Samus (Smash V)

Samus (サムス, Samus) returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. V. She was confirmed along with Link, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Fox, Kirby, Yoshi, and Inkling in the Official SSBV trailer + Inkling Reveal Trailer shown at E3 in 2018. Her appearance is pretty much the same, with a small update to resemble the power suit in “Metroid: Next Gen”.
Samus’s alternate costume is confirmed to be her Light Suit in which she sacrifices weight for speed.
==Changes from Smash 4==
===Aesthetics===
Like every other veteran, Samus now appears much more vibrant and her appearance is more based off her appearance in her games with a small realistic touch.
===Attributes===
Slightly faster dash speed.
Slightly increased weight
===Ground Attacks===
Forward tilt comes out faster
===Aerial Attacks===
Up Air is executed faster and Samus niw has an electric effect around her when executing it
Back Air comes out faster and it can now be used twice in a single hop
===Grabs and Throws===
No changes
===Special Moves===
Bomb contact damage decreased
Zero Laser power increased
==Special Moves==
 	Name 	Damage 	Description
Neutral Special	Charge Shot 	3% (min), 25% (max) 	Samus charges up a ball of energy and fires it.
Alternate 1 	Melee Charge Shot	5% (min), 18% (max) 	Fires a "shotgun blast" of energy that only hits at point-blank range.
Alternate 2 	Spazer Beam 	3% (each) 	Samus shoots 3 green tinted beams forward. Each hit separately. They also have little to no knockback at all.
Side Special 	Missile 	5% (homing), 10% (super) 	Samus fires either a Missile that homes in on the target or a Super Missile that accelerates in a straight line.
Alternate 1 	Turbo Missile 	4% (homing), 9% (super) 	Missiles pause in the air once fired before shooting out at high speed.
Alternate 2 	Boost Ball 	13%(first hit), 7%(second hit) 	Similar to Sonic's Burning Spin Dash in function. Aesthetically Samus rolls into a ball glowing a yellow tint and leaving a trail of yellow behind. Easily combos into the neutral and back aerial at lower percents and the up aerial at med-higher percents.
Up Special 	Screw Attack 	2% (ground hit 1), 1% (ground hits 2-11), 1% (air hits 1-12) 	Samus leaps upwards in a high speed front flip of energy.
Alternate 1 	Screw Rush 	2% (ground hit 1), 1% (ground hits 2-11), 1% (air hits 1-12) 	Deals damage more sporadically with more control.
Alternate 2 	Space Jump 	 	Samus uses her boots to hover upwards similar to ROB's up air. Just like ROB, she can attack while using it.
Down Special 	Bomb 	3% (contact), 5% (explosion) 	Samus rolls up and drops a bomb, which explodes on a timer.
Alternate 1 	Slip Bomb 	2.5% (grounded explosion), 3.5% (aerial explosion) 	Bombs deal little damage, but trip grounded opponents and meteor aerial ones.
Alternate 2 	Mega Bomb 	3% (contact), 9% (explosion) 	Can only have one out at a time, but deals more damage.
Final Smash 	Zero Laser 	0.5% (fringe loop), 2.5% (main loop), 2.5% (fringe last), 6.5% (main last)	Samus fires a huge beam across the stage. The laser can be angled slightly up or slightly down.
==Animations and Misc.==
===Taunts===
SIDE - Faces the screen and demonstrates the Arm Cannon mechanics.
UP - Salutes vigorously with her left arm as her Gravity Booster pulses.
DOWN - Holding her arm cannon with her left hand, she aims behind her, then kneels and aims lower in front of her.
===Character Selection Screen Animation===
Samus fires off explosive blasts from her arm cannon.
===On Screen Appearance===
Arrives from a save point.
===Victory Animations===
Shoots multiple shots while kneeling, and finishes with a pose.
Side kick flexes and readies her Arm Cannon.
Punches twice, then fires from her Arm Cannon.
===Losing Animation===
Samus is seen clapping
===Crowd Cheer===
“Sa - mus!”
===Victory Theme===
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. It is shared with Zero Suit Samus.
===Fighting Stance===
Retains her fighting stance from SSB4.
===Idle Poses===
Checks her arm cannon
Puts arm cannon down
===Walk===
Retains her walking animation from SSB4.
===Dash===
Retains her dashing animation from SSB4.
==Palette Swaps and Alternate Costume w/Palette Swap==
 	Color	Origin/Description
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==Trivia==
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