ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Koga Yanagisawa

Topics Citation
 Wave Dash https://supersmashbros.fandom.com/wiki/
Samus_(SSBM)
http://geno_star0.tripod.com/
 L Cancel
SuperSmashBros.Melee/id14.html

 Missiles Cancelling

 Bombs

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Samus Advanced
Techniques
Wave Dash
Wave Dashing is essential to any
character, but with Samus’ slow
turn radius and bad dash dancing,
wave dashing is Samus’ core
movement tech.
Buttons: Jump > Aerial dodge +
Stick direction either to bottom
right or left.
L Cancel
L Cancel is important to keep
yourself moving after an aerial
attack in all characters. It is spe-
cially important after aerials that
have large lag after landing.
Buttons: Aerial attack, then the L
or R trigger on a precise timing
when landing.
Missile Cancelling
One of Samus’ bread and butter.
Having a good missile usage can
be night and day for Samus play-
ers. The best usage of missiles
are done through missile cancel-
ling. To perform a Missile Cancel,
you have to shoot your missile
before you hit the ground to
avoid landing lag, but not too low where er in a precise timing.
the projectile doesn't appear. Grab/Grappling Hook
Buttons: Homing missile: B + right or left Another versatile move with many usage.
on the stick Unlike most of the cast Samus’ grab is a
Power missile: B + Smash right or left stick tether grab. The main difference of a teth-
er grab is that it has a longer reach, but
Bombs
has a long lag after use if you miss. Tether
Samus’ main recovery tool next to her
grabs can also stick on to wall like a grap-
grappling hook and screw attack. Bomb
pling hook, allowing for more versatile
jumping helps you stay on the air for much
recovery options. There is also an ad-
longer, helping you have more option to
vanced technique that is unique to Samus
either screw attack back to the edge or to
where she can make her grappling hook
grapple to the edge.
home-in on the opponent. This can be
It also makes your
very useful for tech chasing your opponent
hit box smaller,
after they are down.
making you harder
to hit. Bombs can Buttons: Grab/Grappling Hook: Z
also be used to do Extended Grab: Press up and down on the
Bomb Jumps
Super Wave Dash, D-pad while tapping Z. You can make the
where Samus slides grapple home in by holding the R or L
across the field for trigger, and you can only grab the oppo-
a large distance after the bomb animation. nent if you press the Z button when the
grapple is on them.
Buttons: Bomb Jumping: B + down stick,
repeated
Super Wave Dash: B + down stick then
Smashing the stick from one side to anoth-