SAMUS Amiibo Guide

SAMUS

WEAK TIER

Sad day for Samus Fans. This amiibo is abysmally bad in so many ways. Her skill set is a massive detriment for her when pitted against any other amiibo. She is so slow and laggy, the chances of her landing anything on another amiibo is next to none. Everything about her is laggy, her projectiles, her aerials, her smash attacks, her roll, even her grab. Amiibos just roll around her and win trades left and right until she has no stocks left. She can't do anything with her base moveset, so if you really want to make this amiibo work I suggest feeding her lots of equipment or giving her custom moves. I honestly can't think of any positives that she brings to the table. Her up smash would be good but she's so tall the hitbox goes over a lot of amiibo's heads. Her projectiles are her best moves but I couldn't get her to force an air dodge with a rocket and blast them with her neutral b. The AI can't comprehend the combos it requires to make Samus work. So if you want an amiibo that jumps around and gets punished for everything she does, by all means, pick up a Samus Amiibo! You may have more luck if you plan on fighting her yourself, but to be fair, she really isn't even that hard to beat at 50 in a Samus ditto, she's probably the easiest amiibo to beat. Congratulations Donkey Kong, there is actually an amiibo worse than you, you're off the hook!

PROS:

• Drops mines to cover her tracks, the only damage she ever lands lol
• True Combo with Down Throw to F Air, but landing the grab is difficult
• Can have success in FFA/Team Matches, more opporunities for her to land abilities
• Very Heavy

CONS:

• Weak B Moves, trouble landing them
• Weak Smash Attacks,  trouble landing them
• Weak Grab, can't land it
• Weak Roll, get's punished constantly in it
• Weak Aerials, doesn't land them
• No Kill Throw

TRAINING MUSTS:

• Give her custom moves, the only chance you will ever have making her good is with customs
• Teach her to full charge her neutral b at range
• Utilize her side b at range
• Harrass with Neutral B off stage, this is the only place she will really land it on other amiibos
• Utilize aerials, show her she can kill with back air and neutral air
• F Air is laggy, use it sparingly
• She can combo Down Throw into F Air, the grab is difficult to land and she's gonna get punished for trying to grab too much
• The only character I wouldn't suggest grabbing and pummeling often on
• Utilize all Smash Attacks, show her she can kill with them
• Up B kills, but I've never seen her use it on stage