Samus (SSBU): Difference between revisions

|ftiltdesc=A reverse roundhouse kick. Deals more damage and knockback at her foot, while her leg deals less damage and knockback. It can be [[angle]]d, which causes it to deal more damage, but may cause it to miss shorter characters on the ground if angled up. The foot sweetspot deals rather potent knockback for a tilt attack, which can KO at the edge at around 125%. At varying percentages, depending on which part of the move is landed, it can lead to a guaranteed [[Charge Shot]], as regardless of [[tech]]ing, Charge Shot can catch the opponent's option in time if they are knocked down.

|utiltdesc=An ax kick, which is identical to {{SSBU|Captain Falcon}}'s up tilt. It behaves unusually as it [[meteor smash]]es grounded opponents, but launches aerial opponents at a horizontal angle. This allows it to set up combos against the former at a wide range of percents, while still being a reliable edgeguard tool, due to its wide coverage and powerful enough knockback to KO aerial opponents at around 95% at the edge. At high percents, the grounded meteor can also set up KO confirms into a fully charged Charge Shot. However, the move has a noticeable startup, due to coming out on frame 15, making it Samus's slowest normal attack on the ground.

|dtiltdesc=Kneels and quickly thrusts her Arm Cannon downward to fire a small, fiery blast. It is very fast, due to coming out on frame 6, and deals respectable damage and knockback for a tilt attack, KOing at around 160% off the top blast line. It is useful as a close-range anti-pressure option on opponents in front of Samus, or as a punishment option. However, its very high ending lag leaves it easy to punish if shielded or missed.

|fsmashdesc=Quickly thrusts her Arm Cannon forward to fire a small, fiery blast. Functions similarly to {{SSBU|Mario}}'s forward smash, with the blast being the most powerful part of the move. It is one of the fastest forward smashes in the game, coming out on frame 10, while the blast has the highest knockback out of her smash attacks, KOing at around 100% from center stage. However, it is rather weak otherwise, with the Arm Cannon KOing at around 135% and the sourspot taking priority over the sweetspot. It can be angled like her forward tilt, with the upward angle dealing more damage and knockback, though it can typically miss as a result; conversely, the downward angle can hit ledge hanging opponents but deals slightly less damage and knockback.

|zairdesc=Fires the {{s|metroidwiki|Grapple Beam}}. A useful spacing option due to having only 8 frames of landing lag. It autocancels from a full hop and has an impressive range, being the longest grab aerial in game. In addition to its recovery and spacing capabilities, it is good at setting up combos at close range upon landing, due to its low landing lag. Unlike in previous games, however, hitting opponents causes the Grapple Beam to retract earlier, while not reducing the move's ending lag.

|grabdesc=Fires the Grapple Beam. It has an impressive range and is the longest tether grab in the game. However, it is tied with [[Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)|her Zero Suited form]]'s grab as the second slowest in terms of ending lag, making it very punishable if missed.

|pummeldesc=A palm strike. It has moderate damage and speed relative to other pummels.

|fthrowdesc=Twirls the opponent overhead then flings them forward. Although its knockback has been increased, it remains too weak for KOing at realistic percents, unless Samus has [[rage]] and is at the edge of the stage.

|dthrowdesc=Swings the opponent high above her head then slams them onto the ground. A reliable combo starter, with its followups including a dash attack, [[small step forward smash]] or dashing up smash at low percents, a neutral, back or up aerial up to mid percents, and a forward aerial up to high percents.

|nsdesc=[[metroidwiki:Charge Beam|Charges a ball of energy and fires it]]. Boasts excellent KO potential when fully charged, and is a useful intercepting move at a low charge. KOs at 70%-110% depending on rage and the opponent's weight and DI. It can be used to break shields if used in conjunction with her neutral attack, up or down tilts, aerials, Bomb and Super Missile. When using her forward tilt to launch the opponent into [[tumbling]], it can set up a guaranteed combo into Charge Shot regardless of the opponent's tech option, as Charge Shot will always catch their tech direction.

|ssdesc=Fires a {{s|metroidwiki|Missile}}, which homes in on the opponent, albeit not very well. If the special button is tapped like a smash attack, Samus will instead fire a {{s|metroidwiki|Super Missile}}, which stays in place for a short while before traveling in a straight line and deals more damage and knockback. Both variations deal low knockback but can be used to break a shield if used in conjunction with a fully charged Charge Shot. Both Missile variations can also be used as set-ups by opening up an opportunity for a grab aerial, or Charge Shot, while the Super variation sets up better for a true combo into a forward jumping Charge Shot at high percentages. The Homing variation is also useful for catching recoveries and forcing air dodges, which can open up punishment opportunities.

|usdesc=[[metroidwiki:Screw Attack|Leaps upward to perform a high-speed somersault while discharging energy]]. Shoots upward if initiated from the ground, while it gains distance slower if it started in the air. A useful out of shield option, due to coming out on frame 4 on the ground, and deals good knockback that can KO around 100% while near the upper blast line.

|fsdesc=Fires a very large, bluish-white energy beam. The beam can be angled vertically during the Final Smash.