Roy (SSBU)

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Roy in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Fire Emblem
Other playable appearances	in Melee in SSB4
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Critical Hit

Roy (ロイ, Roy) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, officially confirmed on June 12th, 2018. Jun Fukuyama's portrayal of Roy from Smash 4 was recycled for the Japanese release of Ultimate. In international versions, Roy is now voiced by Ray Chase, who reprises his role from Fire Emblem Heroes.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

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Roy has been significantly buffed from the previous game, by fixing some of his largest weaknesses and enhancing his ability to rush down and combo other characters.

Aesthetics

• As with all veterans returning from SSB4, Roy's model features a more subdued color scheme.
• Roy has a new crouching animation.
• Some of Roy's moves, such as his down aerial, have fire effects added to them.
• Roy's sweetspotted sword attacks now adopt the sound effects from Ike's sword, Ragnell.
• Roy’s side taunt has been dubbed in English and now has him saying “I won’t lose!”
• All of Roy's victory animations have been slightly altered with new camera angles. In addition, all of his victory lines have been dubbed in English. “That was a fierce battle!”, “Failure is not an option!”, and "Now the true battle begins!" respectively.

Attributes

• Like all characters, Roy’s jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete.
• As a result of initial dashes being standardized, Roy's initial dash is significantly faster, improving his already excellent ground mobility.
• Roy's hilt sweetspots have been increased in size.
• Roy's air acceleration has been increased.
• Roy's double jump covers less distance.

Ground Attacks

• Dash attack has less ending lag.
• Forward smash now hits overhead. It also has slightly less startup.

Aerial Attacks

• All aerials have less landing lag.
• Neutral aerial is faster.
• Forward aerial's autocancel window has been restored, allowing it to autocancel within a short hop.
• Up aerial is stronger, making it more potent for juggles.

Throws/other attacks

• Roy's forward throw is now an elbow strike to the chest, just like Marth's.

Special Moves

• Flare Blade has slightly less startup, and like with most non-storeable charge moves, Roy can now reverse the move while charging.
• As with Marth and Lucina's Dancing Blade, Double-Edge Dance transitions significantly faster into each hit. It can also now be buffered and is much harder to escape from.
• Double-Edge Dance's last hit has increased knockback, improving its KO potential.
• Roy now removes the Sword of Seals from its sheath once he has finished sheathing it in Critical Hit.
• Critical Hit now causes a flaming background to appear once the main hit is unleashed.

Role in World of Light

Roy 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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  Roy countering on 3D Land.

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  Using Double-Edge Dance on Skyworld.

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  Attacking Diddy Kong with Counter on The Great Cave Offensive.

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  Attacking Link with his neutral aerial on Skyloft.

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  Taunting with a frozen Wii Fit Trainer on Summit.

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  Performing his down smash on Coliseum.

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  Roy and Meta Knight facing a Fake Smash Ball on Mushroomy Kingdom.

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  Roy and Meta Knight caught in the Fake Smash Ball's blast.

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  Roy being bitten by a Klaptrap on Pokémon Stadium.

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  Performing his jab on Kalos Pokémon League.

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  With all playable Fire Emblem veterans on Coliseum.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Roy's pose in his official artwork resembles his forward tilt.
• Roy is the first fighter to be introduced as a clone and later have an echo of their own in a later installment.
• In Roy's character showcase video, he is seen with a new dashing animation, but in the final build of the game, he reuses his old dashing animation from Smash 4.