Most unnecessary change I have seen
Warning : rant
Recently decided to go back to ssbu and play it and I
decided to research my main man lucario(he’s so much fun when he gets his highs). So I’m playing and I research him only to see something is entirely unnecessary and only serves him worse.
HIS WEIGHT
If you don’t know, lucario weighs 92 pounds in ssbu. The lowest he’s ever weighed as the highest he weighed is 100 near the upper limits of heavy on brawl and 97 for some reason in ssb4.
Now understand, Lucario in order to deal dmg needs to take dmg. So as a character who is useless at low percents, it would probably be good to make sure he doesn’t die to light breezes right? And lose his spike at around 80%?
But no, they made it to where he dies earlier for some reason which makes no sense considering other characters with comeback mechanics don’t have problem.
Joker- does not need to take dmg to activate Arsene. Which means he gets shieks speed and ganon strength whenever the bar charges regardless if he takes dmg or not. (even faster with rebels guard or taking dmg)
Kazuya and terry- despite being heavy, they get a comeback mechanic… which they don’t need to kill or unlock their Kit…
Sephiroth- lightest character with a comeback but not only does it activate faster the more stoke you lose, sephiroth does not NEED one winged angel to actually kill. All it does is more jumps and super srmor.
Cloud- he can charge it no matter percent and still doesn’t need it to be a good character. Despite weighing also 100 units.
Little Mac- his can one shot in most circumstances. So despite being lighter and shittier aerial, it kinda makes up for it. Also he didn’t need to have ko punch to do his thing, he already has overloaded stats and a lot suited for the ground.
So with all these listed, once again am I curious. Why did they make the only character reliant on a comeback mechanic to actually have good moves that requires being exclusively damaged have a weight reduction in every single game?
It seems like an unecessary change that makes playing him so much worse as it becomes way easier to die at the power spike and then be forced to regain it.
Posted Feb 18, 2026, 2:30 AM UTC