Dark Samus (Echo)

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

## Overview

Dark Samus is a veteran fighter in Super Smash Bros. The Blue City. She first appeared as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. She's an Echo Fighter of Samus. She was originally known as Metroid Prime.

## 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, electric 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, electric blast. (11-13% - Arm Cannon, 13.5-15% - Blast)
* Up Smash - She fires five electric 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 electric 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 - **Phazon 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 - Hovers up slightly while glowing with Phazon.
* Side Taunt - Spins around while glowing with Phazon.
* Down Taunt - Crouches down while holding her Arm Cannon upright.

### Idle Animations

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

### Entrance Animation

* Warps onto the stage from a Dark Portal.

### Victory Animations

* Raises her left arm before lowering it in a fist bump pose. Based on her birth in the secret 100% ending of Metroid Prime.
* Splits from a Dark Echo with an acrobatic cartwheel. They then levitate in a circle around an axis before recombining together. Then Dark Samus poses with her free hand on her Arm Cannon, which is pointed upward. This pose resembles Samus's own render in Ultimate and Metroid: Other M.
* Turns toward the camera while glowing with Phazon, before the camera zooms in dramatically, showing two of her eyes. This is similar to SA-X's introduction in Metroid Fusion, which is another clone of Samus.

### Costumes

1. Standard outfit - Resembles her appearance in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
2. Green
3. Purple - Resembles Gandrayda from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
4. Red
5. Yellow - Resembles the Golden Torizo from Super Metroid.
6. Grey - Resembles concept art of her from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
7. Black - Resembles Orange Phazon, her original incarnation as the Metroid Prime, or Spire from Metroid Prime Hunters.
8. Pink - Resembles Zazabi from Metroid Fusion.
9. Blue
10. Samus - Pallet swap that looks exactly like Samus.