Lucina (SSBU)

Lucina in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Fire Emblem
Other playable appearance	in SSB4
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Critical Hit

“	Lucina is Marth's echo fighter, so she shares most of her standard and special attacks with Marth. However, while Marth's attacks are more powerful when made with the tip of his blade, Lucina's attacks just as powerful whether you use the tip or the base of the sword.	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Lucina (ルキナ, Lucina) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. She was confirmed as a playable character on June 12th, 2018. She is an Echo Fighter of Marth, thus being classified as fighter #21ε.

Laura Bailey and Yū Kobayashi's portrayals from SSB4 were repurposed for the English and Japanese versions of Ultimate.

How to unlock

Complete one of the following:

• Play VS. matches, with Lucina being the 23rd character to be unlocked.
• Clear Classic Mode with Yoshi or any character in his unlock tree, being the fifth character unlocked after Ganondorf.
• Have Lucina join the player's party in World of Light.

With the exception of the third method, Lucina must then be defeated on Arena Ferox.

Attributes

As in SSB4, the primary difference between Lucina and Marth is that Lucina lacks a tipper, meaning that her sword attacks deal equal damage throughout her blade. While her sword attacks deal more damage and knockback than Marth's weak sourspots, they deal less damage and knockback than his powerful tipper sweetspots. Theoretically, Marth should deal more overall damage when played optimally and can kill earlier, but Lucina can deal consistent damage and kill more reliably without worrying about precise spacing, and her KOing potential is significantly more consistent in comparison, especially at higher percents.

Overall, whether a person wants to use Lucina or Marth is based on their playstyle. Marth relies on spacing, more defensive play, and early KOs with his powerful tippers. Lucina can be played more aggressively, and relies on her more effective combos to increase the damage enough so she can KO the opponent. Marth can be more rewarding if used right, but Lucina's consistent damage and knockback gives her a stronger up-close game, makes her attacks significantly safer on shield and on hit than Marth's sourspotted moves, and gives her better matchups against smaller or faster characters that Marth can have a hard time landing his tippers against, such as Pikachu or Fox. Even without a tipper, Lucina is still extremely effective at spacing. She also shares Marth's other strengths, such as his decent mobility, above-average frame data, strong juggling and edgeguarding capabilities, and decent out of shield options. As such, she is considered to be one of the easiest and most versatile characters in the game, even when compared to Marth.

Lucina's special moveset also possesses immense utility, and in two cases, more than that of Marth. Shield Breaker can break shields thanks to its high shield damage, even when uncharged, and it is useful for punishing rolls. It also grants some horizontal movement, which is amplified when fully charged, deals additional damage should it directly strike an opponent's head, and deals consistent damage unlike Marth's version. Dancing Blade can be used to punish sidesteps and boasts combo, mix-up, KO and even recovery potential. Unlike Marth's version, the move is easier to properly connect due to its consistent hitboxes. Dolphin Slash has quick start-up, provides intangibility during its startup, and is relatively strong upon coming out. These attributes make it Lucina's primary method of recovery, as its speed can make it difficult to intercept, especially from out of shield. In addition, its power makes it capable of breaking combos, and even stage spiking reckless edgeguarding attempts. Lastly, Counter is a counterattack with a 1.2× damage multiplier that can KO an opponent who uses a sufficiently strong attack, and can also be used to edgeguard many recovery moves with damaging hitboxes.

Despite her strengths and versatility, Lucina is not without flaws, most of them shared with Marth. As a solely sword-based character, her otherwise-excellent neutral game suffers from her lack of a projectile, and she can struggle against projectile-heavy characters and playstyles. This ties in with her vulnerability once she loses the neutral game, as despite having a below-average weight and only average falling speed, Lucina is susceptible to combos, and her tall hurtbox provides an easy target. Dolphin Slash is her only reliable combo-breaker, but as it leaves her helpless, it can inadvertently put her in an even worse position. Also, while Counter can be used defensively, it leaves Lucina extremely vulnerable to punishment should it whiff. Lucina also has little defense against juggling, as her aerials are ineffective at relieving pressure; though her attacks have quick startup and decent range, many of them come with high ending lag, and also suffer from short hitbox durations.

Like with Marth, Lucina's lackluster grab game is another notable weakness. Except for her up throw, all of her throws have low knockback scaling, preventing them from KOing at realistic percents, while up throw can only KO starting at extremely high percents if Lucina has no rage. Her only other throw with utility is her down throw, which has limited combo potential outside of lower percents due to its high base knockback. However, it should be noted that the high base knockback of her forward and back throws allow Lucina to take advantage of her good edgeguarding capability, especially at the edge.

Lucina herself is somewhat vulnerable to edgeguarding, though she has options for mix-ups with her recovery. Dolphin Slash is her only reliable vertical recovery option, and while it is still a threat to edgeguarders due to its speed and high stage spike ability, its path is linear and its distance fixed, making it fairly predictable. Additionally, since this move grants little horizontal distance, Lucina is vulnerable to semi-spikes. While Shield Breaker can aid her horizontal recovery, it covers little distance without charging. Lucina is also heavily reliant on her double jump for mix-ups in her recovery, and is in significant danger if offstage without it.

Overall, Lucina is a "lower-risk, higher-reward" version of Marth, and her strengths outweigh her weaknesses. She trades Marth's stronger KO potential courtesy of his stronger but notoriously inconsistent tippers for more consistent spacing and damage-racking abilities, better close-range capabilities, as well as more consistent KO potential. She has a low learning curve thanks to her straightforward playstyle, since she benefits from spacing at close range while also having several fast and reliably strong KOing options.

Compared to Marth, whose tournament results and representation at all levels of play has remained largely nonexistent (and even worse than some low- and bottom-tier characters), Lucina has a very large playerbase, and has achieved decent results and representation courtesy of players like Mr. E and ProtoBanham; as such, she is considered to be a competitively viable character.

Differences from Marth

As mentioned above, the primary difference between Lucina and Marth is that Lucina lacks a tipper, meaning that her sword attacks deal equal damage throughout her blade. This means that Lucina will be able to rack up damage and KO much more consistently, but in turn does not have the option to KO as early as Marth does.

