Rosalina & Luma (SSB4)

This article is about Rosalina & Luma's appearances in Super Smash Bros. 4. For the characters in other contexts, see Rosalina and Luma.

Rosalina & Luma in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Mario
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Power Star
Tier	A (8)

“	Rosalina & Luma Launch into Battle!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Rosalina & Luma (ロゼッタ&チコ, Rosetta & Chiko), known simply as Rosalina (ロゼッタ, Rosetta) in the character customization menu and the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS foldout, are playable characters in Super Smash Bros. 4. A duo consisting of Rosalina and a Luma, the player primarily controls Rosalina, while additional moves and inputs control the Luma's position and attacks, which gives them a "puppet fighter" playstyle. They were announced on December 18th, 2013 during a Nintendo Direct, which coincided with Rosalina's reveal in Mario Kart 8. Rosalina & Luma were the first newcomers announced after E3 2013, as well as the newest Mario representatives alongside Bowser Jr. Kerri Kane, who first voiced Rosalina in Mario Kart 7, reprises her role.

Luma (チコ, Chiko) is a member of the star-shaped species of the same name that is under the care of Rosalina. It fights in tandem with Rosalina, similarly to how Nana fights in tandem with Popo, while it utilizes hit points (HP) like Captain Olimar's Pikmin do. Unlike Nana, Luma is never controlled by the AI, even when separated from Rosalina. Rosalina is always accompanied by a yellow Luma at the beginning of each battle, and while the yellow Luma can respawn upon being KO'd, it is possible for a differently colored Luma to take its place. The other Lumas are colored blue, green, red, cream (who appears almost identical to Baby Luma), and dark brown (who is actually Polari).

Rosalina & Luma are ranked 8th out of 58 characters on the tier list, placing them in the A tier, which is the lower end of the top tier. This makes them the third highest ranking newcomers. The pair are known for their strongly defensive neutral game, with the ability to invalidate projectiles using Gravitational Pull, Luma tanking hits for Rosalina while also being immune to status effects, and simply being very difficult to approach when together, as either character can cover the other and punish opponents when in danger. The duo also have impressive KO potential thanks to Luma's power and many of Rosalina's moves having disjointed ranges, while their respective moves are both quick and useful, such as Rosalina's up aerial having impressive juggling potential, and Luma's aerials boasting approach and combo potentials via Lunar Landing. Lastly, Launch Star is a useful recovery move, as it covers impressive distance and can be angled, thus making it capable of providing purely vertical, nearly horizontal, or diagonal recovery.

However, Rosalina suffers from poor endurance due to her tall height and very light weight, while she has somewhat poor attack power and hitbox placements when Luma is KO'd. Despite its positives, Launch Star is linear and, due to lacking any hitboxes, unprotected. While Luma can be very difficult to KO, it can be very prone to being rendered inactive or KO'd outright due to it being unable to act out of a tumble until landing. Without Luma, Rosalina is less capable of defending against and especially defeating incoming threats for 13 seconds, after which Luma will respawn.

Overall, Rosalina & Luma's strengths noticeably outweigh their weaknesses, and they are considered among the best characters in the game with strong tournament results to supplement their reputation. While Rosalina only received a small weight reduction in update 1.1.4 and the duo have remained unchanged since then, their fellow top-tier characters, Sheik and Zero Suit Samus, received noticeable nerfs in update 1.1.5. Additionally, Bayonetta, who was initially perceived to be the best character in the game following Sheik and Zero Suit Samus' nerfs, was subsequently nerfed in update 1.1.6. As a result of their fellow top-tier characters having been worsened to the point of having their tier rankings become debatable, Rosalina & Luma's top-tier position has become further solidified.

Attributes

Rosalina follows the tall lightweight archetype established by Mewtwo, Peach and Zelda. In Rosalina's case, she is the fourth lightest character in the game. She has average walking and air speeds and a slightly above average dashing speed, which give her decent grounded mobility. However, Rosalina's falling and fast falling speeds are among the slowest, while her and gravity is among the lowest, which result in her being a very floaty character.

