Introduction

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 is 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 Samus’ zoning, she can use this to quickly get them off of her.

Inconsistent Multihits: 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

Jab 2
5AA

File:SSBU SAMUS 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 SAMUS 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 SAMUS 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 SAMUS DTILT.png

Fastest tilt

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

Dash Attack
(while running) A

File:SSBU SAMUS 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 SAMUS 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 SAMUS 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 SAMUS 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

Aerial Attacks

nAir
j5A

File:SSBU SAMUS NAIR.png

Strong and fast

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Landing
8/14	4/8	23	45	10.0/9.0/8.0%	9
First hit is strongest Autocancels frame 1-7 and frame 35-45

fAir
j6A

File:SSBU SAMUS FAIR.png

Anti-air

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Landing
6/12/18/24/30	2/2/2/2/2	28	59	3.0/1.6/5.0%	14
Final hit is strongest Autocancels frame 47-59

uAir
j8A

File:SSBU SAMUS UAIR.png

Juggle

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Landing
5/7/16	1/8/2	22	39	3.0/1.2/4.0%	18
Final hit is strongest Persistent multi-hit frame 7-14, reactivates every 3 frames on hit (max 3 hits) Autocancels frame 1-2 and frame 34-39

dAir
j2A

File:SSBU SAMUS DAIR.png

Spike

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Landing
17	2/3/2	25	48	10.0/14.0%	12
Middle hit is strongest (spikes) Autocancels frame 1-3 and frame 34-48

bAir
j4A

File:SSBU SAMUS BAIR.png

Kill move

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Landing
9	6	27	41	12.0/14.0/9.0%	14
Early hit at the foot is strongest Autocancels frame 1-8

zAir
jZ

File:SSBU SAMUS ZAIR.png

Big poke

Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Damage	Landing
8/16	8/4	40	59	2.5/4.0%	8
Second hit is strongest