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'''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.

 

 

In addition, she has a below average aerial approach due to her low air and falling speed, resulting in Samus receiving a poor [[Short hop fast fall l-cancel|SHFFL]], despite her aerials generally having little to no endlag in her aerial attacks.

 

==Changes from ''Brawl'' to PM==

 

 

===Attributes===

*{{buff|Can now swap between flame and ice beam types with side taunt; this affects her down tilt, forward smash, forward aerial, up smash, and [[Missile]]s. [[Taunt canceling]] this will still result in a beam switch. In addition, holding side taunt during her on-screen appearance will have Samus start with the ice beam. This gives Samus a new repertoire of altered attacks to work with, allowing players to be more creative in their styles.}}

 

*{{change|Forward smash now has a flame effect, akin to ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''.}}

 

*{{buff|[[Grapple Beam]] has faster start-up and ending lag, similar to {{PM|Link}}'s Clawshot. Dash grab's range has been increased to match standing grab.}}

*{{nerf|Standing Grapple Beam has shorter reach.}}

 

*{{buff|Changing to Zero Suit Samus via {{b|Zero Laser|Samus}} now requires holding the special button as the laser fires.}}

 

 

*{{buff|Y Offset 12.8 > 10.3}}

 

 

*{{buff|Non-angled variant: 2 Outermost Hitboxes lowered 0 > 1.2 (change in X offset)}}

*{{buff|Forward tilt has arm intangibility from frames 3 to 6}}

 

 

*{{buff|Hitboxes now travel forward, but will not travel off of ledges}}

 

Ice Forward Smash

 

*{{change|Stats modified: Damage 17, BKB 40, KBG 85, Angle 361}}

*{{change|No longer freezes}}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*{{buff|Explosion is no longer clankable}}

*{{change|Can now transition into crawl}}

 

 

*{{buff|Height on trip animation lowered}}

*{{change|Fixed a bug that caused Samus’s bury animation to be her wait animation}}

 

*{{change|Samus' design is now a combination of her design seen in ''Metroid Prime'' and ''Metroid: Samus Returns''.}}

===v3.01===

*{{buff|Samus can drift properly after an aerial Charge Shot.}}

 

*{{nerf|Ice forward air [[autocancel]]s later, and has a later [[IASA]] window.}}

 

*{{buff|Players can now hold the B button to become {{PM|Zero Suit Samus}} when using Zero Laser.}}

Up to date as of version 3.6.

! colspan=2| !!Name!!Damage!!Description

! rowspan="3" | Forward tilt || ↗

| rowspan="3" | || 11% || rowspan="3" | Does a spinning horizontal kick forward. Good for stopping ground approaches. This move can be angled up or down.

!→

|10%

!↘

|9%

! colspan=2| Up tilt

| || 12% (grounded), 13% (aerial) || Raises her leg and brings it down. Very similar animation to [[Captain Falcon (PM)|Captain Falcon's]] up tilt. It is a [[meteor smash]] according to the game, but it only works on grounded opponents, making it an [[unconventional meteor smash]]. Has low vertical knockback and can combo into itself at low damage percentages.

! colspan=2| Down tilt

| || Fire: 14%<br/>Ice: 5% (center), 2% (edge) || Brings down her cannon arm creating either a fiery explosion or an icy explosion depending on which one the player has chosen. The fiery version has stronger vertical knockback, while the icy version has more horizontal knockback at the center and causes no knockback or [[hitstun]] at the edge.

! colspan=2| Crawl attack

| || 5% || Dashes forward a slight distance while in her Morph Ball form. Deals weak damage and knockback.

! colspan=2| Dash attack

| || 13% (clean), 9% (late) || Does a shoulder tackle. Weak horizontal knockback that doesn't KO until over 100%. Combos well with her neutral attack at low damage percentages.  

! rowspan="3" | Forward smash || ↗

| rowspan="3" | || Fire: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|15}}<br/>Ice: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}} (hit 1), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|6}} (hit 2) || rowspan="3" | Thrusts her cannon arm forward with either a fiery explosion or an icy explosion at the tip. Both attacks have good horizontal knockback with the fire version being stronger.

!→

|Fire: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}}<br/>Ice: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}} (hit 1), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|6}} (hit 2)

!↘

|Fire: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|13}}<br/>Ice: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}} (hit 1), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|6}} (hit 2)

! colspan=2| Up smash

| || Fire: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|3}} (hits 1-4), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|6}} (hit 5)<br/>Ice: {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|17}} (clean), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}} (mid), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|12}} (late) || Fire: Aims her arm cannon upward and creates six small fire explosions above her in an arc.<br/>Ice: Quickly swings her arm cannon upwards leaving an icy trail.

