Luigi (PM)

Luigi is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. His gameplay is based on his appearance in Melee. He is ranked 26th on the official tier list in the top of the C tier, a much lower position than his Melee placement, where he was 12th out of 26, however barely higher compared to his Brawl placement, being 28th out of 38, respectively. However, in the official Project + tier list, he places much lower, being 40th out of 42, landing in the top of D tier.

Attributes
Luigi is a middleweight with a moveset that boasts a fast and powerful set of aerials, rapid approach methods, and spontaneous power. With his incredibly long wavedash, Fireballs, and the mobility of Luigi Cyclone, Luigi can take advantage of any lapse in defense. His wavedash (the longest in the game) couples well with his collection of deadly smash attacks, allowing him to approach and immediately put out a powerful hit. He can space out opponents using his fireballs, and his combo game, especially in the air, is very potent.

Luigi suffers, however, in recovery and his speed in some areas, especially with his long wavedash being born from his very low traction at a cost. His low ground speed can be covered by substituting wavedashing for normal dashing, but his low aerial and falling speeds can hinder usage of his otherwise good aerials. Off stage, Luigi must deal with a fairly predictable and easy to edge hog return. Additionally, his floatiness makes him among the easiest characters to KO vertically (easier to KO than the floatier due to her extra weight), making attacks with high vertical power (such as 's up smash) deadly against Luigi; as such, he has relatively poor vertical endurance and players must know to cope with and avoid said attacks.

Moveset
Up to date as of version 3.6.

Notable tech
Labbing Discord Tech Post

Notable players

 * - Ranked 6th in SoCal.
 * - Ranked 3rd on the Massachusetts Power Rankings, 5th on the New England Power Rankings, and 14th on PMRank 2019. Placed 5th at Blacklisted 5.
 * - Ranked 3rd on the Arizona Project M Power Rankings and 29th on PMRank 2019.
 * - Co-mains him along with Yoshi. Formerly ranked 50th on PMRank 2016.
 * - Ranked 1st on the Columbus Project M Power Rankings and was formerly ranked 43rd on PMRank 2017.

Project M
Luigi has an alternate costume based off of his alter ego, , from . When wearing the costume, Luigi wears a black mask, his outfit becomes black and green instead of blue and green, and the "L" on his cap is reversed.

3.6 includes recolors for team battles, and a white "Fire" variant for Mr. L.

Project+
In Project+, Luigi is given a new recolor based on his appearance in ' His Mr. L costume's recolors are also touched up, with the Red Team coloration being similar to the Fire Luigi palette (shared with Fire Mario) from the NES version of '. Luigi also gains an alternate "Casino" costume based on the casino-themed minigames from ' and ', which comes with two team-based recolors and one based on Waluigi like his default costume.



Z-Secret Costume: Fake Peach: Based on Luigi's appearance in  where he dresses as a stand-in for Peach using her spare dress and a wig resembling her hair and crown while being brought to a repaired Koopa Cruiser. The disguise seemingly fools both and  until the former scares him by making him believe that a huge cockroach is behind him, causing him to blow his cover in a panic. Luigi then ditches the disguise after exiting the Koopa Cruiser and using the spare dress as a makeshift parachute until a bird cuts the rope and causes him to plummet into Teehee Valey.

R-Secret Costume: Space Land Luigi: Based on Luigi's appearance in  when participating on the board.

Trivia

 * His Project+ artwork is identical to one of his Up Taunt poses, which, in some respects, is similar to his Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time artwork.