MultiVersus LeBron James Guide: Combos, Perks, Specials, And More
Who’d have thought a MultiVersus LeBron James guide is something anyone would ever need? The NBA player and Space Jam: A New Legacy Star has made his way to MultiVersus, carving out a unique niche among the diverse line-up of Warner Bros. characters. To learn more about this character and how he might fare on the MultiVersus best characters tier list, check out the rest of this MultiVersus LeBron James guide.
MultiVersus LeBron James Guide: Overview
Click to enlargeIn MultiVersus, LeBron James is a heavyweight Bruiser, meaning he can survive until high percents and deal out massive damage and knockback with his attacks, at the expense of slow start-up on some of his strongest moves. He is also a Hybrid fighter who excels at knocking out opponents both horizontally and vertically.
Fittingly, LeBron is better in teams than in 1v1s, as his slower attacks are easier to land in the chaos of 2v2s and he also plays off of his teammates well. In addition, there are two different versions of each of LeBron’s moves: one version for when he has a basketball and one for when he doesn’t have a basketball. Unsurprisingly, the basketball versions of his attacks are generally better than the non-basketball versions.
If he has lost his basketball, LeBron can regain it by hitting an opponent with any of his normal attacks. Additionally, LeBron can attach a basketball to his teammate, who can then throw it by inputting a directional attack. Finally, LeBron has the potential to follow up with an alley-oop dunk any time his basketball hits and bounces off of an enemy.
MultiVersus LeBron James Guide: Specials
Click to enlargeFor his neutral-special, Buckets!, LeBron James aims and throws his basketball in MultiVersus. By inputting the opposite directional input shortly after pressing the special button, he can even do a no-look backwards pass. If he doesn’t have a basketball, the neutral-special will cause him to spawn one, although doing so will incur a cooldown before he can spawn another.
LeBron’s strongest kill move by far is his side-special, L-Train! With it, he leaps high into the air and comes down with a dunk, creating a shockwave projectile that deals massive knockback and inflicts the Weakened debuff.
If LeBron’s ally has thrown the basketball, he will warp to the ball’s location to perform this move. However, using L-Train! will destroy his ball. If he does not have a ball, LeBron’s side-special is a simple shoulder bash with a bit of forward momentum.
LeBron’s up-special, Got Hops, causes him to shoot his basketball upward as a projectile, which he can delay by charging the attack. For the grounded non-basketball version of this move, LeBron throws chalk into the air. Meanwhile, for the aerial non-basketball version, he swipes his hands upward as if grabbing a rebound.
Finally, LeBron’s down-special is Denied! With it, he slams a basketball to the ground, with a hoop appearing for him to dunk on if he is in the air. This move is particularly good for edgeguarding opponents who are trying to wall jump back to the stage. Without a basketball, LeBron creates an energy fence that reflects projectiles. Blocking a projectile with this move gives LeBron his ball back.
MultiVersus LeBron James Guide: Perks
Click to enlargeLeBron James has three signature perks in MultiVersus. Hot Hands ignites his basketball if he does a no-look pass to his ally. Then, if he dunks the ignited basketball, he will also ignite nearby opponents and create a firewall on the ground.
With For Three!, LeBron’s basketball will explode into a sizable hitbox if he or his ally uses it to hit someone from far away. Finally, Keep Possession grants some gray health to LeBron and his allies after they receive a pass. Gray health effectively acts like a shield that absorbs a certain amount of damage before the character’s percent will actually start rising.
As far as general perks go, LeBron thrives with Utility perks. I Dodge You Dodge We Dodge gives him a 10% cooldown refund whenever he dodges an attack. This helps to ensure that he never has to go long without a basketball. Once he learns how to train perks in MultiVersus, LeBron James could replace this perk with Coffeezilla.
Meanwhile, the Gravity Manipulation perk increases his fall speed by 10%, helping him return to the stage quicker after he’s launched in the air. Finally, the Offense perk Make It Rain, Dog! grants a 20% speed buff to his projectiles, making his basketball throws even quicker.
MultiVersus LeBron James Guide: Combos
Click to enlargeLeBron James’ neutral-special is a great combo starter in MultiVersus. After throwing his basketball, he can leap toward his opponent to regain the ball, then follow up with a neutral-air or forward-air. Afterwards, he can try to continue with another aerial or a grounded side-normal combo.
In addition, the basketball versions of both up-air and up-special are solid kill moves off the top of the screen. As a result, LeBron can try to get his opponents in the air with down-air or grounded up-normal, then juggle them with up-airs.
