Luigi

This article is about Luigi's appearance in Super Smash Flash. For the character in other contexts, see Luigi.

Luigi appears as the only unlockable character from the Mario universe in Super Smash Flash. He can be unlocked by completing Adventure mode on at least normal difficulty with Mario. He is one of four clone characters in the game, borrowing his moveset from his brother.

He is tied for third on the tier list with his brother Mario. Luigi has excellent horizontal movement, high jumps, and good kill power. He has easily the best projectile in the game, the Fireball, due to its very fast speed and firing rate. The Luigi Cyclone is a good turtling move, as it comes out fast, surrounds Luigi on both sides, has a long active period, and has instant-killing properties.

Like Mario, Luigi does not have any real weaknesses, other than his lack of a momentum cancelling attack. This lack of downsides makes his strengths appear event more pronounced, as he has strong match ups across the board, resulting in his high placement.

Moveset

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Attack	Name	Description	Image
Standard attack	Fireball	Shoots his signature green fireball across the stage.	File:Luigi NA SSF.png
Side attack	Left Jab / Right Jab	Luigi will jab (any direction) while moving depends on the direction he is moving towards to and toe kicks after jabbing.	File:Luigi SA SSF.png
Up attack	Toe Kick	Kicks straight up.	File:Luigi UA SSF.png
Down attack	Green Missile	One of the effective moves. Luigi will charge towards any direction he is facing.	File:Luigi DA SSF.png
Down aerial	Luigi Cyclone	While airborne, Luigi will spin around for second and hits the opponent.	File:Luigi AA SSF.png

Additionally, his jump animation is the Super Jump Punch, which doubles as an attack.

Differences from Mario

Attributes

Luigi has a slightly slower attack rate (13 → 14).
He has a slightly longer attack duration (15 → 16).

Standard attack

The fireball itself behaves very differently from Mario's.
- It comes out 3 frames slower (5 → 8).
- It travels in a straight line, as opposed to a sine wave.
- It moves about half as fast.
  - This allows it to deal more damage overall due to overlapping the opponent for more frames.
  - It can also combo into itself at low percents, making it good for damage racking and early edgeguards.
- It lasts 15 frames longer (23 → 38).
- It travels a much shorter distance.
- It does not grow bigger towards the end of its range.
The move transitions into jump attack 1 frame later when used in the air (16 → 17).
Luigi's firing animation does not auto-transition into his falling animation.
- This makes it more difficult to spam, as the move will frame-skip into a useless falling animation if the attack button is held down. Luigi must turn-cancel during the time between firing the projectile and his attack refreshing in order to fire at the optimal rate.
Luigi's hurtboxes are bigger overall, especially during the initial frames.

Side attack

The move lasts 1 frame longer (15 → 16).
It transitions into jump attack 1 frame later when used in the air (16 → 17).
It frame-skips into up attack 1 frame later (14 → 15).
The attack's hitbox is bigger and gives Luigi a better disjoint.
Luigi's hurtboxes are slightly bigger.

Up attack

The move lasts 1 frame shorter (11 → 10).
- This also causes Luigi's attacking animation to auto-transition into his falling animation 1 frame earlier (12 → 11).
It transitions into jump attack 1 frame later when used in the air (16 → 17).
The attack's hitbox is taller, giving Luigi a better disjoint above him.
The attack's hitbox is more centered, giving Luigi no disjoint in front of him.
Luigi's hurtboxes are a bit taller.
Luigi does not jump as high when kicking.
- This gives him better range above him overall, and allows him to maintain a slight disjoint during the peak of his jump.
- Luigi has a shorter disjoint below him as a trade-off.

Down attack

Luigi uses his Green Missile instead of a slide kick.
The move deals 1% more damage per frame (9% → 10%).
Luigi moves 7 units faster on startup (18 → 25).
- This makes Luigi more susceptible to getting instakilled.
The move lasts 7 frames longer (18 → 25).
The attack's hitbox is much wider and more centered, and can can hit behind Luigi.
Luigi's hurtbox becomes hilariously gigantic after the initial frames of the attack.

Down aerial

The move lasts 2 frames longer (14 → 16).
It transitions into jump attack 1 frame later (16 → 17).
Luigi does not auto-transition into his falling animation.
- This makes it more difficult to spam, as the move will frame-skip into a useless hurt animation if the attack button is held down. Luigi must turn-cancel before his attack refreshes in order to immediately follow up with a second down aerial.
The attack's hitbox is significantly wider and slightly taller, giving Luigi better coverage and range on the sides.
Luigi's hurtboxes are less consistent, being much bigger than Mario's on average.
- This also means that Luigi does not have a disjoint above him.
Luigi has a short "wind up" animation at the beginning, giving him a strong disjoint on both sides during the initial frames.
Luigi does not "hop" at the end of the attack, giving his hurtboxes less vertical movement.

Jump attack

The attack's hitbox is bigger, giving Luigi better coverage.
- It has slightly more range above Luigi and less range in front of him.
Luigi's hurtbox is noticeably wider.

Other animations

Luigi's standing hurtbox is slightly wider and notably taller.
His crouching hurtbox is slightly wider.
His running hurtbox is a bit taller.
His falling hurtbox is somewhat off-center.
His getting hit hurtbox is slightly bigger.