SSBU/Dark Samus

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Introduction

Dark Samus is a character

Strengths

Weaknesses

Charge Shot: Charge Shot is an incredible projectile. It’s useful as a combo starter at low percents when combined with her long-ranged grab and at high percents is a threatening kill option at higher charges. It’s also a potent ledgetrapping tool, even more so against the characters that it can 2-frame. Strong Zoning: The great Charge Shot combined with Missiles and Zair make for a character that can be very annoying to get in against. Great Up-B Out of Shield: Screw Attack is a 4-frame out of shield option. Even if the opponent gets past Dark Samus’ zoning, she can use this to quickly get them off of her.

Inconsistent Multihits: Dark Samus’ multihitting Up-smash, Fair, and Screw Attack can be notoriously inconsistent, with opponents sometimes just popping out. Jab doesn’t function: The two hits of jab don’t actually combo into each other. While the first hit does have great startup and range, her followups are all mixups, unlike every other character in the game.

Physics
Weight	108
Gravity	0.075
Ground Movement
Walk Speed	1.115
Initial Dash Speed	1.87
Initial Dash Frames	10
Run Speed	1.654
Jumping
Air Speed	1.103
Air Acceleration	0.09
Fall/Fastfall Speed	1.33/2.168

Frame Data

Light Attacks

Jab 1
5A

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS JAB1.png

A jab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
3	2	13	17	3.0%	-10
Cancels into Jab 2 from frame 15 by pressing A again on whiff/hit/block or by holding A on hit/block Does not combo into Jab 2 on grounded hit

Jab 2
5AA

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS JAB2.png

Good anti-air, good mixup, bad jab

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
6	4	20	29	8.0%	-15

fTilt
[6]A

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS FTILT.png

Leg

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
8	3	23	33	8.0/9.0/10.0%	-17/-16/-15
Strongest hitbox at the foot Can be angled slightly upwards or downwards Angled versions deal 1.0% extra

uTilt
[8]A

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS UTILT.png

Ground-spiking anti-air

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
15	4	21	39	13.0/12.0%	-12
Deals more damage and spikes on grounded hit

dTilt
[2]A

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS DTILT.png

Fastest tilt

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
6	3	36	44	12.0%	-27

Dash Attack
(while running) A

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS DASHATTACK.png

Shoulder check

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
8	6/5	23	41	1.0/6.0%	-26
Early hit is strongest

Smash Attacks

fSmash
6+A (chargeable)

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS FSMASH.png

Good combo after bomb

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
3+7	2	37	48	12.0/14.0	-30/-28
Strongest hitbox at tip of arm Can be angled slightly upwards or downwards Up-angled version deals 1.0% extra Down-angled version deals 1.0% less

uSmash
8+A (chargeable)

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS USMASH.png

Good anti-air, bad reversal

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
6+5/15/19/23/27	2/2/2/2/2	28	56	3.0/6.0%	-24
Final hit is strongest

dSmash
2+A (chargeable)

File:SSBU DARKSAMUS DSMASH.png

Roll/ledge coverage

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Block
3+6/17	2/2	26	44	10.0/12.0%	-28/-19
Back hit is strongest