Beam Sword

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Fox holding a Beam Sword in SSBB.

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A Beam Sword in SSB.

The Beam Sword is a long-range "clobbering weapon", similar in appearance to a lightsaber which is available in all three games. It can be wielded and charged for melee attacks or can be thrown. The Super Smash Bros. Melee Beam Sword is considerably weaker than it was in the original Super Smash Bros.. The length of Melee's Beam Sword changes depending on the character wielding it and the intensity of the attack performed. The beam sword's smash attack generally has the longest range of all beam sword strikes. In Melee and Brawl, it is possible for Peach to pull out a Beam Sword with her Vegetable attack, but this is incredibly rare. In its Brawl incarnation, the sword is blue, not pink.

• When A is tapped, it does 7% damage.
• As a tilt attack, it does 11% damage
• When used as a smash attack, it does 15% damage and can be charged to do up to 20%.
• When dropped, it does between 4-10% damage.
• When thrown at the opponent, it does 15% damage.
• In the original Japanese versions of SSB and SSBM, the Beam Sword sounded similar to a lightsaber from the Star Wars trilogy; in SSBB, the sound effects have been kept for all versions.
• The Brawl version may be inspired by the Atma Weapon sword from Final Fantasy VI; a sword with a blue blade of pure magical energy. The Atma Weapon becomes longer and more powerful based on its wielder's fighting spirit, just like the Brawl trophy description says about the Beam Sword.
• When held by either Link, Marth or Roy, the smash attack is a double smash; the character slashes with his regular sword and then takes a second stronger swipe with the Beam Sword.
• When held by Captain Falcon, the forward smash it is a weak hit below and then a strong upwards hit that knocks opponents skyward
• When held by Sheik, the forward smash is a very quick double hit, both upwards. The first hit is a bit stronger than Capt. Falcon’s, but the second is weaker than Capt. Falcon's second hit
• When held by Mewtwo, a dashing A attack is around 5 spinning hits (around 20 damage). When he smashes with it, he slices it downwards.
• When held by Ike, the smash attack is a double smash; he slashes with the beam sword first, which sucks characters in, then slashes with his sword.
• The Beam Sword is pink in the first two games, but blue in Brawl.
• In SSBM and SSBB the beam sword will change its length when it is picked up or when it is used. In SSB, however, it is always the same length.

Damages in the original

• A: 12%
• Tilt: 18%
• Dash: 16%
• Smash: 25%
• Throws
  • Drop: 5%
  • Tilt: 15%
  • Tilt Up: 16%
  • Tilt Down: 13%
  • Dash: 19%
  • Smash: 19%
  • Smash Up: 20%
  • Smash Down: 13%
• Air Throws
  • Drop: 13%
  • Tilt: 17%
  • Tilt Up: 17%
  • Tilt Down: 19%
  • Smash: 19%
  • Smash Up: 20%
  • Smash Down: 20%

Trophy description

Description

"With its distinctive glowing blade, the Beam Sword is eye-catching and lethal. At first, the blade is about the size of a short sword, but the length changes depending on who wields it. The blade also lengthens in direct proportion to the power of an attack, so it reaches its maximum size when swung as a smash attack."

Game: Super Smash Bros. (04/99)

Brawl Description

A sword with a blade of glowing energy. The length of the blade changes depending on the fighting spirit of the wielder. It has four attacks: a standard attack, a strong side attack, a side smash attack, and a dash attack. When doing a side smash attack, the beam sword's blade grows to three times its normal length--that's the best reach of all battering weapons.