Lucina was also slightly recloned from her previous appearance in SSB4, as she is no longer smaller than Marth (which increases the size of her hurtbox but improves her range), her up tilt will now move her forward slightly, and she no longer keeps her momentum on her neutral attack and up tilt. Despite losing these somewhat negligible differences, she keeps one other difference from SSB4: her up tilt has a unique sweetspot based on how late into the swing the opponent is hit. This ensures that she can rack up damage more easily with her up tilt as long as she is facing away from her opponent.

While Lucina and Marth have largely identical attacks, mobility attributes and frame data, the lack of a tipper spreads across Lucina's entire moveset, making her one of the more unique Echo Fighters alongside her father Chrom and Ken. As such, these three characters are expected to have their own spots on the tier list, and are expected to be permitted to be used alongside their base fighters in Squad Strike. Lucina has obtained excellent results and representation early in the Ultimate metagame, especially compared to Marth; as such, she is near-universally considered to be the best swordfighter in the game.

Aesthetics

• As with all other Echo Fighters, Lucina has different taunts and victory animations.
• Lucina's on-screen appearance is slightly different from that of Marth, as she removes her mask. She also has a different No Contest animation as well.
• Unlike all other Echo Fighters, Lucina's Screen KO animation is different from Marth's.
• Lucina's victory theme is different from that of Marth, being a remix of the Fire Emblem Awakening song "Id (Purpose)."
• Lucina's sword trails are completely opaque, while Marth's are only opaque at the tip of his blade.

Attributes

• Unlike the Falchion, the Parallel Falchion lacks a tipper. As such, its entire blade deals equal damage and knockback on most attacks, equal to the weighted average of Marth's sweetspotted and sourspotted attacks.
  • Moves that move Lucina forward, such as Dancing Blade, are more effective than Marth's variants, due to the forward movement counteracting with the tipper.
  • Lucina can rack up damage more easily than Marth, as most of his Falchion is composed of its sourspot.
  • This makes Lucina's combos, edgeguarding and KOing ability much more consistent, and gives her a significantly better up-close game.
  • Lucina's damage output and knockback values are lower than Marth's sweetspots. This renders her incapable of securing extremely early KOs like Marth can.
• Aside from her neutral attack and Dancing Blade, the rest of Lucina's moveset lacks hitlag modifiers.
• Lucina's spot dodge retains her horizontal momentum, granting it follow-ups that Marth's lacks.

Ground attacks

• Lucina's up tilt (named "Anti-air Slash" in the in-game tips) has a unique timing-based sweetspot. On the later half of the slash, the attack does more damage while also having weaker knockback. The combination of less knockback and more damage allows her up tilt to rack more damage than Marth's as long as she is facing away from her opponent.
  • Since the timing-based sweetspot deals less knockback, it cannot be used to reliably KO as much as Marth's variant.
    • However, this allows it more effective combo potential.

Air attacks

• All of up aerial's hitboxes have altered angles, even compared to the non-tippered hitboxes of Marth's version (80/90 → 85).
• Due to Marth's down aerial meteor hitbox being a tipper, Lucina's meteor hitbox deals less damage (15% → 14.25%) reducing her edgeguarding potential.

Special moves

• Shield Breaker:
  • Lucina's Shield Breaker's animation is different. She leans farther back during its start-up, trembles more exaggeratedly while rearing her arm back, and takes a step forward during its thrust. This marginally improves Lucina's horizontal recovery potential compared to Marth's, due to her hitbox being slightly wider when using this move. This change is also reflected when Kirby copies the move.
• Dolphin Slash:
  • Lucina may shout when using Dolphin Slash, whereas Marth does not vocalize when using it.
• Counter:
  • Lucina's Counter's stance as well as the actual counterattack's animation are different. She also has different quotes when she counterattacks, saying either "My turn!" or "You're mine!"
    • The altered animation for the counterattack causes it to have shorter horizontal range than Marth's version.
• Critical Hit:
  • Lucina utters "Time to change fate!" when using her Final Smash, whereas Marth merely grunts.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Like her ancestor Marth, Lucina was a high-ranking character near the end of SSB4's lifespan, especially after receiving major buffs from game updates, thanks to her combination of speed and range. Lucina has received a mixture of buffs and nerfs in the transition to Ultimate, although she was overall buffed despite her high-tier placement.

Compared to other characters, Lucina has received few major, direct changes between games, with most of her notable nerfs being shared with Marth. Her previously weak grab game was further weakened, with her throws losing most of their combo and emergency KO potential, which weakens her options against shields. Her KO potential was also weakened, with her forward smash, forward aerial, Shield Breaker and Dancing Blade receiving knockback nerfs. Dolphin Slash and Counter are also slightly more punishable than before. Lastly, her neutral attack, previously an excellent combo starter and neutral tool due to its first hit, has been altered as with most neutral attacks so that it can only follow up into the second hit from the first, completely removing its powerful jab cancel from SSB4 that was vital to Lucina's gameplan. Additionally, Lucina's linear already linear recovery was also made less safe by the changes to air dodging as well as the reduction in edge sweetspot size, making her easier to edgeguard and thus worsening her survivability.

In spite of these nerfs, Lucina benefits from the gameplay changes to an extent far greater than Marth. The ability to dash cancel into any attack improves her grounded spacing ability (especially for her tilt attacks), and allow her to bait attacks with fox-trotting; this is all further compounded by her fast running speed, which has also been improved due to the universal increase in mobility. The reduction in landing lag on her aerials makes them safer for spacing and approaching, while also enhancing their combo ability. The general increase in shieldstun also makes the majority of her attacks safer on shield. All of these changes improve her more aggressive game compared to Marth, as the game's faster pace fosters more aggressive playstyles than in Smash 4, allowing her greater close-combat capabilities to be an advantage in far more situations. Lastly, the changes to air dodge mechanics also greatly enhance her juggling and edgeguarding capabilities, as they provide less leeway for opponents to recover against her wide aerials, further improving her edgeguarding game to the point it is among the most fearsome.

