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

“	Get up close and personal for major damage! Unlike Marth, Roy's attacks are more powerful the closer you get to the base of his blade. For his Final Smash, his sword bursts into flame and sends anyone caught in the blast flying.	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Roy (ロイ, Roy) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, officially confirmed on June 12th, 2018. Roy is classified as fighter #25.

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.

How to unlock

• Roy is the 28th character to be unlocked via Smash battles.
• Roy is the 6th character in Mario's Classic Mode unlock tree, after Luigi.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Roy has been substantially buffed in his transition to Ultimate, his most significant improvements being from the general universal changes to Ultimate, such as the ability to dash cancel into any grounded move and decreased landing lag on his aerials, which greatly improve his approach, air game, and rushdown ability. Some of his moves, like up aerial and Double-Edge Dance have been buffed to have improved KO potential, increasing his options at higher percentages, and KO confirms with move likes his jab and the first hit of neutral air have become much more consistent and reliable.

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 (down from 5).
• Roy dashes much faster (1.95 → 2.145), and as a result of initial dashes being standardized, Roy's initial dash is significantly faster (1.4 → 2.2).
• Roy's hilt sweetspots have been increased in size. This significantly improves his ranged approach, and makes him more consistent overall.
• Roy's air speed has been increased (1.24 → 1.302).
• Roy's double jump covers less distance.

Ground attacks

• Jab's knockback growth has been reduced and its angle has been altered, significantly improving its followups.
• Forward tilt does more damage (12.5% → 15%).
• Dash attack has less ending lag.
• Forward smash has increased vertical range and slightly reduced startup.

Aerial attacks

• All aerials have less landing lag (Neutral: frame 11 → 9, Forward: 13 → 8, Back: 16 → 10, Up: 14 → 8, Down: 23 → 14).
• Neutral aerial is faster.
• Forward aerial's autocancel window has been restored, allowing it to autocancel within a short hop.
• Up aerial is stronger (9% → 10.8%), making it more potent for juggles and now being able to KO at very high percentages.

Throws/other attacks

• Roy's forward throw is now an elbow strike to the chest, just like Marth's.
  • Forward throw has increased ending lag, removing most of its followups.

Special Moves

• Flare Blade has slightly less startup, and like with most non-storeable charge moves, Roy can now reverse the move while charging.
  • A fully charged Flare Blade now deals 12% in recoil damage, up from 10%.
• 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 significantly increased knockback, which when combined with the move's other changes, now make it a viable KO option.
• Blazer travels more distance.
• 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.

Classic Mode: A Journey of Swords

Roy's opponents consist of entirely sword-fighters, with the exception of the final round.

Round	Opponent	Stage
1	Lucina, Chrom, and Ike	Castle Siege
2	Meta Knight	Halberd
3	Link (Tunic of the Wild)	Skyloft
4	Shulk	Gaur Plain
5	Cloud	Midgar
6	Marth, male and female Corrin	Coliseum
Bonus Stage
Final	Master Hand	Final Destination

Role in World of Light

Although Roy does not appear in the World of Light opening cutscene, he was vaporized and later imprisoned alongside the rest of the fighters (sans Kirby) when Galeem unleashed his beams of light.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Artwork of all playable Fire Emblem characters and Assist Trophies, as posted on the official Japanese Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account.

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  Screenshot of all playable Fire Emblem characters on Arena Ferox, as posted on the official Japanese Fire Emblem Twitter account.

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  Roy's fighter card.

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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.