Introduction

In previous Smash games, Luigi was a wacky bag-of-tricks character with very slippery physics. In Ultimate, his slippery physics have been toned down, and his gameplan is now mostly based around his grab and it’s powerful followups, including one of the few inescapable zero-to-death combos.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Grab: Luigi’s grab is one of, if not THE best grabs in the game. It’s long-ranged, noncommittal, and can even be used to edgeguard. If he lands a grab, he can get high damage, kill confirms, or…
True Zero-To-Death: Luigi has one of the few true zero-to-deaths in the game. While the opponent can mix up their DI to make it harder for Luigi, it’s always possible to get the zero-to-death.
Cyclone: Luigi’s down-B has frame 1 invincibility, making it difficult for short ranged characters to juggle him and allowing him to break out of gaps in combos.

Poor Recovery: Luigi has poor air mobility and his up-B has no horizontal movement. Luigi Missile is slow and the opponent can intentionally get hit by it to halt Luigi’s momentum. These factors combine to give him one of the worst recoveries in the game.

Physics

Weight	97
Gravity	0.083
Ground Movement
Walk Speed	1.134
Initial Dash Speed	1.815
Initial Dash Frames	10
Run Speed	1.65
Jumping
Air Speed	0.77
Air Acceleration	0.075
Fall/Fastfall Speed	1.32/2.112

Frame Data

Light Attacks

Jab 1
5A

File:SSBU LUIGI JAB1.png

A jab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
2	2	15	18	2.0%	-13
Cancels into itself frame 7 by holding A on whiff Cancels into Jab 2 from frame 5 by pressing A again on whiff/hit/block or by holding A on hit/block

Jab 2
5AA

File:SSBU LUIGI JAB2.png

Another jab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
3	2	14	18	2.0%	-12
Cancels into Jab 3 from frame 6 by pressing A again on whiff/hit/block or by holding A on hit/block

Jab 3
5AAA

File:SSBU LUIGI JAB3.png

Final jab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
6	2	28	30	4.0%	-19

fTilt
[6]A

File:SSBU LUIGI FTILT.png

Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
5	3	25	32	9.0%	-18
Can be angled slightly upwards or downwards

uTilt
[8]A

File:SSBU LUIGI UTILT.png

Juggle

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
5	6	17	27	6.0%	-15

dTilt
[2]A

File:SSBU LUIGI DTILT.png

Pressure

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
5	4	5	13	5.0%	-2

Dash Attack
(while running) A

File:SSBU LUIGI DASHATTACK.png

Multihit

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
4/8/12/16/25	1/1/1/1/1	22	47	2.0/4.0%	-18
Final hit is strongest

Smash Attacks

fSmash
6+A (chargeable)

File:SSBU LUIGI FSMASH.png

Killer jab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
4+8	2	28	41	15.0%	-19
Can be angled slightly upwards or downwards

uSmash
8+A (chargeable)

File:SSBU LUIGI USMASH.png

Head bash

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
6+3	5	26	39	14.0/12.0%	-20
Head intangibility frame 9-13 Far hit is strongest

dSmash
2+A (chargeable)

File:SSBU LUIGI DSMASH.png

Sweep

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
2+4/14	2/2	22	37	15.0/14.0%	-21/-13
Close hit is strongest