- Ground Control: Between his grenade drops, pistol, assault rifle, and arm stance cancels, it's near impossible to get in on Bucky while on the ground.
- Metal Shield: While active, Bucky is completely invincible to all attacks except lows and hypers. He can still use all of his projectiles while it's active and can dash cancel the recovery to boot. This allows him to make practically everything safe in neutral, convert full screen from pistols, armor through an aggressive opponent, and so much more.
- Lockdown Ability: On top of his vast array of projectiles, Mag Purge is a hyper combo that utilizes all of them in succession. This is the perfect tool for tagging in your partner and setting up a dangerous mix from anywhere on screen.
- Defense: Even if your opponent somehow gets in on you, Bucky has great defensive options between Metal Shield, an armored reversal in Patriot, and an invincible hyper in Silver Patriot. It can be a nightmare to approach Bucky, but it's still a guessing game once he's under pressure.
- Synergy: With the amount of tools he has, he can be a good partner for almost anyone. His assault rifles and grenades can set up safe tags in neutral, while Mag Purge is an easy full screen mixup tool.
- Fanservice: Have you seen his level 3 when paired with Cap? That's literally the coolest thing ever.
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- Aerial Coverage: Despite his strong ground control, Bucky has little to no options for covering the air above him. His buttons are small and his projectiles don't cover much area. This also makes his aerial combo game quite limited.
- Midrange Tools: His buttons don't have the best range, meaning that he can get stuck in a weird dead zone where his buttons won't reach, but using a projectile could be unsafe. He'll have to watch out for this range, because it can be just the opening that the opponent is looking for.
- Execution: Because his main weaknesses are quite notable, you're required to absolutely be on point with your choices in neutral so your opponent can't approach. Gun loops are also essential to maxing out his game plan, which can be hard to master.
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