The green moustache and eternal second to his brother, Luigi appears as the deuteragonist of the Mario series.
In this game, he's a very odd case as he has virtually all of the stats of his red counterpart all while boasting pseudo-lightweight bulk, thus making him debatably the worst character in the game as he is essentially a watered down version of Mario, who has the general issues that comes with being a middleweight while losing durability on top of it.
Gameplay
Stats
Top Speed
Acceleration
Turn Speed
Turn Speed Reduction
Size
Weight
50cc
100cc
150cc
Battle
Weight Class
Triple Tap A
290
310
320
245
Midweight (Low)
2 (Average)
1.25
0.000
5.5
1
Overview
Luigi is a relative downgrade to his already mediocre brother, since his pseudo-lightweight durability gives him no effective advantage against anyone in the cast.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Balanced Handling: While he cannot turn as sharp as a lightweight, Luigi still benefits however from having a balanced style of steering that makes him easier to pick up for newcomers.
Bad Acceleration: Performing a Triple Tap will cause Luigi to take a longer time to regain max speed despite having superficially better capabilities in those regards than both Wario and Donkey Kong, and that is easily explained by the fact that his abysmal base acceleration leaves him to seriously bite the dust if he happens to take an item in the face.
Lower Base Speed: Since his speed is virtually the same as the other heavies and middleweights, Luigi will lose a bit of time over lightweights, which makes him unviable for Time Trials.
Lesser Durability: Unlike what his weight class would suggest, Luigi actually has only a decimal point of weight above Yoshi and Peach, which means the only character he can reliably bump in Battle Mode is Toad.
Movelist
Accelerate
● Average top speed. Lower than the lightweights. ● Average off-road. Remains slower than lightweights, but remains somewhat faster than heavyweights. ● Worst base acceleration in the game by far. Equal to Mario.
A
Triple Tap A
● Superficially faster than both Wario and Donkey Kong within its first 160 frames. ● Effectively slower to regain max speed than other variants of the technique, due in part to Luigi's weaker base acceleration.
AAA
Spin-Turn Mode
● Unlike lightweights and heavies, its attributes are unmodified. ● Gives decent swerving without making the user too uncontrollable.
[AB]
Steer
● Decent turn angle, as it is only marginally lower than lightweights. ● Speed retention while steering is unmodified and perfectly average.
4-6 / 🢀🢂
Drift
● Average drift speed. Lower than the lightweights. ● Otherwise equalised in core attributes, like the rest of the cast.
