Lucina (SSBU)

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Lucina in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Fire Emblem
Other playable appearance	in SSB4
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Critical Hit

“	Lucina is Marth's echo fighter, so she shares most of her standard and special attacks with Marth. However, while Marth's attacks are more powerful when made with the tip of his blade, Lucina's attacks just as powerful whether you use the tip or the base of the sword.	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Lucina (ルキナ, Lucina) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. She was confirmed as a playable character on June 12th, 2018. She is an Echo Fighter of Marth. Lucina is classified as fighter #21ε.

Laura Bailey's portrayal of Lucina from Smash 4 was repurposed for the Engilsh version of Ultimate.

How to unlock

Complete one of the following:

• Play VS. matches, with Lucina being the 23rd character to be unlocked.
• Clear Classic Mode with Yoshi or any character in his unlock tree, being the fifth character unlocked after Ganondorf.
• Have Lucina join the player's party in World of Light.

With the exception of the third method, Lucina must then be defeated on Arena Ferox.

Differences from Marth

As in SSB4 the primary difference is that she lacks a tipper, meaning that her sword attacks deal equal damage throughout her blade. She was slightly recloned from her previous appearance in SSB4, as she is no longer shorter than Marth and her up tilt will now move her forward slightly. Despite losing these somewhat neglible differences, she keeps one other difference from SSB4: her up tilt has a unique sweetspot based on how late into the swing the opponent is hit. This assures that she can rack up damage more easily with her up tilt as long as she is facing away from her opponent. Because of these differences, Lucina is less effective at spacing, but can rack up damage much more consistently. As such, she is much more versatile and aggressive, but also much less rewarding.

Otherwise, Lucina and Marth have identical attributes, and the hitboxes, frame data and properties of their moves are identical.

Aesthetics

• As with all other Echo Fighters, Lucina has different taunts and victory animations.
• Lucina's on-screen appearance is slightly different from that of Marth, as she removes her mask. She also has a different No Contest animation as well.
• Unique among all of the echo fighters, Lucina's Screen KO animation is different from Marth's.
• Lucina's victory theme is now different from that of Marth, being a remix of the Fire Emblem Awakening song, Id (Purpose).
• Lucina's sword trails are completely opaque, while Marth's are only opaque at the tip of his blade.
• Lucina's down tilt has different particle effects.
• Lucina's Counter's stance is different. She also has different quotes when she counterattacks, saying "My turn!" or "You're mine!"

Attributes

• Due to the Parallel Falchion lacking a tipper like Falchion, its entire blade deals equal damage and knockback, equal to the weighted average of Marth's sweet and sourspot attacks.

Ground Attacks

• Lucina's up tilt (named "Anti-air Slash" in the in-game tips) has a unique property deals damage based on timing. On the later half of the slash, the attack does more damage while also having weaker knockback. This allows Lucina to rack up damage more easily wih her up tilt so long as she is facing away from her opponent

Special moves

• Lucina's Shield Breaker's animation is different. She leans farther back during its start-up; trembles more exaggeratedly while rearing her arm back; and takes a step forward during its thrust. This marginally improves Lucina's horizontal recovery potential compared to Marth's. This change is also reflected when Kirby copies this.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Much like with Marth, Lucina highly benefits from the universal changes in SSBU, particularly in terms of aerials and tilts. In addition, the new engine is also a benefit to Lucina's balanced blade, as the faster pace of the game allows her greater close-combat capabilities to be an advantage in certain situations. Unlike most clones, Lucina became slightly more similar to Marth, though a majority of her reclonings were neglible (such as her being slightly shorter, or a few moves not stopping her momentum).

