Habits to keep things fresh?

[Drigonaut]

Falcon mains where you at?! I'm wanting to add variety to my gameplay since it's starting to feel a little repetitive. maybe any cool tricks or something that you like to do to style while playing? Or favorite combos etc?

I personally like to moonwalk for a lot of my movements and started using yes knees a lot. I'm also going to try and work in using footstools also just because.

 

[-Fatality-]

Don't work in Footstools just because, use them because they're an EXTREMELY powerful too for Falcon when used correctly. Footstool is easily the most underused technique in the game, and it adds an entirely new dimension to Falcon as a character.

 

[Drigonaut]

I'm still unsure of when to use it. I feel like there's not enough hitstun to consistently footstool offstage. But maybe as a tech timing mixup when doing a stomp combo?

 

[-Fatality-]

I'm still unsure of when to use it. I feel like there's not enough hitstun to consistently footstool offstage. But maybe as a tech timing mixup when doing a stomp combo?

It's a solid tech timing mixup, it can be combined with Falcon Kick to attack someone through their shield in midair, it can be used to continue aerial combos where there isn't enough hitstun for an attack (since footstool is frame 1) by FF'ing with a stomp, it can't be meteor canceled, you can use it offstage and fastfall chase them with stomp for an extremely powerful gimp setup, you can use it under platforms during a combo by footstooling them, wavelanding onto the platform, and then isai drop first hit nair when they hit the ground into grab, you can Up-Throw U-Air, and while above them, footstool FF into stomp, it can also be used for gimping people at levels too low for stomp to be a safe option. There are plenty of other ways you can potentially use it, go experiment!

 

[Drigonaut]

i'll have to work it in slowly lol cuz i can't seem to get it to work when i want to

 

[-Fatality-]

i'll have to work it in slowly lol cuz i can't seem to get it to work when i want to

Practice makes perfect. Besides, it's such a weird technique as a whole, that it usually takes a long time before someone can comfortably implement it into their game with ANY character, much less Falcon. I remember when I first experimenting with it for Falcon, I thought it was mostly useless. Now I use it on a very regular basis, almost every game, sometimes several times in one game.