Lucina also received a few noteworthy direct buffs, the most notable of them being to Dancing Blade: the move was sped up greatly, allowing her to link each hit into one another more reliably. A few of her moves received slight damage increases, further helping her damage racking game. Lastly, her dash attack, previously one of her more mediocre options in the previous game, also received a knockback buff, giving it more utility.

Overall, the benefits Lucina has gained from the game's engine have benefited her in several ways that heavily compensate for the direct nerfs she has received, as said nerfs affect her much less than they did to Marth due to Lucina not relying on tippers at all, while the direct buffs she received complement this. As a result of her positive changes, Lucina has been a very high-placing character in Ultimate's metagame so far, with impressive representation and results from the likes of Laid, MkLeo, Mr E and ProtoBanham. As such, she is generally considered to be a top- or high-tier character, and is usually regarded as the best swordfighter in the game, akin to her ancestor in Melee, Meta Knight in Brawl and Cloud in SSB4.

Aesthetics

• As with all veterans returning from SSB4, Lucina's model features a more subdued color scheme. Her clothing now has simple detailing, her hair has been reshaped, and her face appears sharper, with her cheeks now showing a slight pink blush.
• Lucina has several new basic animations. Her idle, crouch, and sidestep all have new animations, and her jump animations have all been changed as well, resembling (but not identical to) Roy's jumps in SSB4. She also has a new screen KO animation.
• Lucina now occasionally vocalizes when performing her first jump.
• Lucina's victory theme is now a snippet of the Fire Emblem Awakening song, "Id (Purpose)".

Attributes

• Like all characters, Lucina's jumpsquat animation takes 3 frames to complete (down from 5).
• Lucina walks faster (1.5 → 1.575).
• Lucina runs significantly faster (1.785 → 1.964).
  • Lucina's initial dash is significantly faster (1.5 → 2.255).
• Lucina's air speed is faster (1.02 → 1.071).
• Lucina's traction is much higher (0.055 → 0.114).
• Forward roll has less ending lag (FAF 31 → 30).
• Forward roll grants less intangibility (frames 4-17 → 4-15).
• Back roll has more startup with less intangibility (frames 4-17 → 5-16), and more ending lag (FAF 31 → 35).
• Spot dodge has less ending lag (FAF 27 → 26).
• Air dodge grants more intangibility (frames 3-27 → 3-29).
• Air dodge has significantly more ending lag (FAF 33 → 53).
• Lucina is taller, and is now as tall as Marth. This increases her range, but also increases her hurtbox, making her easier to hit.
• Lucina has a new jump animation where she picks up her feet more, allowing her to short hop over certain projectiles.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack:
  • The first hit transitions into the second hit much faster (frame 19 → 11), allowing it to connect better.
  • Neutral attack does not retain Lucina's horizontal momentum anymore; like Marth, she stops if she uses her neutral attack.
  • Both hits have shorter durations, with the second hit also having more startup (frames 5-7 → 5-6 (hit 1), 3-5 → 4-5 (hit 2)).
  • Both hits have higher hitlag multipliers (0.7× → 1.3×), giving opponents more time to SDI the first hit and DI the second hit.
  • The first hit has altered angles (78°/65°/90° → 361°/361°/180°/361°) and knockback (55 base/30 scaling → 30 base/15/12/12/12 scaling) to keep opponents close to Lucina, akin to other neutral attacks. This allows it to jab lock much like in Smash 4 before update 1.0.8, but most importantly removes all its guaranteed jab cancel setups.
  • The first hit has an altered animation where Lucina swings in a more horizontal arc, matching its hitboxes better.
• Forward tilt:
  • Forward tilt deals slightly more damage (10.925% → 11%), albeit with knockback scaling compensated (77 → 74).
• Up tilt:
  • Up tilt does not retain Lucina's horizontal momentum anymore; like Marth, she stops if she uses her up tilt.
  • Up tilt has 2 new hitboxes on the first frame of its activation, improving the first frame's notoriously poor range.
  • Lucina's up tilt has her move forward just like Marth's. This improves its horizontal range, but makes it harder to repeatedly land the stronger late hit.
• Dash attack:
  • Dash attack deals more damage (9.975% → 10.925%).
  • It deals significantly more knockback (48 base/58 scaling → 75/67), giving it KO potential.
  • It has gained a shieldstun multiplier of 1.5×, which combined with the increased shieldstun for ground attacks makes it safer on shield.
  • The move has a different animation, with Lucina swinging in a slightly more horizontal arc.
• Forward smash:
  • Forward smash has less knockback scaling (80 → 73).
• Up smash:
  • Up smash's launcher hitbox can no longer hit on the same frame as the sword hitboxes and override their knockback at low percents, making it more consistent.
• Down smash:
  • Down smash launches at a consistent angle (75°/361° (hit 1), 60°/361° (hit 2) → 361°), allowing it to set up edgeguards and KO near edges more effectively, despite the lower base knockback on both hits (60 (both) → 55 (front)/45 (back)).
  • It has one frame more ending lag (FAF 55 → 56).

