Dark Samus

Dark Samus has acquired enough entirely new tools to be treated as a brand new character, like Isabelle when compared to Villager. With unique air movement traits, lack of a tether aerial, modified knockback angles, and altered projectile properties, this Dark Samus has a completely fresh playstyle, based around preemptive projectile placement. (Or just call it Setplay Samus.)

Stats

Moveset

Normals

Jab 1

Jab 2

Is now a new move that shoots opponents away horizontally.

FAF: 35

Dash Attack

Has the same animation but deals multiple hits.

Multihits:

Final Hitbox:

FAF: 50

Forward Tilt

Up Tilt

Now does a quick claw-swipe in front of and above it.

FAF: 35

Down Tilt

Smash Attacks

Up Smash

Final Hit Only:

Down Smash

Aerials

Neutral Air

Dark Samus gathers Phazon energy, hitting opponents multiple times. It then releases that energy outwards around it. The first time this is performed in the air, Dark Samus's fall speed is cut by 0.35x.

Multihits:

The Multihit hitbox barely surrounds Dark Samus.

Launching Hitbox:

Has the same placement as the multihit hitbox, except slightly larger.

FAF: 54
Autocancel Window: 56+

Forward Air

Is now an animation based on its Forward Smash.

FAF: 49
Autocancel Window: 42+

Back Air

(Early Weak/Early Strong/Late), if applicable

Up Air

Is now Captain Falcon's Up Air but with a modified animation.

(Early/Late), if applicable.

FAF: 36
Autocancel Window: 27+

Down Air

Spike Hitboxes Only:

Specials

Neutral Special - Phazon Orb

Dark Samus now shoots an orb that rapidly slows down to a crawl.
Charging a Phazon Orb only changes how fast it initially travels.
Upon charging a Phazon Orb, if one exists already it will be removed.
The charge of a Phazon Orb cannot be stored. Dark Samus will fire automatically upon reaching maximum charge.

Minimum FAF: 43

Side Special - Homing Missile

No longer explodes on impact with a fighter, instead automatically exploding when touching the ground or after 30 frames after firing.
Homing Missile now homes in more accurately.

Side Special - Super Missile

Takes much longer to take off, and has no hitbox until it does.

Up Special - Screw Attack

Only the Grounded version was adjusted

Down Special - Morph Ball Drop (The Dark Slamus?)

Dark Samus no longer drops a bomb. Instead, it curls into a ball, hops upwards, and drops itself.
Upon hitting an opponent or a shield, Dark Samus will bounce and uncurl, allowing it to immediately follow-up.
Opponents launched by Morph Ball Drop are sent in the direction Dark Samus was initially facing.
If Dark Samus lands while the hitbox is active, it will take 24 frames of landing lag.