@Xyro, that's cool. Anything you can contribute will help. Do you play the Link matchup very often?
Problem: missles/zair. this is what gets 90% of all people.
Answer: stay in her face but yet stay at the SWORD TIP range. This allows you to keep her from spaming AND prevents her from UP+B out of shield.
Answer 2: if you arnt good at spacing then there is another way to deal with the Zair/missles. AT ALL TIMES, keep projectiles going AT samus. Wether they miss or not just do it. This will cause her to stop spaming and move.
Problem: what do i do once im in her face?
Answer: mix up jabs with tilts or SAFE smash attacks. If you jab 2 times(cancel it) then jab cancel on one jab then down smash(examples).....who the hell is gonna predict AND punish that? Mix it up to where samus goes ahead and attacks just to get shielded and punished. You could also always have a Brang flying around just to make her think "oh ****, i gotta block in the next 3 seconds" and then.......boom!!!!! Punish her for that.
Other Stuff: a good samus NEVER rolls...her roll is sheer garbage. If you catch one rolling, please greet her with a HIGHLY DAMAGING ATTACK when she comes out of it. its what i call free damage.
Other Stuff 2: dont be afraid of the charge shot....ever. ive seen so many links doing wierd stuff once im holding a fully charged shot, i think they are paying attention more to the fact i have an attack that can do massive damage(25%) then realizing that nearly EVERY move that uses links sword can cancel out the charge shot. Not to mention, if you are worried about it hitting you...throw a bomb or stand still....you wont be hurt.
Other Stuff 3: Counter pick levels! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, counter pick SMART LEVELS. No FD(why give the foe a chance to spam). Pick levels that keep her moving(so she cant spam) and maybe some platforms. Even though i CP 99% of the cast on port town, if i was a link user i would CP port town for samus. Think, samus is very close to you the entire time while the stage is moving(you have advantage). Cars can kill her at 50%. If she gets knocked off stage and if you spam right she is FORCED to come THRU the stage(theres no ledges) which in my mind would mean you could greet her with a UP+B out of shield or move until she finished with her UP+ B animation and f-smash her. That will kill her or force her to repeat the process again. USE LEVELS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
Other Stuff 4: SPAM! i know alot of you "dont feel right" when you sit back and spam. Think, will the foe feel bad for spamming? NO! So why should you. You(like me) use a low tier charater that SHOULD BE HIGHER.......but isnt because we havnt done good enough in tournies as a whole. Lets change that! If spamming gets you top 10......then do it. If spamming gets you higher on the tier list...do it. If spamming gets you WINS over people that you normal couldnt beat.......DO IT. Trust me, metaknight does not "feel bad" when he spams the A button. Fear not.......SPAM
Final Note: I had a blast playing all of you link guys and THANK YOU for giving me the chance to battle you.. In my opinion, link has a SLIGHT advantage on samus(if you spam right) and it may turn out to be a flat out ADVANTAGE if you counter pick levels right(and use the level against samus). Also, i do not use link AT ALL so some of this stuff may be easier said than done...im just going by what i KNOW would work and from what iv SEEN work.
PS: i mean what im about to say. i APOLOGIZE if ANYTHING i said hurt any of you. This massive post wasnt meant to degrade you. just give you an insight on what it takes to beat a samus.
PSS: Go to the samus boards and make a LINK BOARDS vs SAMUS BOARDS thread. all of you guys need to head there and challenge us. you will learn new styles and new tricks.