Editing Lucina

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:''For fighter info, see [[Lucina (SSB4)]].''

|image        = [[File:Lucina artwork FEA.png|275px]]

|caption      = [[File:FireEmblemSymbol.svg|50px]]

Official artwork of Lucina from ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Awakening}}''.

|lastappearance= ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Warriors}}'' (2017)

|games        = ''[[SSB4]]''

|console      = Nintendo 3DS  

|species      = Human

|homeworld    = Ylisse  (alternate future {{s|fireemblem|Archanea Series}} timeline)

|creator      =  

|englishactor = [[wikipedia:Laura Bailey (voice actress)|Laura Bailey]]

'''Lucina''' ({{ja|ルキナ|Rukina}}, ''Lucina'') is a character from the {{uv|Fire Emblem}} series tactical role-playing games, introduced in its thirteenth instalment ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Awakening}}'' as one of its three main characters. She is a distant descendant of [[Marth]], and is the daughter of fellow protagonist [[Chrom]].

Lucina is a princess of the kingdom of {{s|fireemblemwiki|Ylisse}}, the successor state to the now-ancient kingdom of Archanea, and is Chrom's daughter. She bears the holy bloodline of Ylisse's rulers, the exalts, who carry the power of the legendary dragon {{s|fireemblemwiki|Naga}} and her holy gifts to humanity: the [[fireemblemwiki:Shield of Seals|Fire Emblem]] and the blade {{s|fireemblemwiki|Falchion}}; this power is signified by the presence of a distinctive [[fireemblemwiki:Holy Blood#Brand|Brand]] on their bodies, with Lucina's being located in the iris of her left eye.

The adult Lucina the game primarily features is a time-traveller from an alternate future, who travels back to the current timeline in ''Fire Emblem Awakening'' due to the fell dragon [[fireemblemwiki:Grima (character)|Grima]] and his legions of {{s|fireemblemwiki|Risen}} zombies bringing her own world to ruin. Desperate to reverse this unfortunate event, she and other future children of Chrom's allies, the {{s|fireemblemwiki|Shepherds}}, travel back in time to prevent the revival of Grima in Chrom's timeline and change the future. When she travels back in time, she initially hides her identity by tying her hair back and wearing a distinctive mask given to her by {{s|fireemblemwiki|Gerome}}, one of her allies from the future, and adopting the name "[[Marth]]" from her famous ancestor. She runs into Chrom and the Shepherds, saving her aunt {{s|fireemblemwiki|Lissa}} from the first of the Risen on one occasion and later dueling Chrom in [[Arena Ferox]]. Her disguise is ruined during an assassination attempt on her aunt {{s|fireemblemwiki|Emmeryn}} while defending Chrom, causing her to disappear, only to reappear two years later, again defending Chrom from an assassination. She is accidentally revealed to be a woman after an unexpected assassin appears and cuts her mask off before being killed by Chrom. Later, she confirms that she is his daughter by allowing him to see the Brand of the Exalt in her eye, just like his newborn daughter. Lucina then joins the Shepherds to assist them in a new war.

In game, Lucina starts out as the {{s|fireemblemwiki|Lord}} class by default, inheriting the class from Chrom. As she is pivotal to the story, she is the only child unit whose recruitment is forced, and one of the few units that will not be permanently lost, even in Classic mode. Like Chrom, her weapon of choice is {{s|fireemblemwiki|Falchion}}, but her version of the famed sword is the {{s|fireemblemwiki|Parallel Falchion}} brought back from her future. Unlike Chrom's version, it is more powerful and can be used to self-heal, whereas Chrom's Falchion is initially weaker with its power sealed away and must be upgraded before the final battle to become stronger than Lucina's. Lucina can either be a potential wife for male Robin or female Robin's daughter if the latter is married to Chrom. There is also a variety of potential affine relationships between Robin and Lucina which are not acknowledged in game.

Alongside international success of ''Fire Emblem Awakening'', Lucina has become one of the most popular ''Fire Emblem'' characters worldwide outside of ''Super Smash Bros.'' Since her debut, she has appeared as a guest character in ''{{s|wikipedia|Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.}}'', ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Fates}}'', and ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}'', in each case summoned in-game using her [[amiibo]]. She appeared with Chrom and fellow smasher [[Ryu]] in ''{{s|wikipedia|Project X Zone 2}}'', a crossover strategy game featuring characters from [[Bandai Namco]], [[Capcom]], [[Sega]], and [[Nintendo]]. Several outfit variations of Lucina are also featured in the crossover game ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Heroes}}'', and she is also playable in ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Warriors}}''.

Lucina appears as a newcomer in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''. She is a [[clone]] of {{SSB4|Marth}}, though she is shorter, and the strength of her blade is balanced throughout, rather than stronger at the tip like Marth's blade.

On the current [[tier list]] for ''SSB4'', Lucina is ranked 14th out of 55 characters, placing her three spots below Marth. While her [[List of swords#Falchion|Parallel Falchion]] grants her a good [[disjointed]] reach, she still suffers from high endlag in her moves, much like Marth. She also lacks a tipper, giving her a generally weaker [[neutral game]] than Marth, though this still gives her some slight advantages over Marth, as the consistent damage from her sword allows her to afford being closer to opponents, all while still delivering decent damage and knockback. As a whole, the few strengths she possesses over Marth are fairly minor, and although she has been buffed to similar degrees by game updates, she is generally seen as an inferior version of him, resulting in lower tournament representation and results in comparison.

::{{Flag|North America}}{{GameIcon|ssb4-3ds}}  ''Chrom's daughter and the future Princess of Ylisse. When she arrives from a doomed future seeking to prevent it from ever happening, she goes by the name Marth before her identity is revealed. She fights much like her adopted namesake, but more than just the tip of her sword is powerful.''

::{{Flag|North America}}{{GameIcon|ssb4-wiiu}} ''Chrom's daughter and the future Princess of Ylisse. When she arrives from a doomed future seeking to prevent it from ever happening, she goes by the name Marth before her identity is revealed. She fights much like her adopted namesake, but her entire blade is equally powerful instead of having a more powerful tip.''

::{{Flag|Europe}} ''Daughter of Chrom and future Princess of Ylisse. When she comes from the future to prevent a terrible future from unfolding, she goes by the name of Marth, but only until her true identity comes to light. She is a very similar fighter to Marth, except it doesn't actually matter which part of her sword she strikes with.''

:'''Lucina (Alt.)'''

::{{Flag|North America}} ''Lucina's moves are much like Marth's, but there are subtle differences. With Marth, you need to try to hit with the tip of his sword, but Lucina's sword is equally powerful all along the blade. Her Shield Breaker move lets her attack opponents and break their shields at the same time. Charge it fully to shatter shields in one hit.''

::{{Flag|Europe}} ''Lucina's moves are much like Marth's, but there are subtle differences. With Marth, you need to try to hit with the tip of his sword, but with Lucina, it doesn't matter, making her easier to use. Her Shield Breaker move lets her damage opponents and break their shields at the same time. Charge it fully to shatter shields in one hit.''

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*Lucina is the only female unlockable character in the series (discounting [[Wendy O. Koopa]], who is one of the seven [[Koopalings]] serving as [[alternate costume]]s for [[Bowser Jr.]]).

*Lucina and [[Robin]] are the only playable ''Fire Emblem'' characters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series debuting in the same ''Fire Emblem'' game.

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