Palutena Bow: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Special Move

|name=Palutena Bow

|user=[[Pit]]

|universe={{uv|Kid Icarus}}

|interwiki=icaruspedia

|interwikiname=Icaruspedia

}}

==Overview==

Starting at 294%, a fully charged arrow can [[KO]] a middleweight such as [[Mario]] — making it deadly in [[Super Sudden Death]] — and an uncharged arrow can KO at 562%.

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 involve it (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)}}

==Trophies==

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[[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''. Before ''Kid Icarus Uprising'', Pit's bow did not have the ability to split into two blades. This is explained in [[Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|the Subspace Emissary]].

==Gallery==

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

SSBUWebsiteDarkPit3.jpg|Pit charging his bow while Dark Pit uses [[Electroshock Arm]].

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==Trivia==

*Normally, Pit has golden rings hovering around his wrist (from wielding the Bow). When he uses this move, the rings slide onto the bow while charging before returning to his wrists when he fires.

**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.

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