Phazon Suit

The Phazon Suit is an upgrade to the Power Suit from Metroid Prime. While other suit upgrades involve the incorporation of advanced technological hardware, the Phazon Suit is a result of the Power Suit being corrupted by an overload of pure Phazon.

In Metroid Prime
After Samus defeated the Omega Pirate, it collapsed on top of her, bathing her in Phazon. Viral corruption from this event created the Phazon Suit. This suit has a faint aura emanating from it, similar to a mirage that one may see on the road on a hot summer day, and this suit's color scheme is now shades of black, crimson, and silver, highly irregular colors for Samus's suit. The suit provides 75% damage reduction, the greatest level of defensive shielding in Metroid Prime. It also makes Samus immune to the radiation from blue Phazon (although it does not protect her from the much deadlier Orange Phazon found in the Impact Crater), and allows her to channel pure Phazon into the Phazon Beam, an ability that would prove vital in defeating Metroid Prime. After defeating Metroid Prime, it absorbs the Phazon from Samus's suit (leaving Samus with the Gravity Suit), and it manifests itself as Dark Samus. The hand that appears at the end of the game, Dark Samus's, is colored similarly to the hand of the Phazon Suit.



Trivia

 * When four players face off in Metroid Prime Hunters, all using Samus at the same time, the fourth player’s color scheme strongly resembles the Phazon Suit.
 * If Samus had retained the Phazon Suit she could have theoretically been able to withstand the atmospheres of Dark Aether and Phaaze, since the former's corrosion is a result of Phazon and the latter is 100% Phazon.
 * The Phazon Suit does not get included in the game's item percentage until all other 99 items are obtained.

Eternal Links

 * Phazon Suit Statue