Aesthetics

• As with all veterans returning from SSB4, Lucina's model features a more subdued color scheme. Her clothing now has simple detailing, her hair has been reshaped, and her face appears sharper, with her cheeks now showing a slight pink blush.
• Lucina has several new basic animations. Her idle, crouch, and sidestep all have new animations, and her jump animations have all been changed as well, resembling (but not identical to) Roy's jumps in Smash 4. She also has a new screen KO animation.
• Lucina's victory theme is now a snippet of the Fire Emblem Awakening song, Id (Purpose). [1]

Attributes

• Like all characters, Lucina's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete (down from 5).
• Lucina walks faster (1.5 → 1.575).
• Lucina runs significantly faster (1.785 → 1.964).
  • Lucina's initial dash is significantly faster (1.5 → 2.255).
• Lucina's air speed is faster (1.02 → 1.071).
• Lucina's traction is much higher (0.055 → 0.114).
• Forward roll has less ending lag (frame 31 → 30).
• Forward roll grants less intangibility (frames 4-17 → 4-15).
• Back roll has more startup with less intangibility (frames 4-17 → 5-16), and more ending lag (frame 31 → 35).
• Spot dodge has less ending lag (frame 27 → 26).
• Air dodge grants more intangibility (frames 3-27 → 3-29).
• Air dodge has significantly more ending lag (frame 33 → 53).
• Lucina is taller, her height matching Marth.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack:
  • The first hit transitions into the second hit faster (frame 17 → 11), allowing it to connect better.
  • The first hit has altered angles and knockback to keep opponents close to Lucina, akin to other neutral attacks. This allows it to jab lock, but most importantly removes all its guaranteed jab cancel setups, which made it one of Lucina's most potent punishment tools in Smash 4.
  • The second hit has more startup (frame 3 → 4).
  • The first hit has an altered animation where Lucina swings in a more horizontal arc, matching its hitboxes better.
• Dash attack:
  • Dash attack deals more damage (9.975% → 10.925%).
  • The move has a different animation, with Lucina swinging in a slightly more horizontal arc.
• Forward tilt:
  • Forward tilt deals slightly more damage (10.925% → 11%).
• Up tilt:
  • Up tilt does not retain her horizontal momentum anymore. Like Marth, Lucina will stop her horizontal momentum if she uses her Up tilt.
  • Lucina's up tilt now has her move forward just like Marth's. This improves its horizontal range and gives it the same spacing potential as Marth's. However, this in turn makes it harder to repeatedly land her timing-based sweetspot.
• Down smash:
  • Down smash now consistently launches opponents at a horizontal angle, allowing it to set up edgeguards and KO near edges more effectively.
  • It has one frame more ending lag (frame 55 → 56).

Aerial attacks

• All aerials have less landing lag (Neutral: frame 12 → 7, Forward: 16 → 10, Back: 17 → 10, Up: 14 → 9, Down: 24 → 14).
• Neutral aerial:
  • Neutral aerial's first hit deals more knockback, allowing it to connect into the second hit while rising, and improving its combo potential on landing combined with its lower landing lag.
  • It deals slightly more damage (4.2% → 4.275% (hit 1), 8.5% → 8.55% (hit 2)).
• Back aerial:
  • Back aerial deals slightly more damage (11.8% → 11.875%).
• Down aerial:
  • The removal of teching for grounded meteor smashes improves down aerial's combo potential onstage, compounded further by its lower landing lag.
  • It deals slightly more damage (12.3% → 12.35% (non-meteor), 14.2% → 14.25% (meteor)).

Throws/other attacks

• Standing grab has less startup (frame 7 → 6).
• Dash and pivot grab have more startup (frame 8 → 9 (dash), 9 → 10 (pivot)).
• All grabs have increased ending lag (frame 30 → 35 (standing), 37 → 43 (dash), 35 → 38 (pivot)).
• Lucina's throws are no longer weight-dependent. This improves her down throw's combo potential on heavyweights, but reduces it on lightweights.
• All of Lucina's throws except up throw release the opponent slower (frame 15 → 18 (forward), 9 → 19 (back), 16 → 20 (down)), making them easier to DI.
• Pummel:
  • Pummel deals less damage (2% → 1.3%).
• Forward throw:
  • Lucina has a new forward throw, a quick elbow strike to the opponent's chest.
  • Due to the faster knockback physics and reduced hitstun for higher knockback values, it has lost its combo potential.
• Up throw:
  • Up throw deals more damage (4% → 5%), with its knockback compensated.
• Down throw:
  • Down throw deals less damage (5% → 4%), with its knockback compensated.
  • Its animation has been changed slightly, with Marth slamming the opponent onto the ground with a more exaggerated throw.
• Edge attack:
  • Edge attack deals more damage (7% → 9%).

