Marth (PM)

Marth; in Project M and Project+
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Universe	Fire Emblem
Base game appearance	Brawl
Moveset inspiration	Marth (SSBM)
Alternate costume	Sigurd's armor

Marth's Sigurd Costume in Project M 3.5

Marth is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. He was remade to be nearly identical to his Melee counterpart in terms of attack hitboxes and animations.

Attributes

See Marth (SSBM)

Marth has been mostly reverted to his Melee iteration, with a few buffs. He still must contend with the same weaknesses, such as his poor horizontal recovery. Unlike some other high tier Melee characters, like Jigglypuff, Marth remains fairly viable in Project M. Overall though, Marth is less effective as a character due to the large amount of buffs other characters have received to counter the effectiveness of his tools.

Changes from Melee to PM

Marth was given slightly more options from Melee to Project M due to physics changes, but otherwise remains almost unchanged.

Ground Attacks

Down smash had the initial start up animation sped up and all hitboxes now appear and end 3 frames earlier.
Dash attack can now be cancelled, allowing Marth to DACUS.

Aerial Attacks

Neutral air deals 1% more damage (13% → 14%).
Down air has less landing lag. From 32 frames to 25 without L cancel, and 16 to 12 with L cancel.
Down air had its body hitbox moved closer to the center of Marth's chest as opposed to near his left arm.

Grabs and Throws

Dash grab range reduced.
Dash grab comes out one frame earlier.

Special Moves

Dolphin Slash at the height of the jump can grab edges when Marth is facing away from it, similar to Falcon Dive and Dark Dive.
Shield Breaker deals 1% more damage (7% → 8%)
Counter's hitbox is active frames 5-9 and Marth is invincible frames 1-8 from hitbox active frames 14-20 and invincible 1-16.

Revisions

v2.5b

Walk animations adjusted to match Melee.
Dash and run animations adjusted to match Melee.
Sword trails match Melee.
Up smash hitboxes properly cover the sword like his other moves.
Forward air animation slightly adjusted to better match Melee.
Down air animation slightly adjusted to better match Melee.
Marth's Dancing Blade has added overlayed color effects.

v2.6b

Fixed polygonal bugs that could occur when angling his shield.
Up tilt hitlag adjusted to match Melee.
Standing grab animation adjusted to match Melee more closely.
Turn grab animation adjusted to better match its range.
Dancing Blade does not continue by using the c-stick unless set to special.

v3.5

Dash grab range reduced.
Hitbox for 2nd jab comes out earlier.
Dolphin Slash and sword swing sound effects changed to match Melee.

v3.6 Beta

Exploit fixed that altered Marth's vertical mobility during Dolphin Slash endlag.

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.6.

