Template:SSB4 to SSBU changelist/Lucario

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Aesthetics

  • Change Similar to all veterans returning from Smash 4, Lucario's model has a more subdued color scheme, and its fur has a more detailed texture.
  • Change Aura is now cyan in color instead of indigo at earlier percentages, and its visual effects are smoother. At higher Aura levels, the flames produced are more intense, becoming indigo in color, which leave behind a trail as Lucario moves. Purple electricity starts emanating from its paws, and the spikes on each paw begin to glow white. The appendages on the back of its head also rise up as Aura grows in power.
  • Change Many of Lucario's attacking animations have been updated from SSB4. Notably, Lucario stands on one foot more in its attacks, particularly with its smash attacks and Double Team.

Attributes

  • Buff Like all characters, Lucario's jumpsquat animation takes 3 frames to complete (down from 5).
  • Buff Lucario walks slightly faster (1.05 → 1.103).
  • Buff Lucario runs faster (1.55 → 1.705).
    • Buff Lucario's initial dash is significantly faster (1.8 → 2.255).
  • Buff Lucario's air speed is much higher (1.09 → 1.281), now being on par with Wolf's.
  • Buff Lucario's air acceleration is higher 0 → 0.01 (base), 0.07 → 0.08 (additional), 0.07 → 0.09 (max).
  • Buff Lucario's traction is higher (0.0736 → 0.116). However, due to traction being significantly increased across the cast, it no longer has the highest traction in the game going from first out of 58 to eighteenth out of 76 characters.
  • Nerf Lucario is lighter (99 → 92), making it more difficult to survive at higher percents to take advantage of Aura.
  • Aura:
    • Buff Aura's baseline damage percent is lower (70% → 65%), allowing Lucario to reach normal strength faster.
    • Nerf The ceiling damage multiplier (at 190% damage) is lower (1.7× → 1.67×), reducing Lucario's damage racking and KO potential at the highest Aura level (although it remains considerably above average).
    • Buff Stock Aura has been revised, using a new formula of 1 - 0.085 * rank * players if Lucario is placing higher than opponents, and 1 + 0.2 * rank * players if placing lower than them. As a result, except for a rank of +2 with at least four players, or -2 with more than two players, all the possible multipliers have been increased (-2 rank: 1.333× → 1.4× (2 players); -1 rank: 1.143×-1.231×-1.33× → 1.2×-1.3×-1.4× (2 to 4 players); +1 rank: 0.888×-0.842×-0.8× → 0.915×-0.8725×-0.83×; +2 rank: 0.8×-0.727× → 0.83×-0.745× (2-3 players)), having less of a hindering effect when Lucario is placing ahead.
      • Nerf However, the multipliers for a rank of +2 or -2 with at least four players have been reduced, especially the latter (+2 rank: 0.667× → 0.66×; -2 rank: 2× → 1.8×). This reduces the Anubis Combo's extreme comeback factor, making Lucario more reliant on taking damage to reap the benefits of Aura.
  • Nerf The weakening of rage reduces Lucario's KO potential at high percents. When combined with the changes to Aura and Lucario's reduced weight, it has become considerably less threatening when damaged.

