Fast falling


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Fast falling is the act of falling more quickly than usual in midair in Super Smash Flash 2 and Fraymakers. It is performed by pressing the down input while in midair. Gravity is ignored once a fast fall has begun; the character's downward velocity is simply set to their fast falling speed without acceleration. Fast falling is generally used after short hopping to land more quickly and follow up with more attacks. It is a part of SHFFL'ing and is considered an advanced technique.

Stall-then-fall aerials have an effect similar to fast falling, though these are attacks and generally cannot be stopped or slowed.

If players press down while hanging on a ledge, their character will begin to fast fall, whereas if pressed in the opposite direction, the character will let go of the ledge. This also works with down special moves with the exception of ones that affect falling speed or make the character gain height.

Fast falling is not to be confused with accelerated falling speed, which is the falling speed a character enters after being knocked up.