Samus' DACUS

[Thane of Blue Flames]

Disclaimer: I'm still at a stage where I'm learning advanced techniques. I L-Cancel with about 75% consistency and still am not sure how to implement Wavedashing properly in my spacing. Needless to say I can't perform DACUSes yet.

So, biggest question first: Does Samus have a DACUS/Does her jumpsquat allow her to perform one? If so, the obvious part comes in: Samus has two DACUSes, and the one I'm interested in is Ice.

Ice DACUS, because of its massive hitbox seems like a good approach option, good for tech chases, punishes and getting surprise KOs maybe. Fire DACUS is less good for approaching but seems like it could combo with throws or platform tech chase.

Discuss!

 

[MonkUnit]

Samus does not have a DACUS. Here jumpstart is 3 frames which does not allow her to have a DACUS. Characters can only have a DACUS if their jumpstart is 4+ frames long.

 

[Thane of Blue Flames]

Unfortunate. Thanks for letting me know.

 

[Serris]

She does have a sliding up-smash, but it isn't a DACUS.

 

[Thane of Blue Flames]

How far does she slide?

 

[Xenozoa425]

Not very far.

In Turbo Mode though you can Dash Attack -> Up/F/Dsmash and get some pretty good distance.

 

[BigHairyFart]

You can do an Up-Smash out of SWD & it goes really far. Ice Up-Smash is very hard to land this way, but if you manage it, it makes for a very fancy kill. Fire Up-Smash is easier to hit out of SWD due to the multi-hit nature. Also, I'm curious, why does jumpsquat affect whether a character can DACUS? Jump inputs don't come into play during a DACUS, so why does jumpsquat matter?

 

[MonkUnit]

It's just the way Brawl does DACUS

 

[Serris]

Super
Wavedash
And
Grab

Screw DACUS, Samus has SWAG.