Aerial attacks

• All aerials have reduced landing lag (12 frames → 7 (neutral), 16 → 10 (forward), 17 → 10 (back), 14 → 8 (up), 24 → 14 (down)).
• Neutral aerial:
  • Neutral aerial's first hit has more base knockback (30 → 45/45/35) and altered angles (80°/75°/65°/90° → 75°/80°/90°), allowing it to connect into the second hit while rising, and improving its combo potential on landing when combined with its lower landing lag.
  • It deals slightly more damage (4.2% → 4.275% (hit 1), 8.5% → 8.55% (hit 2)).
  • Both hits now use 3 larger hitboxes rather than 4 smaller hitboxes (3.5u/3u/2u/3.5u → 3.8u/4u/3.3u), slightly reducing its range overall.
• Forward aerial:
  • Forward aerial has altered hitbox placements (2u/0u/7.7u → 3.5u/0u/7.5u (Z-offset), 0u/0u/0u → 1u/1u/1u (X-offset)), and the hitboxes are smaller overall (3.5u/3.5u/3.5u → 3u/3.8u/3u), reducing its range.
  • It has less knockback scaling (85 → 77), hindering its KO potential, but allowing it to combo for longer.
• Back aerial:
  • Back aerial has altered hitbox placements (2.0u/0u/7.7u → 3.7u/0u/7u (Z-offset), 0u/0u/0u → 0u/2u/0u (X-offset)), reducing its range.
• Down aerial:
  • The removal of teching for grounded meteor smashes improves down aerial's combo potential onstage, compounded further by its lower landing lag.
  • It deals slightly more damage (12.3% → 12.35% (non-meteor), 14.2% → 14.25% (meteor)).
  • The meteor smash hitbox is larger (4.3u → 5u), and lower down (Y offset: -3u → -3.3u), improving its range.
  • The meteor hitbox has a higher hitlag multiplier (1× → 1.2×).

Throws and other attacks

• Grabs:
  • Standing grab has less startup (frame 7 → 6).
  • All grabs have increased ending lag (FAF 30 → 35 (standing), 37 → 43 (dash), 35 → 38 (pivot)).
  • Dash and pivot grab have more startup (frame 8 → 9 (dash), 9 → 10 (pivot)).
• The speed of Lucina's throws is no longer weight-dependent. This improves her down throw's combo potential on heavyweights, but reduces it on lightweights.
• All of Lucina's throws except up throw trigger a hitlag effect before the release frame, with back throw also having more startup, and thus they release the opponent later (frame 15 → 18 (forward), 8 → 19 (back), 16 → 20 (down)), making them easier to DI.
  • However, back throw's total duration remains unchanged, giving it less ending lag.
• Pummel:
  • Pummel deals less damage (2% → 1.3%).
  • It deals more hitlag (4 frames → 14), but has much less startup (frame 6 → 1) and ending lag (FAF 16 → 7).
• Forward throw:
  • Lucina has a new forward throw, a quick elbow strike to the opponent's chest.
  • Due to the faster knockback physics, it has lost its combo potential.
• Up throw:
  • Up throw deals more damage (4% → 5%).
  • It has less knockback scaling (120 → 102), KOing slightly later despite its higher damage output.
• Down throw:
  • Down throw deals less damage (5% → 4%), with knockback scaling compensated (50 → 57).
  • The faster knockback physics hinder its combo potential, due to its high base knockback compared to other throws.
  • Its animation has been changed slightly, with Lucina slamming the opponent onto the ground with a more exaggerated throw.
• Edge attack:
  • Edge attack deals more damage (7% → 9%).

Special moves

• Shield Breaker:
  • Shield Breaker can be angled vertically.
  • It deals 1.15× its regular damage if it hits an opponent's head.
  • Shield Breaker has less knockback scaling (95 → 90).
  • Fully charged Shield Breaker has slightly more start-up (frame 78 → 79).
  • Shield Breaker only has the Parallel Falchion glow purple instead of Lucina's whole body.
  • The move triggers Special Zoom upon breaking an opponent's shield.
• Dancing Blade:
  • All swings except the first have less startup (frame 9 → 5 (second, neutral), 7 → 4 (second, up), 6 → 4 (third, neutral), 8 → 5 (third, up & down), 13 → 7 (fourth, neutral & down), 11 → 6 (fourth, up)), allowing the move to execute faster and connect all hits more reliably.
  • All swings except the fourth ones have lower hitlag multipliers (1× → 0.5× (first), 0.7× (second & third)), allowing the move to transition faster and making it harder to SDI out of.
  • All swings except the fourth ones deal less knockback (25 base/75 scaling → 25/30 (first), 30/30 → 30/25 (second, neutral), 30/60 → 30/25 (second, up), 40/43 → 55/30 (third, neutral), 40/50 → 55/30/30/50 (third, up), 50/28 → 40/30 (third, down)), improving their linking ability at high percents.
  • The first swing has less ending lag (FAF 42 → 40 (grounded), 32 → 30 (aerial)), as does the fourth upward swing (FAF 51 → 45).
  • The first two neutral swings have different angles (78°/92°/20° → 361°/90°/361° (first), 60°/65°/40° → 361° (second)), granting them the ability to lock.
  • The fourth downward swing's hits after the first are faster (frame 19, 25, 31, 37 → 10, 13, 16, 19), and the first four hits have less knockback scaling (40 → 20), allowing them to connect better and preventing opponents from jumping out of them at low percents.
    • However, it has much more ending lag in combination with the faster swings (FAF 72 → 75).
  • All swings deal less damage (3.325% → 2.85% (first & second), 4.275% → 3.325% (third, neutral & up), 4.75% → 3.325% (third, down), 5.7% → 4.75% (fourth, neutral), 6.65% → 5.7% (fourth, up), 4.75% → 4.275% (fourth, down, last hit)).
  • The first swing has more startup (frame 6 → 9).
  • The fourth forward swing has lower knockback overall (60 base/130 scaling → 74 base/115 scaling), which alongside its lower damage hinders its KO potential.
  • The fourth upward swing has more base knockback (60 → 80/85), but drastically less knockback scaling (118 → 40), removing its ability to KO at realistic percents.
  • Dancing Blade's neutral swings all have altered animations, except for the third. The first one is an outward swing similar to her forward tilt, the second is a vertical swing instead of a horizontal one, and the final swing no longer has Lucina spinning before she slashes the opponent.
  • The third downward swing has an altered animation, now being a low outward swing instead of a stab.
• Dolphin Slash:
  • Dolphin Slash has more landing lag (20 frames → 24).
  • It leaves multiple afterimages of Lucina during the leap.
• Counter:
  • Counter's counterattack has less startup (frame 5 → 4).
  • Counter has more ending lag (counter: FAF 60 → 65, attack: FAF 36 → 41).
  • If a powerful enough attack is countered, it causes a large yellow flash, and plays the noise from Critical Hit if the counterattack successfully lands.
• Critical Hit:
  • Due to the changes to teching, Critical Hit is almost impossible to tech, although under some circumstances such as with Shulk's Shield Monado Art, it can still be teched at very low percentages.

