Pit (SSBU)

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Pit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Kid Icarus
Other playable appearances	in Brawl in SSB4
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Lightning Chariot

“	Pit is a well-balanced, well-rounded character with a defensive special that nullifies long distance attacks and excellent recovery. He's a great choice for new players!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Pit (ピット, Pit) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed as a playable character on June 12th, 2018. Pit is classified as fighter #28.

Antony Del Rio and Minami Takayama reprise the role of Pit in the English and Japanese versions of the game, respectively.

How to unlock

Complete one of the following:

• Play VS. matches, with Pit being the 4th character to be unlocked.
• Clear Classic Mode with Samus or any character in her unlock tree, being the third character unlocked after Wii Fit Trainer.
• Have Pit join the player's party in World of Light.

With the exception of the third method, Pit must then be defeated on Skyworld.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Having been often regarded as a mid-tier character in Smash 4, Pit has been drastically buffed in the transition to Ultimate. Pit's aerial game is significantly improved as a result of the universally decreased landing lag, putting his overall landing lag more in line with the rest of the cast, which makes his aerial attacks safer to use against shields (complemented further by out of shield options being weakened) and strengthens his neutral game as a result. Adding to this, his aerials themselves have been buffed to varying degrees; his neutral, forward and up aerials deal more damage, with the former also connecting more reliably, and his down aerial is easier to meteor smash with due to its larger meteor hitbox. Pit has also received buffs to his ground game, as his up tilt and down tilt have received less ending lag more favorable angles that turn them into more reliable combo starters, and his neutral attack's infinite, previously unreliable due to its poor linking, is much more effective for racking up damage due to the several tweaks it has received. Moreover, his special move kit has increased utility, with both Palutena Bow and Guardian Orbitars being sped up, bolstering Pit's abilities to camp and reflect opposing projectiles.

One of Pit's most importantly buffed areas, however, is his KO ability, previously mediocre due to his lack of safe KO options (especially in comparison to the rest of the cast). In Ultimate, his dash attack, back aerial, down aerial, and Upperdash Arm have all had their knockback increased to the point of KOing reliably at high percentages, while his neutral and forward aerials are better for edgeguarding due to their slightly higher knockback. This is complemented by Pit's already existing KO options, as well as his generally more effective damage racking ability due to his higher damage outputs and larger amount of combo starters, ultimately granting him a much stronger offensive game. Overall, Pit is a considerably better character than in Smash 4, as while he has received a few nerfs, they have a comparatively weaker impact on him, to the point of being almost entirely negated by his larger amount of buffs.

Aesthetics

• As with all veterans returning from Smash 4, Pit's model features a more subdued color scheme. His clothing and wings now feature simple detailing, while his eyes and hair appear more detailed.
• Like many other characters, Pit is more expressive.
• The look of Pit's Upperdash Arm has been altered. The blue orb in the center has more detail, making it more closely resemble its appearance in Uprising.
• Pit's idle animation has been slightly altered.
• Pit's side taunt has been shortened. He now swings his bow three times instead of four.
• The wing particle effects from Pit's down taunt are more pronounced.
• Pit's Star KO now has him shout "I never learned how to read!", which is a line from Uprising.
• Pit's "victory sign" animation has changed. He now does a celebratory jump before showing the hand sign.

Attributes

• Like all characters, Pit's jumpsquat animation now takes 3 frames to complete (down from 5).
• Pit walks faster (1.199 → 1.259).
• Pit runs much faster (1.66215 → 1.828).
  • Pit's initial dash is significantly faster (1.5 → 2.09).
• Pit's air speed is higher (0.89 → 0.935).
• Pit's air acceleration is higher (0.065 → 0.075).
• Pit's traction is significantly higher (0.0505 → 0.135), now being tied with his Echo Fighter's for the second highest in the game.
• Forward roll has more ending lag (FAF 28 → 30).
• Back roll has more startup (frame 4 → 5) and ending lag (FAF 28 → 35).
• Spot dodge has more startup (frame 2 → 3).
• Air dodge has more startup (frame 2 → 3) and significantly more ending lag (FAF 32 → 53).
• Air dodge grants more intangibility (frames 2-26 → 3-29).

