Lucas (Smash Plus)

Lucas is a playable character in Super Smash Brothers Plus for the Nintendo Switch Plus. Representing the Earthbound/Mother universe, Lucas is listed as Fighter #45 in Smash's modified numbering system and is classified as a Middleweight Fighter. Lucas is hidden at the start of the game, but may be unlocked through random encounters in Versus mode, or by defeating Classic Mode with Ness.
Lucas plays very similarly to Ness, with many of the same attributes (namely his floaty aerial movement and slow ground speed). However Lucas isn't quite as versatile as his counterpart, mostly due to the fact that he is a glass cannon. Despite having many powerful (albeit slow) Smash attacks and some of the best edgeguarding ability in the game, Lucas' defensive abilities are subpar at best. He is easily knocked away by powerful strikes despite being a Middleweight, and his low gravity makes him somewhat susceptible to midair combos. All this makes Lucas a difficult character to learn right away. However, master the timing of his attacks and utilize his powerful throws to keep opponents off the stage and you'll be able to score KO's at absurdly low percentages. Lucas has two normal jumps and no additional movement options.
==Moveset==
===Basic Attacks===
*Neutral Jab- Lucas performs a three hit jab of three kicks, with the third kick launching foes.
*Side Tilt- Lucas sweeps his arm forward and emits a small amount of PSI energy from it. The attack can be slightly angled up or down depending on controller input.
*Up Tilt- Lucas sweeps his hand over his head, leaving a trail of PSI energy behind himself. This trail hits opponents multiple times as it goes by, up to five times in total (counting the hit from the hand.)
*Down Tilt- Lucas performs a simple weak legsweep directly in front of himself.
*Dash Attack- Lucas performs a single handed palm thrust that emits an explosion of PSI energy a short distance ahead of himself.
*Grab & Pummel- Lucas grabs by using Duster's Rope Snake for a ranged grab. It can also be used in midair as a tether grab off stage. He pummels with a small explosion of Psi Energy.
*Forward Throw- Lucas telekinetically throws the opponent straight ahead, launching them further than most forward throws.
*Back Throw- Lucas performs the inverse of his forward throw, tossing the opponent telekinetically behind himself.
*Up Throw- Lucas spins the opponent above his head and then tosses them straight up into the air.
*Down Throw- Lucas buries his opponent by telekinetically slamming them into the ground. At high percents, this burial allows Lucas to combo straight into his powerful Smash Attacks, making this a dangerous throw, but only at insanely high percentages.
*Neutral Air- Lucas spins around in a cartwheel motion while emitting blasts of PSI energy from himself, hitting opponents multiple times.
*Forward Air- Lucas peforms a flying kick while emitting a spark of PSI energy from the edge of his foot. This spark is the sweetspot of the attack, launching foes if it connects.
*Back Air- Lucas backflips and kicks downward, emitting a trail of PSI sparks behind his foot. If it sweetspots then it will meteor opponents straight to the ground, but its sweetspot is only a few frames in length.
*Up Air- Lucas performs a simple upward headbutt which is slow to come out but does respectable knockback.
*Down Air- Lucas performs several stomps with his feet, each one emitting a PSI spark for additional hits and damage.
===Smash Attacks===
*Side Smash- Lucas pulls out a stick and uses it like a baseball bat. It operates like Ness' Forward smash in that it can reflect projectiles if timed right, but the stick does less damage than Ness' baseball bat.
*Up Smash- Lucas emits a large blast of PSI energy straight above him. The move has massive endlag if its misses, but if it connects early than it will deal massive damage and knockback to opponents.
*Down Smash- Lucas will fire three blasts of PSI energy directly in front of himself after a short startup time. The first blast does the most damage and knockback, with the other two scaling downward in both categories.
===Special Attacks===
*Neutral Special: PK Freeze- Lucas delivers a snowflake shape blast that moves like Ness' PK Flash and can be steered as such as well (though with much less difficulty). When it explodes, it will detonate a blast of ice energy, freezing anyone hit by it and sending them flying backwards with horizontal knockback. One of Lucas' primary edge-guarding tools, given its versatility.
*Side Special: PK Fire- Lucas fires a single lightning bolt of energy straight in front of himself. If it hits an opponent or projectile, the energy will cause a small fire explosion to knock foes back. It doesn't do as much damage as Ness' PK Fire, but it does have more knockback. Also unlike Ness' it will fire in a straight line even when fired in the air.
*Up Special: PK Thunder- Lucas emits a streaming electrical projectile that players can then steer around the stage. This bolt, unlike Ness' will hit opponents multiple times. Likewise, if the player steers it into Lucas, then the resulting attack Lucas performs will hit opponents multiple times, though for less knockback or damage than Ness' version.
*Down Special: PSI Magnet- Lucas creates an energy shield directly in front of himself. This shield will absorb any energy based projectile, converting its damage into some health recovery for Lucas. Like Ness' shield, Lucas' will damage opponents if they are present when it comes out (even dealing more damage). Unlike Ness' it only covers Lucas' front side, leaving his back side exposed to attack.
*Final Smash: PK Starstorm- Lucas casts PK Starstorm (with support from Boney and Kumatora), which causes several meteors to come crashing down from the sky for a short time. Players can attempt to steer the meteors in any downward direction, making the move difficult for opponents to avoid.
===Miscellaneous===
*Entry Animation- Lucas rides in on a Mr. Saturn-style coffee table before hopping off.
*Idle Animation 1- Lucas taps his shoe on the ground twice before resuming battle stance.
*Idle Animation 2- Lucas causes a small spark of PSI energy to appear in front of him briefly as if thinking before returning to normal.
*Side Taunt- Boney appears and dances around Lucas, causing him to laugh briefly before Boney disappears.
*Up Taunt- Duster's Rope Snake comes out of Lucas's hand and has a brief conversation with him, causing Lucas to shrug.
*Down Taunt- Lucas rubs the back of his head twice while smiling, similar to a taunt of Ness'.
*Victory Animation 1- Lucas pulls one of the Seven Needles out of the ground, sending it flying off screen as Lucas then poses in victory.
*Victory Animation 2- Boney runs around Lucas in victory as he rubs the back of his head in embarrasment, Kumatora and Duster clapping for him in the background.
*Victory Animation 3- Lucas waves his right arm in front of himself while releasing several sparks of PSI, ending on a pose.
==How to Unlock==
Lucas can be unlocked in the game any of the following ways:
*Playing Versus Matches until he randomly shows up as a "Challenger Approaching" fight. Defeat him to unlock him.
*Defeat Classic Mode with Ness at starting difficulty 3.0 or higher.
*Unlock him in the Finale of World of Light by defeating him.
*Paying 1,000 gold in a shop, where he can randomly appear (though rarely).
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