Due to being allied with Luma, Rosalina also follows the tag team archetype established by the Ice Climbers and perpetuated by Pokémon Trainer and Olimar. Luma can remain next to Rosalina to attack with her, or it can be sent away with Luma Shot to attack from a distance. This allows Rosalina numerous possibilities to attack opponents, as she can essentially create combos by "pinballing" opponents back and forth between her and Luma. Luma mechanically functions like a blend of Pikmin and Nana of the Ice Climbers: it uses a hit points (HP) mechanic like the former, in which it will be KO'd if it is dealt 50%, and it responds to player inputs like the latter. Unlike Olimar, Rosalina cannot immediately summon Luma once it is KO'd, which forces her to wait 13 seconds until another Luma appears. Luma also can not experience status effects such as stunning or sleep, so if Rosalina happens to find herself put under a status effect that renders her unable to move or attack, Luma can still attack and fend off opponents, making it very difficult to punish Rosalina in these scenarios as long as Luma is with her.

While they are largely defensive characters, Rosalina & Luma have several offensive options that allow them to rack up damage if given the opportunity. Their dash attack is one of the best in the game and is great for approaching opponents due to its outstanding priority. They also have many attacks with disjointed hitboxes, most notably each of Rosalina's aerials, which are also very useful for racking up damage. Their neutral aerial, when timed correctly, can be a useful punishing option. Her forward aerial holds the opponent in, hits multiple times and syncs well with her down throw much like Ness' same combo, although it is somewhat situational due to its considerable ending lag. Her back aerial is quick and can be used in a wide range of scenarios, such as edge-guarding. Their up aerial is one of their most effective attacks and is among the best moves in the game, as it possesses outstanding range, can easily be chained into itself and can KO off the top of some stages at very low percents when used properly. Their down aerial is also a very potent attack: Rosalina's hitbox is one of the weaker meteor smashes in the game, but it still has edge-guarding potential, whereas Luma's hitbox boasts impressive knockback to the point of being an excellent off-stage KOing option.

Rosalina & Luma are also gifted with a good set of smash attacks. Their forward smash is very quick and possesses a large amount of range, making it very useful to finish off opponents, although it requires Luma's involvement to achieve its true potential. Their up smash is also quick and, while it possesses less range, is still a great KOing option regardless. Their down smash has a very different use in that it is very useful for warding off pressure and can make it very hard for opponents to stay on them. Luma can also perform smash attacks away from Rosalina so, in a scenario where it is not safe to approach the opponent to KO, Rosalina still can attempt to KO by sending Luma out.

Perhaps the biggest positive trait Rosalina has is that, when used properly, she is practically immune to projectiles via Gravitational Pull. While it does not deal damage, it causes Rosalina to completely nullify any projectile near her. Despite not being a reflector, it shares the same ability of making incoming items and projectiles come under Rosalina's ownership, which means any opponents can be damaged by the orbiting item or projectile if they are too close. In addition, Gravitational Pull has very fast start-up due to coming out on frame 2 and very little ending lag, making it very difficult for an opponent to punish her for using it. This allows Rosalina to virtually shut down projectile-reliant playstyles of zoning-oriented characters such as Villager, as their over-reliance on projectiles causes them to have a difficult time fighting her so long as Gravitational Pull is properly used. Although situational, Gravitational Pull can also gimp certain recoveries, with the best examples being Ness' and Lucas' PK Thunders; Rosalina can immediately pull away the PSI lightning bolt projectile before either of them can use it to recover, rendering them helpless as a result. Aside from Gravitational Pull, Luma can also be used to block projectiles, although this comes at the cost of depleting its HP.

Rosalina also has access to a unique advanced technique called Lunar Landing. If Rosalina inputs her neutral, up or forward aerial attacks right as she lands, the aerial will not come out and she will land without enduring any landing lag, but Luma will continue performing its respective aerial attack. This allows for greater mix-up and follow-up potential, as well as mindgames, but requires Luma in order to actually be performed. Their dash grab also has a similar occurrence, where if Rosalina performs a dash attack and instantly grabs, Rosalina will perform a dash grab while Luma will perform its respective dash attack. This makes their dash grab a lot safer, and means they can deal an extra 3% just by landing the grab. When coupled with Rosalina's reliable set of throws, these traits give her and Luma even greater mix-up potential, as well as more approaching and punishing options.