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack:
  • Neutral infinite has a shorter gap between hits (3 frames → 2), alongside a different angle (25°/120° → 361°) and knockback values (18/4 set/100 scaling → 8 base/10 scaling). This allows it to connect much more reliably, with opponents no longer being able to jump out of it before the finisher comes out.
  • Neutral infinite deals drastically less hitlag, making it harder to SDI out of.
  • The neutral infinite's finisher has less startup with a longer hitbox duration (frame 5 → frames 4-5).
  • The finisher deals more knockback (45 base/170 scaling → 40/185).
  • The third hit and neutral infinite deal less damage (5% → 4% (hit 3), 0.8% → 0.5% (infinite)).
  • The third hit has a shorter hitbox duration (frames 3-4 → 3).
  • The neutral infinite's finisher has more ending lag (FAF 40 → 48).
  • The first and second hits of neutral attack have altered angles and knockback to keep opponents close to Pit, akin to other neutral attacks. This allows them to connect better and jab lock, but worsens their jab cancel setups.
  • Neutral infinite's animation has changed. Instead of slashing horizontally with his bow fully formed, Pit now quickly slashes with the bow split in two.
• Up tilt:
  • Up tilt's animation has been altered into two lunging upward kicks. The move now deals two hits instead from three, with its hitbox timings altered (frames 6, 8-10, 15-16 → 6-8, 15-16).
  • It has noticeably less ending lag (FAF 43 → 35), which combined with Pit's faster jumpsquat and jump speed turns it into a reliable combo starter.
  • The first hit uses the autolink angle (100° → 365°) and has lower set knockback (110 → 85), enabling it to connect better into the second hit.
  • Up tilt deals less total damage (10% → 9%).
  • The second hit has increased base knockback (50 → 70), but significantly reduced knockback scaling (120 → 30). This removes its KO potential at high percents, but allows it to combo at a much wider percent range combined with its other changes.
• Down tilt:
  • Down tilt has less ending lag (FAF 32 → 26) and launches at a more vertical angle (55° → 75°). Combined with Pit's faster jumpsquat, this significantly improves its combo potential.
  • When used in quick succession, it can now make Pit pseudo-crawl.
• Dash attack:
  • Dash attack's animation has been altered to a downward swipe of Pit's blade. This gives it more vertical range.
  • It has increased knockback scaling (50 → 74), drastically improving its KO ability.
• Forward smash:
  • Forward smash has less ending lag (FAF 59 → 55).
  • The first hit has altered angles (70°/35/70°/0° → 100°/70°/35°/192°), and its outermost hitboxes' set knockback is lower against grounded opponents (43 → 20), but higher against aerial opponents (5 → 20). This allows it to connect better into the second hit, with aerial opponents no longer being to air dodge the second hit when struck by the outermost hitboxes.
  • The second hit has a longer hitbox duration (frame 21 → frames 21-22).
  • The first hit has more range, but the second has less range. This makes it easier to land the first hit of the move and harder to land the second.
• Up smash:
  • Up smash's clean first hit has altered angles (365°/365°/105° → 365°/120°/120°/367°/105°).

Aerial attacks

• All aerials have reduced landing lag (24 frames → 14 (neutral), 20 frames → 12 (forward), 20 frames → 11 (back), 24 frames → 14 (up), 24 frames → 12 (down)).
• Neutral aerial:
  • Neutral aerial's multi-hits use five different hitboxes instead of four, which have altered angles (65°/125°/25°/160° → 48°/335°/220°/140°/130°) and set knockback values (70/70/20/20 → 50/30/30/30/65). This allows them to connect more reliably and reduces the blindspots around Pit.
  • The multi-hits deal drastically less hitlag, making them harder to SDI out of.
  • The multi-hits have longer hitbox durations (1 frame → 2 frames).
  • The last hit deals more damage (4% → 4.5%).
• Forward aerial:
  • Forward aerial deals noticeably more damage (1.5% → 2.5% (hits 1-2), 4% → 6% (hit 3); 7% → 11% (total)), with knockback scaling not fully compensated on the last hit (180 → 148), allowing it to KO slightly earlier.
  • The first two hits use a different kind of autolink angle (366° → 367°).
• Back aerial:
  • Back aerial's sweetspot launches at a lower angle (46° → 43°) and has increased knockback scaling (96 → 105), improving its KO potential.
• Up aerial:
  • Up aerial's linking hits deal less damage (2% → 1.5%), but the last hit deals substantially more damage (2% → 5%), increasing its total output (10% → 11%).
  • The last hit has different knockback values (5 base/270 scaling → 50/130), which compensate for its KO ability at higher percents, but increase its knockback at lower percents, improving its juggling ability.
• Down aerial:
  • Down aerial's meteor smash hitbox is larger, making it easier to edgeguard with it.
  • The clean hit's sourspot has increased knockback scaling (80 → 100), improving its KO potential.
  • The removal of teching for grounded meteor smashes improves down aerial's combo potential onstage at high percents, compounded further by its reduced landing lag.

Throws and other attacks

• All grabs have increased ending lag (FAF 30 → 35 (standing), 37 → 43 (dash), 35 → 38 (pivot)).
• Dash and pivot grab have slightly more startup lag (frame 8 → 9 (dash), 9 → 10 (pivot)).
• Pummel:
  • Pummel deals less damage (2% → 1.3%).
• Back throw:
  • Back throw releases the opponent slower (frame 24 → 29), making it easier to DI.
    • However, its total duration remains unchanged, decreasing its ending lag as a result. This improves its combo ability.
  • Back throw is no longer weight-dependent. This gives it far more combo ability on heavyweights, while still being increased on lightweights due to its lower ending lag.
• Up throw:
  • Up throw has more ending lag (FAF 33 → 38).
• Down throw:
  • Down throw has increased combo potential due to Pit's faster jumpsquat and jump speed.
• Edge attack:
  • Edge attack deals more damage (7% → 9%).

