Lucina (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)


 * This article is about Lucina's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For other uses, see Lucina.

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.

Lucina is a veteran Echo Fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Her return was confirmed at the Nintendo E3 2018 Conference on June 12, 2018.

How to Unlock
In the first two methods, Lucina must be fought and defeated on Arena Ferox.
 * Play VS matches, with Lucina being the 23rd character unlocked.
 * Clear Classic Mode with Yoshi or any character in his character tree, with Lucina being unlocked after Ganondorf.
 * Have Lucina join the party in World of Light.

Summary
Unlike the character she is echoing, Lucina lacks a tipper at the end of her Parallel Falchion, giving her a balanced blade across all of her attacks. While this limits the early KO potential Marth possesses, she lacks the sourspots that Marth has, which eliminates her need to space her attacks to land effectively. Combining her balanced output and disjointed reach with her fast mobility, which she shares with Marth, Lucina excels at pressuring and juggling opponents, especially with her aerials, and is capable of fighting up close, which Marth cannot do.

Lucina's main weakness lies in her lower KO potential, as she does not possess the power that Marth's tippered attacks do, which forces Lucina to be more reliant on combos to rack up damage. Lucina also shares the same weaknesses as Marth; she is very susceptible to projectile camping, as she lacks the means to counter them, and her recovery is rather linear and easy to intercept.

Changes from SSBWU/3DS
Due to the universal changes, Lucina gained many buffs, most notably in her aerials and tilts. In addition, due to the faster pace of the game, Lucina's close-combat capabilities are greater, giving her an advantage in certain matchups.

Aesthetically, Lucina has a more subdued color scheme and simpler detailed clothing. Physically, Lucina's facial features are sharper as well her hair being reshaped. Lucina received new jumping, idle, and crouching animations that resemble Roy's from SSBWU/3DS. Finally, Lucina received a new victory theme based off Id~Purpose, the final boss theme of Awakening.

Attributes

 * Jumpsquat is faster.
 * Walk, run, and initial dash is faster.
 * Air speed is faster.

Ground Attacks

 * Neutral Attack swings at a more horizontal arc, reducing its vertical range. It can also no longer be cancelled into another attack.
 * Up Tilt moves Lucina forward similar to Marth, allowing her more horizontal range. It also has a unique property where at the later portion of the attack it deals more damage and less knockback.

Aerial Attacks

 * All aerials have less landing lag.

Grabs and Throws

 * Forward Throw consists of an elbow strike forward

Special Attacks

 * Shield Breaker can be angled, making it easier to hit opponents above or below Lucina.
 * Dancing Blade is now executed faster, but its first hit is slower.
 * Dolphin Slash leaves afterimages of Lucina when executed, similar to Flip Jump.
 * Counter produces a yellow flash when triggered, and plays the Critical Hit sound effect when the countering slash connects, though it only plays when countering strong attacks.

Normal

 * Neutral Attack: Slashes in an upwards arc in front of herself, and then slashes a second time.
 * Forward Tilt: Lucina slashes in a wide upwards arc in front of herself.
 * Up Tilt (Anti-air Slash): Slashes her sword overhead.
 * Down Tilt: Lucina quickly stabs low to the ground.
 * Dash Attack: Lucina swings her sword forwards.

Smash Attacks

 * Forward Smash: Lucina swings her sword forwards in a downwards arc until it impacts with the ground in front of her.
 * Up Smash: Lucina stabs her sword upwards.
 * Down Smash: Lucina slashes low to the ground on one side, then the other side.

Other attacks

 * Floor Attack (Front):
 * Floor Attack (Back):
 * Floor Attack (Trip):
 * Ledge Attack:

Aerial Attacks

 * Neutral aerial: Lucina slashes twice in front of her horizontally, then slashes once at her back.
 * Forward aerial: Lucina slashes quickly in a downwards arc in front of herself.
 * Back aerial: Lucina turns and slashes her sword in an upwards arc behind herself.
 * Up aerial: Lucina slashes her sword above herself.
 * Down aerial: Lucina swings her sword below herself; spikes when sweetspotted.

Grabs and Throws

 * Pummel: Lucina throws her knee into the grabbed opponent.
 * Forward Throw: Lucina does a quick elbow strike to the opponent's chest, launching them forwards.
 * Back Throw: Lucina tosses the opponent backwards.
 * Up Throw: Lucina hurls the enemy upwards.
 * Down Throw: Lucina slams the opponent on the ground.

Taunts

 * Up Taunt: Holds the Parallel Falchion across her body while saying "Come at me!"
 * Side Taunt: Spins in place while sheathing the Parallel Falchion while saying "I cannot lose."
 * Down Taunt: Puts on her mask and poses before taking it off

On-Screen Appearance

 * Warps onto the stage and takes off her mask.

Victory Poses

 * Holds the Parallel Falchion into the air before swinging it to her side while saying "Father, I won!"
 * Slashes twice with the Parallel Falchion before holding it across her body while saying, "The future is not written!"
 * Sheathes the Parallel Falchion and turns to the side saying "You'll never defeat me!"
 * If Marth is present in a match, Lucina will say "This is the Hero-King?"

In competitive play
To be added

Trivia

 * Lucina and Dark Pit are the only two clones to retain their clone status two consecutive titles.
 * Lucina is the only Echo Fighter that isn't the same gender as the character they are based off of (in this case, Lucina is female, but the character she's echoing, Marth, is male).
 * In the previous title, Lucina had a unique quote if she wins against Ike where she says, "And they call you the Radiant Hero?" This line was removed from Ultimate, presumably as Ike is playable in his Path of Radiance and his Radiant Dawn incarnation, with the line only referring to the latter.