For simplicity, if, for example, Marth's blade does 4% damage while the tip does 6%, and the attack has no other hitboxes, it is written as 4%/6%.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack		4%/6%	Marth slashes Falchion twice in front of himself. Both hits can combo into themselves at low percent's.
Neutral attack		4%/6%
Forward tilt		9%/13%	A fast upwards swipe with Falchion while leaning forward. Has a hitboxes that can launches the enemy both vertically and horizontally. Has decent knockback when tipped.
Up tilt		Clean: 8% (body), 9% (arm & blade), 12% (tip) Late: 9% (body), 10% (blade), 13% (tip)	Swings Falchion in a large arc above his head, with a large hitbox that can hit enemies behind him. Can be used to juggle and can be followed up by a forward smash, an up smash, a neutral air, or an up air. It can also set up aerial combos. This move KOs reliably at 135% and above when tipped on lightweights and 150% and above on heavyweights.
Down tilt		8% (body), 9% (blade), 10% (tip)	A quick crouching Falchion poke. It is very useful for edgeguarding, and it can safely be used to interrupt approaches or follow-ups. It can combo into a grab or dash attack below 100%.
Dash attack		9% (body), 11% (blade), 12% (tip)	Marth performs a quick upward sweeping diagonal slash with medium lag, high range, and relatively high damage. Sends opponents above him when tipped and behind him when not tipped.
Forward smash		14%/20%	Rotates body counter-clockwise with a strong arc-like one-handed swing from his head to the ground. Very fast start-up, good horizontal and vertical reach, but has noticeable ending lag. The tip can KO at closer distances to the blast lines as early as 75% on lightweights and 90% on heavyweights due its very high base knockback.
Up smash		8% (sides), 15% (blade), 18% (tip)	A quick, direct upward thrust. The move has very weak sourspots next to Marth if used on the ground, so it is not a reliable KO move on grounded enemies next to Marth, but it can act as a surprise KO option on enemies directly above him in the air or on platforms. KOs as early as 80% on lightweights and 105% on heavyweights at the tip of the sword.
Down smash		11%/16% (both hits)	Marth sweeps his sword on the ground toward the front outward then toward the back inward. If tipped, it sends opponents upward with high vertical knockback, KOing as early as 100% on heavyweights and even earlier on lightweights if used near the edge. If hit at the base, it sends opponents with low horizontal knockback, which doesn't KO reliably until 150% on lightweights 220% on heavyweights. It is generally not a safe option to use in some situations, as the attack has a fair amount of ending lag and takes longer to fully execute than his other smash attacks.
Neutral aerial		4% (hit 1), 10% (hit 2)	Two horizontal slashes around himself; via in inward slash followed into a full 360° outward spin. Both hits connect easily and can follow up into each other, with the second hit having decent knockback.
Forward aerial		9% (body), 10% (blade), 13% (tip)	Does a quick downwards slash forward. It has fairly low knockback when not tipped, but it is very fast in both start-up and ending lag and many characters can't punish it when spaced properly. Can easily be done twice in a short hop and is useful for edgeguarding as a wall-of-pain. However, it can be risky at times to use randomly during neutral. This move is one of the first parts of the Ken Combo.
Back aerial		9% (body), 10% (blade), 13% (tip)	Slashes his sword from bottom to top behind him in an inward swipe. This move has the interesting property of turning Marth around when used successfully while airborne.
Up aerial		9% (body), 10% (blade), 13% (tip)	A forward to back upward sword slash in a delayed somersault. It has low knockback, tipped or not, but can be used to juggle opponents when combined with forward smash, up tilt, and other aerials.
Down aerial		9% (body), 10% (blade), 13% (tip)	A forward to back downward outward sword slash. Has very low start-up. When tipped, it is a spike that deals high knockback. Vertical spacing (using a footstool to setup the move) is a good method of sweetspotting the attack. It is also a risky edgeguarding move, as it has very high ending and landing lag. This move is usually the finisher to the famous Ken Combo.
Grab		—
Pummel		3%	Knees opponent.
Forward throw		4%	Grabs and pushes the enemy forward, tripping with his leg. Great for tech-chasing and can chain throw heavy/fast falling characters at 0% for up to usually around four throws and sets up a guaranteed forward smash at low percents on most characters, on some characters it can hit with the tipper for more damage.
Back throw		4%	Pulls and throws the enemy while simultaneously extending his leg. Similar to his down throw.
Up throw		4%	Powerful upward throw with one arm. Can chain throw fast fallers at low percentages or can be followed up with an up tilt.
Down throw		5%	Hooks his arm and drags the opponent to the floor sending the opponent backwards. Sets up a tipper forward smash at low percentages, and other attacks like Dancing Blade and down aerial at a ledge. Otherwise it has extremely low knockback with little KO potential.
Floor attack (front)		6%	Sweeps his sword on the ground, front to back.
Floor attack (back)		6%	A quick stab to the left followed by a horizontal slash to the right.
Floor attack (trip)		5%	Gets up and stabs on one side followed by a horizontal slash on the other side.
Edge attack (fast)		6% (body), 8% (sword)	Flips onto ledge with a quick downward diagonal slash.
Edge attack (slow)		8% (body), 9% (sword)	Slowly gets up and performs a quick horizontal slice. Has slightly less range than the fast ledge attack.
Neutral special	Shield Breaker	8-28% (fully charged)	Marth holds Falchion over his head before doing a powerful overhead slash in a similar fashion to his forward smash. When the move is fully charged, it will break any shield in one hit, unless the attack is perfect shielded. Uncharged, it doesn't KO until over 200%. However, when fully charged, it can KO as early as 50% on heavyweights.
Side special	Dancing Blade	Varies	A sequence of Falchion slashes with several variations based on the direction the control stick is tilted.
Up special	Dolphin Slash	Clean: 10%/13% Late: 6% (body), 7% (blade)	A super fast-jumping slash that can be reversed. It is very risky to use on the ground due to the large degree of vulnerability Marth receives if the move doesn't hit. It is also Marth's fastest out-of-shield option.
Down special	Counter	7%	Assumes a defensive stance and retaliates against incoming attacks. The damage and knockback the the attack will always be the same, regardless on what attack is being countered.
Final Smash	Critical Hit	60%	Marth lunges in one direction, attacking the first opponent with a strong outward piercing slash. Immense knockback, enough to one-hit KO any character, and can hit other characters near his initial target.

Dancing Blade
Hit	Damage	Description
First Hit (Neutral)	4%	Does a vertical slash. Has little knockback; incapable of KOing.
Second Hit (Up)	5%	Does an upwards slash.
Second Hit (Neutral)	5%	Does a forward stab. Has a little more knockback then the first slash (but still not much).
Third Hit (Up)	5%	Does a weak downwards slash.
Third Hit (Neutral)	9%	Does a fairly powerful upward slash.
Third Hit (Down)	11%	Spins and stabs at the ground. This move meteor smashes opponents.
Fourth Hit (Up)	9%	Does a powerful jumping slash.
Fourth Hit (Neutral)	13%	Does a very powerful downwards slash.
Fourth Hit (Down)	3% (hits 1-5)	Does a flurry of lower stabs. The last hit launches opponents away.

In competitive play

Notable players

Alternate costumes

Marth once again uses his default costume when fighting on the blue team, so his blue costume was changed to purple. 3.5 included a set of alternate costumes based off Sigurd from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, which includes recolors for team battle.

Marth's alternate costumes in PM

The recolors of the Sigurd costume resemble other characters from Genealogy of the Holy War, specifically characters closely related to Sigurd:

The red costume is based on Eldigan, one of Sigurd's closest friends.
The green costume is based on Quan, Sigurd's other close friend.
The blue costume is loosely based on either Seliph, Sigurd's son, or Byron, his father.

Trivia

Marth's alternate outfit contains a locket with a picture of Caeda, Marth's significant other in the Fire Emblem series.

External links

Project M character page

Marth in Project M and Project+

Universe	Fire Emblem
Base game appearance	Brawl
Moveset inspiration	Marth (SSBM)
Alternate costume	Sigurd's armor