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{{Infobox Item
| title        = Beam Sword
| title        = Beam Sword
| image        = {{tabber|title1=Ultimate|content1=[[File:SSBUBeamSword.png|x300px]]|title2=SSB4|content2=[[File:BeamSwordTrophyWiiU.png|x300px]]|title3=Brawl|content3=[[File:BeamSwordBrawl.png|x300px]]|title4=Melee|content4=[[File:Beam Sword Melee Trophy.png|300px]]|title5=64|content5=[[File:BeamSwordIconSSB.png]]}}
| image        = [[Image:BeamswordSSBB.jpg|250px]]
| caption      = {{symbol|ssb}}<br>The Beam Sword
| caption      = The beam sword
| series      = {{uv|Super Smash Bros.}}
| series      = [[Super Smash Bros. series|Super Smash Bros.]]
| item class  = Weapon
| item class  = Battering
| game1 = SSB | game2 = Melee | game3 = Brawl | game4 = SSB4 |game5 = Ultimate
| appearance  = [[SSB]]<br>[[SSBM]]<br>[[SSBB]]
| requirements = }}
| requirements = }}
{{cquote|''This is an item of great power. It also has the longest range of all Clobbering Items when thrown.|cite=''Super Smash Bros.'' instruction manual.''}}
The '''Beam Sword''' (ビームソード ''bīmu sōdo'') is a long-range clobbering [[item]], similar in appearance to a [[wikipedia:Lightsaber|lightsaber]], which is available in all three games. It can be wielded and charged for melee attacks or can be thrown. The ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' Beam Sword is considerably weaker than it was in the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''.  The length of ''Melee's'' Beam Sword changes depending on the character wielding it and the intensity of the attack performed.  The beam sword's smash attack generally has the longest range of all beam sword strikes.  In ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', it is possible for [[Peach]] to pull out a Beam Sword with her [[Vegetable]] attack, but this is incredibly rare. In its Brawl incarnation, the sword is blue, not purple.
The '''Beam Sword''' ({{ja|ビームソード|Bīmu Sōdo}}, ''Beam Sword'') is a long-range battering [[item]]. It is similar in appearance to a {{iw|wikipedia|lightsaber}}, and is often informally referred to as the "lightsaber" for this reason. Available in all five games, it can be wielded and charged for melee attacks or can be thrown, like all other [[battering]] items.


==Origin==
*When A is tapped, it does 7% damage.
[[File:Star Wars Beam Sword.jpg|thumb|left|{{iw|wikipedia|Darth Vader}} and {{iw|wikipedia|Obi-Wan Kenobi}} square off using lightsabers; the weapons are a distinctive pop culture icon.]]
*As a tilt attack, it does 11% damage.
The Beam Sword acts as a reference to similar weapons found in various {{s|wikipedia|science fiction}} media, most prominently the {{s|wikipedia|lightsaber}} from the ''{{s|wikipedia|Star Wars}}'' franchise. The item's sound effects are similar to those found in lightsabers, including the distinctive swinging sounds and sharp crackling noise when two swords [[Priority|collide]]. These sound effects were modified in the PAL and American releases of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and all versions of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' to no longer resemble that of the lightsabers, but would be standardised to resemble the weapon in all regions from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' onwards. Furthermore, starting with ''Melee'', the Beam Sword's blade could retract in some animations, furthering the connection between the item and its source.
*When used as a smash attack, it does 15% damage and can be charged to do up to 20%.
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*When dropped, it does between 4-10% damage.
*When thrown at the opponent, it does 15% damage.
*In the original Japanese versions of SSB and SSBM, the Beam Sword sounded similar to a lightsaber from the ''Star Wars'' trilogy; in SSBB, the sound effects have been kept for all versions.
*The Brawl version may be inspired by the ''Atma Weapon'' sword from Final Fantasy VI; a sword with a blue blade of pure magical energy.  The Atma Weapon becomes longer and more powerful based on its wielder's fighting spirit, just like the Brawl trophy description says about the Beam Sword.
