Why NO ONE Plays: Falco | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Among the three spacies from the Star Fox universe, Falco is seen as the neglected "middle child" in Smash Ultimate, despite having a very successful history both in melee and brawl. For today's episode of Why NO ONE Plays, we'll be looking at Falco: a character who many deem a respectable high tier yet sees very little high/top level representation.
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I feel like the biggest reason is the massive nerf of him not being able to taunt online, completly stopping him from saying "Hands off my cawk"
That, and he's the weakest of the space animals.
Fox is busted
Wolf is second best
Falco has been getting nerfed since his debut in melee.
He's good, but out of the three he doesn't have speed like fox or power like wolf
He's my favorite, and I think he's balanced with his defensive options.
wolf better then fox
@@derrickedwards9191 Wolf is more consistent than fox.
@@vexzel5550yeah but that’s just the minor detailx
@@vexzel5550nah that’s not it, it’s the lack of penis jokes
Falco in ultimate is what I would call a character that works 100% as intended.
Except upsmash, you’re correct.
Wish his dash attack crossed up too
Falco's matchup chart is pretty insane, the fact that he has a good mu vs steve, and great mu vs rob makes him a good counterpick character, especially when you consider ease of use.
Yes! Id love to see more Falco counterpicks against steve
falcos combos are so easy to learn, and even easier to make up new combos on the spot. his long combos are so fun it's honestly surprising not many people play him
This is a lie, tons of people play him online and in tourney. A falco is literally in Grand Finals on VGbootcamp the day before this video was uploaded
The combos may not be hard to learn for the most part, but his neutral game IS hard to learn, especially against opponents who know what he isn't good at.
He's basically an "advantage state glass cannon". Falco mosty has fun with opponents who approach him carelessly, and appears to get a lot off of an exchange, but he has very little kill pressure and some other characters can match his best combo damage output with just 3 or 4 hits. Not to mention he's extremely light and has a tragically exploitable recovery.
Neutral is really bad. And he doesn't accidentally kill people.
@@Whirlybird88 While it is true Falco is more patient than the others, it's because of his great jumps that make it easy for him to do so.
@orangeslash1667 Depends on how you look at it. I won't argue that he can leap out of someone's reach where many others wouldn't be able to, BUT, other characters can arguably do the same thing because of air mobility. Falcos jumps can often be an over-commitment because he can't easily pull back very far. Plus it can also potentially set him up for a juggle situation. Depends on his opponent.
People don't play Falco, they play Flaco.
Yooo hi Bri!
I would more say we don’t play Falco, Falco plays us
If you wacthed his videos he means lack of use in competitive play it's obvious
Joe Flacco is elite
Indeed
The Spacies are probably some of my favourite characters to watch, whether it Light's Fox, Tilde's Falco or Jakal's Wolf, it's so cool to seem them in action
Fr, Tilde did a first to 10 with Fatality and it was like the hypest thing I've ever seen
Dont forget the japanese falco's Masa's play is masterfull
Don't forget the french wolf Oryon !
@smilingman4299 I second that. One of the best matches I've seen. And I gotta say, I can't help but feel that if Tilde had refrained from overextending off-stage more, he would've had that match in the bag. You really don't want Fatality getting back to stage before you do.
@@Whirlybird88 It's funny, because I thought to myself that both him and Fatality were kinda similar in playstyle
Falco is underrated imo. It’s a shame we don’t get to see him in the pro scene more
Eh, a lot of people tend to overrate him from what I've seen.
@@Eggss_B Falco great Jumping is super fun for big stage, in real matches he has to be more patient than Fox.
I agree that he’s definitely underrated. I think that’s due to the playerbase at large favoring easy to use, less technical fighters like Roy, Cloud, Lucina, Pyra/Mythra, G&W, Palutena, ect. These characters may not be the most technical but their more straightforward approach and mashy characteristics are a big sell. More technical characters like Falco may have a more unconventional playstyle but the rewards for winning interactions on average can be far more rewarding than what the rest of the cast is capable of.
@@riotron1026 technical?? He's literally one of the easiest characters to learn in the game.
@@Eggss_B His design is what makes him technical. “Up-tilt the character” is a meme at this point and while yes it’s an insane move, you can’t just run up and use it all willy nilly as he can’t rush down like Fox. Furthermore learning all the different ways that you can combo off of Up-tilt is very important. It’s not just Up-tilt, back air into victory. You also have to be good as getting kills outside of uptilt back air which he def has the tools to do. In short there’s a lot of nuance to Falco.
The only time Falco has ever been better than Fox was in Brawl
"The inverse in question can't be more conspicuous in anyone except Falco."
