Light Beam
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| Light Beam | |
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 The Light Beam. | |
| Featured in | Metroid Prime 2: Echoes |
| Damage | Varies |
| Effect(s) | Low range, deals high damage to creatures of Dark Aether, can burn enemies. |
| Special uses | Can supercharge Light Crystals and Beacons. |
| Obtained | Dark Agon Wastes. |
The Light Beam is a Luminoth weapon and one of Samus's beam upgrades. Samus Aran recovered it from Dark Agon Wastes during the events of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
[edit] Description
The Luminoth first experimented with the idea of overloading Dark creatures with the Dark Beam, and when that failed, moved on to the Light Beam, which proved to be a far deadlier weapon in their war against the Ing. As with all ammunition beams in Metroid Prime 2, Samus can charge this when out of ammo for an ordinary shot. The Light Beam is similar to the Plasma Beam of Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The arm cannon uses the shape of the Wave Beam from Metroid Prime and the Nova Beam from Metroid Prime 3.
The Light Beam can activate dimensional rifts on Dark Aether and greatly damages Dark enemies, such as the Ing. The Light Beam can also open White Doors. It also has the ability to energize Light Crystals and Beacons; their radius expands, and any Ing caught within is severely damaged or even killed.
Ironically, the Light Beam can only be found on Dark Aether, while its Dark counterpart can only be found on the light world of Aether.
This beam shares several qualities with the first Prime's Plasma Beam, including the projectile itself and its tendency to light enemies on fire.
[edit] Sunburst
Main Article: Sunburst
Once acquired from the Grand Windchamber, Samus could use the Sunburst, the Charge Combo for the Light Beam. It created a slow moving sphere of light that was be good for destroying slow-moving Dark enemies.
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