User blog comment:Wassboss/Super Smash Bros Tournament Reboot: Fox vs Samus/@comment-5232784-20150930223848

The Fox vs The Foxy Lady (with no Jimmy Hendrix. Denied!)

1. STANDARD MOOVES, man!

Neutral attack: Samus has the size and strength advantage, has armor to protect her from physical shots, and hit with her arm cannon. The Fox cant compete. Edge Samus

Dash attack: Samus' armor will protect her form the Fox's kick, while she can use the same armor as a ramming weapon. Edge: Samus

Forward tilt: A normal kick is going to be faster than a roundhouse kick, and the Fox has superior speed. However, his power wont do much against the armor of Samus, while she'll have more force and can use the armor to add more injury to her blows. Edge Samus

Up tilt: the same armor and superior strength issues apply here. Edge: Samus

Down tilt: The arm cannon has more range than th Fox's tail, and will do more damage. Edge Samus

Forward smash: the fire from the cannon will do more damage than the spinning kick ever could. Edge Samus

Up smash: the energy cannon has more range than the back flip. It will do for Samus what Dalsim's stretchable body does for his character in street fighter: it will give her the best defense from an airborne attack (like a jump kick). Edge Samus

Down smash: The fox will probably be able to evade the leg sweep, but his split kick wont do much. It will, however, do some damage, possibly more than Samus's leg sweep. Edge Fox

Neutral aerial: Samus' maneuver protects her from both sides, while the fox "sex" kick probably only works from one side (its not a roundhouse kick, and it is only one kick). Edge Samus

Forward aerial: Samus' energy cannon once again has superior range (and more punch) than the fox's kicks. She'll be peppering the fox with energy blasts before he can get close enough for the first kick. Edge Samus

Back aerial: Though a noral kick is faster than a roundhouse, the fox is noted for superior speed, and may land his kick before Samus can. Edge Fox

Up aerial: The Fox's attack may not have the punch of Samus' drill kick, but it is faster and two pronged. Edge Fox

Down aerial: The fact that Samus' downward strike involves a metal, heavy object (the arm cannon) and can (but not always) cause a meteor smash, gives Samus the edge. Edge Samus.

Throws: the Fox uses his blaster in most of his throws, while Samus fires a weapon in only one, and its a grapple beam. Edge Fox

The Fox has speedy attacks, but the lack power, and Samus is in futuristic combat armor. She has the edges in most categories here.

EDGE: SAMUS!!

2. SPECIAL MOVES

Neutral special: the charge shot may take time before it can reach full, devistating power, during which time te Fox can unload a barrage of blaster shots at her. Though they are not as powerful as the hand cannon (and she is wearing armor), the blaster shots could pummel her into submission. Plus, the charge shot, though powerful, might not be super accurate, especally with a speedy, moving target. Edge Fox

Side special: no contest. Samus is using missiles (one of which homes in on a target. Fox's speed can evade that). Meanwhile, Fox's fox illusion brings him into dangerously close range with Samus, opening him up to melee attacks as well as energy shots. Edge Samus

Up special: Samus will be able to pull off her screw attack without having to charge first, and it draws her opponents to her, thus not having to worry about range and evasion. Edge  Samus

Down secial: though I dont know if Fox's reflector can bounce the time bomb back (a dropped bomb  technically isn't a projectile, and thus shouldn't bounce off the reflector shield), the shield gives the fox an impressie advantage against Samus' energy cannon shots. Edge Fox

Final smash: The landmaster offers more protection than Samus' armor, and can take Samus' Zero laser (at least for a short time) while giving as good as it gets with its own energy cannon. It can lift off the ground, thus giving Fox air superiority as well. Edge Fox

Fox has a 3 to 2 advantage in special attacks. In particular, his reflector and Landmaster attacks will prove quite lethal to Samus. The reflector itself will best her projectiles, and she relies heavily on them.

EDGE: SAMUS!

TBC