Samus (SSB4): Difference between revisions

Aside from her new KOing options, Samus benefits from the general changes between ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4''. With the changes to [[hitstun canceling]] and [[DI]], Samus' combo game has been improved. Some of her attacks (most notably her dash attack) have been altered to give them much greater followup potential, and she is able to combo attacks into each other far easier, with multiple combo starters and combo oriented moves, including dash attack, up tilt, forward aerial, up aerial and down aerial. Samus also greatly benefits from the introduction of [[rage]] as it not only further supplements her improved KO power but it also allows her to KO with her grounded Screw Attack at insanely early percents and her high weight and solid recovery allow her to build up rage. The changes to shields, shield damage and [[shieldstun]] also benefit her, as she can use her Charge Shot, Super Missile and Bomb in tandem with other moves to easily break shields.

However, Samus also received a few nerfs. The most significant nerf being the fact that she is no longer connected to {{SSB4|Zero Suit Samus}}. As such, she can no longer utilize her Zero Suit counterpart's far superior mobility and moveset to alleviate her own. As for Samus' more direct nerfs, some of Samus' moves her nerfed frame data with her landing lag in particular being significantly increased. While this is a common nerf across the cast, it harmed Samus more than most other returning veterans as Samus went from having the lowest average landing lag in the game to having fairly mediocre landing lag on her aerials with down aerial and forward aerial seeing the largest increase to their landing lag. This is especially an issue with forward aerial as it can no longer [[auto-cancel]] in a short hop. While her KO potential has improved, some of Samus' previous KO moves, such as her down tilt and down smash, have reduced KO potential. [[Missile]] is harder to camp with due it no longer auto-canceling on landing, though her projectiles overall are still powerful and useful in their own right. Additionally, Samus' overall damage output is lower (though it is higher relative to the cast) and despite her improved combo potential, some of her moves have reduced followup potential with two notable examples being her landing forward aerial and down aerial. One move which notably got nerfed however was her [[grab aerial]]. While it has increased tether range and it benefits from the changes to ledges, it has increased landing lag, deals less damage and has altered knockback hindering its spacing and followup potential.  

**{{buff|Forward tilt has adjusted hitbox properties. Its non-angled variant has received two sweetspots covering the lower leg and foot that deal more damage and received sourspots on her upper leg and body that deal the same damage as in ''Brawl'' (7%/8% → 7%/8%/9%/10%). Additionally, its upward and downward angles have each received a sweetspot on her foot that deals 1% more damage (10% → 11%). Lastly, its sweetspots have increased base knockback (10 → 30).}}

**{{nerf|Down tilt deals 2% less damage (14% → 12%) and has decreased knockback scaling (60 → 48), hindering its KO potential.}}

**{{buff|Forward smash has received a sweetspot and a sourspot. The sweetspot is the fiery explosion  from the Arm Cannon and deals more damage (14%/13%/12% → 15%/14%/13.5%) and base knockback (20 → 40), while the sourspot also deals more knockback (20 (base), 100 (scaling) → 16/112), making it stronger despite its lower damage. Forward smash also has much greater reach because of the sweetspot, restoring its utility from ''Melee''.}}

*{{nerf|Samus' faster falling speed removes forward aerial's ability to auto-cancel in a short hop drastically hindering its approach potential combined with its much higher landing lag. This also prevents Samus from performing two neutral, back or up aerials in a short hop.}}

**{{nerf|Back aerial auto-cancels later (frame 32 → 42).}}