Despite her various strengths, Rosalina has a few significant weaknesses. Her tall height sometimes makes it very hard to avoid attacks, while her light weight causes her to be very susceptible to early KOs. Although Launch Star provides very good recovery, it lacks any sort of hitbox, making her vulnerable to meteor smashes. Her biggest flaw, however, is that she is drastically weakened without Luma, as her respective attacks' knockback values are among the most unimpressive in the game and both Luma Shot and Star Bits are rendered useless. Although Luma will inevitably respawn, the 13 seconds it takes to do so can be more than enough time for the opponent to land a combo or score a KO on Rosalina. This is further compounded by Luma's inability to act out of a tumble until landing on the ground, as attacks that knock Luma off-stage will result in it being inevitably KO'd, regardless of how much HP it has. Most of the cast also has a reliable move to use in order to KO Luma and thus avoid the risk of being punished by Rosalina. However, both she and Luma have a particularly difficult time against characters with large disjoints or fast moves that deal high base knockback. The most prominent example is Meta Knight, who is considered their most challenging matchup due to his fast frame data, small size, Galaxia granting him disjointed range, and his ability to KO her at very low percents through guaranteed combos.

As a result of their tag team archetype, players must learn to protect not just Rosalina, but Luma as well, which gives them a high learning curve. Further faults to Rosalina & Luma were also brought about via game updates, although they have a great standing in the metagame regardless. This is courtesy of their success in competitive play, such as Dabuz advancing to the Grand Finals of GENESIS 3 and winning both Apex 2016 and WTFox 2 while using them. Despite being widely regarded as top-tier characters, Rosalina & Luma have below average representation due to their learning curve and defensive playstyle.

Update history

Rosalina & Luma have both been nerfed via game updates, with the most notable occurrence being in update 1.0.4. This update saw some of their attacks' damage outputs, knockback and hitbox sizes decreased, while Luma's respawn time was increased and it lost its ability to attack opponents when they throw Rosalina. However, Luma managed to retain its ability to attack opponents during grabs. The changes to game mechanics also seem to have nerfed Rosalina: if Luma is launched, due to the reduced power in her attacks, hitlag will possibly not work significantly unlike if Luma attacked alongside her and thus makes it harder for her to punish out of shield. As a result, the duo are slightly more balanced than they were in the initial release of the game, although they are still a force to be reckoned with in the current metagame.

1.0.4

• Luma takes longer to respawn (500 frames → 750 frames).
• Lumas can no longer attack if Rosalina is being thrown, though it still can during grabs.
• Rosalina's down tilt has more startup lag with a shorter hitbox duration (frames 4-8 → 5-8).
• Rosalina's down tilt's near hitboxes have swapped priority.
• Rosalina's down tilt's near hitboxes are smaller (3.5u/3u → 3.2u/2.5u) and the nearest hitbox has been positioned closer to Rosalina (x offset: 0 → 1).
• Rosalina's forward smash has slightly less knockback scaling (115 → 111), hindering its KO potential.
• Rosalina's up smash has less knockback scaling (100 → 90), considerably hindering its KO potential.
• Rosalina's up smash has a smaller hitbox on her head (5u → 4u).
• Luma's up smash has a larger hitbox (4u → 5.5u).
• Luma's up smash deals more damage during its late hit (4% → 5%).
• Rosalina's down smash has more ending lag (FAF 36 → 42).
• Rosalina's neutral aerial deals less damage (6% (early)/10% (late) → 5%/7.5%), hindering its KO potential, especially the late hit.
• Rosalina's neutral aerial has smaller hitboxes (5u/3.5u→ 4.2u/3u) which have been positioned closer to Rosalina (x offset:4.5/-1.5 → 3/-2), reducing its range, especially in front of Rosalina.
• Rosalina's forward aerial has higher base knockback on its loop hits (20/35 → 55).
• Rosalina's forward aerial has less base knockback on the final hit (60 → 50).
• All of Rosalina's grabs have more ending lag (FAF 31 (standing)/38 (dash)/37 (pivot) → 36/43/42).
• Forward throw has less knockback scaling (85 → 76), significantly hindering its KO potential.
• Back throw has less knockback scaling (70 → 60), significantly hindering its KO potential.
• Luma travels slower from uncharged Luma Shot (2.8 → 2.2), reducing its distance by about 28%.
• Lumas moves faster when summoned from a distance (acceleration: 0.1 → 1.2).
• Uncharged Luma Shot has a shorter hitbox duration (30 frames → 17).
• Rosalina gains less vertical momentum when using Guardian Luma (1 → 0.5), now matching Gravitational Pull and Catch and Release.
• Power Star now has a wind effect when it is first summoned.

1.0.6

• Luma's hit points decreased: 52 → 47.

1.0.8

• Luma's hit points increased: 47 → 50.
• Neutral infinite finisher's knockback growth decreased: 170 → 150.

1.1.1

• Neutral infinite deals 0.3% less damage: 2% → 1.7%.
• Floaty Star Bit's ending lag decreased.
• Guardian Luma's ending lag decreased.
• Guardian Luma's hitboxes have received some changes.

