Sacred Arrow

Sacred Arrow
	; Mythra using Sacred Arrow in Ultimate.
User	Mythra
Universe	Xenoblade Chronicles
Article on Xeno Series Wiki	Sacred Arrow

This article is about Mythra's Final Smash in Ultimate. For Zelda and Sheik's Final Smash in Brawl and Smash 4, see Light Arrow.

Sacred Arrow (セイクリッドアロー, Sacred Arrow) is Mythra's Final Smash.

Overview

Mythra summons Rex, who says "Mythra, now!" and performs an underhand slash to transition into a cutscene. In the cutscene, Mythra says "Concentrate, Rex.", and she and Rex hold the Aegis Sword together and point it into the sky to summon a beam of light, shouting the move's name. Transitioning into normal gameplay, they point the Aegis Sword forward to rain smaller beams of light from the sky down onto the opponents, whilst Rex says "And, strike!", before they fire a light beam from the sword to finish the move. Compared to Pyra's Burning Sword, Mythra's Sacred Arrow deals much higher total damage and has more horizontal coverage, but has lower KO potential.

If the initial slash fails to hit anyone, the rest of the Final Smash does not occur.

Instructional quotes

Move List		Rain down arrows from above at the opponent Rex strikes. This Final Smash has less launch power than Pyra's, but it deals high continuous damage in a wide area.

Origin

Rex and Mythra performing Sacred Arrow in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

In Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Sacred Arrow is Mythra's Level 4 Blade Special. The move's animation in Smash is a recreation of its animation in battles in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. While in the original game, Sacred Arrow could not be used indoors, the move has no such limitation in Ultimate for balance purposes.

Gallery

Rex assisting Mythra with Sacred Arrow.
Sacred Arrow as shown by the Move List in Ultimate.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	セイクリッドアロー, Sacred Arrow
English	Sacred Arrow
French	Flèche sacrée
German	Geweihter Pfeil
Spanish	Flecha Sagrada
Italian	Freccia sacra
Chinese (Simplified)	神圣之箭
Chinese (Traditional)	聖光之箭
Korean	세이크리드 애로, Sacred Arrow
Dutch	Heilige Pijlenregen
Russian	Освященная стрела

Trivia

Burning Sword, Sacred Arrow, and Final Blaster are the only Final Smashes that start off with a cinematic but end in-game. The opposite holds true for Infernal Climax.
- Along with Petey Piranha, these are also the only Final Smashes from DLC characters in Ultimate to contain non-cinematic elements.
Masahiro Sakurai showed an early version of Sacred Arrow in a YouTube video, notably with Mythra holding the Aegis much lower. The angle was raised to not look like she is impaling opponents.^[1]