Marth (SSB4)

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Marth in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Fire Emblem
Other playable appearances	in Melee in Brawl
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Critical Hit

Marth (マルス, Marusu) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. He was announced on the official website on November 7th, 2013. Years before, four Fire Emblem games were released on November 3, November 4, and November 11. Visually, Marth's appearance has been updated based on his attire from the DS game, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, but with some elements from Mystery of the Emblem and its remake, as well.

He has been nerfed between Brawl and Smash 4, having fewer good finishing options and slower moves.

Changes from Brawl

Marth was slightly nerfed from Brawl to SSB4. Some of his attacks have been sped up, but he now has a harder time landing moves due to his shorter sword and lessened follow-up options out of grabs.

• Shield Breaker deals more shield damage and is a slightly more effective KO move when uncharged. It also now gives Marth a horizontal boost when used in the air, regardless of whether it's charged or not, aiding Marth's recovery.
• Counter appears to have strengthened, being able to KO reliably off of strong countered attacks at very low percentages.
• Critical Hit deals more damage, dealing 64% instead of 60%.
• Back aerial is faster.
• Marth's sword is now shorter than it was in Brawl.
• Forward air deals less damage and appears to have greater landing lag.
• A number of Marth's moves (e.g. dash attack, down tilt, neutral aerial, back aerial, up tilt, forward smash) deal slightly less damage than in Brawl.
• Dancing Blade is slower.
• All throws have stronger knockback, which lessens Marth's follow-up options after a grab.
  • Down throw sends foes at an upwards trajectory, however, which gives him some new follow-up options at lower percents.
• Dolphin Slash's hitboxes, especially the sweetspot, are weaker.
• Down aerial no longer meteor smashes unless the tipper hits in the middle (vertex) of the swing arc, making it even harder to connect the meteor smash. The hitboxes that used to tipper now send foes sideways with moderate knockback.
• Marth's attack trails are much brighter at the tip, making the sweetspot of his attacks more visible than in previous games.

The following attacks are visually unchanged:

• First hit of jab
• Up smash
• Down smash
• The first hit of Dancing Blade
• Dolphin Slash
• Side taunt
• Down taunt

Special Moves

In Super Smash Bros. 4, special moves can be swapped out for different variants. All of Marth's have been seen. Marth retains all of his original special moves.

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	Shield Breaker	Storm Thrust	Assault Dash
Side Special	Dancing Blade	Easy Combination	Heavy Blade
Up Special	Dolphin Slash	Crescent Slash	Dolphin Jump
Down Special	Counter	Easy Counter	Iai Counter
Final Smash	Critical Hit

Palette Swaps

Trophy

Marth has two trophies in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. One is a trophy of his Official Artwork for the game, and the other is a trophy of his gold and orange alternate palette.

• MarthTrophy3DS1.png

  Marth's trophy.

• MarthTrophy3DS2.png

  Marth's All-Star trophy.

Gallery

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  Marth in the Nintendo Direct from April 8th, 2014.

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  The pic of the day shown during Marth's reveal.

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  Front and Back shots of Marth's new design.

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  Marth's appearance in the 3DS version.

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  Posing with sword.

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  Battling with Link.

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  Using down smash on Wii Fit Trainer.

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  Holding sword out.

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  Attacking around himself with the sword; appears to be his neutral aerial.

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  Using Counter against Fox's dash attack.

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  Using Dolphin Slash on Mega Man.

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  Dancing Blade.

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  Posing with Peach.

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  Marth and Link performing their dash attacks.

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  Marth lying down after being knocked onto the ground.

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  Close-up image of Marth and Luigi's faces.

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  Marth and Samus near a Steel Diver.

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  The results of Marth using Shield Breaker on Mega Man.

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  In battle with Zelda.

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  Landing with Ike.

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  Marth on the cover of the 3DS version.

Trivia

• Marth and Luigi are the first two characters to have been unlockable in more than one installment in a row to be starter in the next one.