Captain Falcon

Captain Falcon Basic Moves On the ground basics

In the air basics

Combos 2-move combos

Damage level of opponent	Damage inflicted	Description
Under 30%	20%	Do a low kick followed by the falcon kick.
Under 100%	31-34%	Walk up to your opponent and do an uppercut. Then do the throw kick. You may have to jump to get the move to work.
Under 75%	25%	Do a roundhouse kick. Then, do the falcon kick.
Over 100%	20-27%	Jump over your opponent and do the foot stomp. Then, do a falcon kick or an uppercut or a flip kick or a throw kick or a shoulder or a roundhouse kick.

3-move combos

Damage level of opponent	Damage inflicted	Description
30-60%	49%	Walk up to your opponent and do an uppercut. Then, jump up and do a flip kick. While you're still in the air, do the throw kick.

5-move combos

Damage level of opponent	Damage inflicted	Description
0%	75%	Walk up to your opponent and do an uppercut. Use a second uppercut; hit them late with it. Use a third uppercut; do this one early. Jump up and do a flip kick. While you're still in the air, do the throw kick.

Strengths

It is very obvious when Falcon begins to run that he is probably the fastest runner in the game. This is very advantageous because Super Smash Brothers is a game that often concentrates on good positioning for various purposes. One purpose is for getting to items that drop down into the battle ground first. Another purpose is for gaining position for launching players as they try get back on the platforms.
The above strength lends itself very well to the fact that Falcon has perhaps the most potent launcher in the game in his Falcon Punch. When a player is attempting to get back onto the platform, it is a great idea to attempt to time the Falcon Punch right as your opponent is coming back onto the platform. It takes good timing but it is a very large attack and will almost certainly launch any character on any level.
Falcon also has a ton of launchers which is obviously very advantageous when trying to score kills/points.
Falcon also has, at this point, the most combos of any character that we have taken the time to find combos for yet.
Finally, most of Falcon's jump-ins are great for launches or for comboing into launches. Falcon's backward punch is a very powerful launcher and his foot stomp can easily combo into a launch as well.

Weaknesses

One of Falcon's greatest weaknesses is that he requires a lot of startup time on some moves and a lot of recovery time on others. His Falcon Punch and Falcon Kick are respectively two of the greatest offenders on the above descriptions.
Perhaps Falcon's greatest weakness however is that he has terrible comebackability. This is partially a fault of his somewhat weak jumping ability but the larger fault deals with his throw kick. It is a very bad move for coming back because you cannot control yourself when you are falling down. Thus, your opponent can calculate the precise location that you will fall down and hit Falcon with another launcher. It is also bad for coming back because it only hits opponents when they are almost directly above Falcon and this is usually not the case when one is coming back from a launch.