*cries in Ridley*
I saw the title and was a little confused. Falco is pretty popular at a borderline mid-to-high level, significantly so. But it's exactly as you pointed out in the video! The difference between this borderline level Falco and top level Falco is staggering. He's an insane character, but whose neutral/patience requirements skyrocket almost overnight. Which is why you see very little Falcos at the top echelon of competitive play, and a significant portion of those you do see are known inside the Falco community more for their patience and good neutral game than insane, explosive combos (though people like Tilde do still exist). But he's well worth the hassle imo! Most fun character in Ult for me for sure. Amazing analysis!🙏
I wouldn't say nobody plays Falco, but he isn't as popular as most. He is a great character. Great aerials, amazing combos, nice edge-guarding, and an annoying projectile. However, he is really dang slow, got no disjoints, predictable recovery, and is overshadowed by most. Sad case for him
He has down tilt. That’s a disjoint. Also, he doesn’t have ridiculous gravity like Fox, so he’s more than able to throw out any of his aerials to resist an edgeguard, something Fox can do once offstage at most.
Can you tell I play this character?
I've been thinking recently that Falco is honestly pretty amazing.
I still have him like top 30, but man he's toxic. For all the complaints about speed he's still able to slow down the game by an insane amount and does well versus most speedsters.
Yeah tbh Falco campy AF and has one of the most brain dead combo game in the game
I don't think I've ever been successfully camped by Falco. You can just camp him right back just as easily. He is also the easiest space animal to juggle and edgeguarding him is borderline algorithmic. I'm not sure he can rely on camping as much as people say, because it isn't like a competent player can't handle an evasive Falco.
brudda will say all this whilst his main is prolly Shulk or sumn 😭
@@lokks2130 I play Snake, Mewtwo, and Ness/Lucas. I've been playing since the N64 so all the old mains I've had since then are also favorites like Mario and Fox.
@@WarningStrangerDanger Well ofc you won't have an issue camping out Falco playing Snake and Ness/Lucas. Doesn't change the fact that it's a strength he has though..
as a falco main my biggest issue with him is by far consistency. alot of characters are able to low profile his combo starters and easily break out of his combos. to me falco can either be the most satisfying or frustrating character in the game to play.
I wanna see you talk about Olimar, how he fell so hard and yet why he still holds a strong presence in Japan
I got destroyed by Olimar when the game was new. Pikmin thrown off the ledge were really hard to deal with. It took skill and experience to manage them, so you'd think there would be even better players this many years in.
@@WarningStrangerDanger Olimar is a methodical character, just like his game of Origin. Meaning you have to be smart when playing Olimar, something I don't know if people want out of a character????
He’s used like crazy in the Philly area, but he definitely has weaknesses that can’t be overlooked.
Falco being popular in Philly? How interesting...
- He is glass but not canon
- His projectiles are way worst than the ones of Wolf and the reward/punish is bad
- Predictable recovery
- Have the best edgeguard tools from the spacies but in a game where almost the whole cast has broken recoveries and you can get reverse gimped ....
- Not fast enough
- Struggles to get in at neutral
- You have to fish for the kills !
- He prefers the air ....
This. I always take these things into account and I end up destroying Falcos with my mains.
As self explanatory as the reasons seem, I’d love to hear Vars talk about Little Mac, a character with polarizing strengths and weaknesses
One of your best analysis, I felt. Well done!
This is the 5th time a character I used to main or recently considered maining got a “why no one plays”
Falco's high jump combined with his lack of horizontal mobility is one of the main reasons why I don't play him. Luigi has a similar problem for me, although much less polarizing in comparison as his ground speed isn't slow. In general I just don't like the higher jumps very much, as it leaves you more open and makes it harder to hit grounded opponents with falling aerials.
But Falco covers this weakness because he can basically throw out an aerial at any moment he wants since his Nair is frame 3. His approach from the air is ambiguous as a result, he can cover if you jump or if you try to anti air.
@@shadestrider1033 I know... its mostly a skill issue, my point was his playstyle is not my style.
I've been waiting on this video for a while, and it certainly doesn't disappoint
I'm a Falco player, and I had come to the realization that Falco's neutral is hard, but having better fundamentals and adaptation is more than enough to make up for it. To hear this be said, as well as other points I've heard or thought, in the video of is so cool.
Wouldnt say his neutral is hard the amount of free damage he can sneak in through his projectile is a neutral advantage in itself. Not to mention its utitlity as a distance control and disrupter of your opponents movement in neutral. What exactly is hard?
