Is Lucario over powered, or broken?

[JordanG]

I am gonna get this game and when I do I wanna know if lucario is a Great character

 

[verditude]

He isn't really overpowered, no. He's not bad though, if I had to predict, I'd say mid-high tier.

 

[Mikezor]

He isn't over powered, not sure where you got this idea. This game is very balanced compared to Melee.

 

[Dark Paladin X]

He isn't over powered, not sure where you got this idea. This game is very balanced compared to Melee.

Same page with Mike, Lucario is quite well-balanced, which I explained why he is good for beginners.

 

[-Knux-]

Why? Are you gonna use only those who are really good? I... don't like those kind of people.

No, Lucario is not overpowered. He's... a very unique fighter. A bit floaty and a bit tricky.

 

[RoxasXIII]

Does it matter? You just trying to find someone who is cheap? Just choose your favorite character without even thinking about whether than character is "good" or not. Then, YOU MAKE that character good.

 

[PyrasTerran]

He's balanced enough that he isn't overpowered or broken. His learning curve is higher than some other characters, though.

 

[Artanisix]

There is currently no ST equivalent of Akuma in SSBB.

 

[Bailey]

Ok but you have better chances winning with a Cheap character then your favorite unless you like cheap ones.

 

[PyrasTerran]

In that case, Lucario isn't a cheap character either because his abilities can only be best exploited when he's taken enough damage and they are tricky enough that you have to literally learn how to use his attacks compared to other characters.

 

[Wildfire393]

Lucario is definitely not a "broken" or "overpowered" character. He seems like a very situational character, very dependant on who you are fighting. Why? Because the more damage he has taken, the more damage and knockback his attacks do and the faster his Aura Sphere charges. So if you are playing against a character who needs to build a lot of damage to get a kill (Sheik, Pit, metaknight, Zero Suit Samus, Diddy, etc), he is solid. If you are playing someone who can easily score a kill under 100% (Zelda, Gannon, Bowser, Dedede, etc), he's in trouble.

 

[seamus]

he doesn't look overpowered at all. Brawl looks fairly balanced. Who wins in a 1v1 match is mostly going to depend on how well you know your character and how well you know your enemy. characters have advantages and weaknesses compared to others, but in the end skill and knowledge should prevail.

 

[Gum]

Id say hes solid. not broken at all, but definately viable. good priority on all his attacks is his selling point. his throws are pretty good too.

 

[PK Starstorm]

he's pretty well balanced.

 

[Excel_Zero]

He isn't overpowered at all. He can't keep up with the top characters of the game. But that doesn't mean he will be bottom tier either. I'd say middle tier suits him best.

 

[Kiro13]

Lucario is a cool character to play with as long as you know what your doing though there is one thing I needed to make sure about was that if Lucario's Extreme Speed (His Up + B Tech) can actually hurt people or does it just pass through people when its being used?

 

[Kyune]

Straight through, which is somewhat regrettable. But, you can steer it to the point where he's one of the few character who don't need to panic too much if they get stuck under the ledge.

 

[NESSBOUNDER]

Even with his damage multipliers, Lucario is still very weak when it comes to attacking and KOing and his smash attacks are slow and weak. He actually seems like a poor character at first, but his strengths lie in other areas, such as having rather subtly good statistics in his dodge, sheild traction and aerial control ability.

But he's CERTAINLY not overpowered. In fact he's going to be very tricky to play and will struggle against high tier opponents unless the player knows exactly what he's doing. Lucario cannot just fight on reaction, he has to be methodical.

 

[sesshomaru]

ill be the odd man out and say it. i dont think he's that good at all lol. he can double fair which is a nice trait but his learning curve is STEEP. so steep infact that you'd have to really dedicate urself to this character and the end result doesn't look like it's gonna have a huge payoff. there will be good lucarios, but they will lose to many other good players. he took mewtwos spot for that too lol.

 

[Anther]

Lucario ain't half bad IMO. I'm getting more impressed the more I play with the critter >.>.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Compared to Mewtwo, Lucario has more effective smash attacks. It's one of my favorite characters in the game (along with Mario and Sonic of course).

 

[betterthanbonds9]

lucario has one hell of a steep learning curve. The basic strat with him is to use his dair whenever it will work. Besides his dair he has very few awesome moves imo. He has his utilt, the aura sphere, and his fair. He also has some good throws for damage, but not for killing unless you're on a walkoff stage. His smashes are slow, he is slow, but at least he takes advantage of his floatiness against other characters that struggle with KOs and laughs at them. Frankly, once he reaches 95% i find him to be amazing.

tl;dr- poor knockback, awesome priority, slow, steep learning curve, fun, high mid tier

-haven't used his >b much, but im going to look at it some more

 

[shadowfox2769]

he's not overpowered or broken *cough cough*
he's just a pwnasaurus

 

[Roy-Kun]

The Aura is destroying your nerves?

I actually want to main Lucario now, I used to be a nice high-damage player :/

 

[Rayku]

I knew I was going to main Lucario before he was even announced playable. It's been said before, but yeah, just pick a character you like and make him good. I think Lucario has amazing potential, honestly.

 

[blindguardian667]

yeah lucario isn't overpowered, but his defense is pretty good. He's more of a defensive type to me, considering i'm trying to main him.

 

[OrlanduEX]

yeah lucario isn't overpowered, but his defense is pretty good. He's more of a defensive type to me, considering i'm trying to main him.

This is Brawl. EVERY character will fell like a defensive type once you learn to use them since Brawl is a very defense oriented game.
Offensive strategies get you punished and so you will gravitate towards defensive play with whichever character you choose.

On topic though, I lol at the notion that Lucario is over-powered. I honestly wish he were a lot stronger. He seems to suffer from the lack of KO power that so many other characters do in this game.

 

[Micahc]

This is Brawl. EVERY character will fell like a defensive type once you learn to use them since Brawl is a very defense oriented game.
Offensive strategies get you punished and so you will gravitate towards defensive play with whichever character you choose.

I actually play the game very offensively and I do pretty well.

Lucario's pretty good, SH double fairs is fun, and he can combo fairly well. But he gets killed easier than most IMO.

 

[xCheeZe]

i consider myself a pretty offensive lucario player, while alot of people expect a defensive lucario user, somone who plays offensivly and knows exactly what they are doing can do VERY well. plenty of combos, edge guarding techniques, aerial game and KO ability, the trick is knowing what your doing.

 

[koikaze]

i consider myself a pretty offensive lucario player, while alot of people expect a defensive lucario user, somone who plays offensivly and knows exactly what they are doing can do VERY well. plenty of combos, edge guarding techniques, aerial game and KO ability, the trick is knowing what your doing.

Why don't you post some videos?

 

[xCheeZe]

i did, they r on the video thread, im Dect

edit for lol

 

[koikaze]

Right...XD

*shakes head*
I hate it when people have a different screen name. It confuses me.

xCheeZe stop confusing me!! *pouts*

By the way your aggressiveness did work. I would like to see that style played with other opponents, because the Dedede was also aggressive (which is also odd).

 

[xCheeZe]

ya i used to game by the name Cheezex / xCheeze and recently say 3 months ago (after my boards account was made) changed it to Dect. Currently planning on going to that rochester tourny on saturday unless freddyp flakes on me (he has the car) so hopefully more footage .