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Rosalina & Luma Guide: Matchup Chart and Combos

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Rosalina & Luma Guide

This is a guide to using Rosalina & Luma in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Rosalina & Luma's bread and butter combos, how to unlock, frame data, alt costumes and skins, as well as Rosalina & Luma's matchups, counters, and tier list placement can all be found here.

Rosalina & Luma Tier and Overview

Stats and General Info

Rosalina & Luma
Rosalina & Luma Image
Game Series Super Mario Bros.
Smash Bros. Debut Super Smash Bros. for WiiU/3DS
Fighter Number 48
Unlock Order 45
Number of Jumps 2
Weight 82 Units (74/87)
Dash Speed 1.795 (35/87)
Air Speed 1.05 (43/87)
Fast Fall Speed 1.92 (86/87)
Special Attributes Crouch Walk

Tier List Placement

SSBU Rosalina & Luma Icon B Tier Tier

A unique character with excellent range, thanks to Luma

Smash Ultimate Rosalina is a duo character, much like Ice Climbers. However, unlike Ice Climbers, Luma can be placed anywhere, and will respawn after getting KO'ed. Luma gives Rosalina a powerful disjointed hitbox, which lets her attack from a safe distance without putting herself at risk. She also has good aerials and smash attacks, both of which can be used by Luma while Rosalina stays out of the opponent's reach.

Rosalina relies heavily on Luma, so she will struggle for the duration that Luma is gone, if an opponent knocks them out. Rosalina has rather poor disadvantage due to being so floaty, and is easily juggled by her opponents. Her large body is easy to hit, and what's more, her recovery move (up special) lacks a hitbox, so she is a bit prone to being edgeguarded. Rosalina players must take full advantage of Luma to safely attack and KO opponents without them breaking her zoning.

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Rosalina & Luma's Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths ・Luma gives her great range and allows for defensive play
・Good distance on her recovery (Up Special)
・Good at edgeguarding (with the help of Luma)
・Powerful up aerial, which is good against opponents in disadvantage
Weaknesses ・Tall body, which is easy to hit
・Light weight and gets KO'ed early
・Somewhat easily edgeguarded, due to predictable recovery with no hitbox
・Very vulnerable without Luma
・Floaty and struggles in disadvantage

Rosalina & Luma Matchup Chart

Matchup Chart

Rosalina & Luma Image
-2
-1
ChromCloudCorrinGreninjaJokerLinkMii SwordfighterMin MinPalutenaPikachuPokemon TrainerRoySephirothShulkSimon/RichterWolfZero Suit Samus
0
Banjo & KazooieBayonettaBowserBylethDiddy KongDuck HuntFalcoFoxHeroIkeInklingKenLucinaMarioMarthMega ManMeta KnightMewtwoMii BrawlerMii GunnerMr. Game & WatchPac-ManPeach/DaisyPichuPiranha PlantPit/Dark PitR.O.B.RidleyRobinSheikSnakeSonicTerryToon LinkWarioWii Fit TrainerYoshiYoung Link
+1
Bowser Jr.Captain FalconDonkey KongDr. MarioGanondorfIce ClimbersIncineroarIsabelleJigglypuffKing DededeKing K. RoolKirbyLittle MacLucarioLucasLuigiNessOlimarRyuSamus/Dark SamusSteveVillagerZelda
+2

Notes About Matchup Chart

1. -2 = Disadvantage. -1 = Slight Disadvantage or Even. 0 = Even. +1 = Slight Advantage or Even. +2 = Advantage.
2. The matchup chart was based around both the opinions of professional players of each character, as well as our own experience through playing Rosalina & Luma.
3. Characters within each tier are unordered
4. Pokemon Trainer's individual Pokemon (Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard) as well as Echo fighters with no significant difference than their regular counterpart are not shown.
5. For other characters who are not shown here, we are still investigating the matchup.

Rosalina & Luma Combos

Ground Combos
Dash Attack ━ FAir(0%~10%)
Up Tilt ━ Up Air(0%~10%Requires Luma)
Forward Throw ━ FAir(0%~30%)
Back Throw ━ FAir(0%~10%)
Up Throw ┳ Up Tilt (0%~30%Requires Luma)
    ┗ Up Air (20%~90%Requires Luma)
Down Throw ━ FAir(0%~20%)
Aerial Combos
NAir ┳ Up Tilt(0%~90%,No Luma,20%~90%)
   ┣ FSmash(0%~50%,)
   ┣ UpSmash(0%~80%,No Luma0%~60%)
   ┣ NAir
   ┣ FAir
   ┣ BAir
    ┗ Up Air(10%~,No Luma60%~)
BAir ━ Dash Attack(0%~40%)

Ground Combos Explanations

Dash Attack → FAir

By using both hits of your Dash Attack, at low percentages, this will be easy to follow up with FAir for an easy combo.

Up Tilt → Up Air

A combo with a good launch. Luma is required to make Up Tilt hit the enemy.

Forward Throw(Back Throw,Down Throw) → FAir

Forward, Back, and Down Throw can all be followed up with FAir for an easy combo.

Up Throw → Up Tilt(Up Air)

A throw combo that requires Luma. It's a great combo to use since it can also work at enemies on mid percentages.

Aerial Combo Explanations

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