Samus (SSB4)

Samus in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Metroid
Other playable appearances	in SSB in Melee in Brawl
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Zero Laser

Samus (サムス, Samus), one of the characters revealed in the E3 2013 trailers, is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Samus retains all of her Special Moves and her Final Smash, Zero Laser. However, she no longer transforms into Zero Suit Samus after using this move, as Zero Suit Samus returns as a separate character. Her design is now based off her appearance in Metroid: Other M with some minor alterations (the addition of numerous black vents, a permanently opaque visor, and retaining her taller height), as opposed to the previous three games where her design was primarily based on Super Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission appearances.

Changes from Brawl

Being considered one of the worst characters in Brawl; Samus has been buffed overall, but also having a few nerfs.

Aesthetics

• Samus's overall design, including her Power Suit and Morph Ball, are now based on Metroid: Other M.

Attributes

• Samus is no longer connected to Zero Suit Samus via Final Smash usage.
• Samus jumps higher, improving her aerial approach.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack's second hit appears to have more vertical range, and both hits deal more damage.
• Forward tilt is much faster.
• Forward tilt deals slightly less damage.
• Up tilt has less ending lag, which makes combo setups on grounded opponents much easier.
• Down tilt has slightly more range.
• Down tilt is much weaker and slightly laggier. It also deals 2% less damage.
• Down tilt produces much more intense lighting effects.
• Dash attack's early hit deals slightly more damage.
• Forward smash is significantly faster, with a fiery sweetspot that can start KO'ing at around 72% when aimed up and fully charged.
• Forward smash's new sourspot is weaker.
• Up smash, Cover Fire, deals drastically more knockback to the point where it can now KO. The hits are also much closer together.
• Down smash has been sped up.
• Down smash deals significantly less damage (14% in front when fully charged, down from the 21% it could deal in Brawl), and its power has been significantly reduced (it could KO at around 150% in Brawl when fully charged, but not until 180% in SSB4).

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial is now a quick kick in front of her and behind her.
• Forward aerial connects better, and the last hit has more knockback.
• Forward aerial deals less damage.
• Back aerial's sweetspot is stronger.
• Back aerial's sourspot deals less damage, and the move can no longer be used twice in one short hop.
• Up aerial's trapping abilities have been weakened.
• Down aerial is now quicker, and appears to have a larger hitbox.
• Down aerial deals less damage, dealing 14% as opposed to Brawl's 15%, and appears to have a sourspot.
• Grab aerial now has two hits.

Throws/other attacks

• Grapple Beam is much faster and has its ending lag reduced, which combined with her second-fastest pummel, drastically improves her grab game.

Special moves

• Charge Shot charges slightly faster and has higher speed and knockback.
• Missiles do not take as long to reach their maximum speed.
• Samus now has landing lag if she lands while firing a missile.
• Screw Attack now has more knockback.
• Samus' bombs, when used airborne, don't stop falling speed as much as in Brawl.
• Zero Laser is more narrow and comes out faster.

