Because Sheik is bottom tier in terms of overall KOing prowess, Lucario can hold onto its stock for a very long time, strengthening its Aura and thus allowing him to KO Sheik earlier. While Lucario's moves are slower than Sheik's, their better range (especially in aerials) essentially makes Sheik's neutral in this matchup reliant on Needle Storm. One potential opening Sheik has is that if Lucario is offstage, her edge-guarding works wonders on Lucario's recovery, especially on stages like Smashville that don't have walls for Lucario to cling to out of ExtremeSpeed. But without a safe forward tilt lock and having to rely on needles for racking up damage, this matchup is very aggravating for Sheik. My vote: 7/3 Videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg60AqqlBdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlvQ...
Because Sheik is bottom tier in terms of overall KOing prowess, Lucario can hold onto its stock for a very long time, strengthening its Aura and thus allowing him to KO Sheik earlier. While Lucario's moves are slower than Sheik's, their better range (especially in aerials) essentially makes Sheik's neutral in this matchup reliant on Needle Storm. One potential opening Sheik has is that if Lucario is offstage, her edge-guarding works wonders on Lucario's recovery, especially on stages like Smashville that don't have walls for Lucario to cling to out of ExtremeSpeed. But without a safe forward tilt lock and having to rely on needles for racking up damage, this matchup is very aggravating for Sheik.
My vote: 7/3
Videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg60AqqlBdg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlvQ...