Dark Samus (Life & Death)

Dark Samus (ダークサムス, Dark Samus) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Life or Death.
Originally appearing as a gigantic, heavily mutated Metroid that plagued Tallon IV alongside the very toxic mutagen called Phazon, Dark Samus is the primary antagonist of the Metroid Prime trilogy and one of Samus Aran's greatest foes alongside Ridley and Mother Brain. Dark Samus is often encountered by Samus across the Prime series, often reforming herself with any Phazon nearby.
The sound effects used for Samus in Brawl and Smash 4 were repurposed for Dark Samus in Ultimate. In addition, Samus now makes use of various laughing voice clips and alien screeches from the Metroid Prime series.
==How to Unlock==
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*Get her to join your party in the Kiss of Death.
With the exception of the final task, completing one of the above will lead to Dark Samus challenging the player on Frigate Orpheon. Defeating him unlocks him for regular gameplay.
==Moveset==
 	Name 	Description
Neutral Attack 	N/A 	A left-handed jab followed by a forearm club with the Arm Cannon.
Forward Tilt 	N/A 	A reverse roundhouse kick.
Up Tilt 	N/A 	An axe kick resembling Captain Falcon's up tilt.
Down Tilt 	N/A 	Kneels and quickly thrusts her Arm Cannon downward to fire a small, electric blast.
Dash Attack 	N/A 	A shoulder tackle with a white aura around Dark Samus. This is based on Samus' Shinespark ability from Super Metroid.
Forward Smash 	N/A 	Quickly thrusts her Arm Cannon forward to fire a small, electric blast. Functions similarly to Mario's forward smash, with the blast being the most powerful part of the move. Compared to Samus' version of the move, it has slightly less range.
Up Smash 	N/A 	Fires five electric blasts in an overhead arcing motion. Compared to Samus's version of the move, however, Dark Samus can catch opponents at a lower height.
Down Smash 	N/A 	A legsweep.
Neutral Aerial 	N/A 	A spinning roundhouse kick.
Forward Aerial 	N/A 	Fires five electric blasts in a slow, downward arcing motion.
Back Aerial 	N/A 	A back kick.
Up Aerial 	N/A 	A diagonal corkscrew flying kick, hitting multiple times.
Down Aerial 	N/A 	Swings her Arm Cannon in a downward arcing motion.
Grab 	N/A 	Fires the Grapple Beam.
Pummel 	N/A 	A palm strike.
Forward Throw 	N/A 	Twirls the opponent overhead then flings them forward.
Back Throw 	N/A 	Swings the opponent behind herself.
Up Throw 	N/A 	Puts the opponent above herself and blasts them upward with her Arm Cannon.
Down Throw 	N/A 	Swings the opponent high above her head, then slams them onto the ground.
Neutral Special	Phazon Cannon 	Dark Samus points her arm canon upward and creates a small ball of Phazon energy. The longer the B button is held, the larger the energy balls will become, with three in total at a time that can be created. These energy orbs have a slight seeking ability, and deal a decent amount of DMG and knockback to opponents, especially if an opponent is hit by all three orbs. This move is based on an attack performed from her role as an Assist Trophy in Smash 4.
Side Special 	Phazon Barrage 	Dark Samus points her arm cannon forward and releases a barrage of 5 quick Phazon blasts forward. The blasts don’t have much reach (going only about as far as Lucas’ PK fire), don't have much knockback, but each shot can rack up damage quickly. There is a slight lag to her initial firing of the shots, and after firing all five Dark Samus will motion her cannon in front of her as though she is reloading, which leaves her open to attacks.
Up Special 	Phazon Dive 	Dark Samus levitates upward surrounded by Phazon energy, which can be used to string an opponent along. After reaching her peak height, she comes slamming down onto the stage at a downward diagonal launch. After hitting the ground, she lets out a small shockwave. The attack is strong, has great knockback, and can string opponents along for the attack, however, there is a huge ending lag after she hits the ground, so while it is a powerful recovery, she is left wide open after it is finished.