1.1.4

• Weight slightly decreased: 78 → 77.

Moveset

• Rosalina can crawl.
• Luma utilizes a hit points (HP) mechanic. Luma has 50 HP, and if it is KO'd either by losing all of its HP or by crossing a blast line, it will respawn after 13 seconds.
• R: Rosalina, L: Luma

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack			R: 2% L: 2%	R: Swings her wand twice followed by emitting a sparkle-shaped energy blast between her hands. Alternatively, the first two hits can be followed by a rapid series of wand strikes that culminates with a final wand strike. L: A punch followed by a kick followed by a backflip kick. Alternatively, the punch and kick can be followed by a series of rapidly twirling punches that culminate with a corkscrew headbutt. Ideal for pressuring and zoning opponents. Good for punishing moves against attacks that have little ending lag. Can be used to put space between opponents. If spaced and timed correctly, it can deal up to 30%. When combined, it can deal up to 35% when used as a follow-up from an up throw against certain fast-fallers beginning at 0%.
			R: 1% L: 2%
			R: 3% L: 4%
			R: 1.7% (loop), 3% (last) L: 1.2% (loop), 3% (last)
Forward tilt			R: 6% (legs), 5% (body) L: 4.3%	R: A floating, two-footed roundhouse kick. It has disjointed range. L: A roundhouse kick. Short to medium range. High range and decent knockback when combined. Can be used to zone and edge-guard opponents. However, it leaves Luma vulnerable above due to its high ending lag.
Up tilt			R: 8% L: 8% (clean), 4% (mid), 3% (late)	R: Emits a planetary ring that rises up from her head. Hits through platforms. L: An upward headbutt. Hitbox comes out fast. When combined, it is more useful to disrupt aerial and approaching opponent, even though opponents with long range can hit Rosalina and Luma out of this attack. Luma deals high base knockback, but low knockback growth, which does not KO until 140%.
Down tilt			R: 4.5% L: 3.5%	R: A low-angle dropkick. L: A low-angle headbutt. Good for spacing and edge-guarding due to its speed, especially when combined. Luma can semi-spike opponents.
Dash attack			R: 3% (hit 1), 4% (hit 2) L: 3%	R: Lunges through the air while emitting stardust above her head, ramming the enemy with her head and body. L: Performs a similar lunging headbutt, except that it backflips at the end of performing it. Ideal for suprising opponents, difficult to interrupt and can re-position Luma to make Rosalina advance in good distance. Additionally, Rosalina can grab while Luma performs the attack.
Forward smash			R: 12% L: 7% (arm), 5% (body)	R: A double palm thrust that emits a spiral galaxy-shaped energy blast. Does not KO until 110%. L: A punch. Can KO at 95%. Decent range, possesses transcendent priority and deals high knockback, which can enable it to KO at 90% when combined. Ideal for edge-guarding and gimping, but has slow start-up.
Up smash			R: 12% L: 6% (clean), 5% (late)	R: A backward arcing headbutt. Comes out rather fast, has a hitbox on her back and grants intangibility on her head, and is disjointed, making it a good anti-air move. L: Performs a backflip kick. Good knockback, though it does not KO until 130%. Comes out 10% later than Rosalina's. Great knockback if spaced correctly. Can be used to surprise opponents that comes to her and punish rolling opponents.
Down smash			R: 7% (hit 1), 9% (hit 2) L: 4% (hit 1), 5% (hit 2)	R: A spinning shin kick that emits spiral galaxy-shaped energy blasts on both sides. Hits on both sides and is a semi-spike, similarly to Zelda's down smash. L: A spinning kick. Hits on both sides and is a semi-spike. When combined, it deals inescapable damage at low percents. It is also ideal for punishing rolls and for "pinballing" opponents between Rosalina & Luma when Luma has been sent away with Luma Shot.
Neutral aerial			R: 5% (early), 7.5% (late) L: 4% (hit 1), 3% (hit 2)	R: Somersaults to emit a starry trail of energy from her feet. L: A spinning kick that hits forward and then backward, which looks identical to its down smash. Can be used to surprise an unsuspecting opponent. Launches opponents in the direction where Luma is attacking. Can alternate the timing of the attack to confuse opponents in the process. Ideal for combos, gimping, and edge-guarding, since the player can control its trajectory. Less punishable with Luma and useful for mindgames and zoning. Can be used with the Lunar Landing, which can lead into many different follow-ups, but is best used as an alternate approach option, as Luma will attack around Rosalina while she moves.
