Samantha LaRusso

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==Summary==
Samantha Larusso, short for Sam Larusso, is one of the main characters of the Cobra Kai television series. Sam is the biological daughter of Daniel Larusso and his wife, Amanda Larusso. As a Larusso, she previously had Daniel and Miyagi to guide her as a young girl in karate. As Sam got older, she lost interest in karate and continued school by befriending Aisha until she hung out with a more popular crowd. However, after being abandoned by them having Kyler spread rumors' about her; Miguel Diaz beats them up after defending Sam. Samantha Larusso becoming the love interest to Miguel shortly afterwards.
With the All-Valley she starts to practice karate once again after breaking up with Miguel. Thus because of the fact Samantha and Miguel still have an emotional connection, this puts her a bad stance with Miguel's current girlfriend, Tory Nichols of the Cobra Kai dojo. Thus a rivalry between Tory and Samantha begins.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Samantha Larusso
Origin: Cobra Kai
Gender: Female
Age: 17 (Born October 14, 2001; with Cobra Kai Season 5 taking place in June of 2019)
Classification: Human, Martial Artist, "Bonsai Badass"
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Samantha is one of the most skilled teen fighters in the Cobra Kai series), Skilled in Weapons (She has excessive skill in weapons training, as shown in the Season 4 tournament where she masterfully conducts off her preciseness and technique with a Sai to impress the judges. Has a skillful handling of a Bo staff, and regularly sparred with Daniel in how to fight with a bo staff, and extended to using a bo and defeating Tory when she was utilizing nunchucks. In season 5, it's implied she knows how to utilize Sais in combat as her dark version of herself can skillfully combat her with Sais), Acrobatics (Long jumped a distance of multiple meters to cross the roofs of two buildings), minor Enhanced Senses in cold temperatures (By “leaning into” the cold, Sam can heighten her senses and make her anticipate attacks better), Limited Resistance to Extreme Temperatures (Trained in and successfully demonstrated Shochu-Geiko (heat) and Kangeiko (cold), the ability to adapt to the changes in temperature and use them to anticipate the moves of your opponent)
Attack Potency: Street level (Managed to be one the few that pressed Post-Timeskip Chozen alongside Miguel. Briefly fought and gained the advantage over Eli despite being distracted by another martial artist. Evenly matched Robby in training. She and Robby together, utilizing the wheel technique, were able to best numerous martial artists, including Eli and Chris. Chris alone can break the middle portion of five concrete slabs. Fought on par with Tory on three occasions; besting her on two of those said occasionsCobra Kai Season 2, Episode 10: No MercyCobra Kai Season 3, Episode 10: December 19Cobra Kai Season 4: Episode 10: The Rise, Tory at full power being capable of breaking a large stone slab. Johnny and Daniel ranking the top 5 fighters by Season 6 include her, Robby, Miguel, Eli, and Tory in skills which should make her comparable to any of them and superior to Kenny who isn't on that list.Cobra Kai Season 6 Episode 4: Underdogs Demetri stated to Eli that wasn't in Miyagi-Do, that when the All-Valley was split into separate gender divisions, meaning that Sam their only girl, couldn't fight Robby anymore, which according to him meant that Miyagi-Do no longer has a chance to beat Robby, meaning Demetri believes Sam is superior to himselfCobra Kai Season 4: Episode 7: Minefields)
Speed: Athletic Human running speed, Peak Human combat speed, attack speed, and reactions (Caught an attack from Post-Timeskip Chozen and briefly kept up with him. Kept up with Robby in sparring and consistently tagged him. Robby can dodge strikes from Post-Timeskip Terry Silver and Post-Timeskip Chozen. Kept pace and tagged Eli, who has been able to outperform and easily keep up with Kyler, who can land strikes on Post-Timeskip Johnny)
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Could briefly restrain an attack from Post-Timeskip Chozen and redirect it. Comparable to Miguel who alongside Aisha, Eli, Chris, and Bert were able to push around a giant cement mixer around to fast speeds overtime once they learned to be in sync. Restrained and diverted an attack from Robby, restraining him by the wrist on a second occasion. Ragdolled a fighter and threw them off their feet into the air)
