Beam

* KGGS
* KDLP

### Source

Waddle Doo, Mystic Doo (*Kirby's Dream Land Plus* and *KGGS April Fools 2021* only), Laser Ball

### Similar to

Plasma, Mirror, UFO

**Beam** (ビーム, *Bīmu*) is a Copy Ability originating in *Kirby's Adventure*. It is a long-range Copy Ability that grants Kirby the power to perform many electricity-based attacks (similarly to Plasma), like swinging his beam-producing rod in a whip-like fashion. It also allows him to hit objects out of Kirby's reach and destroy Beam-specific Ability Blocks. When obtained, Kirby dons a jester hat with a red left side and an orange right side with star patterns. Its main provider is Waddle Doo, but can also be provided by its mystic counterpart in *Kirby's Dream Land Plus* and *Kirby Gamble Galaxy Stories - April Fools 2021*.

A more powerful Flux version of the ability, called Mystic Beam, is wielded by Waddle Doo's respective counterpart Mystic Doo.

## History

### *Kirby's Dream Land Plus*

In *Kirby's Dream Land Plus*, Beam can be obtained in Spring Breeze - Bubbly Clouds from Waddle Doo, in the Museum, and from the Mystic Doos in Asteroid Fields. Like Stone, it has two moves instead of one, both of which having medium range.

#### Moveset

 **Beam Whip** |  | X
 **Beam Blast** |  | Dash + X in mid-air

### *Kirby Gamble Galaxy Stories*

Beam is the first Copy Ability that can be obtained in *Kirby Gamble Galaxy Stories*, as Waddle Doo is also the first ability-wielding enemy encountered in the game's first stage, Green Greens. It is also obtained from Laser Ball and using debug, Beam is selected when pressing 2 on the keyboard. Aside from Green Greens, it can also be found in the Battleship Halberd, Asteroid Fields, Egg Garden, and Magolor's Lor Starcutter. Being a long-range Copy Ability, Beam relies on far-away attacks.

#### Upgrades

Beam possesses only one upgrade, which buffs its moves but unalters the damage output for all but one move.

 Golden Flare | *Buffs Beam Ability* | The upgrade buffs the following moves:
* **Beam Whip** and **Overhead Mix**: The beam looks more yellow in color and has one extra beam ball, thus having longer range.
* **Cycle Beam**: The move's cone-shaped range is larger.
* **Beam Blast**: The beams go farther, giving this move longer range.
* **Capture Beam**: The beams are more yellow in color and have longer range.
* **Wave Beam**: Smaller and yellower beams jump out of the big beam ball as it sweeps across the screen, doing extra damage.

#### Customization

Beam's hat and colors can be changed via the Customize menu.

 KSSU | Sparkling Beam (default)Flux NostalgiaBitcrushed | * Sparkling Beam: Beam's default skin and color, taken from *Kirby Super Star Ultra*.
* Flux Nostalgia: Mystic Beam's previous color scheme in older versions of *KGGS* before it was replaced by its newer design.
 Marx Soul | Jester Spirit (default)Summer FruitsBitcrushed | * Jester Spirit: Marx Soul's hat colors in *Kirby Super Star Ultra*.
* Summer Fruits: Based on Marx's P4 hat colors in *Kirby Star Allies*.
* Bitcrushed: Marx Soul's hat colors as they would appear in the style of *Kirby's Adventure*.

## Gallery

Beam's pause screen in *KDLP*Beam's Museum pedestal, featuring Waddle DooBeam's Copy EssenceBeam's old Copy Essence in *KGGS*, originally from *Kirby Super Star Ultra*
## Trivia

* The **Overhead Mix** move is named after the theme that plays during the fight against Kaabi Dollars in the 2021 April Fools version of *KGGS*, titled *Overhead (I Eat The Poop Mix)*.
	+ Kirby's custom **Overhead Mix** sprites were made by Clay and are also used for Mystic Beam's similarly named and executed **Bounce Mix** move.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 **[Laser Ball Enemy]**
The shiny menace will chase you in high speed and fire dangerous lasers at you. Inhale it to get Beam Ability![sic]
ーMegaStrimp, *Kirby Gamble Galaxy Stories* - January Jam Day 3 on Discord