Both attacks have decent vertical knockback with the icy version having slight horizontal knockback.

! colspan=2| Down smash

| || {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|16}} (front), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|15}} (back) || Does a low 360° sweep kick. Fast and has good knockback, knocking opponents up and behind Samus.

! colspan=2| Neutral aerial

| || 14% (clean), 10% (late) || Kicks her foot in front of herself, dealing horizontal knockback. Has [[sex kick]] properties.

! colspan=2| Forward aerial

| || Fire: 5% (hits 1-5)<br/>Ice: 14% || Fire: Shoots five small explosions in front of her with her arm cannon.<br/>Ice: Does a quick downward swing with her arm cannon leaving behind an icy trail.

Both attacks have horizontal knockback.

! colspan=2| Back aerial

| || 10% (leg), 14% (foot) || Kicks her foot behind her. The sweetspot is at her foot, which deals more damage and knockback. A useful move for [[edgeguarding]].

! colspan=2| Up aerial

| || 3% (hit 1), 1% (hits 2-5), 4% (hit 6) || Brings her legs above her body and spins in a drill.

! colspan=2| Down aerial

| || 16% || Swings her arm cannon in an arc below. This move is a [[meteor smash]] and is good for edgeguarding.

! colspan=2| Grab aerial

| || 4% || Fires her [[Grapple Beam]] forward. Has long reach and can be used for a [[tether recovery]] offstage.

! colspan=2| Grab

| || &mdash; || Samus sends out her Grapple Beam to catch the enemy.

! colspan=2| Pummel

| || 3% || Chops the enemy with her left hand.

! colspan=2| Forward throw

| || 9% || Brings the enemy up with her Grapple Beam and then throws them forward.

! colspan=2| Back throw

| || 8% || Flings the enemy behind her.

! colspan=2| Up throw

| || 1% (hits 1-6), 3% (throw) || Holds the enemy from above with her Grapple Beam, then launches them upward.

! colspan=2| Down throw

! colspan=2| Floor attack (trip)

! colspan=2| Edge attack (fast)

! colspan=2| Edge attack (slow)

| || 10% || Slowly gets up, and then thrusts her arm cannon in front of her.

! colspan=2| Neutral special

| [[Charge Shot]] || 3-25% || Charges up her arm cannon before firing a ball of white and bluish energy in front of her. Charging can be interrupted with a shield input or side step. At full charge, it can KO as early as 80%.

! colspan=2| Side special

| [[Missile]] || Fire: 5% (homing), 12% (super)<br/>Ice: 7% (homing), 10% (super) || Deploys a plasma or ice missile depending on whether the player is in Plasma or Ice Mode (can be toggled via side-taunt). The missile can either be a homing missile (when B is pressed while tilting the [[control stick]]) or a Super Missile (when B is pressed while smashing the control stick forward). Super Missiles travel straight forward instead of homing in the opponent, and are faster and stronger than homing missiles. Super Ice Missiles have a shorter range than its plasma counterpart. Homing Ice Missiles do not explode after a certain distance, they keep on going until they either hit their target, terrain, or go offscreen.

! colspan=2| Up special

| [[Screw Attack]] || Ground: 2% (hit 1), 1% (hits 2-12)<br/>Air: 1% (hits 1-12) || Shoots up into the air while spinning around rapidly via the "Screw Attack" ability from the ''Metroid'' series.  

! colspan=2| Down special

| [[Bomb (Samus)|Bomb]] || 8% || Goes into Morph Ball mode and drops a timed bomb that explodes in a few seconds. Can be used to extend Samus's recovery.

! colspan=2| Final Smash

| {{b|Zero Laser|Samus}} || 40-78% || Fires a bluish white large beam of energy in front of her that traps opponents caught in the blast before blasting them away. Move lasts about 5 seconds and passes through any [[terrain]]. Has decent knockback and makes Samus lose her Power Suit if the [[B button]] is held whenever the move ends.

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*{{Sm|Morsecode762|USA}}- The best Samus player in the world. Ranked 6th on [[PMRank 2019]].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

==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).

*Samus is the only character who was unable to crawl in ''[[Brawl]]'' but now able to in ''[[Project M]]''.

*In ''Project +'', the Retro Suit's pose is almost identical to one of the North American boxarts for ''Super Metroid''.

*[https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBPM/comments/izogpv/labbing_discord_results_samus/ Labbing Discord Tech Post]