Chrom (SSBU)

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Chrom in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Fire Emblem
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Awakening Aether

Chrom is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He serves as an Echo Fighter of Roy. Chrom’s appearance in the game was announced on August 8th, 2018.

Differences from Roy

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Aesthetics

• Chrom has a different idle stance and different taunts. One taunt is based off of his official artwork in Fire Emblem Awakening, which pairs with the one done for Lucina's up taunt, counter, and render in SSB4.

Attributes

• Unlike Roy, Chrom's attacks lack a flame effect.
• Chrom's Falchion appears to lack a sweetspot and deals consistent damage throughout, like Lucina's Parallel Falchion.

Ground attacks

• Forward tilt has a different animation, with Chrom holding Falchion in a proper grip, unlike Roy's reverse grip.
• Up tilt appears similar to Marth and Lucina's.

Special Moves

• Chrom's neutral special appears similar to Flare Blade. However, instead of charging up with flames for a fiery explosion, Chrom's sword charges with a wind effect before it unleashes a blue blast. Additionally, as the move is charged, the Falchion's blade slowly sparkles from the blade's base to the tip.
• Chrom's up special appears to be a faster version of Ike's Aether. Instead of throwing his sword first, he performs an upwards slash, resembling a move he performs in the Two Falchions cutscene of Fire Emblem: Awakening and a move he can perform in Fire Emblem Warriors.
  • This likely means Chrom has less horizontal distance on his recovery compared to Roy's Blazer, but more vertical distance in comparison.
• Chrom appears to have a unique Final Smash, inspired from Aether's portrayal in Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Gallery

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  Chrom's splash art.

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  Chrom standing on Palutena's Temple.

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  Chrom using his Double-Edge Dance on Ganondorf in Arena Ferox.

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  Chrom standing on Suzaku Castle.

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  Chrom's Double-Edge Dance on Skyloft.

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  Chrom with Super Leaf equipped surrounded by sleeping Wolf, Lucario and Fox on Living Room.

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  Chrom's red costume and Female Robin on Coliseum.

Character introduction video

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Trivia

• Chrom is the second character to be previously featured in a Final Smash to become a playable character, the first being Palutena, who appeared in Pit's Final Smash, Palutena's Army, in Brawl.
• In SSB4's Palutena's Guidance, Viridi teases Chrom for being too similar to Ike, calling him a "Carbon Copy". Nevertheless, Chrom eventually became an Echo Fighter, albeit of a separate Fire Emblem fighter.
  • Additionally, Palutena mocks Chrom's lack of an Aether recovery move, though he humorously gains the ability to use such a move in Ultimate.
• Chrom is the first Echo Fighter based off of a semi-clone (Roy), and the first Echo Fighter that borrows moves from more than one Fire Emblem character: in this case, both Ike and Roy.
• In Chrom's character introduction video, Chrom is seem performing a perfect shield against Lucas's forward aerial; however, Chrom's bubble shield is completely absent during this clip, and other aesthetic effects (such as the screen flash and eye glow of a perfect shield) do not appear, despite both fighters being affected by freeze frames.