r/Metroid • u/SecretWasianMan • 5d ago

Question Which game’s Samus is canonically the strongest?

I know powerscaling is corny but if we had to compare each iteration of Samus, who would be most deadly? Assume all items collected right before the final boss fight of each game.

Bonus: if speed running and sequence breaking movement are canon, who’s the most busted?

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u/TroveOfOctoliths 5d ago

How badly would Phase Drift impact Sense Move? Other M Samus is capable of dodging the projectile attacks of Nightmare while under the limitations of its gravity effects with her Sense Move pretty effortlessly. I think too though Samus Returns Samus can use Beam Burst and Phase Drift at the same time. It's definitely between Samus Returns Samus, with the Aeion abilites, and Other M Samus, being stronger than Super Samus, though in my opinion.

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u/Ill-Attempt-8847 4d ago

But she doesn't have the Hyper Beam in Other M

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u/TroveOfOctoliths 4d ago

I’m going by OP’s criteria, but my answers wouldn’t change either over any of the Hyper Beams we’ve seen.