Palutena Bow: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Special Move

|name=Palutena Bow

|image=[[File:SSB4 Palutena's Arrow.jpg|300px]]

|caption=Pit charging Palutena Bow in {{forwiiu}}.

|universe={{uv|Kid Icarus}}

|interwiki=icaruspedia

In ''Smash 4'', the move functions the same, although the range of Pit's arrows have been drastically reduced, no longer able to curve in a full circle on large maps and only traveling almost the length of Final Destination before fading into sparkles. However, the arrows still maintain their incredible accuracy, making the distance nerf negligible. Fully charged, Pit's arrows travel much further, almost the length of two Final Destinations. However, the arrows disappear when it reaches the blast zone, removing techniques and mindgames that involves the blast zone (such as Arrow Rain).

==Customization==

Special Move customization was added in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. These are the variations:

{{CustomSet|Pit|Neutral|name1=Palutena Bow|desc1=Fire a guidable arrow. While charging, you can aim the bow straight up.|name2=Piercing Bow|desc2=Fire a stronger arrow that can pierce through foes. Charging takes longer. Can't be guided.|name3=Guiding Bow|desc3=Fire an arrow that can be guided much more easily but has less power.|altlink2=Piercing Bow (Pit)}}

# '''Piercing Bow''': Shots take longer to charge and cannot be controlled in the air, but they can pierce through opponents. They are also stronger: damage rises by 3-6% for Pit and 5-8% for Dark Pit.

# '''Guiding Bow''': Shots are weaker and slower (down by 1-2% for Pit and .5-1% for Dark Pit), but they can be more easily controlled.

#: In {{forwiiu}}, this variation is a [[List of challenges (SSB4-Wii U)|Challenge]] unlock for Dark Pit, only obtainable by using Dark Pit to get a score of at least 25 in [[Rival Smash]].

==Palutena's Bow==

[[File:PalutenaBowOrigin.png|thumb|125px|Palutena's Bow as it appears in ''Uprising''.]]

Palutena's Arrow didn't appear in a ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' game prior to ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' (though it does appear in the later game ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' as the {{s|icaruspedia|Palutena Bow}}, which bases much of its aesthetic on designs which debuted or appeared in ''Brawl''), but in the original games, Pit used a bow as his trademark weapon. The move appears to be based on the Arrow of Light, one of the three Sacred Treasures used to defeat Medusa. Normally, Pit fired regular arrows. Also in the original titles, Pit could aim his bow upwards, much like how he can with the Palutena Bow in ''Smash Bros.''

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Link&PitSSB4.png|Pit and {{SSB4|Link}} using their bows alongside each other.

SSB4 - Dark Pit Screen-10.jpg|Dark Pit and Pit using their bows alongside each other at {{SSB4|Mario}} and {{SSB4|Luigi}}.

Pit SSBU Skill Preview Neutral Special.png|Pit using Palutena Bow as shown by a Skill Preview in ''Ultimate''.

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**In ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'', these golden rings will only appear when he is wielding the Palutena Bow, suggesting that they are a part of the weapon itself. His initial appearance in [[The Subspace Emissary]] also suggests this, as when Palutena gives the bow to him, the rings appear once he holds the bow.

*In ''Brawl'', if Pit has the arrow on the screen after he is KO'd, he can continue to control it in unlimited time. An example can be seen here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXpSaprgAYg&feature=youtu.be&t=1m17s].

*In a similar line to [[CPU]] {{SSBB|Luigi}} players spamming [[Fireball]]s upon using [[Negative Zone]], higher-leveled CPU Pit players will immediately fire a Palutena's Arrow after throwing an enemy. They do not aim these arrows either, making it possible that this is just a programming error.   

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