Forward aerial			R: 1% (loop), 4% (last) L: 5%	R: A backflip kick that emits a spiral galaxy-shaped energy blast with a starry trail of energy. L: An upward headbutt. Launches opponents with decent diagonal knockback. Can be used for edge-guarding and anti-aerials, though it aims slightly above the opponent. Although it has high landing lag, this can be mitigated by auto-canceling, but only from a full hop. Can be used in unison with the Lunar Landing. Rosalina lands while Luma hits the opponent into the air, which can follow up with up smash at very low percents, and with up aerial at higher percents.
Back aerial			R: 11% L: 4%	R: A double back kick that emits a spiral galaxy-shaped energy blast. Comes out fast and put opponents toward the edge. L: A dropkick. Attacks at two different altitudes with gimping capabilities. Low ending lag and has a disjointed hitbox, which makes it useful for SHFFing, gimping, and edge-guarding. It can also deal extra damage and knockback from the Lunar Landing, which can lead into a grab at low percents or act as a spacing move with a SHFF.
Up aerial			R: 10% (clean), 5% (mid), 2% (late) L: 4%	R: Emits a planetary ring above her head. L: A backflip kick. It hits opponent in front of and above itself and deals high vertical knockback. One of the most versatile up aerials in the game, its large disjointed hitbox can easily stop attacks above Rosalina and is useful for juggling and frame traps. It also has high KO potential, especially if the opponent is close to the upper blast line, to the point of KOing as low as 7%.
Down aerial			R: 8% (clean), 7% (mid), 6% (mid-late), 2% (late) L: 5%	R: Emits a planetary ring below herself. L: A stomp. Luma's most viable KOing option, courtesy of its high knockback and its ability to hit the opponent even if they are slightly next to Luma instead of directly below it. Though difficult to land, Rosalina can meteor smash opponents when it is sweetspotted. Even if sourspotted, it semi-spikes opponents. Hits through platforms and it is best used to hit opponents below her. Both are useful for gimps and edge-guarding as it launches opponents far.
Grab			—	Reaches out with her free hand. Rosalina's grab range is relatively long and she has the best boost grab in the game, but her grabs have high ending lag. Her dash grab also possesses a unique quirk if Luma is alongside her: inputting a dash attack while performing a dash grab will result in Rosalina performing her dash grab while Luma still performs its respective dash attack. This makes the grab safer, and also means they can potentially deal 3% upon landing the grab. It also works well in unison with the actual dash attack for mixing up her approach.
Pummel			2%	Strikes the opponent with her wand. A fairly fast pummel.
Forward throw			9%	Makes the opponent float in front of herself with anti-gravity and flings them in front of herself. It can combo at very low percents.
Back throw			11%	Spins the opponent around herself once with anti-gravity and then tosses them behind herself. It is her strongest throw, but it does not KO until 160%.
Up throw			7%	Flings the opponent into the air with anti-gravity. Combos well into up smash, Luma's up tilt and Luma's up aerial, especially against heavyweights and fast-fallers.
Down throw			9%	Slams the opponent onto the ground with anti-gravity. Combos well into Rosalina's forward aerial, Luma's neutral aerial and Luma's up aerial.
Forward roll Back roll Spot dodge Air dodge		—	—
Techs		—	—
Floor attack (front) Floor getups (front)			7%	Kicks around herself while getting up.
Floor attack (back) Floor getups (back)			7%
Floor attack (trip) Floor getups (trip)			5%	Kicks around herself while Luma punches behind her.
Edge attack Edge getups			7%	Performs a dropkick while climbing up.