*When held by either [[Link]], [[Marth]] or [[Roy]], the smash attack is a double smash; the character slashes with his regular sword and then takes a second stronger swipe with the Beam Sword.
*When held by [[Captain Falcon]], the forward smash it is a weak hit below and then a strong upwards hit that knocks opponents skyward.
*When held by [[Sheik]], the forward smash is a very quick double hit, both upwards. The first hit is a bit stronger than Capt. Falcon’s, but the second is weaker than Capt. Falcon's second hit.
*When held by [[Mewtwo]], a dashing A attack is around 5 spinning hits (around 20 damage). When he smashes with it, he slices it downwards.
*When held by [[Ike]], the smash attack is a double smash; he slashes with the beam sword first, which sucks characters in, then slashes with his sword.
*In SSBM and SSBB the beam sword will change its length when it is picked up or when it is used. In SSB, however, it is always the same length.
*In SSBM, the Beam Sword looks alot like a beam sword-like weapon in the Gundam™ series,while the Brawl version looks more like a lightsaber from Star Wars™, although with a hilt.


==Operation==
===Damages in the original===
[[File:FoxBeamSword.png|thumb|{{SSBM|Fox}} charges up a forward smash with the Beam Sword. The retracting blade references weapons in various forms of science fiction.]]
*A: 12%
As a battering item, the Beam Sword will bolster the player's power, as well as potentially add some options to their game via throwing. In ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', the Beam Sword's range significantly increases in size, particularly in the case of charged smash attacks. In each of its subsequent appearances, its range has increased, with ''Brawl's'' variant of the weapon potentially having thrice the range of its ''Melee'' counterpart. With this, the beam of the blade can also pass through walls. In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', character-specific Beam Sword attacks, such as Marth and Roy's two-hit slashes, are no longer present.
*Tilt: 18%
*Dash: 16%
*Smash: 25%
*Throws
**Drop: 5%
**Tilt: 15%
**Tilt Up: 16%
**Tilt Down: 13%
**Dash: 19%
**Smash: 19%
**Smash Up: 20%
**Smash Down: 13%
*Air Throws
**Drop: 13%
**Tilt: 17%
**Tilt Up: 17%
**Tilt Down: 19%
**Smash: 19%
**Smash Up: 20%
**Smash Down: 20%


In ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', a Beam Sword is one of few unusual items [[Peach]] can pull out via her [[Vegetable]] attack, though the chances of this are slim (1 out of 58 chance). In addition, the behavior surrounding the event is unorthodox for ''Brawl''; in the first minute of plucking the item, the sword's range is severely decreased, as Peach will use her item throwing animation rather than her standard item swinging animation. After a minute, the item pickup sound will play and the Beam Sword regains its usual properties, though the player can also toss the sword and pick it up again to restore its proper attributes.
==Differences between Melee and Brawl==
*The Beamsword in Brawl is Blue, instead of purple.
*The Beamsword in Brawl is much longer ranged than it was in Melee.
*In Brawl, the longer the Beamsword is charged with a smash attack, the further it reaches.