Ground attacks

  • Neutral attack:
    • Buff Neutral attack's hits connect much more consistently.
    • Buff All three hits of neutral attack have less ending lag (FAF 34, 38, 41 → 25, 27, 36).
    • Buff The first two hits of neutral attack can jab lock opponents.
    • Buff The first two hits of neutral attack have gained a hitstun modifier of 6.
    • Buff Neutral attack's first hit has less startup (frame 6 → 5).
    • Nerf The first hit has fewer active frames (frames 6-8 → 5-6).
    • Nerf The final hit has fewer active frames (frames 9-11 → 9-10).
  • Dash attack:
    • Buff Dash attack now has a sweetspot located on Lucario's foot during the early frames of the attack. This new sweetspot deals more damage (10%) and knockback than the rest of the attack, letting it KO earlier.
    • Buff The sourspot of the clean hit does more damage (8% → 8.5%).
    • Buff Dash attack's sweetspot has more range (hitboxes: 3.0u → 3.6u (clean), 2.8u → 2.9u (late)).
    • Change Lucario now lands on its feet after using dash attack; previously, it fell on its side after the kick.
  • Forward tilt:
    • Buff The first hit has higher set knockback (20 → 25/30), and uses the autolink angle against aerial opponents (80° → 361° (grounded)/366° (aerial)), allowing it to connect more reliably into the second hit.
    • Buff Forward tilt's second hit deals more knockback (50 base/95 scaling → 57/105).
    • Change Forward tilt has a new animation, with Lucario leaning back before the palm thrust. In addition, the updated visual on the Aura effect matches the hitboxes much better.
  • Up tilt:
    • Change Up tilt has a new animation; Lucario jumps slightly higher when kicking, and kicks in an overall more animated fashion. It then quickly hops back into place at the end of the attack.
  • Down tilt:
    • Buff Down tilt has less startup (frame 9 → 7) and ending lag (FAF 25 → 21). This improves its safety and combo potential.
    • Buff Down tilt's new animation has Lucario crouch low to the ground while kicking. This allows it to lower its profile and dodge more attacks while using down tilt.
  • Forward smash:
    • Buff Forward smash's clean hit has a larger hitbox (5.5u → 5.7u), and greater horizontal extension (Z offset: 4.7-10.2 → 5-11.7), improving its range.
    • Buff Forward smash becomes active earlier (frame 22 → 19).
    • Change Forward smash has more vibrant Aura effects.
    • Change Forward smash's animation is more animated and snappy compared to SSB4. It also now ends the attack standing on one foot.
    • Buff The new animation of forward smash has Lucario lean back at the start of the attack, allowing it to evade attacks before retaliating with its own.
  • Up smash:
    • Change Up smash has an altered animation, with Lucario raising its leg much higher while releasing the blast of Aura. The charging stance is different, and the blast of Aura is much wider than before to match the hitbox more accurately.
    • Buff Up smash's first hit has more horizontal range (Z offset: -4–4 → -5–5).
    • Change Up smash's second hitbox is larger (8u → 8.8u), and lower down (Y offset: 25 → 23.5), improving its horizontal range and allowing it to connect better against opponents pulled up from the ground, but reducing its vertical range.
  • Down smash:
    • Buff Down smash has less startup (frame 19 → 16), with its total duration reduced as well (FAF 55 → 52).
    • Change Down smash has a new animation; instead of raising its arms into the air and bringing them down, Lucario now briefly stands on one foot before stomping it to the ground while simultaneously releasing Aura from its palms.
    • Change The charging animation of down smash now has Lucario fold its arms while crouching in front of its chest instead of waving its arms in a circular motion.
      • Buff Due to the change in stance, Lucario is less vulnerable to attack while charging down smash.

Aerial attacks

  • Neutral aerial:
    • Buff Neutral aerial now consists of six hitboxes which surround Lucario rather than consisting of two hitboxes on its right arm (6u/4u (clean)/4.5u/3.3u (late) → 4.6u/4.6u/4.6u/4.6u/3.6u/3.6u (both)). This allows the move to hit behind Lucario much sooner and lead into the second hit; increasing its potency.
      • Buff This also allows the attack to drag opponents forwards if they are behind Lucario, improving its followup potential.
    • Buff It has less landing lag (9 frames → 5).
    • Nerf The first hit has more startup lag (frame 8 → 10).
    • Buff The first hit has a longer hitbox duration (frames 8-11 → 10-14).
    • Buff The second hit has less startup lag (frame 22 → 18).
    • Nerf The second hit has a shorter hitbox duration (frames 22-29 → 18-21).
      • Buff Altogether, these changes allow both hits to connect much more reliably.
    • Buff It auto-cancels earlier (frame 39 → 36).
    • Nerf Its initial auto-cancel window is shorter (frames 1-7 → 1-4).
    • Change It has a new animation; Lucario spins more quickly than it did in Smash 4.
      • Nerf This new animation is longer (54 frames → 56), slightly increasing the amount of time Lucario cannot grab ledges after performing the move.
  • Forward aerial:
    • Buff Forward aerial has less landing lag (18 frames → 9).
    • Buff Lucario can grab ledges sooner after using forward aerial (64 frames → 52).
  • Back aerial:
    • Buff Back aerial has less startup lag (frame 16 → 13).
    • Nerf It deals less damage (15% → 14%/13%), hindering its KO potential.
    • Nerf It has more ending lag (FAF 49 → 50).
    • Buff Its initial auto-cancel window is longer (frames 1-3 → 1-4).
    • Change The burst of aura from its animation has better adjusted to more accurately better match its hitboxes.
    • Buff It has a new animation which is slightly shorter than the previous animation (63 frames → 61). This slightly decreases the amount of time Lucario cannot grab ledges after performing the move.
  • Up aerial:
    • Buff Up aerial has less landing lag (22 frames → 13).
    • Buff The clean hit has a larger hitbox (4.0u → 5.0u).
    • Nerf The late hit has a shorter hitbox duration (frames 12-15 → 12-13).
    • Change It has an altered animation, with Lucario backflipping following the initial kick.
      • Nerf This new animation is longer (50 frames → 54), slightly increasing the amount of time Lucario cannot grab ledges after performing the move.
  • Down aerial:
    • Nerf Down aerial stalls Lucario's movement less on successive uses (vertical speed: 0.1 (always) → 0.1/-0.2/-0.5/-0.8/-1.1/-1.4/-1.68).
    • Nerf It has more landing lag (9 frames → 12).
    • Nerf It has a new animation which is longer than the previous animation (31 frames → 40). This increases the amount of time Lucario cannot grab ledges after performing the move.