Update history

Unlike Marth, who has remained largely intact, Lucina has been slightly nerfed overall, likely as a result of her perceived top-tier status. Update 3.0.0 increased the range of her dash grab, much like Marth, Roy and her father. The nerfs to the shield damage of various projectiles also benefits Lucina, making it easier for her to overcome projectile camping from various characters. However, update 3.1.0 reduced the knockback scaling of her forward smash and forward aerial, somewhat hindering her KO ability, though forward aerial's combo potential has somewhat improved as a result.

1.1.0

• The animation for swinging with a battering weapon has been updated.

3.0.0

• Dash grab has more range.

3.1.0

• Forward smash has less knockback scaling (77 → 73).
• Forward aerial has less knockback scaling (81 → 77), hindering its KO potential, but allowing it to combo for longer.

Moveset

• Lucina's overall damage output is close to the weighted average of each of the hitboxes of Marth's attacks.

For a gallery of Lucina's hitboxes, see here.

Note: All numbers are listed as base damage, without the 1v1 multiplier.

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack			3.325%	Slashes the Parallel Falchion twice in front of herself. The first hit can also jab lock. It is tied with her up aerial and Dolphin Slash as her fastest move in her entire moveset as well.
			4.75%
Forward tilt			11%	A fast upward swipe while leaning forward. Has a large arc that is useful for spacing. Can hit opponents standing on top of some platforms. The move can also serve as a KO move near the ledge at fairly high percents.
Up tilt		Anti-air Slash	7.6% (early), 8.075% (late)	Swings the Parallel Falchion in a large arc above her head, with a large hitbox that can hit enemies in front of, above and behind her. Has the fastest startup out of Lucina's tilts. Additionally, the move has a timing-based sweetspot unlike Marth's version; on the latter half of the swing, Lucina deals more damage but less knockback, allowing her to rack up damage more easily as long as she is facing away from her opponent. Covers platforms very well and is useful for juggling and starting aerial combos. It can KO at very high percents as well.
Down tilt			8.5%	A quick crouching sword poke. Has the lowest ending lag out of Lucina's tilts, making it useful for interrupting grounded approaches and creating space. Deals semi-spike knockback, making it useful for edgeguarding. Knocks opponents into a tumble around 80%, which can force opponents into a tech-chase situation.
Dash attack			10.925%	A quick, running, upward-sweeping diagonal slash. Deals decent knockback, KOing middleweights at the edge at around 130%. Has notable ending lag and low hitlag, making it rather unsafe against shields. The ability to use the faster and safer forward tilt out of a dash makes this move's use rather niche.
Forward smash			15.275%	Rotates her body counter-clockwise with a strong overarching one-handed swing from her head to the ground. Very fast startup for a forward smash, but has high ending lag. Deals considerably high knockback, KOing middleweights at the edge around 76%.
Up smash			3% (ground), 14.25% (blade).	A quick, upward thrust. The weak grounded hit can knock nearby opponents into the main attack. Good for aerial protection and chasing down landing opponents. It is also comparatively more reliable than Marth's, because of the positioning needed to land a sweetspot in his case.
Down smash			9.5% (hit 1), 14.275% (hit 2)	Sweeps the Parallel Falchion on the ground toward the front outward then toward the back inward. The back hit is noticeably stronger than the front hit. Lucina's fastest smash attack, though it also has high ending lag.
Neutral aerial			4.275% (hit 1), 8.55% (hit 2)	Two horizontal slashes around herself via an inward slash followed into a full 360° outward spin. The second hit can hit on both sides of Lucina, and can be used to create space by short hopping then fast-falling immediately after using the move in the air. The first hit has low knockback scaling, which when combined with fast falling and the move's low landing lag, allows it to combo into many of Lucina's tilts, and even her forward smash, even at high percentages. The second hit has moderate knockback, KOing middleweights at the edge around 120%.
Forward aerial			10.5%	Does a descending crescent slash in front of her with great coverage. This is Lucina's best tool for air combat, and its reasonably low landing lag makes it very safe when spaced properly. Lucina can also use this move more reliably than Marth can, as it deals relatively high damage and knockback throughout. Around 27%, it begins to knock opponents into a tumble, which can force a tech-chase situation. KOs middleweights at the edge around 143%.
Back aerial			11.875%	An upward crescent slash behind her in an inward swipe. Has the interesting property of turning Lucina around, changing the direction she is facing. Similar use to her forward aerial, although with more knockback and a smaller hitbox. Safe on shield when spaced low to the ground. Rather strong given its speed, KOing middleweights at the edge around 110%.
Up aerial			11.4%	An overhead crescent slash with good coverage, ending in a delayed somersault. Lucina's fastest aerial, it is good for juggling thanks to its large arc, making it a good anti-air as well, and has moderate knockback. Due to its angle, it makes for a reliable combo starter, especially on landing. Compared to Marth's, it loses true combo percent potential sooner due to its greater knockback compared to his equivalent move's sourspot. It can KO at very high percents near the upper blast zone.
Down aerial			12.35% (non-meteor), 14.25% (meteor)	A downward, wide crescent slash with large coverage. If the attack connects at the middle of the swinging arc (directly below Lucina), it serves as a powerful meteor smash. However, the meteor smash window only lasts for one frame (frame 11), and the move has very high ending lag for a down aerial. Can be useful against cross-ups and as an out of shield option as it starts behind Lucina and covers a wide area below her.
Grab			—	Reaches out with her free hand.
Pummel			1.3%	A knee strike.
Forward throw			4%	An elbow strike with her sword arm. Can be used to set up edgeguards, but it is not useful for comboing or KOing.
Back throw			4%	Tosses the opponent over her leg, sending them behind her. Like with forward throw, its high base knockback allows her to set up edgeguarding, but it cannot combo or KO reliably.
Up throw			5%	A powerful one-armed upward throw. Lucina's strongest throw, which can KO at extremely high percentages. However, it is fairly weak for a KO throw.
Down throw			4%	Throws opponent to the ground with one arm, bouncing them upwards. Lucina's combo throw. At low to mid percents, its angle and high base knockback allow it to follow up into an up or back aerial depending on DI, or only an up aerial at higher percents. Despite having low knockback scaling, it still loses its combo potential at around roughly 80%-90%.
Forward roll Back roll Spot dodge Air dodge		—	—
Techs		—	—
Floor attack (front) Floor getups (front)			7%	Spins around gracefully and slashes the Parallel Falchion in a circle.
Floor attack (back) Floor getups (back)			7%	Swings the Parallel Falchion behind, then in front of her before getting up.
Floor attack (trip) Floor getups (trip)			5%	Stabs behind her, then slashes in front of herself before getting up.
Edge attack Edge getups			9%	Backflips onto the stage and slashes.
Neutral special		Shield Breaker	8.575% (uncharged), 23% (fully charged)	Lucina assumes a readying stance and charges the Parallel Falchion at chest level before powerfully thrusting it forward. This attack deals massive shield damage even when uncharged, and will instantly break shields at full charge, although it can be safely perfect shielded. It also deals decently high damage and knockback, especially when fully charged, and unlike Marth, the fully-charged version is in fact stronger than her fully-charged forward smash. The aerial version gives Lucina a very slight horizontal boost, while a fully-charged aerial version will thrust Lucina in whatever direction she is facing, giving her a strong horizontal recovery option, albeit with very high startup. Can be angled up or down, though this does not change the damage or knockback. The attack deals 1.15× regular damage if it hits the opponent's head, though this appears to be out-prioritized by any hitbox striking a non-head hurtbox.
Side special		Dancing Blade	Varies (see below)	A sequence of sword slashes with several variations based on directional input. Four slashes total, with each capable of being altered in direction, allowing for eighteen total possible combinations. Standard strikes are trailed red, high strikes are trailed blue, and low strikes are trailed green (see table below for details and limits of the move).
Up special		Dolphin Slash	11% (clean), 7% (late blade), 6% (late body)	Lucina performs a high-speed jumping uppercut slash that can be B-reversed. Has a powerful sweetspot and grants very slight intangibility in the first few frames, which can easily cause stage-spikes under the right circumstances. Grants good vertical distance but is rather lacking in horizontal distance. Does not snap to the edge until after its hitbox is gone.
Down special		Counter	1.2× (minimum 8%)	Lucina assumes a defensive stance and retaliates against incoming attacks. The power of the counterattack scales with the strength of the attack blocked. Starts up on frame 6 and lasts 22 frames. Ineffective against projectiles and attacks with sufficiently long reach, such as many of Shulk's or Simon's tilts and smash attacks.
Final Smash		Critical Hit	60%	Lucina raises the Parallel Falchion skyward, uttering "Time to change fate!", then lunges in one direction, attacking the first opponent she connects. Immense knockback, enough to one-hit KO any character on any roofless stage. This move is impossible to tech unless using FS Meter or against Shulk's Shield Monado Art at very low percentages. Pressing the special button again will cause her to stop mid-dash.

