Increases the range of aerial attacks of Melee weapons Increases channeled damage reflection at low health Increases chance of causing status effects Increases critical hit chance on slide attacks Melee attacks with daggers lock onto targets Heals the player when hitting a target currently affected by a Status Effect proc Grants extra Melee Combo Counter chance on Lifted enemiesĪdds bonus melee damage based on Warframe ability energy usageĮnemies killed with melee weapons explodeĪllows the player to taunt enemies into attacking them instead of allies when blocking Grants extra Status Chance on Lifted enemies Grants a movement speed buff on hit with Heavy Attacks Grants extra melee damage for each Status Effect type affecting the targetĬonverts a percentage of the weapon's damage into Impact damageįinishing attacks deal double finisher damage Increases critical hit chance as the Melee Combo Counter increases Compare this to the method i have described: even a frame 10 nair can tie with a fox shine OoS (and as the aggressor, generally your timings should be better than the defender's).Temporarily increases attack speed after scoring a critical hit Even a nair executed with the traditional method on frames 12-15 requires frame perfection for falco to tie with a fox shine OoS, and an opponent can still roll before the shine hits them. He is forced to make movement reads on their OoS options, which leaves him vulnerable to counterplay. The latter in particular is very frustrating for falco, as it prevents him from actually forcing them to block and starting his pressure. With a typical mid-height nair executed anywhere from frames 8-11 of falco's short hop, fox can shine OoS or any opponent can roll away before the shine hits their shield. Rolls are invincible on frame 4, and fox shine out of shield hits on frame 4. The information listed in the table begins with the first frame that it is actually possible to this method:ģ) This is perhaps the most important reason I think this method is beneficial. The first frame falco can fastfall is frame 13 of his short hop as I mentioned above, Because of the 3 frame buffer, it is possible to buffer the fastfall the frame after inputting nair for the cases of nairing on frames 10 and 11 of your short hop (if you input nair on frame 12 of your short hop and fastfall the next frame, the buffer isn't useful since the next frame is the first frame you could input fastfall anyway). To be clear, this means that the fastfall is inputted during the startup frames of the nair. The next table is for inputting a fastfall BEFORE hitlag occurs from the nair hitting the opponent's shield. I only listed up to frame 20 of the SH because 0 is the maximum frame advantage falco can achieve from his nair. The following table is for inputting the fastfall so that it occurs the first frame possible AFTER hitlag:

The optimal fastfall timing is clearly much more delayed than the typical post-hitlag timing, however, and once I realized this I decided to test the frame data for myself. I would imagine that none of this seems particularly important to a lot of people who understand the game reasonably, as falco's mid-height nair approaches are generally pretty safe. If you do it a little early however, the game has a generous 3 frame buffer during which simply holding down will result in a fastfall on the first possible frame. To get the lowest possible aerial (and thus, the maximum frame advantage on an opponent's shield) it is necessary to fastfall on the first frame possible, but executing this can be tricky! If you go for this optimal timing and are not frame perfect, you might end up inputting the fastfall too late, at which point your character is undergoing hitlag and your fastfall input will not register. His short hop can be fastfalled beginning on frame 13. In the case of falco doing a mid-height aerial, he can maximize frame advantage by fastfalling before the first active hitbox of the attack comes out.

While this is a very consistent method, it is not always the best thing to do in any given situation. In this post I want to discuss a very simple thing, but it is something that I believe makes a big difference for falco! I am unaware of anyone in the current falco population implementing optimal fastfall timings when doing aerials, particularly when approaching the opponent.įirst I will point out that melee players have been clasically taught to fastfall their aerials after the hitlag that results from hitting an opponent or a shield.

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