Striking Strength: Street level (Manage to deliver a strong kick to Robby's block with enough force to unbalance him. Robby can block bo strikes from Post-Timeskip Chozen. Harmed, staggered and on one occasion floor Eli with a kick who can stand on his feet from strikes dealt by Miguel and Robby)
Durability: Street level (Sam was able to endure a kick from Tory that knocked down Miguel in the same sequence. Miguel can shrug off an attack from Post-Timeskip Chozen armed with a bo staff. Withstood an angry punch from Miguel, who was attempting to direct the attack at Robby. Miguel himself can harm both Robby and Eli, who can both shrug off an attack from Post-Timeskip Chozen and get up afterwards. Withstood attacks from an enraged Tory who can break a stone slab)
Stamina: At least Above Average, likely Athletic (Regularly works out physically and mentally in Miyagi-Do and has fought for extended periods in street fights, constantly trading blows with those like Tory. Fought in a prolonged fight against Tory Nichols for three minutes straight without tiring, and over the course of an episode she eventually won against Tory in a drinking contest. Was able to fight after receiving a slash to her arm, which was treated as a worse injury than falling down a flight of stairs.)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with Bo Staff 
Standard Equipment: None notable 
* Optional Equipment: Twin Sais, Bo Staff
Intelligence: At least Average 
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|-|General=Sam is consistently the rational character in the series when her emotions don't get in the way, and as such she was the few to see the conflict of Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do irrational hate to each other, and convince them of who the true enemy is. Held in higher regard by those like Chozen, Amanda, and Johnny when discussing plans to take down Terry Silver. The lead student of Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang, and was the one to lead their kata performance in front of the Sekai Taikai judges to impress them; who have internationally analyzed dojos all over the world. Lead a successful assault on Cobra Kai that only failed due to Samantha's PTSD. Despite this, she shows no higher signs of intelligence other than problem-solving and being gifted in karate. An average high schooler should be on this level
|-|Combat=Samantha is one of the most skilled teen artists of the Cobra Kai generation. By season 2, when reacquainted with karate, she could fight relatively on-par with Robby in sparring and is usually the one winning in their confrontations; including even pointing out mistakes in Robby's style. Robby with Miyagi-Do was later able to defeat seven Cobra Kai students and Kyler Park without being tagged once. Skillfully utilized techniques in practice to real-life situations such as the Wheel technique alongside Robby to win in outnumbered scenarios with ease. She was able to briefly thwart Eli in a brief encounter. Has defeated Tory twice who was described by Kreese as his champion even above Eli Moskowitz. Later defeated Devon Lee in such a way in a point fight that a bribed ref was incapable of giving Devon Lee any slack. Scored Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang a win for the international tournament tryouts, earning the combined dojo a spot to compete on a global level. She, Miguel, Tory, and Robby were the ones to catch the most tags off in the twelve way brawl from each other either through sneaking up or fighting the other to get. Which include outcompeting Eli and Kenny.
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Standard Tactics: Sam is an acrobatic, quick, using a heavy use of telegraphed unpredictable technique to outwit her opponents. She combines her offensive and defensive style into one constructive style to fight her opponents. Thus she empathizes with movement to use advanced techniques to attack any exploitative openings on her opponents. Using a combination of an offensive style with telegraphed stances and grappling to swiftly take out an opponent. Ideally utilizes kata to all of these attributes if she chooses to skillfully fight one on one with preciseness.
Weaknesses: Human limitations. Sam sometimes has her emotions get the best of her and often blames herself for responsibility, which can unbalance her, though she has mostly overcome this as of Season 5.
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==References==
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