Kind of yeah, having a fully balanced sword is pretty much a straight downgrade fom Marth's tipper and sourspots: Moves are less safe on shield and she has a lot more difficulty killing. Even though she was intended to be an easier Marth, I honestly find Lucina to be
harder to play than he is instead of what they were going for, and I honestly think her concept was pretty stupid and a waste of a character slot. But that's not all, I feel Lucina's weaknesses are pretty darn severe and her competitive future does not look good. I've been pretty loud and clear in saying that I think this character is Low Tier and I don't have as much faith in her as I'd like to, I feel she was given too many weak points and while she certainly has her strengths, I feel they aren't really enough to compensate.
- Her recovery sucks
- Too many of her moves are unsafe when shielded
- Mediocre Throws and low grab reward
- Weak Combos
- Unreliable killing moveset
Now I'm not saying she's completely awful, she's still got her good points and I think quite a few characters are worse than her. Her Out Of Shield Options are good, Shield Breaker is a threatening mixup for shielding players, okay edgeguarding abilities, she's got impressive range, a great air game, and amazing tilts (especially her down tilt, its awesome). But of all of these, the shield breaker is the only thing I find threatening about her. While all other tools she has are good, I don't think any of the others are
outstanding per say, and I think they just make her more annoying rather than actually formidable, and I don't think they are enough to balance out the bad things about her. At least with Marth I have to respect his tipper or else I will die earlier than I may expect to, the scariest thing about Lucina is just shield breaker, nothing else really. Being a weakened Marth is more of a thorn in my side, I'm bothered more by her weaknesses in general. I would also make an argument that both are mediocre and that neither character does anything special, but that's something else.
While I haven't beaten the whole game yet, Fire Emblem Awakening may easily be my favorite game on the 3DS and one of the most fun gaming experiences I've had in a while, and I've never even played any of the other games in the series before. The anime art style, the music, the RPG and strategical gameplay, and most of the game's characters are all very colorful. Lucina's appearance in that game is just awesome and it would be difficult for me to dislike her for her personality and her design, she's not exactly my favorite character from said game nor is she my waifu, but she's still a badass nonetheless. I think this character is cool, and even though I don't necessary main her myself or do much to help advance her metagame, I want Lucina to be good! And I want you guys to do your best in advancing her metagame to make her good, I sincerely hope you can do it. It's real early in the game and things could change, but right now I'm rather disappointed with what they did with her. I feel a similar way about
,
, and
; they too are characters I love in their respective games and I think they are some of Nintendo's coolest characters, and I've always wanted Bowser Junior in particular to be in the next game and I got my wish. I don't main these guys either but I still want them to be viable characters too and I wish for their players to make it happen, and sadly they are considered below average as well; though I don't they got it quite as bad, and I have slightly more faith in them than I do in Lucina (or in Charizard's case, moderately more).
Honestly, I think Lucina should have just been an alternate costume for Marth. Even though she didn't steal a spot for some other potential fighter, I would rather have her be just as viable as Marth instead of a seperate character that's basically a (mostly) nerfed version of him. Marth was already nerfed enough in this game, thank you.