===Damage===
==[[Trophy]] description==
{{incomplete|rest of ''Ultimate'' damage table}}
[[Image:Beamsword.jpg|thumb|right|The Beam Sword in SSBM at about three-quarters of its maximum length.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|- valign="top"
!Action
!''[[SSB]]''
!''[[Melee]]''
!''[[Brawl]]''
!''[[Super Smash Bros. 4|3DS/Wii U]]''
!''[[Ultimate]]''
|-
!Neutral Attack
| 12% || 7% || 5% || 4% - 5% || 4% (4.5% near base)
|-
!Forward Tilt
| 18% || 11% || 7% || 8% (9% near base) || 9%
|-
!Dash Attack
| 16% || 13% || rowspan="2" | 7% || rowspan="3" | 8% (7% near base) || rowspan="3" | 8% (7% near base)
|-
!Dash Attack (Peach/Zelda)
<!-- The reason why Peach and Zelda are on the same is because in Melee, the attack causes the same damage. If this is false in Brawl, feel free to separate both. -Espyo -->
| N/A || 23%(13%+10%)
|-
!Dash Attack (Mewtwo)
| N/A || 18% || N/A
|-
!Forward Smash
| 25% || 15% - 20% || 11% - 15% || rowspan="6" | 13% - 20% || rowspan="6" | 13% - 19.6%
|-
!Forward Smash (C. Falcon)
| 25% || 15% - 14%(5%+9%) || 18%(8%+10%) - 26%(11%+15%)
|-
!Forward Smash (Sheik)
| N/A || 14%(5%+9%) - 19%(6%+12%) || 23%(11%+12%) - 32%(15%+17%)
|-
!Forward Smash (Pit)
| N/A || N/A || 18%(7%+11%) - 26%(9.5%+16.5%)
|-
!Forward Smash (Ike)
| N/A || N/A || 14%(6%+8%) - 19%(8% + 11%)
|-
!Forward Smash (Marth/Roy, if first swipe connects)
<!-- Apparently, in Brawl Link also does a double swipe. Change this if Link and/or Ike are included. -Espyo -->
| N/A || 14%(1%+13%) - 20%(1%+19%) || 16%(5%+11%) - 23%(7%+16%)
|-
!Drop
| 5% || 7% || 8% - 10% || 6% - 7%
|-
![[Forward tilt]] throw
| 15% || 12% || 11% - 12% || 11% - 12%
|-
![[Up tilt]] throw
| 16% || 10% - 13% || 13% || 13% - 14%
|-
![[Down tilt]] throw
| 13% || 8% - 14% || 12% || 12%
|-
![[Dash attack]] throw
| 19% || 9% - 14% || 14% || 13% - 15%
|-
![[Forward smash]] throw
| 19% || 10% - 15% || 15% || 14% - 15%
|-
![[Up smash]] throw
| 20% || 10% - 17% || 16% || 15% - 16%
|-
![[Down smash]] throw
| 13% || 10% - 18% || 12% - 16% || 15% - 16%
|-
!Air Drop
| 13% || 8% || 10% || 7% - 9%
|-
!Air Forward tilt throw
| 17% || 8% - 12% || 12% || 11% - 12%
|-
!Air up tilt Throw
| 17% || 10% - 11% || 13% || 13%
|-
!Air down tilt throw
| 19% || 6% - 14% || 10% || 10% - 11%
|-
!Air forward smash throw
| 19% || 7% - 12% || 12% || 11% - 12%
|-
!Air up smash throw
| 20% || 2% - 13% || 13% || 11% - 12%
|-
!Air down smash throw
| 20% || 6% - 14% || 10% || 12% - 14%
|}


==Trophies==
===Description===
===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
"With its distinctive glowing blade, the [[Beam Sword]] is eye-catching and lethal. At first, the blade is about the size of a short sword, but the length changes depending on who wields it. The blade also lengthens in direct proportion to the power of an attack, so it reaches its maximum size when swung as a smash attack."
{{Trophy
|name=Beam Sword
|image=Beam Sword Melee Trophy.png
|desc=With its distinctive glowing blade, the Beam Sword is eye-catching and lethal. At first, the blade is about the size of a short sword, but the length changes depending on who wields it. The blade also lengthens in direct proportion to the power of an attack, so it reaches its maximum size when swung as a smash attack.
|gamelist={{Trophy games|game1=Super Smash Bros.|release1=4/99}}
|game=Melee
}}
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===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===
''Game:'' ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' (04/99)
{{Trophy
|name=Beam Sword
|image=Beam Sword - Brawl Trophy.png
|desc=A sword with a blade of glowing energy. The length of the blade changes depending on the fighting spirit of the wielder. It has four attacks: a standard attack, a strong side attack, a side smash attack, and a dash attack. When doing a side smash attack, the beam sword's blade grows to three times its normal length--that's the best reach of all battering weapons.
|gamelist={{Trophy games|console1=N64|game1=Super Smash Bros.|console2=Wii|game2=Super Smash Bros. Brawl}}
|game=Brawl
}}
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===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''===
The Beam Sword trophy appears in both versions. In {{forwiiu}} it is part of the ''Swordfighter'' {{h1|Trophy Box|Swordfighter}}.