Dancing Blade

Hit	Damage	Description
First Hit (Neutral)	2.85%	Does an outward slash. Deals very little knockback even at extremely high percents. Can lock. The tip of the sword lifts opponents off the ground slightly, making it combo into the second hit more consistently.
Second Hit (Up)	2.85%	An upward lifting slash. Has greater vertical reach than the first hit or the second neutral hit. Lifts opponents slightly off the ground, with the tip of the sword pulling them in slightly.
Second Hit (Neutral)	2.85%	Does an inward slash. Has a shorter hitbox than the first hit, which can lead to it sometimes missing if the first hit is landed from too far away. Deals very little knockback, even at extremely high percents. Can lock.
Third Hit (Up)	3.325%	Does an upward slash while turning clockwise. Launches opponents up and away, leading into the upward finisher.
Third Hit (Neutral)	3.325%	Takes a step forward and does a leaning outward slash. May push opponents too far away for the fourth hit to connect at high percents.
Third Hit (Down)	3.325%	Leans in and does a horizontal slash low to the ground. Deals less knockback than the other third hits, which can make it useful for connecting with the neutral finisher at higher percents, when the third neutral hit may send too far away.
Fourth Hit (Up)	5.7%	Twirls counterclockwise and does an upward slash. Launches opponents up, making it useful for starting juggling strings. Has the least ending lag of the three finishers. Fairly low knockback. Has greater vertical reach than any other hit of the move.
Fourth Hit (Neutral)	4.75%	Turns counterclockwise, steps forward, and does very powerful vertical slash downward. This is the strongest finisher in regards to knockback, KOing middleweights near the edge by itself around 118%.
Fourth Hit (Down)	2% (hit 1-4), 4.275% (hit 5)	Does a flurry of five lower stabs. Deals the most damage of the three finishers, wearing down shields well, and can shield poke low shields. Has the highest ending lag of the three finishers.

On-screen appearance

• Warps onto the stage using warp magic, and then removes the mask she wears while disguised as Marth.

Taunts

• Up taunt: Twirls the Parallel Falchion and then assumes a stance highly similar to her pose from her official art in Fire Emblem Awakening, saying "Come at me!" (かかってきなさい., "Come at me.")
• Side taunt: Turns around to have her back face the screen while sheathing the Parallel Falchion and saying "I cannot lose." (負けられませんから., "I won't lose now.")
• Down taunt: Puts on the mask she used while disguised as Marth, while putting her hand on her hip; she then removes the mask.

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  Lucina's up taunt.

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  Lucina's side taunt.

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  Lucina's down taunt.

Idle poses

• Holds her hand to her chest, closes her eyes, and silently takes a breath.
• Brushes her hair out of her face.

