So what is Lucas better suited to? The air or the ground?

[__Crazy__]

And by that I mean is he a good aerial fighter like Ness or is his moveset more ground oriented?

Or is he an even balance between the two?

(BTW I have been lurking here for a while and from the stuff I've seen on this forum, Lucas looks awesome! (b^_^)b

 

[Mikezor]

I would say Lucas is much better off on or low to the ground.

 

[A2ZOMG]

Lucas appears to have a much better air game than ground game if you ask me. His grab looks punishable, he doesn't seem to have remarkable range, and two of his three Smashes are very slow. Plus, he doesn't get the benefit of PK waveland on the ground.

Ness on the other hand seems to have somewhat of a better ground game, while his aerial game is a little less effective.

 

[- Prisma -]

His aerials are what you will be using a lot in the game.
His dAir is monstrous.
Stick with aerials.
He has a few good ground moves too, however.

 

[Serpit]

I'd say low aerial game. I feel like Lucas is very vulnerable when he's high up, but closer to the ground you can link his super-fast aerials into his fast ground moves easily. It's worth mentioning that his aerials have very good priority and most of them get a disjointed hitbox with the hexagons (God, how I love them). On the ground, you'll probably use his F-Tilt, U-tilt and F-Smash the most, as those are all very fast, and one of them is a combo setup, one is a spacing tool and one is an excellent KO move.

 

[__Crazy__]

OK thanks Serpit.

And to whoever said Ness was more of a ground fighter I disagree. His f-air, b-air, and u-air are all amazing moves.

 

[.kR0]

Dsmash is amazing due to its incredible range (hits behind slightly too so it catches rolling), how long it lasts, and how far it sends opponents back even when shielding. Fsmash is fast and powerful, upsmash *****. All of his tilts are great, and a SH PKfire is spammable as hell.

All of his aerials allow you to do his awesome smash/tilts the instant he lands from dair/nair/and fair, so I would say they're about even.

 

[Hardcorenesser]

I'd say his game is mainly in the air. Ya, some aerial attacks set up a ground attack or two, but he should stick to the sky where he can kick ***.

 

[Percon]

Dsmash is amazing due to its incredible range (hits behind slightly too so it catches rolling), how long it lasts, and how far it sends opponents back even when shielding. Fsmash is fast and powerful, upsmash *****. All of his tilts are great, and a SH PKfire is spammable as hell.

All of his aerials allow you to do his awesome smash/tilts the instant he lands from dair/nair/and fair, so I would say they're about even.

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[ARVY]

Lucas is definitely balanced in terms of air/ground work. he's able to transition between the two styles pretty fluidly. well, that was my opinion from playing him anyway. he's not a character to classify as stronger on the ground or air.

though he can't kill as often in the air, that's where he tends to rack up the most damage.
he pulls of pretty quick kill moves on the ground, but in terms of damage he's better off in the air.

 

[.kR0]

I have to say, the 10 character limit **** is ********.

 

[GKirby]

Lucas is amazing from what i've seen in videos when it comes to short hoping, low aerials so that he can get ground hits in as well, he's kind of hybrid-ish.

 

[Sheer Cold]

He's decent in the air but he really has no killing moves in the air.

 

[napZzz]

You should try to use his air moves but his real killing moves lie on the ground, aka his up and fs. Not to say that his ground game is not good, he has some good moves down their to use mainly to finish people off or start combos in my opinion

 

[GofG]

I'd say low aerial game. I feel like Lucas is very vulnerable when he's high up, but closer to the ground you can link his super-fast aerials into his fast ground moves easily. It's worth mentioning that his aerials have very good priority and most of them get a disjointed hitbox with the hexagons (God, how I love them). On the ground, you'll probably use his F-Tilt, U-tilt and F-Smash the most, as those are all very fast, and one of them is a combo setup, one is a spacing tool and one is an excellent KO move.

Why would you say that Lucas is vulnerable high up? His dair has incredible priority, outranging things like Ike's uair, and the fact that the third hit is a spike pretty much has him covered. If the opponent gets locked up in it and ends up on top of you or inside you, an uair or nair will come out before he can do anything, and you will easily make it to the ground long before he does, unless, of course, he falls with you, a fair will knock him far away. Granted, it's not a very good offense, but he is far from vulnerable.

For offense, of course, going high into the air is not something you want to do, as his sh'd dair, fair, uair, and nair come out very quickly.