Lucina

For fighter info, see Lucina (SSB4).

Lucina
File:Lucina artwork FEA.png File:FireEmblemSymbol.png Official artwork of Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Universe	Fire Emblem
Debut	Fire Emblem: Awakening (2012)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Monster Hunter: Frontier G (Cameo, 2013)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo 3DS
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Place of origin	Ylisse
Designed by	Yusuke Kozaki
Voice actor	Laura Bailey
Japanese voice actor	Yū Kobayashi
Article on Fire Emblem Wiki	Lucina

Lucina (ルキナ, Lucina) is a character from the Fire Emblem series tactical role-playing games, introduced in its thirteenth instalment 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.

Character description

Lucina is a princess of the kingdom of 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 Naga and her holy gifts to humanity: the Fire Emblem and the blade Falchion; this power is signified by the presence of a distinctive 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 antagonistic dragon Grima and his legions of Risen zombies bringing her own world to ruin. Desperate to reverse this event, she and other future children of Chrom's allies, the Shepherds, travel back in time to prevent the revival of Grima in Chrom's timeline and make the future a better place. When she travels back in time, she initially hides her identity by tying her hair back, wearing a distinctive mask given to her by Gerome, one of her allies from the future, and adopting the name "Marth", her famous ancestor. She often runs into Chrom and the Shepherds, saving her aunt Lissa from the first of the Risen on one occasion and duelling Chrom in Arena Ferox in another. Her disguise is ruined during an assassination attempt on her aunt Emmeryn while defending Chrom, causing her to disappear, only to reappear two years later, again defending Chrom from a Risen attack. She accidentally reveals herself as his daughter, then confirms it by showing Chrom the Brand in her eye, just like his newborn daughter. Lucina then joins the Shepherds to assist them in a new war, now fighting under her actual name, which "reminds (her) of the strength of the man and woman who chose it".

In game, she is the second playable character that starts in the Lord class by default (inheriting this class from Chrom), and is the only future child whose recruitment is required. As she is pivotal to the story, she is one of the few units that will not be permanently lost, even in classic mode. Like Chrom, her weapon of choice is Falchion (which has unlimited durability, unlike the various items Robin must use in Fire Emblem: Awakening and Super Smash Bros. 4), but her version of the famed sword is the distinctive "Parallel Falchion" brought back from her future: unlike Chrom's version, it is more powerful and can heal her when it is used like an item, whereas Chrom's Falchion is initally weaker with its power sealed away and must be upgraded before the final battle to become stronger than Lucina's. Lucina is a potential wife for male Robin or daughter of female Robin if the latter marries Chrom.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Lucina in Super Smash Bros. 4.

As a playable character

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

Appropriately, she is unlockable by completing Classic Mode with Marth on any difficulty in the 3DS version and on 5.5 Intensity or higher in the Wii U version, thus making her the first unlockable female character in the Smash series.

Of note is that she was originally planned to be an alternate costume of Marth, but was given her own character slot later in development due to "the characteristics of their attacks being different".

Trophies

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy descriptions

Lucina

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.

Lucina (Alt.)

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.

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Trivia

• Lucina's appearance in Smash 4 makes her the only clone to be female.
  • This also makes her the first female unlockable character.
• Lucina is currently the only clone character to be related by blood to her template, as Marth is her ancestor (unless one counts Dark Pit as he's a literal clone of Pit).
• Alongside Robin, they are the first characters in the Fire Emblem series who debuted in the same game to appear in a Smash Bros game.