Samus (PM)

Samus is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. In Project M, her attributes have been restored to how they were in Melee, alongside considerable buffs and a slightly altered moveset that is accessible via her side taunt.

Samus ranks 27th out of 41 on the official tier list, near the top of the C tier. This placement is significantly lower than her Melee placement, where she is ranked 11th out of 26, however slightly higher than her Brawl placement, at 32nd out of 38.

Attributes
Samus is a heavy fighter who is unusually floaty, a characteristic defying those of her weight class. She utilizes a unique array of powerful projectiles in her arsenal, including Charge Shot beams, missiles, and bombs. Additionally, new to Samus's Project M iteration, using her side taunt allows her to switch between either fire and ice elements (with the former being default). This mechanic changes the elements of her forward smash, forward air, up smash, down tilt, and missiles (unusually, it does not change the element for her bombs), which allows Samus to utilize a new set of skills that players are able to use in strategic methods.

Samus does have her flaws, however. Despite being a heavyweight, Samus's vertical endurance is slightly below average due to her very slow falling speed (having the worst vertical endurance of the heavyweights); it also causes her to be easily juggled. Additionally, despite being floaty, Samus's recovery is below average should a few elements be absent, due to a relatively low air speed. Also, her recovery move, Screw Attack, offers very little horizontal and vertical distance (with the former especially occurring should Samus not gain any prior momentum, similar to 's Spin Attack from Brawl). Samus can, however, improve her recovery by using both her bomb recovery technique and grappling beam for a tether recovery in conjunction.

In addition, she has a below average aerial approach due to her low air and falling speed, resulting in Samus receiving a poor SHFFL, despite her aerials generally having little to no endlag in her aerial attacks.

Changes from Brawl to PM
Samus has received new tools in Project M, notably crawling, the addition of ice beam, and the ability to charge the Charge Shot while airborne.

Changes from PM to P+
Jab1



Forward Tilt



Ice Down Tilt



Ice Forward Smash



Ice Up Smash

Initial sweet spot

Ice Forward Air



Standing Grab



Grounded Up Special (Screw Attack)



Down Special (Power Bomb)



Other



v3.6
Beta

Full

Moveset
Up to date as of version 3.6.

Notable tech
Labbing Discord Tech Post

Notable players

 * -Top Northwest Samus main. Formerly ranked 29th on PMRank 2017
 * - The best Samus player in the world. Ranked 6th on PMRank 2019.

Project M
Samus had three new costumes added in version 3.5. They are based on the Classic Power Suit, Light Suit, and Fusion Suit. The Fusion Suit-colored costume has also been changed to resemble Dark Samus.

Version 3.6 replaced the Dark Suit color scheme with the actual Dark Suit, and gave all her other alternate costumes brand new aesthetics.

An unreleased patch reveals Samus would have had an alternate costume based off the PED Suit from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, which would have given her five model swapping costumes.

Project+
In Project+, Samus is one of few characters to have their overall design changed. Her new design incoporates elements from the Metroid Prime series and Metroid: Samus Returns. It includes a new blue recolor to replace the one based on Dark Samus and an alternate costume inspired by the Phazon Suit from Metroid Prime.

All costumes introduced in Project M were modified to match the proportions of Samus' new design. In addition, the previously unused PED Suit in Project M is now properly implemented as an alternate costume, sharing the same modifications as her other costumes. The Fusion Suit also received recolors inspired by the suit upgrades in Metroid Fusion for team battles, as well as the Classic Suit.



Z-Secret Costume: vBrawl Samus

R-Secret Costume: Prime Power Suit Samus

Trivia

 * In Project M, Samus has the highest amount of model-swapping costumes in the game, with four (Light Suit, Fusion Suit, the Retro Suit, and Dark Suit). Project+ raises this to seven (PED Suit, her Brawl design, and her Prime Power Suit).
 * If her new design is included, this would bring it to eight.
 * By pure coincidence, the ability to charge Charge Shot in midair would later be added into the series officially through Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
 * Samus is the only character who was unable to crawl in Brawl but now able in Project M.
 * In Project +, the Retro Suit's pose is almost identical to one of the North American boxarts for Metroid.
 * For some coincidental reason, Samus's green color scheme for her default and NES costumes in Project+ seemingly resemble those of the protagonists from games like Halo and Doom.
 * Alternately, the green color scheme for her NES costume may be in reference to when Metroid II: Return of Samus is played on the original Game Boy.