Samus (SSF2)

Samus is a veteran starter character in Super Smash Flash 2. She was added in Version 0.9a as the final member of the original eight from Super Smash Bros. Her sprites are fully custom and are based on her appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Samus is currently ranked 14th on the tier list for Version 1.3.1.2 of the game. She has an amazing projectile game, with four different projectiles that can be used in various ways to keep opponents at a distance, set up juggles, take control of the stage, or KO outright. Her up smash, forward air, and up air are all strong multihits that can be used to rack up damage quickly, while her up tilt and down throw lead to a near-guaranteed Charge Shot followups. She's one of the heaviest characters in the game, yet has a very low falling speed, allowing her to escape from juggles in spite of her weight. Combined with her difficult-to-edgeguard Screw Attack, good tether recovery, and her ability to use bombs to gain extra height, Samus has one of the best recoveries in the game and high survivability overall.

However, Samus' floatiness causes her to get KO'd off the top of the screen at astonishingly low percentages for her weight, comparable to a character 20 units lighter than her. Her zoning game is hampered somewhat by the game's strong power shielding mechanics, as any character can reliably reflect her own shots back at her with proper timing. Samus struggles at close range due to her generally lackluster frame data and range on her melee attacks, especially against characters with disjointed hitboxes. Adding her high short hop, low falling speed, and weak ground to air momentum, Samus has a limited number of approach options. Her moves also have an annoying tendency to have too much knockback growth to combo effectively, but not enough to KO, resulting in a slog of a fight where Samus has to gradually grind her opponent down with brief punishes until she finally tacks on the 120-180% damage she needs to KO properly.

Samus has enough difficult matchups to keep her out of the top tiers, but her overall strengths put her at the top of high tier.