Throws and other attacks

  • Grab:
    • Nerf All grabs have more startup (frame 6 (standing)/8 (dash)/9 (pivot) → 7/10/11) and drastically more ending lag (FAF: 29 (standing)/36 (dash)/34 (pivot) → 40/47/43).
    • Buff Pivot grab has more range (Z-stretch: -15.2 → -16.5).
    • Change Lucario now grabs and holds the opponent with one palm, as opposed to clinching them.
      • Nerf Grab's new animation makes it less disjointed.
  • Pummel:
    • Change It has a new animation, with Lucario attacking with one palm while keeping its stance, as opposed to bashing the opponent with its two palms.
    • Buff It has faster startup (frame 2 → 1).
    • Nerf It has less ending lag (FAF 8 → 7), but deals considerably more hitlag (1x (6 frames) → 2.1x (13 frames)), increasing its effective duration.
    • Buff It deals more damage (1% → 1.3%).
      • Change Relative to the rest of the cast, Lucario's pummel is now average in both damage and speed, as opposed to the fastest but among the weakest.
  • Forward throw:
    • Buff It now consists of a two-hit move (8% → 5% hit 1/3% throw), giving the move a collateral hitbox to hit opponents near Lucario (angle: 361°; knockback: 60 base/100 scaling). This gives it utility against bystanders or two-in-one characters.
    • Nerf The throw has altered knockback (70 base/55 scaling → 60/92), reducing it overall.
  • Up throw:
    • Nerf It deals more knockback (70 base/70 scaling → 90/60), significantly hindering its combo potential.

