Melee Home-Run Contest History: Captain Falcon's WR strat

This collection of HRC videos shows how Captain Falcon's world record strategy has evolved over time. The videos are presented as-is, without much narration or annotation.

Captain Falcon's HRC is a perfect example of a category where a player's success hinges on their ability to do the fastest possible catch-drop sequence (double Z press). Their heavily cyclical nature makes it very difficult to be consistent, especially when the sandbag lands upside down after a combo. Sin was arguably the first person to truly master Falcon's bat drop combos, and nothing new seemed possible until I discovered a groundbreaking new technique for fast double Z presses. In 2018, iid01 found a creative setup for a 21% bat drop falcon punch, which added 5% at the expense of a lower launch point due to the track ending. In October 2022, I found that it was just about possible to perform sin's old 2007 ending after 10 bds, which is the strategy at the end of this video.

RTA WR history document (work-in-progress): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Nessfreak HRC video archive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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