Neutral special	Default	Luma Shot	5% (stage 1), 9% (stage 2), 10%/11% (stage 3), 13%/14% (stage 4), 15%/16% (stage 5)	Rosalina uses anti-gravity to launch Luma forward to perform a corkscrew tackle. This move is chargeable for more power and range, with a fully charged Luma being invincible whilst traveling, and capable of KOing middleweights at 103% near the edge. Luma stops after either hitting something or reaching the end of its path. Luma will remain at the place it stopped until it is recalled back to Rosalina by tapping the special button again. Luma will eventually float back to Rosalina's position if it is not recalled after a long enough time and as long as it is above ground. However, Luma will be susceptible to falling into the bottom blast line and thus be KO'd if it is off-stage and not recalled soon enough. Since Luma is involved in this attack, this move will have no effect during Luma's respawn time.
	Custom 1	Luma Warp	1%	Rosalina teleports Luma a set distance away at a much faster speed, but at the cost of a fixed and much lower damage output.
	Custom 2	Power Luma Shot	33%	Rosalina launches Luma at a much slower speed, but it deals much more damage.
Side special	Default	Star Bits	2.8% (per hit) 8.4% (all hits connect)	Luma shoots three Star Bits forward, which pierce opponents. Despite the Star Bits' appearance, they are not projectiles, meaning that they cannot be reflected or absorbed. When used in sync with Luma Shot, it can allow Rosalina to keep opponents at bay, although it can also leave her wide open if the opponent gets between her and Luma. Like Luma Shot, this move will have no effect during Luma's respawn time.
	Custom 1	Floaty Star Bit	2.8% (per hit)	Luma shoots a large and slow Star Bit that hits multiple times. It has slightly slower start-up, the Star Bit stays on-screen for a longer period of time and it is a true projectile, which means it can be reflected and absorbed.
	Custom 2	Shooting Star Bit	5%	Luma shoots a much faster Star Bit that travels farther, but gets weaker over time and does not pierce opponents. Like Floaty Star Bit, it is a true projectile.
Up special	Default	Launch Star	—	Rosalina uses a Launch Star to launch herself upward. It can be angled, making it capable launching her at a purely vertical angle, a nearly horizontal angle, or a diagonal angle. However, Rosalina's momentum carries over into her helplessness, which could prove dangerous if it is angled carelessly.
	Custom 1	Launch Star Plus	—	Functions like a traditional recovery move, as the Launch Star grants more vertical distance and launches Rosalina faster, but her ascent's angle cannot be changed, granting it less horizontal distance.
	Custom 2	Launch Star Attack	3% (hit 1), 1% (loop), 5% (last)	The Launch Star grants less distance, but allows Rosalina to deal damage by ramming into opponents.
Down special	Default	Gravitational Pull	—	Rosalina waves her wand around herself to use gravity to draw in projectiles, which briefly orbit around her and damage opponents who gets too close. The gravity can even bring nearby items to Rosalina. Furthermore, any items thrown at Rosalina become her property and are also drawn in beside her, rendering them useless as well. A very effective move for severely weakening projectile-oriented characters, most notably gimping Ness' and Lucas' PK Thunders. Performing it results in the Star Cursor appearing, although this is merely aesthetic.
	Custom 1	Catch & Release	6%	The gravity drags in opponents instead of projectiles and items. Upon completion, the opponent is launched by an explosion of energy when they touch Rosalina. Unlike Gravitational Pull, it can be interrupted while being performed.
	Custom 2	Guardian Luma	3% (growing), 5% (shrinking)	Luma enlarges considerably and functions like a shield while also damaging nearby opponents. However, its newfound size wears off fairly quickly.
Final Smash		Power Star	3% (stars), 8% (Power Star loop), 12% (Power Star last)	Rosalina summons a slowly expanding Power Star to fire stars around it. The Power Star itself can inflict extreme amounts of damage to opponents. Throwing the opponent into the Power Star can cause up to around 250%, potentially turning it into a one-hit KO.

