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Smash Hero
Lucas
General Discussion
Lucas is a very light and bouncy character. Comparable to luigi, but not nearly as bad. He has the ability to keep pika at bay with a whole aresenal of projectiles while having a good airiel game that can make anyone be on edge if you get in close. Although he has the right stuff to beat pikachu, this match still comes out even since pika also has some valuable traits.
Pika's Advantages:
1.) Faster
2.) Can out range lucas with fsmash
Pika's Disdvantages:
1.) Lucas can absorb tjolt and thunder
2.) Worse projectile game
3.) Airiel<lucas'
4.) Lucas has a spike
5.) Lucas has more priority
Strategy for Winning:
Starting the Match
When starting a match against lucas, or whenver he get a new life, dont be afraid to use you tjolt. He cannot possibly heal himself more when starting at 0%. But be sure to only use this when you need to, or when you want to distract him. It can heal him, along with your thunder. The thunder can give him up to 30% health back. So do not use it unless you know hes not gonna use his PSI Magnet.
Lucas' main style of play
Now lets start off with what lucas users will tend to do against opponents. The first thing is spam the PK Fire(PKF). They tend to b-stick which helps them wavebounce back when using the PKF so do not be surprised to see lucas bouncing around. the bets ways to get around this is to jump over, shield>roll> or QAC. The main idea is to get close so that most of his projectiles become useless and he has to revert to hand to hand combat. If you get knocked back, the whole thing will start over so get used to approaching lucas.
Now, close range on the ground, Lucas has more range on his attacks, but Pikachu's attacks are faster, making spacing the most important thing in this matchup. Fsmash outranges all of his attacks. So be sure to use this when trying to space lucas. Also, using your tilts(ftilt/dtilt) can also help space into a smash. Also, the dsmash is gonna be one of your best friends in this matchup for getting damage so don't be to shy to try and roll into a dsmash. When your opponent starts to predict you dsmash, you have conditioned them, which is now your advantage again once you've realized this. Do another roll because they will most like roll with you. Predicting the next move is what's gonna win this match for you.
Lucas users like t use all of their move into their game. We can't talk about each catergory of moves separately since Lucas users like to combo. A combo that is seen a lot is the nair>ftilt. This is a very devastating attack. Be sure to shield throughout the entire attack. Grab or dsmash out of it since his ftilt has very lttle lag. Hardly do Lucas users try and use their dair to rack up damage. What they mostly do with this is SH dair towards you and let the last part of the dair hit you, since it is very powerful and has good knockback. You can either shield or roll around this. Next is the bair. This move is good for spacing in the air and is good for damage. If lucas users want to space in the air though they will more than likely use their PKF instead. The fair/uair are some of his best kill moves so be sure to watch out for them. Airdodge, spotdodge, or shield them. The nair is probably one of his most used attacks though. It has little lag and can lead into more combos. It is comparable to pika's fair.
In the air, Lucas outranges you, but you have the speed advantage. The range advantage is alot harder to deal with here. So when in the air, try and use attacks that are fast and gain you advatnage, like the fair or nair. Getting underneath lucas is good in this matchup because that is where he is most weak. Uair can combo even though lucas is a bouncy character.
Killing
As for his smashes, his fsmash has descent range, but is a great kill move. It comes out fast so be sure to shield or dodge. He can do a hyphen smash with his usmash, so be sure to shield this or get away. It hits all around him and is one of his BEST kill moves. Do not attempt to roll around it. Shield then use a fast move to punish since his usmash has lag. His dsmash only hits on one side, but it has three attacks. You fsmash outranges it and/or you cna wait till it ends to grab onto him or punish him with a fsmash/usmash/dsmash.
As for killing lucas, you can't depend on thunder since he can absorb it. Also, if you are playing a good lucas then they should be able to do a PKF while jumping to send them sky high. They will then use their PSI Magnet to bounce back towards the stage(while above you). They can also tether recovery or use their PK thunder to hit them back towards the stage. Both are hard to edgeguard against. Trying to hold onto the stage can lead to your death if timed improperly. Thunder can be used if your opponent chooses to uses his PKT approach. Most of the time your are gonna be forced back and watch.
When lucas is guarding you he can use his PKFreeze/Thunder, use his dair/bair to spike, or grab onto the ledge. Grabbing onto the ledge is easy to get around though. As for the projectiles, try and manuever around by saving a jump and DI'ing weird to keep him guessing when you are gonna grab on. You have to learn to time his PKF. As for his PKT, well he can hit you twice with it. My adivce is to try and shield it. If off the stage, use your A/B button since it can give you some invincibility frames when getting up.
Other than what is mentioned above, this matcuhp is very hard to describe since lucas users have different styles of play and mix things up quite a bit. This matchup depends mostly on the users since it is a very even matchup. If you have problems still when fighting lucas please post your problems and they will be addressed and any new solution to problems with lucas will be posted here.
