Silver Bow

Silver Bow
Dark Pit charging the Silver Bow in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
User	Dark Pit
Universe	Kid Icarus
Article on Icaruspedia	Silver Bow

“	Fires an arrow of darkness. Stronger than Pit's arrows, but they don't curve as much.	”
—Description from Ultimate's Move List

Silver Bow (神弓シルバーリップ, God Bow Silver Lip) is Dark Pit's neutral special move.

Overview

This article or section is incomplete. You can help SmashWiki by expanding or finishing it. The editor who added this tag elaborates: Needs more info of the "Silver Bow" specifically

Dark Pit will fire a dark arrow. Silver Bow does not have as long a range as its counterpart and cannot be curved as much, but it has a slightly faster traveling speed, deals 1% more damage when uncharged and 2% more damage when fully charged, and possesses slightly higher knockback. Its range can be increased by fully charging it, similar to Pit's version.

Customization

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

1. Silver Bow	2. Piercing Bow	3. Guiding Bow
"Fire an arrow of darkness. Stronger than Pit's arrows, but they don't curve as much."	"Fire a giant arrow that travels through foes. A powerful shot, but leaves you quite open."	"Fire a mystical arrow that can be easily controlled but is slower and less powerful."

1. Silver Bow: Default.
2. 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.
3. 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 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, this variation is a Challenge unlock for Dark Pit, only obtainable by using Dark Pit to get a score of at least 25 in Rival Smash.

• 

  Piercing Bow being used in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

• 

  Guiding Bow being used in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Origin

The Silver Bow as it appears in Uprising.

The Silver Bow appears in Kid Icarus: Uprising as a usable weapon. It is always Dark Pit's weapon as a non-playable character during land stages, starting with the final boss fight against him in Chapter 6.

Dark Pit's use of the Silver Bow to fire dark arrows, which the weapon did not do in Uprising, may be a reference to Dark Pit's appearances in flight stages in that game, namely the ones in Chapter 6 and Chapter 9. During those stages, Dark Pit wielded a First Blade, Pit's default weapon in Uprising and the most basic type of Blade; however, Dark Pit's version fired shots of darkness, unlike the player's version firing light shots.

Gallery

• 

  Dark Pit and Pit using their bows alongside each other at Mario and Luigi.

• 

  Challenge board unlock image for Guiding Bow.

• 

  Mewtwo dodges Dark Pit's arrow.

• 

  Dark Pit using Silver Bow as shown by a Skill Preview in Ultimate.

Trivia

• If Kirby copies Silver Bow and uses the move at the end of his forward, back, or up throw, he will float in the air until he stops charging the move. This was fixed in version 1.0.5 for the 3DS.
• In Kid Icarus: Uprising, the Silver Bow fires green bolts of light, but in SSB4 it fires black and purple colored arrows, possibly to be in line with Dark Pit's "dark" motif and to be an antithesis to Pit's light-colored arrows.
  • The arrows themselves seem to be based on the ones shot by the Darkness Bow or from Skuttlers, as they share a similar coloration.
• Ironically, the description for the Silver Bow in Kid Icarus: Uprising specifically emphasizes the bow’s high fire rate and homing capabilities, while the version in Smash has low speed and little maneuverability.

Dark Pit's special moves

Neutral special	Silver Bow
Side special	Electroshock Arm
Up special	Power of Flight
Down special	Guardian Orbitars
Final Smash	Dark Pit Staff