On-screen appearance

• Rosalina & Luma fly onto the stage while accompanied by a trail of stardust.

Taunts

• Up taunt: They lean forward and spin like a planet on its axis while Luma chirps cheerfully.
• Side taunt: Puts her hand on her hip, leans back, waves her wand and says "Mmm hmm!" while Luma nods its head in agreement. Rosalina's animation is marginally different if she is facing left.
• Down taunt: Crouches, waves her wand and slowly rises up while Luma dances around.

Up taunt	Side taunt	Down taunt

Idle poses

• Leans forward and looks into the distance.
• Taps her wand in midair.

Crowd cheer

	English	Japanese
Cheer
Description	Ro-sa-li-na!	Rosetta! Chi-ko!
Pitch	Group chant	Group chant

Victory poses

A slightly remixed portion of the Overture jingle from Super Mario Galaxy.

• Rosalina poses gracefully and says "Alright!" while Luma flies in from off-screen and floats and twirls next to her.
• Rosalina giggles while motioning forward similarly to when performing Luma Shot, as Luma flies forward while twirling and chirping cheerfully before dancing around her.
• Luma jumps around before jumping into Rosalina's arms while she giggles.

In competitive play

Official Custom Moveset Project

Character	Custom sets available
Rosalina & Luma	2311	2313	2321	2323	2111
	2121	2211	2221	1311	2331

Notable players

Active

•  Abadango
•  Aphro
•  Atelier
•  Dabuz - The best Rosalina player in the world. Ranked 4th on the Panda Global Rankings v2, and 1st on the New York Smash 4 Power Rankings; 1st at WTFox 2, Do or DI and 2GGC: Civil War, 2nd at GENESIS 3, KTAR XVIII, Super Smash Con 2016, and Umebura S.A.T., 3rd at CEO 2016 and Smash Factor 5, 4th at Frostbite 2017, and 5th at The Big House 6 and Frame Perfect Series 2. The 10th player to take a set off of ZeRo.
•  DanGR
•  falln
•  Gado
•  Homika
•  Jaice
•  Jan
•  Kirihara - The best Rosalina player in Japan, and considered to be the 2nd best in the world after Dabuz. Ranked 48th on the Panda Global Rankings v2, and 8th on the JAPAN Power Rankings; 1st at Frame Perfect Series 2, 2nd at the DNG Kanto Invitational and Toryumon I, 3rd at Umebura 25, 4th at the Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers, and 5th at Niconico Tokaigi 2017 and 2GGC: Civil War. The 19th player to take a set off of ZeRo.
•  MINT
•  Rayquaza07
•  Viceroy
•  Xaltis
•  Yuzu

Inactive

•  ikep
•  Jester
•  Mew2King
•  SmashG0D

Tier placement and history

Rosalina & Luma have been recognized for their strengths ever since SSB4 was released, and despite their nerfs in game updates. Their tag team and zoning-oriented playstyle is among the strongest, with Rosalina having decent mobility and disjointed hitboxes overall, practical invulnerability to projectiles and long-distanced recovery, while Luma has immense KO power, even faster attack speed than her, large defense for its respawning property and an invulnerability to status effects. While the tag team aspect of their playstyle results in them having a steep learning curve and has thus deterred their below average sized playerbase from growing, their viability has been further demonstrated by the efforts of Dabuz, falln, Atelier, Kirihara and Rayquaza07.

Thanks to the potency their playstyle, Rosalina & Luma were ranked 3rd on the first 4BR tier list. They have, however, dropped to 4th on the second tier list, and 8th on the third and current tier list. While Rosalina & Luma are still considered to be very viable picks for tournament play, their noticeably below average tournament results as well as bad matchups against other characters have influenced their current placing.

Reveal trailer

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Rosalina & Luma

The mysterious Rosalina lives in the Comet Observatory with the Lumas. In Smash Bros., Rosalina and Luma can fight in different places at the same time. If you can trap someone between Rosalina and Luma, you'll be able to unleash incredible damage with their joined attacks!

The mysterious Rosalina lives in the Comet Observatory with the Lumas. She first traveled with them in search of their mother. In Smash Bros., Rosalina and Luma can fight in different places at the same time. If you can trap someone between Rosalina and Luma, you'll be able to unleash incredible damage!

Rosalina and the Lumas have been close ever since she travelled the galaxy with one to help the little star find its mother. Now, the commander of the Comet Observatory appears in this game, with her trusty companion fighting alongside her. Their greatest strength is being able to attack together at the same time.

: Super Mario Galaxy 11/2007

: Super Mario 3D World 11/2013

Rosalina & Luma (Alt.)

Rosalina can pull in items and projectiles around her with her Gravitational Pull move. Her up special Launch Star is a diagonal jump and, though harmless, it has exceptional range. You also have some control over Rosalina's trajectory when she uses it.

With a flick of Rosalina's wand, the move Gravitational Pull draws in items - even ones that are stuck somewhere. Her Launch Star up special is a diagonal jump that can be aimed slightly. It doesn't deal any damage, but it helps you jump higher and stay in the air longer, making it ideal for getting back to the stage easily.

: Super Mario Galaxy 11/2007

: Super Mario 3D World 11/2013

Power Star

In Rosalina's Final Smash, she summons a Power Star above her head. It launches fighters who touch it and also fires a barrage of smaller stars in all directions, all the while growing bigger and bigger. Even if Rosalina falls off the stage right after activating it, the Power Star will keep attacking her foes until it finally explodes.

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  Power Star

In Event Matches

Solo Events

• A Situation of some Gravity: As Zero Suit Samus, the player must defeat Rosalina & Luma while Zero Suit Samus is affected by high gravity.
• Beautification: Rosalina & Luma must use a Lip's Stick to flower two Bowsers and two Ganondorfs.
• New Challengers 1: Rosalina & Luma are among the opponents fought in this event, alongside Wii Fit Trainer, Little Mac, Villager, Duck Hunt, Bowser Jr. and Lucina.