Helpful Video's:
Soon to Come
Overall Matchup:
pika=lucas
General Discussion
Lucas is a very light and bouncy character. Comparable to luigi, but not nearly as bad. He has the ability to keep pika at bay with a whole aresenal of projectiles while having a good airiel game that can make anyone be on edge if you get in close. Although he has the right stuff to beat pikachu, this match still comes out even since pika also has some valuable traits.
Pika's Advantages:
1.) Faster
2.) Can out range lucas with fsmash
Pika's Disdvantages:
1.) Lucas can absorb tjolt and thunder
2.) Worse projectile game
3.) Airiel<lucas'
4.) Lucas has a spike
5.) Lucas has more priority
Strategy for Winning:
Starting the Match
When starting a match against lucas, or whenver he get a new life, dont be afraid to use you tjolt. He cannot possibly heal himself more when starting at 0%. But be sure to only use this when you need to, or when you want to distract him. It can heal him, along with your thunder. The thunder can give him up to 30% health back. So do not use it unless you know hes not gonna use his PSI Magnet.
Lucas' main style of play
Now lets start off with what lucas users will tend to do against opponents. The first thing is spam the PK Fire(PKF). They tend to b-stick which helps them wavebounce back when using the PKF so do not be surprised to see lucas bouncing around. the bets ways to get around this is to jump over, shield>roll> or QAC. The main idea is to get close so that most of his projectiles become useless and he has to revert to hand to hand combat. If you get knocked back, the whole thing will start over so get used to approaching lucas.
Now, close range on the ground, Lucas has more range on his attacks, but Pikachu's attacks are faster, making spacing the most important thing in this matchup. Fsmash outranges all of his attacks. So be sure to use this when trying to space lucas. Also, using your tilts(ftilt/dtilt) can also help space into a smash. Also, the dsmash is gonna be one of your best friends in this matchup for getting damage so don't be to shy to try and roll into a dsmash. When your opponent starts to predict you dsmash, you have conditioned them, which is now your advantage again once you've realized this. Do another roll because they will most like roll with you. Predicting the next move is what's gonna win this match for you.
Lucas users like t use all of their move into their game. We can't talk about each catergory of moves separately since Lucas users like to combo. A combo that is seen a lot is the nair>ftilt. This is a very devastating attack. Be sure to shield throughout the entire attack. Grab or dsmash out of it since his ftilt has very lttle lag. Hardly do Lucas users try and use their dair to rack up damage. What they mostly do with this is SH dair towards you and let the last part of the dair hit you, since it is very powerful and has good knockback. You can either shield or roll around this. Next is the bair. This move is good for spacing in the air and is good for damage. If lucas users want to space in the air though they will more than likely use their PKF instead. The fair/uair are some of his best kill moves so be sure to watch out for them. Airdodge, spotdodge, or shield them. The nair is probably one of his most used attacks though. It has little lag and can lead into more combos. It is comparable to pika's fair.
In the air, Lucas outranges you, but you have the speed advantage. The range advantage is alot harder to deal with here. So when in the air, try and use attacks that are fast and gain you advatnage, like the fair or nair. Getting underneath lucas is good in this matchup because that is where he is most weak. Uair can combo even though lucas is a bouncy character.
Killing
As for his smashes, his fsmash has descent range, but is a great kill move. It comes out fast so be sure to shield or dodge. He can do a hyphen smash with his usmash, so be sure to shield this or get away. It hits all around him and is one of his BEST kill moves. Do not attempt to roll around it. Shield then use a fast move to punish since his usmash has lag. His dsmash only hits on one side, but it has three attacks. You fsmash outranges it and/or you cna wait till it ends to grab onto him or punish him with a fsmash/usmash/dsmash.
As for killing lucas, you can't depend on thunder since he can absorb it. Also, if you are playing a good lucas then they should be able to do a PKF while jumping to send them sky high. They will then use their PSI Magnet to bounce back towards the stage(while above you). They can also tether recovery or use their PK thunder to hit them back towards the stage. Both are hard to edgeguard against. Trying to hold onto the stage can lead to your death if timed improperly. Thunder can be used if your opponent chooses to uses his PKT approach. Most of the time your are gonna be forced back and watch.
When lucas is guarding you he can use his PKFreeze/Thunder, use his dair/bair to spike, or grab onto the ledge. Grabbing onto the ledge is easy to get around though. As for the projectiles, try and manuever around by saving a jump and DI'ing weird to keep him guessing when you are gonna grab on. You have to learn to time his PKF. As for his PKT, well he can hit you twice with it. My adivce is to try and shield it. If off the stage, use your A/B button since it can give you some invincibility frames when getting up.
Other than what is mentioned above, this matcuhp is very hard to describe since lucas users have different styles of play and mix things up quite a bit. This matchup depends mostly on the users since it is a very even matchup. If you have problems still when fighting lucas please post your problems and they will be addressed and any new solution to problems with lucas will be posted here.
Helpful Video's:
Soon to Come
Overall Matchup:
pika=lucas