Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but Samus's ftilt received a pretty major range nerf. In 4 it had the most range of any forward tilt in the game because of her long leg, forward pivot, and the fact that she slid forward on her foot during the animation. That slide forward has been removed, making her ftilt her least ranged tilt and putting it on par with some other tilts (e.g. Marth ftilt) that it solidly outranged before.
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Samus ftilt range nerf
- Thread starter Vyrnx
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unfortunately a range nerf isn't really compensatable. Samus is outranged/matched on the ground now by many characters, move is still good but definitely worse overall. Being able to use it out of run is great, but the move still got nerfed.
flamemetal3
Smash Rookie
yes, I agree. her forward-tilt got a range nerf. it still maintains it's general damage and knockback properties.
WhamBamBoozler
Smash Rookie
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Yeah, I'm finding Samus a little more difficult to enjoy in smash ultimate. Other than the LL buffs that everyone got she just seems to have been taken down a notch in ultimate.
Izanagi97
Smash Lord
I'd say it's more that she plays differently
I Chizl I
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Agreed. I was a Samus main in Melee and my style back then was overpowering offense, mainly on the ground, with some well-placed missiles and charge shots thrown in the mix whenever the opportunity presented itself. Also lots of nair and bair.
Playing Dark Samus in Ultimate is the first game since Melee where she's been able to play well with a similar style. Also, the fair got a good power boost and uair has lots of priority too. Nair is very useful when you figure out the priority and timing, especially when guarding the edge.
I still need to master the zair game and her reverse charge shot application. But if played right she can be an overpowering offensive powerhouse, especially against average speed and slow characters.