Co-op Events

• Peach in Peril: Bowser and Bowser Jr. must defeat Rosalina & Luma, Zero Suit Samus, Zelda, Wii Fit Trainer and female Robin, but not Peach. KOing Peach results in a failure.
• Solidarity: Rosalina & Luma and Olimar must initially defeat Mario and Luigi and then they must defeat Bowser and Bowser Jr.
• The Ultimate Battle: Two players select a character and must defeat the entire roster.
• Visiting Onett: Ness and Villager must defeat Rosalina & Luma, Kirby, Meta Knight, Fox, Falco and Olimar. All of the opponents are outer space-based characters.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Artwork of Rosalina & Luma from the official site.

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  Rosalina & Luma's splash art.

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  Rosalina & Luma's amiibo.

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  The Pic of the Day revealing Rosalina on December 18th, 2013.

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  The translated Famitsu issue showing some of Rosalina & Luma's custom moves.

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  All of Luma's six possible colors in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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  Rosalina & Luma on Mario Galaxy.

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  Rosalina & Luma in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

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  Using Luma Shot on Fox.

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  Using Launch Star.

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  Using their forward aerial on Donkey Kong.

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  Rosalina using her forward aerial.

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  Rosalina crouching near Peach.

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  Alongside Toon Link and Mega Man on Garden of Hope.

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  Using their forward smash.

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  Rosalina falling alongside Peach.

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  The Star Cursor appearing while using Gravitational Pull.

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  Using their neutral attack on Mario.

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  A red Luma being launched.

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  Mario, Peach, and Rosalina.

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  A yellow Luma with Pikachu and Starfy.

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  Using Gravitational Pull to deflect Mario's F.L.U.D.D.

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  Using Gravitational Pull to gather items.

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  Alongside Zelda.

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  Rosalina using her neutral aerial against Zelda's neutral aerial.

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  Rosalina alongsideh Zelda and Peach.

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  Using their up tilt.

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  Using Luma Shot.

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  Rosalina alongside Zelda on Reset Bomb Forest as Viridi appears in the background.

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  The Pic of the Day revealing Gravitational Pull as Rosalina & Luma's down special.

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  Rosalina lying prone.

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  Rosalina fighting Zero Suit Samus on Boxing Ring.

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  Using Star Bits.

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  Alongside a Mii Gunner on Rainbow Road.

Trivia

• At E3 2014 and Smash-Fest, Rosalina & Luma were the only newcomers not available on both demo versions of Super Smash Bros. 4.
• In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, one of the tips about Rosalina & Luma's forward smash uses masculine pronouns in regard to Luma: "When Luma is behind Rosalina, this attack won't send him charging as far forward as usual.".
• Model swapping reveals that Rosalina's legs, unlike Peach's and Zelda's, are not fully modeled under her dress.
• Rosalina and Mega Man are the only newcomers to appear in the CGI portions of a newcomer trailer other than their own. In this case, they both appear in Bowser Jr.'s.
• Rosalina, Wii Fit Trainer, and Roy are the only characters who use different voice clips for all of their smash attacks.
• Luma and Mega Man are the only characters in the game to have unique blast line KO animations. In Luma's case, its animation and coloration are smaller and different than other characters', respectively, and it emits stars.
• All of the colors that Luma can appear as represent most of the Lumas that appear in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2:
  • Yellow Lumas can transform into Launch Stars and Sling Stars. Giant yellow Lumas also appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
  • Blue Lumas can transform into Pull Stars.
  • Green Lumas can be found on the Planet of Trials after finding the three Green Power Stars in Super Mario Galaxy.
  • Red Lumas allow Mario to use the power of the Red Star while on the Comet Observatory and during one of the Purple Coin missions in Super Mario Galaxy.
  • Baby Luma, who assists Mario by granting him the ability to spin, has a unique cream coloration.
  • Polari, Rosalina's trusted advisor in Super Mario Galaxy, has a unique overall coloration of a dark brown body and sky blue eyes. A tip also confirms that the dark brown Luma is indeed Polari.
    • In addition to his unique overall coloration, Polari also sports a unique animation compared to the other Lumas. In his case, he has tears in his eyes when he is in hitstun.
• If Rosalina is being Star KO'd and Luma dies before her voice clip finishes, her voice clip may be cut short.