Lucas (SSBU)

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Lucas in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	EarthBound
Other playable appearances	in Brawl in SSB4
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	PK Starstorm

Lucas (リュカ, Lucas) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed as a playable character on June 12th, 2018. Lani Minella reprises her role as Lucas, albeit through recycled voice lines.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

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Aesthetics

• As with all veterans returning from SSB4, Lucas's model features a more subdued color scheme. Similar to Brawl, some of the detailing on his clothes and weapons are more prominent, such as the vertical stitching of his socks.
• The Rope Snake's scales are more pronounced.
• Like other characters, Lucas always faces the screen regardless of which direction he turns. This affects his movesets as well (such as the end of his up tilt), all of which appear to be mirrored.
• Like Ness, Lucas makes a new face when hit, with his eyes growing somewhat larger and rounder.
• PK-based attacks are now cyan instead of pink.
• Like Ness, Lucas's victory theme is now the ending of "Eight Melodies" from both Mother / EarthBound Beginnings as well as "Eight Melodies" from EarthBound layered together.
• Lucas now strikes a different pose during his Seven Needles victory animation.

Attributes

• Lucas is slightly faster overall. The global changes to initial dashes especially benefit his ground movement.
• Like all characters, Lucas's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete.

Ground attacks

• Up smash has a larger hitbox and has an additional blue layer to visualise the hitbox's increased size.
  • Up smash has less endlag and invincibility on startup.
• Down smash covers more range, making it easier to edgeguard opponents. In turn, this also makes each hit cover shield, as it did not in Smash 4.
  • Lucas' fingers are now more pronounced during his down smash, where he bends his elbow after each shot.

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial's hitbox is larger. The landing lag on the move has been reduced by one frame, allowing the move to combo into tilts and jab easily.
  • Neutral aerial's multihits have less hitlag, making the animation faster on hit.
  • Neutral aerial can send at more than one angle now, making it less consistent for combos in the air.
• Forward aerial has reduced landing lag.
• Back aerial's animation is faster.
  • Back aerial can now spike grounded opponents. While this is benefited by opponents' inability to tech grounded spikes, this takes away Lucas's ability to send grounded opponents offstage from behind him.
• Up aerial's hitbox is bigger and has slightly less start up and landing lag.
• Down aerial has reduced landing lag.
• Grab aerial has decreased range.
  • Grab aerial has more active frames.
  • Grab aerial deals more damage on both the early and late hits.

Throws/other attacks

• The endings of Lucas's grabs now feature interruptible animations during which the Rope Snake doubles back to return to Lucas.
• Lucas's animation when holding a grabbed opponent has been altered, as he now holds the opponent with telekinesis with one hand and holds Rope Snake in the other.
  • Lucas now looks angry during his grab animation.
  • Lucas's pummel animation now features Rope Snake lunging at the opponent.
• Lucas's standing grab range has been decreased.
  • Lucas's standing grab has less endlag.
• Lucas has a new forward throw animation similar to Diddy Kong's forward throw.
• Up throw deals more knockback.
• Lucas has a new down throw animation. Lucas lifts the opponent in the air using telekinesis, then forcefully slams them into the ground, sending them up and away.
  • Down throw has more ending lag, hindering its follow-up potential.

Special Moves

• PK Freeze sends at a more horizontal angle, being better for edgeguarding.
  • PK Freeze doesn't send Lucas into freefall and travels faster akin to Ness's PK Flash buff.
  • Lucas' animation during PK Freeze has been tweaked; Lucas himself now completely faces the screen, and the particle effects of the explosion now feature the PK Freeze graphic from Mother 3.
• PK Fire now has its PSI graphics from Mother 3 when fired and upon hitting someone.
  • Similar to Ness, he leaves a red spark on his hand until he fires PK Fire, like his down smash.
  • PK Fire has slightly decreased endlag.
  • PK Fire has increased damage.
  • PK Fire has slightly increased landing lag.
• Lucas’ PK Thunder 2 now has blue lightning, similar to Ness’, rather than the purple coloration from Smash 4.
  • Grounded PK Thunder has reduced ending lag and moves slightly faster.
• PSI Magnet now features its PSI graphics from Mother 3 upon use. Lucas' back is angled lower in the end of his animation, similar to the beginning of his run animation in Mother 3.
  • PSI Magnet has less ending lag, meaning Lucas can act faster to attacks.
  • PSI Magnet no longer halts Lucas's horizontal momentum in the air, akin to Ness's buff.
• PK Starstorm is now similar to its Brawl iteration, firing meteors inwards towards the center of the stage, but at a slower rate and with slower meteors. His animation no longer reuses Ness' Final Smash animation and instead is more similar to his animation in Brawl. Lucas is also assisted by Kumatora and Boney. Like his other PSI moves, the move features graphics from PK Starstorm's animation in the Mother games.
  • If PK Starstorm is used via the Final Smash Meter, the trajectory of the meteors can be angled.

Role in World of Light

Lucas was absent in the World of Light trailer, though he presumably became a spirit alongside the rest of the galaxy (sans Kirby) when Galeem unleashed its beams of light.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Taunting on Green Greens.

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  Lucas using his Rope Snake on Skyloft.

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  Lucas freezing Ganondorf on Summit.

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  Performing PK Fire near Entei on Great Bay.

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  Using PSI Magnet near the Black Hole item on Skyworld.

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  Lucas holding a Master Ball on Castle Siege.

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  Lucas getting pummeled by Richter on Skyloft.

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  Lucas approaching Gray Fox on Golden Plains.

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  Lucas and Diddy Kong being attacked by Marshadow on the Bridge of Eldin.

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  Lucas getting attacked by Rathalos on Garden of Hope.

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  Snake with Lucas' Rope Snake on Pokémon Stadium.

Character Showcase Video

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