Down Special 	Phazon Tentacle 	Dark Samus quickly slams her arm cannon into the ground and summons a wall of Phazon spikes around her. This attack can only be used on the ground, and though it is a close-range attack it deals great DMG for an upward smash attack. It can also absorb up to 12% DMG, and similar to her assist attack from Smash 4 it is a quick attack.
Final Smash 	Double Phazon Blast	A cinematic plays where Dark Samus emits a powerful aura of Phazon, then split into two separate versions of herself. The two versions of Dark Samus then release a huge blast of Phazon energy forward and backward (one sends the blast in front, one back). The blast is slightly smaller than Samus’ Zero Laser but is much easier to control where the blast fires, similar to controlling a PK Starstorm. After the cutscene, the two versions of Dark Samus merge back into one and reverts Dark Samus to normal again.
==Other Animations==
Animation 	Description 	Notes
On-Screen Appearance 	Warps onto the stage from a dark portal while cackling, similar to the ones used to travel between Aether and Dark Aether in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. 	
Taunt 1 	Hovers up slightly while glowing with Phazon. 	
Taunt 2 	Spins around while glowing with Phazon. 	
Taunt 3 	Crouches down while holding her arm cannon upright. Slightly resembles Samus's taunt in Melee and Samus' pose on the box art of Metroid 2: Return of Samus. 	
Star KO 	 	
Screen KO 	 	
Character Selection Screen	 	
Crowd Chant 	Dark Sa - mus! 	
Victory Pose 1 	Raises her arm and lowers it in a fist pump pose. Based off a pose pulled during the introduction to her battle in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. It also somewhat resembles her arm's pose shown in the secret 100% ending of Metroid Prime. 	
Victory Pose 2 	Splits from a Dark Echo with an acrobatic cartwheel. They then levitate in a circle around an axis before recombining together. Dark Samus then poses with her free hand on her Arm Cannon, which is pointed upward. The Dark Echo's initial movement is based on the introduction to her battle in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The final pose resembles Samus' own render in Ultimate and Metroid: Other M.	
Victory Pose 3 	Turns toward the camera while glowing with Phazon, then the camera dramatically zooms in, showing two of her eyes. Similar to SA-X's introduction in Metroid Fusion, another clone of Samus. 	
==Role in Classic Mode==
Like all other fighters, Dark Samus appears in Classic Mode. Dark Samus' Mini-Boss is unknown. 
===Dark Samus Ending===
==Role in The Kiss of Death==
==Alternate Costumes==
Image	Number	Color 	Notes 	Unlockable?
 	01 	Blue 	The design is a combination of her organic features and color scheme from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and her redesigned Phazon Suit from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.	Default
 	02 	Green 	 	Default
 	03 	Purple	Resembles Gandrayda from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. 	Default
 	04 	Red 	 	Default
 	05 	Yellow	Resembles the Golden Torizo from Super Metroid. 	Default
 	06 	Grey 	Resembles concept art of her from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. 	Default
 	07 	Black 	Resembles Orange Phazon, her original incarnation as the Metroid Prime from Metroid Prime, or Spire from Metroid Prime Hunters. 	Default
 	08 	Pink 	Resembles Zazabi from Metroid Fusion. 	Default
 	09 	 	 	Unlockable
 	10 	 	 	Unlockable
 	11 	 	 	Unlockable
 	12 	 	 	Unlockable
 	13 	 	 	Unlockable
 	14 	 	 	Unlockable
==Smash Taunts==
===Palutena's Guidance===
===Snake's Codecs===
==Fighter Spirits==
Dark Samus' Fighter Spirit can be obtained by completing Classic Mode. It is also available periodically for purchase in the shop for 500 coins. Unlocking Dark Samus in The Kiss of Death allows the player to preview the first spirit below in the Spirit List under the name "???". As a Fighter Spirit, it cannot be used in Spirit Battles and is purely aesthetic. Each Fighter Spirit has an alternate version that replaces them with their artwork in Life & Death.
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==Trivia==
Category:Fighters in Super Smash Bros. Life or Death