
When hit, Dark Samus will emit sparks.To reference her Phazon biological makeup, all of the explosions she produces from certain attacks will be in various shades of neon blue.Different sound effects are also appropriately used to account for some of these changes. Beyond the Taunts and Idle poses, the rest of Dark Samus' non-attack animations are completely different from Samus, which include jumping, free falling, turning, braking, and item shooting.General Moveset Note: The gifs used are not accurate representations of their standard knockback settings from 0% Attack Much like Samus, Dark Samus can Wall jump and perform a Tether recovery with her Grapple Beam.With the exception of Missile and Bomb, all of the Phazon-based attacks Dark Samus can perform have an electric affect on them this means that she cannot detonate bombs from a distance or harm the Yellow Pikmin.

This is most notable in her walking and dashing poses, as her floaty stance allows her to completely evade certain low attacks (such as Mario's Dash attack), while Samus can't at all.

A majority of Dark Samus' animations are very different from Samus.

With that said, there are a few slight differences the separate them from each other: As an Echo Fighter, she shares the same attacks and stats as Samus as such, Dark Samus is also a heavily defensive fighter fitting in the Zoner-archetype.
