Sword Primid
| Sword Primid | |
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A Sword Primid and its green Beam Sword. | |
| Universe | Super Smash Bros. |
| Level(s) appears in | Midair Stadium The Battlefield Fortress The Forest The Wilds II Research Facility II Outside the Ancient Ruins The Glacial Peak Battleship Halberd Interior Subspace Bomb Factory I Subspace Bomb Factory II Subspace II The Great Maze |
| Point worth | 400 |
Sword Primids (ソードプリム, Sword Prim), are similar to regular Primids, the primary difference being that the Sword Primid wields a Beam Sword (though unlike the Beam Sword available to use by the Smash characters, this Beam sword is green instead of blue). When compared to normal Primids, they have the same appearance and have good, fast mobility as well. Though Sword Primids have slightly more health, and a different moveset consisting of use of their Beam Sword.
Sword Primids generally attack by slashing with their Beam Sword. Their moveset consists of multiple sword swings that can string together long attack combos, a dash attack, charged stabs, and the jump attacks that regular Primids use. While their attacks deal very low knockback, they deal moderate damage with very long reach, and have low start-up and ending lag. They also have the ability to reflect projectiles with their sword for 1.1x damage, though this is usually only used if the player is camping.
Sword Primids pose a larger threat than regular Primids, as while they are generally incapable of KOing, even on intense difficulty, their fast, long reaching attacks are usually difficult to avoid and allow them to rack up damage on the player quickly, setting them up to be KO'd by stronger enemies. Like regular Primids, they have good mobility, and appear in large numbers. A group of Sword Primids can bring a player to over 100% in damage in a short amount of time on intense difficulty. Sword Primids are offset however, by their low KO power and their low health, as they can often be taken out in a couple of hits, or by a single strong attack.
Likely as a result of using a sword, Sword Primids are the only Primids that are not weak to slash attacks (in fact, they resist them).
Moveset[edit]
- Notes: The "d" below is a multiplier based on the difficulty value. Final damage is rounded down to the nearest whole number. The move names are fan-made in the absence of an official source.
| Name | Damage | Description |
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| Sword Drill | 1 + 1.0d (sour) 5 + 2.4d (sweet) |
The Sword Primid's down aerial. Spins multiple times with its sword pointed downwards. Has somewhat low knockback and an SDI multiplier of 2×. |
| Crescent Slash | 6 + 2.3d | The Sword Primid's up aerial, similar to Marth's. Starts in front of the Sword Primid then arcs upwards and then behind itself. Has a lot of range and deals 5% additional shield damage. |
| Dash Combo | 1 + 1.4d (hit 1) 2 + 1.5d (hit 2) 4 + 2.0d (hit 3) |
The Sword Primid's dash attack, involving two slashes then a spin slash. The final hit deals low knockback. All hits deal 5% additional shield damage. |
| Power Poke | 2 + 1.0d (early) 2 + 1.2d (mid) 3 + 1.8d (late) |
The Sword Primid's forward tilt where it thrusts its sword forward. The early and mid hits have moderate knockback scaling while the late has low knockback scaling and base. The early and mid hits deal 10% shield damage and the late hit deals 20% shield damage, making it a potent shield breaker. In addition all of the hits come out within 6 frames, making it likely to get hit multiple times. The early and late hits have an SDI multiplier of 5× while the mid hit is 6×. |
| Spin Attack | 6 + 2.2d | The Sword Primid crouches to ready itself and then jumps, spinning with its sword angled upwards. Has low knockback and deals 5% shield damage. |
| Slash | 6 + 2.4d | A simple forward slash. Has low knockback but deals 10% shield damage. |
| Acrobatic Stomp | 10 + 2.1d | If a player is knocked down in the floor, the Sword Primid will jump and attempt to stomp them, causing decent damage and knockback. The Primid then flips backwards and makes a pose as if accepting the cheers of an audience, even if the attack missed. |
| Careening | 12 - 0.5d | — |
Damage taken[edit]
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| Damage taken | ×1.0 | ×0.7 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×0.7 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×1.0 | ×0.75 |
Trophy[edit]
- Sword Primid
- A Primid with a sword, as the name suggests. A Sword Primid will generally attack with slashes, but that's not all! It'll also make charging stabs at you, so watch out even when you're a good distance away. It might just be because of the way its sword lights up, but doesn't it remind you of a tarmac worker at an airport?
: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ソードプリム | Sword Prim |
 English |
Sword Primid | — |
 French |
Primide épéiste | Swordfighter Primid |
 German |
Schwert-Primide | Sword Primid |
 Spanish |
Prímido espadachín | Swordfighter Primid |
 Italian |
Primalama | Blade Primid |
 Korean |
스워드프림병 | — |
Gallery[edit]
Dash spin attack.
A stab attack.
Attacking while jumping.
Regular slash.
Jumping.
Another regular slash.
Dive attack.
Trivia[edit]
- Sword Primid's dashing combo attack has an SDI multiplier of either 5 or 6 (depending on the slash), higher than any other known attack in the game - but with a hitlag multiplier of 0.1x, this is very difficult to actually utilize.