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  Lucina's first idle pose

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  Lucina's second idle pose

Victory poses

• Left: Swings her sword, then assumes a pose similar to her official SSB4 render, saying "The future is not written!" ("未来を変えて見せます！", Watch me change the future!).
• Up: Points her sword upward, then poses, saying "Father, I won." ("勝ちましたよ、お父様", I won, Father.).
  • If Ike was present in the match, there is a chance she will instead say "And they call you the Radiant Hero?" ("これが蒼炎の勇者？", This is the Radiant Hero?).
• Right: Sheaths her sword, saying "You'll never defeat me!" ("負けるわけにはいきません！", I cannot lose!).
  • If Marth was present in the match, there is a chance she will instead say "This is the Hero-King?" ("これが英雄王の力？", This is the strength of the Hero King?).

A short orchestral cover of "Id (Purpose)" from Fire Emblem Awakening.

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In competitive play

Notable players

Any number following the Smasher name indicates placement on the Spring 2019 PGRU, which recognizes the official top 50 players in the world in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from February 1st, 2019 to July 7th, 2019.

•  Dylster - The best Lucina player in Michigan. Placed 3rd at Summer Games 2, 5th at Chronicles of Olympus V, 9th at both Victory Road Ultimate and Pantheon: A Smash Ultimate Kick Off, and 13th at Little Big House 5. Ranked 11th on the Michigan Ultimate Power Rankings.
•  Etsuji - One of the best Lucina players in Japan. Placed 17th at Sumabato SP, 7th at Umebura SP 2 and 13th at Sumabato SP 2.
•  Javi - Placed 2nd at Ragnarok, 3rd at WeTecThose 9, and 33rd at 2GG: Prime Saga using Lucina as one of his characters.
•  Kogarasuma - The best Lucina player in Connecticut. Placed 9th at CT GamerCon 3 and 17th at Return to Subspace 2. Ranked 9th on the Connecticut Ultimate Power Rankings.
•  Laid - Placed 3rd at Return to Subspace 2 and 4th at Overclocked Ultimate. Ranked 3rd on the New England Ultimate Power Rankings with wins on Marss and Light.
•  Mr E (#38) - The best Lucina player in the United States and one of the best ones in the world. Placed 13th at 2GG: Prime Saga, CEO 2019, Pound 2019, and 17th at both Overclocked Ultimate and Collision 2019. Has wins over MVD, Myran, and LeoN.
•  MkLeo (#1) - Considered the best Lucina player in the world before solo maining Joker, but continues to utilize Lucina as a strong secondary. Placed 1st at GENESIS 6, Smash Ultimate Summit, and MomoCon 2019, 2nd at Frostbite 2019 and Mainstage, and 7th at Pound 2019.
•  Nairo (#8) - Uses Lucina as a very strong secondary. Placed 2nd at Glitch 6 and Collision 2019. Has wins over Light and ZD.
•  NAKAT (#26) - Uses Lucina as a secondary. Placed 7th at Smash 'N' Splash 5 using Lucina as one of his characters.
•  ProtoBanham (#23) - The best Lucina player in the world. Placed 2nd at Umebura Japan Major 2019, 4th at Umebura SP 3, and 13th at CEO 2019. Has wins over Cosmos, Raito, Abadango, Tea, and Choco.
•  Pugwest - Placed 13th at both Return to Subspace 2 and Overclocked Ultimate II. Ranked 12th on the New England Ultimate Power Rankings.
•  Raito (#20) - Uses Lucina as a secondary. Placed 9th at Umebura SP 3 using Lucina as one of his characters.
•  Salem (#22) - Mainly uses Lucina in doubles, but has used her in singles. Placed 5th at Pound 2019 and 13th at GENESIS 6 with Lucina as one of his characters. Has wins over Larry Lurr, Magister, Umeki, and Seagull Joe.
•  Zackray (#12) - Uses Lucina as a very strong secondary. Placed 2nd at 2GG: Prime Saga with a win over VoiD.

Classic Mode: A Path of Heroes

Lucina's congratulations screen.

All of Lucina's opponents are Fire Emblem characters. They appear in reverse of the order their respective games were released, likely referencing Lucina traveling into the past in her own game.

Round	Opponent	Stage	Music	Notes
1	Corrin (×2) ()	Find Mii	Lost in Thoughts All Alone (Remix)
2	Chrom	Arena Ferox	Conquest (Ablaze)
3	Robin (×2) ()	Reset Bomb Forest	Id (Purpose)
4	Ike	Castle Siege	Eternal Bond
5	Roy	Norfair	Beyond Distant Skies - Roy's Departure
6	Marth	Coliseum	Story 5 Meeting
Bonus Stage
Final	Master Hand	Final Destination	Master Hand (Less than 7.0 intensity) Master Hand / Crazy Hand (Intensity 7.0 or higher)	On intensity 7.0 and higher, Crazy Hand fights alongside Master Hand.

Note: Additionally, every stage plays a track from the Fire Emblem universe, no matter what universe the stage originates from.

Credits roll after completing Classic Mode. Completing it as Lucina has Id (Purpose) accompany the credits.

Role in World of Light

Finding Lucina in World of Light

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

Lucina was one of the many fighters that fell under Dharkon's control upon Galeem's first defeat. She can be found in the area that resembles the remains of a clockwork guarded by the spirit of Omega Ridley.

Fighter Battle

No.	Image	Name	Type	Power	Stage	Music
21ε		Lucina	Attack	10,000	Arena Ferox (Ω form)	Id (Purpose)

Spirits

Lucina's Fighter Spirit can be obtained by completing Classic Mode. It is also available periodically for purchase in the shop for 500 coins. Unlocking Lucina in World of Light allows the player to preview the first spirit below in the Spirit List under the name "???". As a Fighter Spirit, it cannot be used in Spirit Battles and is purely aesthetic. Each Fighter Spirit has an alternate version that replaces it with the fighter's artwork in Ultimate.