{{Trophy
|name=Beam Sword
|image-3ds=BeamSwordTrophy3DS.png{{!}}class=greybg
|image-wiiu=BeamSwordTrophyWiiU.png{{!}}class=greybg
|desc-ntsc=A powerful sword with a blade of pure energy. It isn't the strongest weapon to land on the battlefield, but its shape can change based on how it is used to attack. A forward smash will make the blade especially long. Lash out at your foes from a distance—they can't hit back!
|desc-pal=The blade of this sword is made of pure light energy. It's not very powerful, but depending on your attack, it can have a pretty long reach! Just wait till you use it for a side smash! You can make the most of its power by attacking enemies as they're falling, or when you're too far away for them to counter-attack.
|gamelist-ntsc={{Trophy games|console1=N64|game1=Super Smash Bros.|release1=04/1999|console2=WiiU|game2=Super Smash Bros. for Wii U}}
|gamelist-pal={{Trophy games|console1=N64|game1=Super Smash Bros.|release1=11/1999|console2=WiiU|game2=Super Smash Bros. for Wii U}}
}}
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==Spirits==
In ''Ultimate'', equipping the Susie, Hal Emmerich, or Isa Jo [[support spirit]]s will give the player a Beam Sword at a start of their stock.
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Cost !! Ability !! Series
|-
| 358 || {{SpiritTableName|Susie|size=64}} || {{SpiritType|Support}} || ★★ || 1 || Beam Sword Equipped || ''Kirby'' Series
|-
| 752 || {{SpiritTableName|Hal Emmerich|size=64}} || {{SpiritType|Support}} || ★★ || 1 || Beam Sword Equipped || ''Metal Gear Solid'' Series
|-
| 1,165 || {{SpiritTableName|Isa Jo|size=64}} || {{SpiritType|Support}} || ★★ || 1 || Beam Sword Equipped || ''Sin & Punishment'' Series
|}
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===Brawl Description===
''A sword with a blade of glowing energy. The length of the blade changes depending on the fighting spirit of the wielder. It has four attacks: a standard attack, a strong side attack, a side smash attack, and a dash attack. When doing a side smash attack, the beam sword's blade grows to three times its normal length--that's the best reach of all battering weapons.''
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Beam Sword N64 Fox and Captain Falcon.png|{{SSB|Fox}} and {{SSB|Captain Falcon}} wielding Beam Swords in ''Smash 64''.
Image:BeamswordSSB.jpg|Beam Sword in SSB
BeamSwordBrawlInGame.jpg|{{SSBB|Fox}} uses the Beam Sword on {{SSBB|Link}} in ''Brawl''. The item's long range is its most noteworthy property in both ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''.
BeamSwordWiiU.png|Beam Sword as it appears in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.
BeamSword-SSB4.jpg|Olimar holding the Beam Sword in {{forwiiu}}
SSB4 - Beam Sword and Fire Bar.jpg|{{SSB4|Mario}} with the [[Fire Bar]] alongside {{SSB4|Link}} with the Beam Sword
File:SSBUWebsiteMetaKnight3.jpg|Meta Knight with the item equipped in ''Ultimate''.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Names in other languages==
{{langtable
|ja={{ja|ビームソード|Bīmu Sōdo}}
|jaM=Beam Sword
|en=Beam Sword
|fr=Épée laser
|frM=Laser Sword
|es=Espada láser
|esM=Laser Sword
|de=Laserschwert
|deM=Laser Sword
|it=Spada laser
|itM=Laser Sword
|nl=Laserzwaard
|nlM=Laser Sword
|ru={{rollover|Лучевой меч|Luchevoy mech|?}}
|ruM=Beam Sword
|ko={{rollover|빔 스워드|Bim Seuwodeu|?}}
|koM=Beam Sword
|zh_cn={{rollover|光束剑|Guāngshù Jiàn|?}}
|zh_cnM=Beam Sword
|zh_tw={{rollover|光束劍|Guāngshù Jiàn|?}}
|zh_twM=Beam Sword
}}


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