Special moves

• Palutena Bow has less startup (frame 20 (grounded)/22 (aerial) → 16), and drastically less ending lag on the ground (FAF 59 → 47).
• Upperdash Arm:
  • Grounded and aerial Upperdash Arm have less ending lag if missed (FAF 83 (grounded)/121 (aerial) → 80/105). The aerial version also has less ending lag upon activation (FAF 58 → 52).
  • Upperdash Arm has increased knockback scaling (60 → 72), improving its KO ability.
  • The aerial version has a shorter hitbox duration upon activation (frames 2-5 → 2-3).
• Power of Flight:
  • Power of Flight can now sweetspot edges from behind.
  • It takes longer for Pit to move after he begins to fall, leaving him more vulnerable to attacks.
• Guardian Orbitars:
  • Guardian Orbitars has less startup (frame 9 → 7), and much less ending lag if not extended (FAF 64 → 50), making it more reliable for reflecting projectiles.
  • The Guardian Orbitars can be held for a longer amount of time (80 frames → 100).
    • However, they now gradually shrink the longer they are held out.

Classic Mode: Fighting for the Goddess!

Pit's opponents are similar to the enemies he faces in Kid Icarus Uprising.

Round	Opponent	Stage	Music	Notes
1	Dark Samus	Brinstar	Underworld
2	Bowser and Bowser Jr.	Find Mii (Ω form)	Boss Fight 1 - Kid Icarus: Uprising
3	Ganondorf	Gerudo Valley	Magnus’s Theme
4	Dark Pit	Reset Bomb Forest	Dark Pit’s Theme
5	Bayonetta	Umbra Clock Tower	Hades’s Infernal Theme
6	Palutena	Palutena's Temple (Battlefield form)	Destroyed Skyworld	Dark Pit is a CPU ally when playing solo.
Bonus Stage
Final	Master Hand and Crazy Hand	Final Destination	Master Hand / Crazy Hand	Dark Pit is a CPU ally when playing solo.

Role in World of Light

Pit was among the fighters that were summoned to fight the army of Master Hands.

Pit tried to rally the other fighters to fight the army of Master Hands; he felt confident that the fighters would win the exchange against the Master Hands. Pit was present when Galeem unleashed his beams of light. He was flying alongside Dark Pit to escape the beams, but after Palutena was vaporized, they lost their Power of Flight and fell victim to the beams as well. They were both placed under Galeem's imprisonment along with the rest of the fighters, excluding Kirby.

He appears in the Temple of Light sub-area at the very end. Defeating him allows access to a bridge that was previously blocked by being engulfed in light.

He is later seen alongside several other fighters, as they make their final stand against Galeem and Dharkon.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Image of Pit as posted on the official Japanese Kid Icarus: Uprising Twitter account.

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  Pit's fighter card.

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  Pit on Kalos Pokémon League.

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  Pit using the Guardian Orbitars between Aura Sphere and Shadow Ball on Battlefield.

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  Pit initiating his Final Smash on the Bridge of Eldin.

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  Pit on Find Mii with the Dark Emperor.

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  Pit using his forward aerial on Great Bay.

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  Pit riding the Lightning Chariot through Temple.

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  Pit readying his Palutena Bow against Dark Pit on Temple.

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  With Toon Link & Marth against a giant Jigglypuff on The Great Cave Offensive.

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  Getting slapped by Wario on Onett.

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  Getting tossed into the Black Hole with Yoshi by Donkey Kong on Big Blue.

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  Pit and King Dedede caught in the blast of Bomberman's bombs on Green Greens.

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  Pit and the Ice Climbers getting attacked by Togedemaru on Garden of Hope.

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  With Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, the Ice Climbers, Villager and Inkling on Battlefield.

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  Pit on New Donk City Hall with Daisy and Mega Man in Stamina Mode.

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  With Palutena and Dark Pit on Skyworld.

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  With Kirby, Mario, Link, Inkling, Marth, Ridley and Villager on Battlefield.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Pit's pose in his official artwork resembles his side taunt.
• When Pit is Star KO'd, he shouts, "I never learned how to read!" This is a reference to a line of dialogue he uses in Kid Icarus: Uprising. This makes Pit the first character in Super Smash Bros. to speak a full sentence during a Star KO.
• Pit is one of the few characters to have a completely different Final Smash in every Smash game since the concept's introduction in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, along with King Dedede, R.O.B., and Zero Suit Samus.
• Pit is the only fighter who was introduced in Brawl to have an Echo Fighter, that being Dark Pit.