Lucario seems to be an enigma in Brawl

There's plenty of characters in "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" that, at least for me, seem like you can just pick up in seconds.

I'm on the fence about Lucario.

The Pokemon representative is just ... weird.

A lot of his attacks are really good. I just found it somewhat difficult for me to pick up this character and start playing him.

I think it might have been because of his jumps. He had a different way about his gravity.

Also, his down-B, which is much like Marth's parry attack, threw me off a little bit because I tried to figure out when it was successful and when it wasn't.

But after a few hours playing Lucario, I found some flow. I really like his side-B, especially since it can substitute as a grab.

The one thing that seems to get the most attention is his ability to grow stronger as he takes in damage. It appears that winning the first stock in a match will be very key.

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A few days ago, I asked San Diego player Michael Guy his thoughts about Lucario. He used him in team play at a tournament in the city and had some success.

Guy was a Pokemon user in Melee (Jigglypuff) and was on the verge of reaching the Southern California's Top 25 Power Rankings. So what made Lucario so enticing? He talks about it in the audio interview below.



If you can't hear the audio, click right here.