Special Moves

• Shield Breaker:
  • Shield Breaker can now be angled vertically.
  • It now deals 1.15× its regular damage if it hits an opponent's head.
  • Shield Breaker deals slightly less knockback.
  • Shield Breaker now only has the Parallel Falchion glow purple instead of Lucina's whole body.
  • The move triggers Special Zoom upon breaking an opponent's shield.
• Dancing Blade:
  • All swings except the first have less startup (frame 9 → 5 (second, neutral), frame 7 → 4 (second, up), frame 6 → 4 (third, neutral), frame 8 → 5 (third, up & down), frame 13 → 7 (fourth, neutral & down), frame 11 → 6 (fourth, up)), allowing the move to execute faster and connect all hits more reliably.
    • The fourth downward swing's hits after the first are also faster (frame 19, 25, 31, 37 → 10, 13, 16, 19), allowing them to connect better and preventing opponents from jumping out of them at low percents.
  • All swings except the fourth ones deal less hitlag, allowing the move to transition faster and making it harder to SDI out of.
  • The first swing has less ending lag (frame 42 → 40 (grounded), 32 → 30 (aerial)), as does the fourth upward swing (frame 51 → 45).
  • The first two neutral swings have altered knockback, allowing them to more consistently link into the other hits, and granting them the ability to lock.
  • The first swing has more startup (frame 6 → 9).
  • The fourth downward swing has more ending lag (frame 72 → 75).
  • All swings deal less damage (3.325% → 2.85% (first & second), 4.275% → 3.325% (third, neutral & up), 4.75% → 3.325% (third, down), 5.7% → 4.75% (fourth, neutral), 6.65% → 5.7% (fourth, up), 4.75% → 4.275% (fourth, down, last hit)).
  • The fourth upward swing deals less knockback, hindering its KO potential.
  • Dancing Blade's neutral swings all have altered animations, except for the third. The first one is now an outward swing similar to her forward tilt, the second is a vertical swing instead of a horizontal one, and the final swing no longer has Lucina spinning before she slashes the opponent.
  • The third downward swing has an altered animation, now being a low outward swing instead of a stab.
• Dolphin Slash:
  • Dolphin Slash has more landing lag (20 frames → 24).
  • It now leaves multiple afterimages of Lucina during the leap.
• Counter:
  • Counter has more ending lag (frame 60 → 65).
  • It now causes a large yellow flash if an attack is countered, and plays the noise from Critical Hit if the counterattack successfully lands.
• Critical Hit:
  • Due to the changes to teching, Critical Hit can no longer be teched.

