Charge Beam - Revision history

UNHchabo: Charge delay video

2023-08-21T07:23:51Z

Charge delay video

UNHchabo: Ice-Plasma has a 12-frame cooldown

2021-07-06T02:19:08Z

Ice-Plasma has a 12-frame cooldown

UNHchabo: Cooldown of 15 frames

2019-08-03T01:23:54Z

Cooldown of 15 frames

Overfiendvip: Added PAL time

2015-12-14T16:35:10Z

Added PAL time

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{{Item info
|title=Charge Beam
|image=Charge.png
|location=[[Big Pink]], [[Brinstar]]
|effect=Triples beam damage, enables special beam techniques
}}

Without the Charge Beam, holding the shot button down causes two shots to be emitted approximately 15 frames apart, and all shots thereafter to be emitted approximately 25 frames apart. Tapping the shot button repeatedly allows you to fire at a faster rate than if you held it down.

With the Charge Beam, pressing and holding the shot button will emit a shot and cause a charge to begin. If the shot button is released before Samus begins to flash, a normal shot is emitted. Otherwise, a charged shot is emitted, which will deal [[Damage|three times as much damage]], has a larger hitbox, and may move at a different speed.

It takes exactly 60 frames (1 second on NTSC / 1.2 seconds on PAL) to charge up a charged shot, but this process is delayed if Samus [[Exploiting Sprite Animations|performs a turn-around]], which will delay the beam's charging time by approximately six frames each time.

== See also ==

* [[Beam Upgrades]]
* [[Pseudo Screw Attack]]
* [[Charge Beam Combos]]
* [[Bomb Spread]]

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-Without the Charge Beam, holding the shot button down causes two shots to be emitted approximately 15 frames apart, and all shots thereafter to be emitted approximately 25 frames apart. Tapping the shot button repeatedly allows you to fire at a faster rate than if you held it down, with a cooldown rate of 15 frames.
+Without the Charge Beam, holding the shot button down causes two shots to be emitted approximately 15 frames apart, and all shots thereafter to be emitted approximately 25 frames apart. Tapping the shot button repeatedly allows you to fire at a faster rate than if you held it down, with a cooldown rate of 15 frames. (note that this 15 frame cooldown is the same for all upgraded beam combinations, except Ice-Plasma which has a cooldown of 12 frames)
 With the Charge Beam, pressing and holding the shot button will emit a shot and cause a charge to begin. If the shot button is released before Samus begins to flash, a normal shot is emitted. Otherwise, a charged shot is emitted, which will deal [[Damage|three times as much damage]], has a larger hitbox, and may move at a different speed.

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 With the Charge Beam, pressing and holding the shot button will emit a shot and cause a charge to begin. If the shot button is released before Samus begins to flash, a normal shot is emitted. Otherwise, a charged shot is emitted, which will deal [[Damage|three times as much damage]], has a larger hitbox, and may move at a different speed.
-It takes exactly 60 frames (1 second on NTSC / 1.2 seconds on PAL) to charge up a charged shot, but this process is delayed if Samus [[Exploiting Sprite Animations|performs a turn-around]], which will delay the beam's charging time by approximately six frames each time.
+It takes exactly 60 frames (1 second on NTSC / 1.2 seconds on PAL) to charge up a charged shot, but this process is delayed if Samus [[Exploiting Sprite Animations|performs a turn-around]], which will delay the beam's charging time by approximately six frames each time. The process will also be delayed by being in spinjump.
 == See also ==