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'''Lucario''' is a playable character in the ''[[Brawl]]'' mod ''[[Project M]]''. Its mechanics between ''Brawl'' and ''Project M'' have been nearly entirely reimagined.  

==Attributes==

Lucario's moves deal the damage and knockback of its ''Brawl'' counterpart when at only 88% damage, but thanks to their decreased, consistent knockback and Lucario's new [http://i.imgur.com/v2Z0W0B.png magic series], they are much more suitable for extensive combos. The magic series gives Lucario limited control over order-based [[interruptibility]], where each stage in the chain can be cancelled into anything further down. On the ground, this chain is neutral/dash attack → tilt → smash attack → special move, while in the air the chain is aerial → special move. While a stage cannot be cancelled into itself, Lucario's jab, tilts, and some of its aerials can reliably link into themselves. Additionally, some setups allow for the ground chain to be started again, such as up-smash into aerial side-special grab, which can set up a tech-chase and thus an opportunity to start the magic series over with a neutral or dash attack.

===Ground Attacks===

*{{buff|Up tilt deals 1% more damage.}}

*{{change|Down tilt deals 1% less damage, but now has a sweetspot that deals 1% more than ''Brawl''{{'}}s down tilt.}}

*{{buff|Up throw release point adjusted to be more in front and look less awkward, and knockback growth increased significantly.}}

*{{buff|[[Double Team]] is reversible and preserves horizontal momentum on startup.}}

*{{nerf|Back air weak late hit removed.}}

*{{nerf|Aerial super [[Force Palm]]s throw knockback growth reduced a bit.}}

*{{buff|[[Aura Sphere]] charge cancel now has its own animation which allows canceling into wait instead of into Shield, and the charge hits' hitlag is increased.}}

*{{change|Super [[Force Palm]] and [[ExtremeSpeed]] are no longer activated with the C-Stick.}}

*{{change|Grounded [[Force Palm]]s near instant interrupt removed, animation shortened, and the Normal version has less base knockback and more growth.}}

===v2.6b===

*{{change|Forward tilt animation improvements, and provides more forward momentum when canceled early.}}

*{{change|Aura Sphere charge ball startup begins hitting slightly later and is held closer in at the start to not interfere with knockback as easily when canceled into during hitlag.}}

===v3.0===

*{{buff|Up throw has slightly less endlag.}}

*{{buff|Down throw has slightly less total duration.}}

*{{change|Fully charge Aura Sphere travels slightly slower.}}

*{{change|Aura Sphere charging scales travel speed slightly more quickly.}}

*{{change|Lucario has gained a crawling tilt}}

*{{nerf|He once again has Aura charges carried over between stocks}}

===v3.6===

===Notable players===

====Active====

====Inactive====

*{{Sm|Risky|USA}}

*{{Sm|Searing Arrow|USA}} - Placed 7th at [[Super Smash Con 2015]].

==Alternate costumes==

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**Its alternate costume loosely resembles the character's attire, despite it being meant to reference the [[bulbapedia:Black Belt (Trainer class)|Black Belt]] class from the Pokémon series.

**Additionally, Lucario has attacks that match the 3 staple moves of the "shoto" characters from ''Street Fighter''; its neutral special [[Aura Sphere]] resembles the [[Hadouken]], its new up-smash is an uppercut reminiscent of the [[Shoryuken]], and its neutral aerial is a spinning kick which looks like the [[Tatsumaki Senpukyaku]].

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