Moveset

Dancing Blade

Hit	Damage	Description
First Hit (Neutral)	2.85%	Does an outward slash. Deals very little knockback even at extremely high percents. Can jab lock. The tipper lifts opponents off the ground slightly, making it combo into the second hit more consistently.
Second Hit (Up)	2.85%	An upwards lifting slash. Has greater vertical reach than the first hit or the second neutral hit. Lifts opponents slightly off the ground, with the tipper hit pulling them in slightly.
Second Hit (Neutral)	2.85%	Does an inward slash. Has a shorter hitbox than the first hit, which can lead to it sometimes missing if the first hit is landed from too far away. Deals very little knockback, even at extremely high percents. Can jab lock.
Third Hit (Up)	3.325%	Does an upwards slash while turning clockwise. Launches opponents slightly up and away, leading into the upward finisher.
Third Hit (Neutral)	3.325%	Takes a step forward and does a leaning outward slash. May push opponents too far away for the fourth hit to connect at high percents.
Third Hit (Down)	3.325%	Leans in and does a horizontal slash low to the ground. Deals less knockback than the other third hits, which can make it useful for connecting with the neutral finisher at higher percents, when the third neutral hit may send too far away.
Fourth Hit (Up)	5.7%	Twirls counterclockwise and does an upward slash. Launches opponents up, making it useful for starting juggling strings. Has the least ending lag of the three finishers. Fairly low knockback. Has greater vertical reach than any other hit of the move.
Fourth Hit (Neutral)	4.75%	Turns counterclockwise, steps forward, and does very powerful vertical slash downward. This is the strongest finisher in regards to knockback, KOing middleweights near the edge around 120%.
Fourth Hit (Down)	2% (hit 1-4), 4.275% (hit 5)	Does a flurry of five lower stabs. The weakest finisher in terms of KO potential, but deals the most damage, wears down shields well, and can shield poke low shields. Has the highest ending lag of the three finishers.

Classic Mode: A Path of Heroes

All of Lucina's opponents are Fire Emblem characters. They appear in reverse of the order their respective games were released, likely referencing Lucina travelling into the past in her own game.

Round	Opponent	Stage	Music	Notes
1	Male and Female Corrin	Find Mii	Lost in Thoughts All Alone
2	Chrom	Arena Ferox	Conquest (Ablaze)
3	Male and Female Robin	Reset Bomb Forest	Id (Purpose)
4	Ike	Castle Siege	Eternal Bond
5	Roy	Norfair	Beyond Distant Skies - Roy's Departure
6	Marth	Coliseum	Story 5 Meeting
Bonus Stage
Final	Master Hand	Final Destination	Master Hand	On intensity 7.0 and higher, Crazy Hand fights alongside Master Hand, and the track Master Hand / Crazy Hand plays during the battle.

Role in World of Light

Although Lucina does not appear in the World of Light opening cutscene, she was vaporized and later imprisoned alongside the rest of the fighters (excluding Kirby) when Galeem unleashed his beams of light.

Lucina was one of the many fighters that fell under Dharkon's control upon Galeem's first defeat. She can be found in the area that resembles the remains of a clockwork guarded by the spirit of Omega Ridley.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Artwork of all playable Fire Emblem characters and Assist Trophies, as posted on the official Japanese Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account.

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  Screenshot of all playable Fire Emblem characters on Arena Ferox, as posted on the official Japanese Fire Emblem Twitter account.

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  Lucina's fighter card.

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  Lucina idling on Skyloft.

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  Taunting on Skyloft.

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  Attacking Shulk on Temple.

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  Taunting with Marth on Castle Siege.

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  Lucina unleashing Critical Hit on Arena Ferox.

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  Lucina taunting with Charizard on Skyworld.

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  With all playable Fire Emblem veterans on Coliseum.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Lucina and Dark Pit are the first and only full clones to retain their full clone status for two consecutive games in a row.
• At least two of Lucina's screenshots on the Ultimate site allude to events from Fire Emblem Awakening.
  • The screenshot depicting her alongside Marth alludes to their kinship as descendant and ancestor, respectively.
  • The screenshot of her taunting defensively in front of Charizard alludes to "The Threat of Silence" paralogue from Awakening, in which the Shepherds must protect the draconic Tiki.
• Lucina is the only Echo Fighter to not be the same gender as the character she's based on. In this case Marth, the character she is based on, is male, and Lucina is female.
• In early builds of the game, Lucina's idle animation was unchanged from Super Smash Bros. 4, while Marth received a new one. However, her idle was changed to match Marth's new one in the final build.
• Due to Lucina's height being changed to Marth's height, she stands the same height as her father Chrom, who in the Fire Emblem games is significantly taller than Lucina.
• Despite receiving both new idle and crouching animations, Lucina still reuses the previous animations when holding a small item. She shares this quirk with Marth, Wolf, Pit, Dark Pit, Luigi and Sheik.