Lucario (SSB4)

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Lucario in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Pokémon
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Mega Evolution

Lucario (ルカリオ, Rukario) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. It was announced on January 31st, 2014, the same day that Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released in Japan; according to an extra post on the Miiverse reveal, this timing was done to commend the Brawl developers for succeeding in adding Lucario to said game. Like many of the other characters in Smash 4 that come from cartoonish franchises, Lucario has a less realistic and more sleek look than it did in Brawl, with its fur being less accentuated and its proportions more akin to its recent three-dimensional appearances in Pokédex 3D Pro, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y.

On May 30th it was confirmed that Lucario's voice actor from the film Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, Sean Schemmel, would be reprising his role as Lucario's voice actor for its appearance in Super Smash Bros. 4, as opposed to Bill Rogers, who voiced it in Brawl.

Changes from Brawl

The "influence" of Lucario's aura has been increased. It is currently unknown if this means Lucario will gain power at a sharper rate, if even more of its moves are affected by it, if its aura cap has been increased, if the difference between a low and high damaged Lucario is more drastic, or some combination of the above.

• Force Palm's non-grabbing portion appears to be faster and has a much larger blast. It also appears to produce much stronger knockback.
• Aura Sphere can achieve larger sizes, with its max size now being even larger than Lucario himself. Aura Sphere's graphics have also been altered, and smoke appears behind Lucario as the projectile is fired.
• Down aerial's ending lag has almost been reduced entirely.
• Up tilt is much faster, and has gained more KO power.
• Lucario's grab is slightly faster.
• Up taunt now has more aura visuals.
• When Lucario's aura is at higher levels, a visible aura covers its whole body, instead of just its hands.
• Double Team, when successful, causes Lucario's eyes to glow.
• Lucario's Mega Evolution form, Mega Lucario, is Lucario's new Final Smash, where it has been stated that Lucario's aura attacks will be at maximum power regardless of damage while mega evolved.
• The distance travelled by ExtremeSpeed is now dependent on aura, with its distance being able to travel beyond whole stages at max power, capable of launching the player out of the arena if they aren't careful; this is a significant buff that will improve Lucario's previously poor recovery and help increase its survivability at higher damages. It is unknown at this time, however, if this will mean the move will gain shorter distance at lower damages than it did in Brawl (which would make Lucario more vulnerable to gimps at low damages). ExtremeSpeed also now has visible aura streams shooting out of Lucario's hands as it uses the move, though it's unknown at this time if this will mean that ExtremeSpeed will now have Hitboxes. It additionally appears that ExtremeSpeed can be cancelled into an attack, or Lucario now produces a moderately powerful kick when contacting an opponent with it.
• Lucario now crouches when performing its up smash.
• Lucario's dash attack has a somewhat tweaked animation. It spins a bit to the side during the kick portion of the attack.

The following moves appear visually unchanged:

• Neutral attack hit 3
• Up tilt
• Forward smash
• Down smash
• Neutral aerial
• Back aerial
• Back throw
• Side taunt
• Down taunt

Special Moves

In Super Smash Bros. 4, special moves can be swapped out for different variants, but none of Lucario's have been seen. It retains all of its original special moves. Lucario has been confirmed to have a new Final Smash, being Mega Lucario. These are Lucario's special moves:

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	Aura Sphere	Draw-In Aura Sphere	Piercing Aura Sphere
Side Special	Force Palm	Full Body Force Palm	Long Range Force
Up Special	ExtremeSpeed	Ride the Wind	ExtremeSpeed Attack
Down Special	Double Team	Mikawashi Counter	Paralyzing Doppleganger
Final Smash	Mega Lucario	-	-

Gallery

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  Lucario in the Nintendo Direct from April 8th, 2014.

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  The pic of the day shown during Lucario's reveal

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  Close up of Lucario's down smash.

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  Lucario as Mega Lucario in SSB4.

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  Lucario charging an Aura Sphere.

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  Using its down smash to hit both Mario and Link at once.

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  Lucario air dodging while Mario and Mega Man initiate an attack on the Yellow Devil.

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  Neutral attack hit 3, while Wii Fit Trainer performs a pose.

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  Using Double Team against Link.

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  Lucario teetering while King Dedede approaches from behind with Jet Hammer.

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  Lucario sleeping under a tree produced by Villager.

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  Using ExtremeSpeed on the Rainbow Road stage.

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  Lucario using ExtremeSpeed with charged-up aura.

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  Lucario performing its up taunt in the 3DS version.

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  A picture showing off the difference between a low level and high level Aura Sphere.

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  Lucario next to Palkia, a Poké Ball Pokémon.

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  Using Double Team against Marth.

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  Lucario using its back aerial.

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  Lucario, Charizard, Greninja, and Pikachu.

Trivia

• Ike, Lucario, Peach, Charizard, King Dedede, and Diddy Kong were the only returning characters confirmed before E3 2014 to not be playable in any demo version of Super Smash Bros. 4.