Moveset

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack			3%	Samus punches and then smacks the opponent with her cannon.
			8%
Forward tilt	↗		8% (foot), 7% (lower leg), 6% (upper leg), 7% (body)	Samus does a roundhouse kick.
	→		7% (foot), 6% (lower leg), 5% (upper leg), 6% (body)
	↘		8% (foot), 7% (lower leg), 6% (upper leg), 7% (body)
Up tilt			13% (aerial), 12% (grounded)	Samus does an axe heel kick. Aerial opponents take extra damage and are meteor smashed.
Down tilt			12%	Samus blasts the opponent's feet. Very powerful for a tilt.
Dash attack			10% (clean), 6% (late)	Samus shoulder rams the opponent.
Forward smash	↗		15% (fire), 13% (cannon)	Samus punches forwards with her cannon, which releases a small blast of fire.
	→		14% (fire), 12% (cannon)
	↘		13.5% (fire), 11% (cannon)
Up smash		Cover Fire	3% (hits 1-4), 6% (hit 5)	Samus arcs five blasts of fire overhead.
Down smash			10% (hit 1), 12% (hit 2)	Samus does a low spinning kick.
Neutral aerial			8% (hit 1), 7% (hit 2 clean), 6% (hit 2 late)	Samus does a pair of kicks, forwards and backwards.
Forward aerial			3% (hit 1), 1% (hits 2-4), 5% (hit 5)	Samus shoots five blasts forwards.
Back aerial			14% (clean foot), 12% (clean leg), 9% (late)	Samus kicks backwards.
Up aerial			3% (hit 1), 1% (hits 2-5), 4% (hit 6)	Samus does a drill kick upwards.
Down aerial			10% (early), 14% (clean), 11% (late)	Samus swings her cannon downwards.
Grab aerial		Grapple Beam	1.5% (early), 3% (clean)	Samus fires the Grapple Beam forwards.
Grab		Grapple Beam	—
Pummel			1.2%	Samus chops the opponent with her free hand.
Forward throw			9%
Back throw			8%
Up throw			1% (hits 1-5), 4% (throw)
Down throw			6%
Forward roll Back roll Spot dodge Air dodge		—	—
Techs		—	—
Floor attack (front) Floor getups (front)			7%
Floor attack (back) Floor getups (back)			7%
Floor attack (trip) Floor getups (trip)			5%
Edge attack Edge getups			7%
Neutral special	Default	Charge Shot	3% (min), 25% (max)	Samus charges up a ball of energy and fires it.
	Custom 1	Dense Charge Shot	4% (min), 27% (max)	Takes longer to charge. Shots fired deal slightly more damage and travel extremely slowly; up to three can exist at once.
	Custom 2	Melee Charge Shot	5% (min), 18% (max)	Fires a "shotgun blast" of energy that only hits point-blank.
Side special	Default	Missile	5% (homing), 10% (super)	Samus fires either a tracking Homing Missile or a fast Super Missile.
	Custom 1	Relentless Missile	3% (homing), 12% (super)	Missiles move much slower.
	Custom 2	Turbo Missile	4% (homing), 9% (super)	Missiles pause in the air once fired before shooting out at high speed.
Up special	Default	Screw Attack	2% (ground hit 1), 1% (ground hits 2-11), 1% (air hits 1-12)	Samus leaps upwards in a spinning ball of energy.
	Custom 1	Screw Rush	2% (loop), 5% (last)	Deals damage more sporadically with more control.
	Custom 2	Apex Screw Attack	2% (hit 1), 9% (ground hit 2), 7% (air hit 2)	Moves only vertically and hits only twice.
Down special	Default	Bomb	4% (contact), 5% (explosion)	Samus rolls up and drops a bomb, which explodes on a timer.
	Custom 1	Slip Bomb	2.5% (grounded explosion), 3.5% (aerial explosion)	Bombs deal little damage, but trip grounded opponents and meteor aerial ones.
	Custom 2	Mega Bomb	4% (contact), 9% (explosion)	Can only have one out at a time, but deals more damage.
Final Smash		Zero Laser	0.5% (fringe loop), 1.5% (main loop), 2.5% (fringe last), 5.5% (main last)	Samus fires a huge beam across the stage.

Taunts

• Salutes vigorously with her left arm as her Gravity Booster pulses.
• Faces the screen and demonstrates the Arm Cannon mechanics.
• Holding her arm cannon with her left hand, she aims behind her, then aims lower in front of her.

On-Screen Appearance

Arrives from a save point.

Victory Fanfare

A flourished remix directly from Brawl based on the sound clip that would play when Samus Aran obtained a new power-up or addition to her Power Suit. It would also play when Samus defeated Ridley and Kraid.

Alternate costumes

Trophies

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy descriptions

Samus's regular trophy can be obtained by completing Classic Mode and her alternative trophy can be obtained by completing All-Star mode.

Samus

NA: Samus Aran has fought her way across a variety of planets in the Metroid series. She wears a Power Suit designed by the Chozo, giving her incredible versatility in a fight. She can wade in, but she favors beams and missiles. A fully charged Charge Shot packs a serious punch!

PAL: The heroine of the Metroid series, Samus Aran. Her missions take her across the reaches of space, and her Power Suit gives her immeasurable fighting prowess. In this game, she uses a variety of ranged attacks based around beams and missiles. When her Charge Shot is fully charged, it can launch foes with devastating force.

Samus (Alt.)

NA: Samus protects herself from overhead enemies with her up smash, Cover Fire, which can land multiple hits on anyone it connects with. Samus also fires a homing missile by holding sideways and pressing the special- attack button or launches a Super Missile by quickly tapping sideways instead.

PAL: Samus's up smash attack, Cover Fire, fires five small blasts overhead, making it great for countering incoming aerial attacks. Her Missile attack fires a homing missile if you hold sideways and then press the special button, but if you do these things at the same time, you'll fire a Super Missile.

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  Classic

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  Alt.

Gallery

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  Samus in the Nintendo Direct from April 8th, 2014.

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  Samus's amiibo.

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  Samus's appearance during E3 2013.

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  Samus charging a Charge Shot in the 3DS version of the game.

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  Samus firing a missile in the Wii U version of the game.

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  Pit breaking Samus's fired Missile.

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  Samus dropping a Bomb in the 3DS version of the game.

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  Samus charging the Zero Laser.

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  The Zero Laser.

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  The second hit of her neutral combo.

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  Forward tilt.

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  Back air.

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  Crouching.

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  Samus and Bowser fighting on Arena Ferox.

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  Peach, Wii Fit Trainer, and Samus.

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  Side by side with Little Mac.

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  Samus posing in the Boxing Ring.

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  Toon Link using the Gust Bellows item on Samus.

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  Zero Suit Samus, with her power suit, showing off their rockets.

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  Samus and Link simultaneously grabbing a ledge with their tether recoveries.

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  Samus battling enemies in Smash Run.

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  Samus in a new color change based on the Light Suit.

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  Samus as she appears on the 3DS cover