Samus

<Playable Characters

Samus is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. The Blue City.

## Overview

Samus is a veteran fighter in Super Smash Bros. The Blue City, having appeared in every installment. She is the Galaxy's most famous Bounty Hunter.

## Moveset

### Ground Attacks

#### Normal Attacks

* Neutral Attack - Left-handed jab followed by a forearm club with the Arm Cannon. (3%, 8%)
* Forward Tilt - A reverse roundhouse kick. (10-11% - Foot, 9-10% - Leg, 8-9% - Body)
* Up Tilt - An axe kick. (13% - Grounded, 12% - Aerial)
* Down Tilt - Kneels down and quickly thrusts her Arm Cannon downward to fire a small, fiery blast. (12%)
* Dash Attack - Shoulder tackle with a white aura around herself. (10% - Clean, 6% - Late)

#### Smash Attacks

* Forward Smash - Quickly thrusts her Arm Cannon forward to fire a small, fiery blast. (11-13% - Arm Cannon, 13.5-15% - Blast)
* Up Smash - She fires five fiery blasts in an overhead arcing motion. (3% - Hits 1-4, 6% - Hit 5)
* Down Smash - Legsweep. (10% - Front, 12% - Back)

#### Grabs and Throws

* Grab - Fires the Grapple Beam to grab the opponent.
* Pummel - A palm strike. (1.3%)
* Forward Throw - Twirls the opponent overhead before flinging them forward. (10%)
* Back Throw - Swings the opponent behind herself. (10%)
* Up Throw - Puts the opponent above herself before blasting them upward with her Arm Cannon. (5% - Hit 1, 7% - Throw)
* Down Throw - Swings the opponent high above her head before slamming them onto the ground. (8%)

#### Ledge and Floor Attacks

* Ledge Attack - Legsweeps while climbing up. (9%)
* Floor Attack (Front) - Swings her arm cannon in front of herself before firing a blast behind herself. (7%)
* Floor Attack (Back) - A low-level roundhouse kick. (7%)
* Floor Attack (Trip) - Shin kicks in front of herself before back kicking behind herself. (5%)

### Aerials

* Neutral Aerial - Spinning roundhouse kick. (10% - Hit 1, 9% - Hit 2, Clean, 8% - Hit 2, Late)
* Forward Aerial - Fires five fiery blasts in a slow, downward arcing motion. (3% - Hit 1, 1.6% - Hits 2-4, 5% - Hit 5)
* Back Aerial - Kicks backward. (14% - Clean Foot, 12% - Clean Leg, 9% - Late)
* Up Aerial - Diagonal corkscrew flying kick, hitting multiple times. (3% - Hit 1, 1.3% - Hits 2-5, 4% - Hit 5)
* Down Aerial - Swings her Arm Cannon in a downward arcing motion. (10%, 14% - Clean)
* Grab Aerial - Fires the Grapple Beam. (2.5% - Hit 1, 4% - Hit 2)

### Special Moves

* Standard Special - **Charge Shot** - Charges a ball of energy before firing it. (5% - Charged, 28% - Uncharged)
* Side Special - **Missile** - Fires a Missile, which will home in on the opponent. If the special button is tapped like a smash attack, a Super Missile will be fired instead, which stays in place for a short while before traveling in a straight line. (8% - Homing, 12% - Super)
* Up Special - **Screw Attack** - Leaps upward to perform a high-speed somersault while discharging energy. (3% - Grounded - Hit 1, 1% - Grounded - Hits 2-8, 2% - Grounded - Hit 9, 1% - Aerial - Hits 1-12)
* Down Special - **Bomb** - Rolls into her Morph Ball form and drops a Bomb, which explodes after a set time. (4% - Contact, 5% - Explosion)
* Final Smash - **Zero Laser** - Fires a very large and bluish white energy beam. Can be angled vertically. (1% - Charge Loop, 0.5% - Fringe Loop, 1.5% - Thruster, Main Loop, 2% - Main Loop; Point Blank, Long Range, 8% - Fringe Blast, 10.5% - Main Blast)

## Attributes

 Wall Jump
 Wall Cling
 Tether Grab
 Hover

### Taunts

* Up Taunt - Vigorously salutes with her left arm while her thrusters activate.
* Side Taunt - Charges her Arm Cannon to its Zero Laser configuration all while facing the screen.
* Down Taunt - Aims her Arm Cannon behind herself, before kneeling down while aiming it in front of herself.

### Idle Animations

* Rubs her Arm Cannon with one finger.
* Brings her Arm Cannon down before pulling it back up.

### Victory Animations

* Lands on the ground before readying her Arm Cannon.
* Fires multiple shots from her Arm Cannon while kneeling down, before striking a pose.
* Fires a Super Missile before striking a pose similarly to her official artwork.

### Costumes

1. Standard outfit - Based on the Varia Suit from Metroid: Other M.
2. Blue - Based on the Fusion Suit from Metroid Fusion.
3. Pink - Based on the Gravity Suit's in-game sprite from Super Metroid, but more closely resembles the Varia Suit's color scheme of the original Metroid when missiles are selected.
4. Brown - Based on the Dark Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
5. Purple - Based on the Gravity Suit from Metroid Prime.
6. Green - The original Super Smash Bros. website referred to this alternate costume as "mass-produced Samus." Which is a reference to the MS-06 Zaku 2 from the Gundam franchise. It's also referred to as "Green Samus" by Masahiro Sakurai himself.
7. White - Based on the Light Suit from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
8. Black - Resembles a Power Trooper, a Space Pirate copying Samus's Power Beam from Metroid Prime.
9. Red - Red Samus.
10. Dark Samus - Pallet swap that looks exactly like Dark Samus.