@@AkuoSubliminals It's hard against people who know how to exploit his poor horizontal movement and the end-lag on his ranged moves. Once someone starts figuring that out his freedom of options becomes very limited. Laser isn't as easy to abuse against someone who knows how long it takes for him to put his blaster away. Same with reflector. A good friend of mine likes to respond to my laser camping by simply parrying every laser until he's right in my face, lol.
@Whirlybird88 yeah i guess i dont know those things and im in elite online. Didnt realize that was a common thing to know about him lol but i find i have to play pretty high pace vs falco and end up getting stunned when performing my movement options. Thinking maybe a slower shield dash type approach would work better
@AkuoSubliminals It likely would. Idk who you main, and I don't play online, so take what I say with a pinch of salt, but I solo main Falco and I can tell you, it's frustrating to play against someone who's good at keeping the fight horizontal. Falco typically likes it when people tomahawk-approach him. Keeping the fight as horizontal as possible is key, especially if some of your moves have some reach. And if Falco jumps towards you, it's pretty much a commitment, since he can't "pull back" much.
Also remember that having both his double jump and phantasm are absolutely vital to him when he's off-stage. If you manage to take just one of those away, you just bottle-necked the crap outta his recovery, and hitting him becomes much easier at that point.
@@AkuoSubliminals I should also mention that even though hitting him in mid-air gives him his phantasm back, the end-lag on that move is abysmal. He has to wait quite a while after using that before he can move again. I get easily edge-guarded by people who know this.
I needed this video, I was getting farmed by a falco yesterday at a local and I was like this character is broken af now I see what I was doing wrong
the fact that star rail music makes sense for star fox characters 😅😂
Falco is super common???????? At locals at least
Exactly what I’m saying
I absolutely love this character. He is so fun to play, still not as fun as the brawl version but still so unbelievably fun to me.
Bro miss3s the chaingrab
I really miss Melee and Brawl's Falco
@@illford your damn right a do
Don't come to South Carolina. Everyone has a pocket Falco
Not just S. Carolina So many people play falco, just a bad video title
Lol this guy just lying i play falco religiously
Literally everyone plays Falco...
I always see Falco on YT and in game, idk how he is never played
I see much more falcos online and at my locals especially as a secondary than I do peach/daisy .
Yea his title needs to change lol
He did a no one plays Sephiroph too I believe. Even though people do use him.
I do see a ton of them at my locals, too. Normally as secondaries, though. He is a great secondary character. I'm used to the MU though, since I fight Falcos a LOT.
"No one plays falco/sephriroth" my ass
Falco combos are so easy to do you can practically go on auto pilot when you hit a single up air and his neutral b can force interactions wtf is vars on 💀 the character is legit known for being one of the easiest to learn 😂 and a Falco was literally in a grand finals tourney a day before he uploaded this video
@@scriggle3564 dude is just looking to make content. The no one plays Falco/Sephiroth made me take him way less serious
Next up, why no-one plays Smash Ultimate
In my region, everyone has a Falco.
Vars III:Mentions Luigi,Ice Climbers & Kazuya as touch of death characters
Meta Knight:Am I a joke to you?!
“Why no one plays Falco”
Larry Lurr intensifies
Perhaps not in the competitive scene, but I see tons of Falco online.
A lot of your points really landed with me. My experiences playing with Falco are mixed...very much in keeping with your 'difficulty approaching' focus. Thank you, this helps!
the HSR battle music in the BG is wild xD
Thanks for making me want to main Falco with this sick video!
I don't really like playing Wolf and Fox is too much for me, but Falco always felt intuitive. Definitely my preferred one
Same
Same
Falco is SO goddamn good.
As a falco main i’ve been waiting for this
5:43 cold hard point
7:42 start of *the* most enlightening point
Do a video called Why no one plays Casual smash bros
You have a delightful voice sir. Great video as always
Remember when Leffen said Falco was top teir on his teir list and got heavily roasted for it
Larry: * Spends the video disagreeing what the creator said. *
Larry: * compliments the video, subscribes, and ask the viewer to as well. *
You're a nice guy. 🙂
I don't play Falco because I like having skippable cutscenes in my games
🥱
Falco is hype as hell
Can't wait for Tilde to win the next super regional lol.
But his down taunt into Down Smash combo is so OP.
I thought Falco was popular In mid to high level play
As a Falco main, this was a well said expose on him. Would love you to do meta knight next!
Am I missing something??? I see falco a lot in my local scene and online
of course. when i pick up falco, Vars makes a "why no one plays" video on falco. maybe I should rethink this...
Why does no one play uptilt bird???
