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The '''Green Missile''' ({{ja|ルイージロケット|Ruīji Roketto}}, ''Luigi Rocket'') is [[Luigi]]'s [[side special move]].

[[File:Luigi greenmissle.jpg|thumb|left|Green Missile in ''Melee'' (misfire).]]

The move can be charged for about three seconds, and once let go, Luigi launches himself sideways like a rocket, with the distance and [[damage]] being based on how long the move is charged. At full charge, the move can reliably KO under 150%; however, it is not often used to KO due to being extremely predictable and taking too long to charge. Despite this, it still remains a very powerful KO move.

The move is essential to Luigi's recovery. Because of Luigi's atrocious air mobility (having the worst [[air speed]] in the first two games and the 2nd worst in the latter three, in addition to [[Super Jump Punch|an up special]] that provides no horizontal movement), he cannot return to the stage reliably if he is sent far offstage. Green Missile allows him to cover significant horizontal distance and does not render him [[helpless]], allowing him to use his double jump and up special to return to the stage. Additionally, the move has a small amount of [[intangibility]] upon release that can potentially protect Luigi from opponents' edgeguard attempts (a trait which only applies to regular Missiles in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' and misfires in ''SSB4'' onwards). However, the move has a noticeable amount of ending lag and leaves Luigi vulnerable when using it, making it very susceptible to edgeguarding, especially if the opponent is willing to endure the hit to reduce the distance Luigi travels. Thus, it is crucial to mix things up to avoid becoming predictable.  

The move also has a small chance to "misfire", an effect officially known as '''Overzealous Green Missile'''. A misfire's distance and damage will not be affected by how much it is charged, with both being greater than even a fully charged regular Green Missile. The probability of misfiring is {{fractions|1|8}} for  ''[[Melee]]'' and ''[[Brawl]]'' and {{fractions|1|10}} for ''[[SSB4]]'' and ''[[Ultimate]]''. When one occurs, the move's animation will have a noticeable fire/rocket effect. In ''Melee'', Luigi's eyes will close as if he was struck, as opposed to being halfway open during a normal Green Missile; ''SSB4'' introduced a unique sound effect, and Luigi spins as if [[reeling]] in ''Ultimate''. In ''Smash 4'' onwards, Luigi can never misfire in [[Home-Run Contest]].

As Luigi's regular [[up special]] recovery move, [[Super Jump Punch]], gains no horizontal distance whatsoever, [[CPU]] Luigis in ''Melee'' are coded to use the Green Missile instead to [[recover]]. However, even at CPU level 9, they will never switch to the Super Jump Punch once they drop below the level of the stage, which will always cause them to uselessly repeat the Green Missile over and over below the edge and result in an unavoidable SD. This is most visible when fighting a CPU Luigi on [[Mushroom Kingdom II]]. Additionally, the CPU will never charge the move, making it even more likely to come up short. High-level CPUs in ''Brawl'' are capable of properly combining the two recovery moves (though lower-level ones will only use the Super Jump Punch).

''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' allows Luigi to hold this move at full charge indefinitely. If a partially charged one hits a wall, there is a 40% chance (50% in later games) that Luigi will get stuck for a brief moment and have to pull himself free, accompanied by a spring noise as his body bobs up and down for comedic effect. Also added in ''Brawl'' is the lesser-known fact that the move gives Luigi a slight vertical boost if used right after a jump. This may be related to Luigi's normally slow [[falling speed]]. If the trick is used when Luigi is [[Metal Box|metal]] or is wearing a [[Bunny Hood]] (both of which increase a character's falling speed), the boost will be much higher. Additionally, the move is now capable of sweetspotting the ledge, significantly improving its safety and reliability provided Luigi is parallel to the stage. Aesthetically, Luigi now shouts upon firing.

 

 

 

 

 

# '''Green Missile''': Default.

# '''Floating Missile''': The move charges up at a much quicker rate, and flies forward in a straight line, for a longer period of time (although it goes the same distance). Compared to the regular Green Missile, opponents take knockback at a steeper angle if they are hit ([[Sakurai angle|361]] -> [[Semi-spike|30]]). However, the move has noticeably lower damage (6-21 -> 4-18) (25 -> 23 misfired), subsequently killing much later even in spite of the said steeper knockback angle. {{Main|Luigi (SSB4)/Side special/Custom 1}}

 

 

[[File:Green Missile.png|thumb|A standard Green Missile.]]

 

 

Luigi SSBU Skill Preview Side Special.png|Green Missile as shown by the Move List in ''Ultimate''.

 

 

*As noted above, Green Missile's charging stage gains notable vertical distance when used immediately after a jump in ''Brawl'' onwards. [[Luigi Cyclone]] shared this property until ''Ultimate''. When these two moves are combined with his usual recovery move (optimally in the order jumped Green Missile→jumped Cyclone→Green Missile at apex of height→[[Super Jump Punch]]), it becomes possible for Luigi to travel absurd distances aerially, being able to easily perform many [[stage jump]]s, including clearing the entire [[Online Practice Stage]] and traversing [[Temple]] aboveground.