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  611. Lucina

In Spirit battles

As the main opponent

Spirit				Battle parameters
No.	Image	Name	Series	Enemy Fighter(s)	Type	Power	Stage	Rules	Conditions	Music
620		Caeda	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina •Marth		13,500	Temple (Battlefield form)	•Hazard: Heavy Wind	•Dangerously high winds are in effect •The enemy has increased move speed and reduced weight	Story 5 Meeting
627		Minerva	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina •Charizard		3,500	Skyworld	N/A	•The enemy has increased jump power •The enemy has increased move speed	Story 5 Meeting
629		Pegasus Sisters	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina (×3) ()		8,900	Skyworld (clouds only)	N/A	•The enemy can unleash powerful critical hits at random •The enemy has an extra midair jump	Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem Medley
653	File:Eirika.png	Eirika	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina •Ike		9,200	Coliseum	N/A	•The enemy has increased attack power •The enemy has increased move speed •The enemy has increased jump power	Preparing to Advance
657		Titania	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina		1,700	Castle Siege (Ω form)	•Attack Power ↓	•You have reduced attack power •The enemy has increased attack power	The Devoted
670		Tharja	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina		4,100	Kalos Pokémon League (Battlefield form)	•Hazard: Poison Cloud	•The stage is covered in a poisonous cloud •The enemy's special moves have increased power	Conquest (Ablaze)
671	File:Anna.png	Anna	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina		3,300	Castle Siege (Throne Room)	•Strengthen Weapon •Item: Swords	•All fighters' melee weapons have increased power after a little while •Items will be pulled toward the enemy	Code Name: F.E.
675		Severa	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina		1,700	Coliseum (Battlefield form)	N/A	•The enemy can unleash powerful critical hits at random	Duty (Ablaze)
679	File:Hinoka.png	Hinoka	Fire Emblem series	•Lucina		9,800	Suzaku Castle (Battlefield form)	•Hazard: Heavy Wind	•Dangerously high winds are in effect •The enemy has an extra midair jump	Lost in Thoughts All Alone (Remix)
952	File:Fiora2.png	Fiora	Xenoblade Chronicles series	•Lucina •Shulk		9,300	Gaur Plain (Battlefield form)	•Defense ↓	•You have reduced defense after a little while	Time to Fight! - Xenoblade Chronicles
967		Pyra	Xenoblade Chronicles series	•Lucina •Shulk		13,900	Halberd	•Item: Fire Bar •Hazard: Lava Floor	•The floor is lava •The enemy's melee weapons have increased power •The enemy starts the battle with a Fire Bar	Still, Move Forward!
972		Mòrag	Xenoblade Chronicles series	•Lucina •Palutena		2,400	Gaur Plain (Battlefield form)	•Hazard: Lava Floor	•Defeat the main fighter to win •The floor is lava	Battle!! - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
1,205		Milly	Baten Kaitos series	•Lucina		1,700	Gaur Plain (Battlefield form)	N/A	•The enemy starts the battle with an Ore Club	The Valedictory Elegy
1,227	File:AISYA SPIRIT.PNG	Aisya	ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat	•Lucina		2,500	Bridge of Eldin (hazards off)	•Assist Trophy Enemies (Shovel Knight) •Bob-omb Festival	•Bob-ombs will rain from the sky after a little while •Hostile assist trophies will appear	Attack - Soma Bringer
1,251	File:Calista.png	Calista	The Last Story	•Lucina •Simon		3,700	Reset Bomb Forest	N/A	•Take your strongest team into this no-frills battle	Battle Scene / Final Boss - Golden Sun

As a minion

Spirit				Battle parameters							Inspiration
No.	Image	Name	Series	Enemy Fighter(s)	Type	Power	Stage	Rules	Conditions	Music	Character
966		Rex	Xenoblade Chronicles series	•Shulk •Lucina		9,900	Kongo Jungle (Ω form)	•Hazard: Lava Floor	•The floor is lava •Stamina battle •The enemy starts the battle with a Fire Bar	Battle!! - Xenoblade Chronicles 2	Pyra
1,250		Zael	The Last Story	•Simon •Lucina		3,600	Temple	•Sudden Damage	•You'll occasionally take sudden damage when the enemy's at high damage	Battle Scene / Final Boss - Golden Sun	Calista

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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  Lucina's fighter card.

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  Lucina idling on Skyloft.

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  Taunting on Skyloft.

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  Attacking Shulk on Temple.

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  Taunting with Marth on Castle Siege.

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  Lucina unleashing Critical Hit on Arena Ferox.

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  Lucina taunting with Charizard on Skyworld.

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  With all playable Fire Emblem veterans on Coliseum.

Trivia

• At least two of Lucina's screenshots on the Ultimate site allude to events from Fire Emblem Awakening.
  • The screenshot depicting her alongside Marth alludes to their kinship as descendant and ancestor, respectively.
  • The screenshot of her taunting defensively in front of Charizard alludes to "The Threat of Silence" paralogue from Awakening, in which the Shepherds must protect the draconic Tiki.
• Lucina is the only Echo Fighter to not have the same gender as the character she is based on. In this case, Marth, the character she is based on, is male, whereas Lucina is female.
• In early builds of the game, Lucina's idle animation was unchanged from Super Smash Bros. 4, while Marth received a new one. However, her idle was changed to match Marth's new one in the final build.
• Lucina is one of only four fighters who does not face playable characters outside of her own series. The other three alongside her are Pikachu, Young Link, and Pokémon Trainer.
  • Furthermore, Lucina is one of only three fighters whose playable opponents are all humans. The other two who share this trait are Young Link and Bowser Jr..
• Due to Lucina's height being changed to Marth's height, she stands the same height as her father Chrom, who in the Fire Emblem games is significantly taller than Lucina.
• Lucina, Marth, Young Link, Roy, Chrom, and Wolf are the only characters that uses their crouching animation from their previous Smash Bros. game when holding a small item (in Chrom's case, he uses Roy's previous crouching animation).
  • This makes Lucina, Marth, and Wolf the only characters to have both updated idle and crouching animations, but transitions to their previous animation when holding a small item.
• Lucina's unique voice clip when winning against Ike ("And they call you the Radiant Hero?") is missing from the Sound Test.
• Lucina is the only Awakening character who is always fought on the Arena Ferox stage as Robin is never fought on the stage and Chrom only does so outside of World of Light.