Dude what ur Lowkey trippin, falco has a very solid player base with 3 solo falco’s in the top 100 (including tilde) who dropped out due to inactivity
Man I WISH. nothing but falco and captain falcons when i go online, combined with the bad internet is why i stopped playing
i know Star Rail music when i hear it :D
Hey Vars, how about a Why NO ONE Plays:
-Corrin
-Meta Knight
-Yoshi
there's a UU server i'm in with all characters A- or above completely banned, and falco and falcon are pretty common which admittedly is a nice breath of fresh air
Falco really has sauce ever since his buffs in that one patch he deserves more recognition
Hey Vars, I was wondering if you can talk about Lucario thanks to him being ranked low on most people's tier list.
I mean he isnt an amazing character id put him bottom 10. Which for Ult isn't the worst thing ever
The Star Rail music
All Falco needs is for his throw laser to always connect. Grabbing someone at 180 should be a stock like him getting grabbed at 120
I think falco is a why everyone plays
Little Z: Must have never seen my Falco
Falco is one of my best characters I’m so surprised why people don’t use him
he is great but man are wolf and even fox so much better in general
I don't know if you did one, but a Why No One Plays on Pac Man would be nice.
Ive been waiting for this thanks
If Fox is Sonic/Goku, and Wolf is shadow/Vegeta, then Falco is Knuckles/Piccolo
I just started learning falco, and i do believe he is one of the most fun punish characters.
vars ii leaking with the hsr music lol
He's been my main for the past 7 yrs. even when he was trash in smash 4 he was always my most used character casually or competitively. However his biggest flaw is his mobility in the air. That's why I've picked up yoshi for some match ups
Coincidentally, one of the best players in my city mains Falco lol (also PR in my region)
What smash content do you plan on doing once we eventually cover every character in ultimate?
I see more Falco than fox or Wolf players.
I would love to see one of these videos on why no one plays Meta Knight. I've always wondered why he's rated so lowely, despite the fact that when Mkleo pulls him out, he usually does very well with him.
Ah yes. My main bird. The goat, Falco Lombardi
It makes sense that you see Larry lurr in a video about people not playing falco. He's a dk main
Another amazing video!
I feel like he missed a few things, like the fact that it’s rather easy for him to escape disadvantage thanks to his noticeably good Airdodge, Frame 3 Nair, and the ability that jump out of it and not be chased.
Or his ability to tech chase. He has an amazing Initial dash and his forward air and f tilt work in tandem with his down smash to cover options and get kills. I’m of the opinion that F-tilt to down Smash is more busted than up tilt Bair because it’s easier to get in neutral.
I know this character too much. I feel like there’s a lot I can mention that was missed here.
I appreciate the advice was wanting main him
any other tools you would note that don’t get talked about?
@@RexPerfection F tilt being safe to use on shield despite being -12.
It’s decently disjointed, but it also has a really short duration, which means in order to punish it, your opponent has to buffer an option, which makes punishing it very committal.
A lot of moves are like this, actually, and it’s a great boon to have in the Shield pressure game.
Great video series! Would love to see Toon Link in this one.
This is funny because Falco is my main since Brawl and I think he's the strongest he has ever been in Ultimate
NO ONE PLAYS FALCO? THAT IS INCORRECT!
Actually, only two people play Falco. Little Z and Larry Lurr.
How could you say NO ONE plays falco when you live next to Philly bruh
Great video on Falco’s strengths and weaknesses, but I refuse to believe Falco is less common than Fox in mid/high level competitive play
Why does his aerials last so damn long?????
I've been waiting on this video for a while. As a Falco main I have the biased opinion that he's one of the most fun characters to play simply for how rewarding it is to get those combos. He's definitely not easy to master, I'm still far from it, but he's got to be one of the most underrated characters in the game
There are like 4 pro falcos at top 100 levels tilde, Larry lurr, masa, motsunabe
Falco's fair is one of the most annoying moves ever from a design standpoint. Why does it have a landing hitbox? The landing hit box can activate up to 14 frames after the move should be over.
With even a touch of di or sdi, falco’s combo game moves into a series of reads and strings, and the character becomes much worse.
i know honkai star rail music when i hear it
honkai banger spotted, vibing.
Take that back right now
I was just wondering if this video existed, started playing Falco in friendlies last night and thought of picking him up lol
Every low level falco player has this idea in their head that uptilt true combos into everything at all relevant percents. Yet are surprised by the fact that air dodging out of uptilt at 0% is a thing.
I'm sorry vars, but you have being trolling with your videos. Byleth, link and Falco are not "why no one plays this characters" this are really popular. They are definitely not why everyone plays, but definitely they have a solid player base
no shot this guy says nobody plays him
I disagree. Falco doesn't have to go in. He doesn't have to do jack shit. He just needs to spam blaster until the oponent comes in. He's no different than wolf in that regard. He pressures with a superior ranged option and then punishes you when you approach.