Beam Sword

The Beam Sword (, Beam Sword) is a long-range battering item. It is similar in appearance to a , and is often informally referred to as the "lightsaber" for this reason. Available in all five games, it can be wielded and charged for melee attacks or can be thrown, like all other battering items.
==Origin==
The Beam Sword acts as a reference to similar weapons found in various media, most prominently the from the franchise. The item's sound effects are similar to those found in lightsabers, including the distinctive swinging sounds and sharp crackling noise when two swords collide. These sound effects were modified in the PAL and American releases of Super Smash Bros. and all versions of Super Smash Bros. Melee to no longer resemble that of the lightsabers, but would be standardised to resemble the weapon in all regions from Super Smash Bros. Brawl onwards. Furthermore, starting with Melee, the Beam Sword's blade could retract in some animations, furthering the connection between the item and its source.
==Operation==
As a battering item, the Beam Sword will bolster the player's power, as well as potentially add some options to their game via throwing. In Melee and Brawl, the Beam Sword's range significantly increases in size, particularly in the case of charged smash attacks. In each of its subsequent appearances, its range has increased, with Brawl's variant of the weapon potentially having thrice the range of its Melee counterpart. With this, the beam of the blade can also pass through walls. In Super Smash Bros. 4, character-specific Beam Sword attacks, such as Marth and Roy's two-hit slashes, are no longer present.
In Melee and Brawl, a Beam Sword is one of few unusual items Peach can pull out via her Vegetable attack, though the chances of this are slim (1 out of 58 chance). In addition, the behavior surrounding the event is unorthodox for Brawl; in the first minute of plucking the item, the sword's range is severely decreased, as Peach will use her item throwing animation rather than her standard item swinging animation. After a minute, the item pickup sound will play and the Beam Sword regains its usual properties, though the player can also toss the sword and pick it up again to restore its proper attributes.
===Damage===
Action 	SSB	Melee 	Brawl 	3DS/Wii U 	Ultimate
Neutral Attack 	12%	7% 	5% 	4% - 5% 	4% (4.5% near base)
Forward Tilt 	18%	11% 	7% 	8% (9% near base)	9%
Dash Attack 	16%	13% 	7% 	8% (7% near base)	8% (7% near base)
Dash Attack (Peach/Zelda) 	N/A	23%(13%+10%) 	7% 	8% (7% near base)	8% (7% near base)
Dash Attack (Mewtwo) 	N/A	18% 	N/A 	8% (7% near base)	8% (7% near base)
Forward Smash 	25%	15% - 20% 	11% - 15% 	13% - 20% 	13% - 19.6%
Forward Smash (C. Falcon) 	25%	15% - 14%(5%+9%) 	18%(8%+10%) - 26%(11%+15%) 	13% - 20% 	13% - 19.6%
Forward Smash (Sheik) 	N/A	14%(5%+9%) - 19%(6%+12%) 	23%(11%+12%) - 32%(15%+17%) 	13% - 20% 	13% - 19.6%
Forward Smash (Pit) 	N/A	N/A 	18%(7%+11%) - 26%(9.5%+16.5%)	13% - 20% 	13% - 19.6%
Forward Smash (Ike) 	N/A	N/A 	14%(6%+8%) - 19%(8% + 11%) 	13% - 20% 	13% - 19.6%
Forward Smash (Marth/Roy, if first swipe connects)	N/A	14%(1%+13%) - 20%(1%+19%)	16%(5%+11%) - 23%(7%+16%) 	13% - 20% 	13% - 19.6%
Drop 	5% 	7% 	8% - 10% 	6% - 7% 	
Forward tilt throw 	15%	12% 	11% - 12% 	11% - 12% 	
Up tilt throw 	16%	10% - 13% 	13% 	13% - 14% 	
Down tilt throw 	13%	8% - 14% 	12% 	12% 	
Dash attack throw 	19%	9% - 14% 	14% 	13% - 15% 	
Forward smash throw 	19%	10% - 15% 	15% 	14% - 15% 	
Up smash throw 	20%	10% - 17% 	16% 	15% - 16% 	
Down smash throw 	13%	10% - 18% 	12% - 16% 	15% - 16% 	
Air Drop 	13%	8% 	10% 	7% - 9% 	
Air Forward tilt throw 	17%	8% - 12% 	12% 	11% - 12% 	
Air up tilt Throw 	17%	10% - 11% 	13% 	13% 	
Air down tilt throw 	19%	6% - 14% 	10% 	10% - 11% 	
Air forward smash throw 	19%	7% - 12% 	12% 	11% - 12% 	
Air up smash throw 	20%	2% - 13% 	13% 	11% - 12% 	
Air down smash throw 	20%	6% - 14% 	10% 	12% - 14% 	
==Trophies==
===In Super Smash Bros. Melee===
===In Super Smash Bros. Brawl===
===In Super Smash Bros. 4===
The Beam Sword trophy appears in both versions. In it is part of the Swordfighter .
==Spirits==
In Ultimate, equipping the Susie, Hal Emmerich, or Isa Jo support spirits will give the player a Beam Sword at a start of their stock.
No. 	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost 	Ability 	Series
358 	 	 	★★ 	1 	Beam Sword Equipped	Kirby Series 	
752 	 	 	★★ 	1 	Beam Sword Equipped	Metal Gear Solid Series	
1,165	 	 	★★ 	1 	Beam Sword Equipped	Sin & Punishment Series	
==Gallery==
Beam Sword N64 Fox and Captain Falcon.png| and wielding Beam Swords in Smash 64.
BeamSwordBrawlInGame.jpg| uses the Beam Sword on in Brawl. The item's long range is its most noteworthy property in both Melee and Brawl.
BeamSwordWiiU.png|Beam Sword as it appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
BeamSword-SSB4.jpg|Olimar holding the Beam Sword in 
SSB4 - Beam Sword and Fire Bar.jpg| with the Fire Bar alongside with the Beam Sword
File:SSBUWebsiteMetaKnight3.jpg|Meta Knight with the item equipped in Ultimate.
==Names in other languages==
Category:Hitting items
Category:Trophies (SSBM)
Category:Trophies (SSBB)
Category:Trophies (SSB4-3DS)
Category:Trophies (SSB4-Wii U)