Chrom (SSBU): Difference between revisions

As with Marth and Lucina, Chrom and Roy are mostly functionally identical, with the main exception being their completely different [[up special]]s. and that Chrom's attacks lack Roy's inverse tipper sweetspots, instead dealing consistent damage across the entire blade with damage and knockback weighted towards the average of Roy's damage output and KO power overall. This gives Chrom the ability to space more effectively with his sword and makes his damage and knockback more consistent, but in turn doesn’t allow him to secure stocks quite as early as Roy. Regardless though, he can still net some fairly early KOs due to his kill power still being above-average. Additionally, Chrom has altered animations for his neutral attack, forward tilt and up tilt where he holds his sword properly instead of holding it in a reverse grip, and his up smash, down aerial and special moves do not use the flame effect either.

Unlike Lucina, whose only other major difference from Marth is that her up tilt has a timing-based sweetspot, Chrom's additional gameplay differences are much more pronounced. His up special is [[Soaring Slash]], a move resembling [[Aether]], which makes Chrom's recovery much less safe than Roy's, but also allows him to perform a [[sacrificial KO]]. His forward tilt is noticeably more effective, as it has an altered animation which moves him forward slightly, giving it more range and the ability to hit opponents hanging from the ledge. His neutral aerial uses [[weight-independent]] knockback on its first hit (like Marth and Lucina) rather than on its second hit. Chrom's [[Counter]] deals less knockback against weaker attacks, but more knockback against stronger attacks. Lastly, his Final Smash, [[Awakening Aether]], is completely different from Roy's, being closer in function to Marth and Lucina's [[Critical Hit]] instead.

*{{change|Chrom has a different idle stance and altered idle poses, with his left arm lifted, his sword pointed downward. However, this does not apply when holding a light item.}}

**{{change|Chrom has an additional animation for transitioning into his idle stance from Marth's stance, which is used for all animations aside from his periodical idle animations. This is a trait shared with {{SSBU|Dark Samus}} and {{SSBU|Mythra}}.}}  

*{{change|Chrom has an additional voice clip for taking light knockback, an alternate KO voice clip, and a voice clip when performing a tech, waking up from a sleep and emerging from underwater.}}

*{{change|Unlike Roy, Chrom does not hold his sword in a backward grip for his neutral attack, forward tilt and up tilt. This marginally alters the hitbox placements of those moves.}}

*{{change|As of the 3.0.0 update, Chrom has a distinct victory theme from Roy, shared with Lucina and Robin based off of "Id (Purpose)" from ''Fire Emblem Awakening.'' However, in prior versions, Chrom and Roy shared the same victory theme.}}

*{{change|Chrom's [[List_of_swords#Sealed_Falchion|Sealed Falchion]] lacks a [[Sweet spot (hitbox)|sweetspot]] and [[sourspot]] compared to Roy's Binding Blade. As a result, it always deals consistent damage and knockback throughout, like {{SSBU|Lucina}}'s Parallel Falchion.}}

**{{buff|This makes Chrom's damage racking and KO abilities more consistent.}}

**{{nerf|Chrom deals less potential damage overall cannot secure KOs as early as Roy can.}}

 

*[[Neutral attack]]

**{{change|Chrom's [[neutral attack]] has more horizontal range due to an altered animation where Chrom holds his sword in a regular grip, as opposed to a reversed one.}}

*[[Forward tilt]]

**{{buff|Chrom's [[forward tilt]] moves him slightly forward unlike Roy's variant. Its altered animation also causes him to hit lower, enabling him to more reliably hit shorter or crouching opponents, and grants him the ability to hit ledge-hanging opponents with the move. Altogether, these changes improve its effectiveness considerably.}}

*[[Up smash]]

**{{change|Up smash has a different vibration effect, to match the wind vortex visual effect.}}  

**{{change|Up smash has drastically less hitlag, making it harder for bystanders to punish Chrom for landing the move.}}

**{{change|Flare Blade uses the [[normal]] effect. Additionally, it is aesthetically different; instead of charging up with flames for a fiery explosion, Chrom's sword charges with a wind vortex before it unleashes a powerful shockwave. Additionally, as the move is charged, the Sealed Falchion's blade slowly sparkles from the blade's base to the tip, indicating its charge level, while dust and debris kick up around Chrom. Chrom’s version of Flare Blade is similar to Marth's Shield Breaker in ''Melee''.}}

**{{change|Chrom uses only one voice clip upon releasing Flare Blade once sufficiently charged, similarly to how {{SSBU|Marth}} and {{SSBU|Lucina}} vocalize when performing [[Shield Breaker]], instead of using multiple voice clips depending on charge level.}}

*{{change|Chrom uses a different animation when captured by Steve's Minecart, being the same as Marth and Lucina's.}}

*{{change|Despite having the same running animation as Roy, Chrom's Impact Run hitbox is the same as Marth and Lucina's (Y-offset: 4.75u → 6u, Z-offset: 6u → 10u).}}