Special moves

  • Change Due to the changes to Lucario's Aura baseline percent and ceiling multiplier, its affected special move attributes (namely the size of Aura Sphere and Force Palm's wave, and Extreme Speed's travel distance) increase faster from low to mid percents, but gain slightly less of an increase with maximum Aura.
  • Aura Sphere:
    • Change Aura Sphere is visually closer to how it appears in recent Pokémon games. It has an "energy absorption" effect while charging and no longer emits a trail of smoke when launched.
    • Buff Aura Sphere can now be jump-canceled, even in the air. Additionally, it can now be canceled into any grounded option while charging with an advanced technique called Charge Storage Cancelling.
      • Buff With Lucario's increased air speed, this makes it possible to edge-guard opponents by charging Aura Sphere and then cancelling it into an aerial, as well as improving its movement when combined with B-Reverses, Wavebounces, etc.
    • Change Moving the control stick down has Lucario spot dodge, much like how moving it left or right has it roll.
    • Nerf Lucario cannot shield immediately out of Aura Sphere, making it less safe to charge.
    • Nerf Lucario cannot use its standard grab out of a charging Aura Sphere without shielding, as pressing the Z button fires the Aura Sphere.
    • Change The aerial charge animation for Aura Sphere was altered; it now more closely resembles the grounded charging animation.
    • Buff Fully charged Aura Sphere has a larger hitbox (2.0u → 2.6u).
  • Force Palm:
    • Buff Force Palm has increased grab range.
    • Buff Force Palm's blast deals more knockback (45 base/48 scaling → 48/58).
    • Nerf Force Palm's projectile deals less damage with the far hit (7% → ~5%).
    • Nerf Force Palm's sweetspot has less range (Z2 offset: 11 → 8), making the sourspot more likely to connect.
    • Change Force Palm's hitbox now matches its Aura graphics more closely.
    • Change Force Palm's grab triggers Special Zoom if Lucario has at least around half of its maximum Aura (with a damage multiplier of 1.14× or higher).
    • Change The animation for Force Palm has been completely changed; instead of pulling its left paw back before thrusting it forward with a stomp to release a blast of Aura, Lucario now moves its paws in a circle around its body while crouching low to the ground before gathering its paws together and releasing a blast of Aura from its left paw.
  • Extreme Speed:
    • Buff Extreme Speed has less ending lag, and landing lag (60 frames → 35).
    • Buff Extreme Speed now has a hitbox upon directly crashing into the ground or a wall, making it safer to use for recovery.
    • Buff Crashing into a wall now sends Lucario upward as opposed to stopping it in place. This greatly increases the safety of the recovery.
    • Buff Extreme Speed can grab the edges after Lucario has grabbed an edge six times. Starting with Ultimate, other special moves can't grab edges after the player has grabbed an edge six times before landing or taking hitstun.
    • Nerf Extreme Speed's controls have been modified; the initial flight direction is locked in a short period of time before flight begins, which can lead to unintentional self-destructs.
    • Nerf Extreme Speed travels less distance overall.
    • Nerf Extreme Speed now halts at the end of the move, making it worse for recovering at low percents.
    • Change The animation for Extreme Speed has been updated; Lucario now gathers Aura in its paws at the start of the move. If it is grounded, dust ripples appear around Lucario as it gathers Aura. Additionally, the streams of Aura during flight are much bigger and more colorful than before. At the end of the flight, a gust of wind envelops the front of Lucario to indicate the attack portion of the move.
  • Double Team:
    • Change When performing the attack, Lucario now moves into the direction the control stick is being held rather than from it, making the move more intuitive.
    • Buff Double Team deals more damage (11% → 12.5%).
    • Buff Double Team's counterattack activates faster (frame 28 → 16), making the attack much more consistent.
    • Change Lucario leaves blue-colored afterimages of itself in the location where it stood just before the attack.
    • Buff Double Team has less ending lag on an unsuccessful counter (FAF 80 → 71), decreasing the window of time where Lucario can be punished.
    • Buff Double Team can now track opponents that activate the counterattack; Lucario will teleport to the attacker's location (within a certain range) and start its counterattack.
    • Buff Double Team now slows down time for the opponent that attacked Lucario. This allows Double Team to punish many more attacks, greatly increasing its reliability.
    • Nerf Double Team has far fewer active frames (frames 5-39 → 5-24), no longer having the longest frame window in the game, instead having one of the shortest.
    • Nerf Double Team has significantly fewer intangibility frames (5-39 → 4-13), no longer covering the entire counter window.
    • Nerf Double Team stalls less in the air (fall speed: 1 → 1.5, gravity: 0.03 → 0.05).
    • Change Double Team's momentum in the air carries over into Lucario's own movement, which both benefits and hinders its recovery potential, as it can help with recovering when facing towards the stage, but prevent recovery (or even lead to a self-destruct) when facing away from the stage.
    • Change The animation for Double Team has completely changed; instead of moving its arms in a circular motion while crouching, Lucario now stands upright with its left leg raised while holding a pose. It then pulls its right paw back while holding its martial arts-like stance. A vortex of wind surrounds Lucario throughout the entire animation.
  • Final Smash:
    • Change Lucario's Final Smash has been reverted to Aura Storm. It now Mega Evolves into Mega Lucario before performing the attack.
      • Buff Compared to Aura Storm in Brawl, the beam fired is much wider, improving the move's horizontal reach.
      • Bug fix As a result, the undead glitch on the Stamina Mode, and results screen glitch on the timed team battle have been removed.
      • Change Due to Lucario's voice clips being re-recorded in Smash 4, Lucario says "Max aura!" instead of "Watch the power of aura!" when Aura Storm is activated, and is now silent when firing the beam.