the super optimal stuff

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It's all about "i do my combo, what do I do next?"

stoic kindle
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usually what you'll do is dragdown nair into either up air or up throw

stoic kindle
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you can also get down tilt but its not fully true most of the time. catches mashers tho, kills super early

stoic kindle
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By this I mean take a few games and dont use fair at all whatsoever

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It'll solidify in your mind eventually after a bit

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Usually fair is just a combo tool, you can do the same dragdown stuff as nair with it

you can get stuff like:
down tilt -> auto shorthop fair dragdown -> down tilt -> loop this

stoic kindle
solar ingot
stoic kindle
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I play a TON of fighting games

ssbu
rivals 2
rivals 1
street fighter third strike
street fighter 6
guilty gear strive
tekken 7
tekken 8
tfh
and more

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I definetely struggled with that too

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Just a thing you gotta overcome

stoic kindle
stoic kindle
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this is just universal advice

solar ingot