Dark Pit (SSB4)

Dark Pit in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Kid Icarus
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Dark Pit Staff

Dark Pit (ブラックピット, Black Pit) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4, being an unlockable newcomer. Dark Pit was teased before release, being shown in Palutena's reveal trailer, and officially confirmed by the Smash Bros. website on October 9th, 2014 alongside Dr. Mario, in a post-release announcement. He is a move set clone of Pit, and like Lucina and Dr. Mario, was originally intended to be an alternate skin before being split off into his own character late in development.

Just as in Kid Icarus: Uprising, Dark Pit is voiced by Antony Del Rio in English and Minami Takayama in Japanese, sharing the same voice actors with Pit, albeit having different voice clips.

How to unlock

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

• Play 50 VS Matches.
• Complete Classic Mode with three different characters.

Dark Pit must then be defeated on Reset Bomb Forest .

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• Complete All-Star Mode on normal.
• Play 40 VS Matches.

Dark Pit must then be defeated on Palutena's Temple.

Attributes

Dark Pit is a clone chracter with a very strange case. Unlike most clones who at least have different properties to differentiate themselves from the original (such as Lucina lacking Marth's tipper and Dr. Mario being a "stronger and slower Mario"), Dark Pit is exactly similar to his base character, Pit, even in both moveset and movement speed (walking speed, dashing speed , air speed, falling speed and multiple jumps). Excluding the less base knockback on his forward tilt, Dark Pit's standard attacks are extremely similar to Pit's, sharing the exact same frame data, damage and knockback, making Dark Pit quite literally a clone chracter. The only difference between them are two of their special moves, which makes Dark Pit almost like a custom-moveset counterpart of Pit with his own roster slot. This means combat-wise, Dark Pit works exactly the same as Pit, only with aesthetic differences (such as him using a different weapon, while having different taunts and voice lines). A Pit player will have no trouble playing Dark Pit because of their mirrored movesets, but there are some minor differences that can make Dark Pit either a better or worse character to pick in a matchup.

The first difference is Dark Pit's Silver Bow: compared to Pit's Palutena's Arrow, Silver Bow's arrows travel in an almost fixed straight trajectory that can be only shifted slightly up and down. This means they are significantly less accurate than Pit's curve-heavy arrows, making it impossible for him to land as many aimed shots or be as much of a nuisance to opponents that are knocked offstage as Pit. Instead, they possess slightly higher base damage and increased knockback and damage when fully charged, which makes them more rewarding if used to deal damage than when compared with Pit's. Unfortunately, Dark Pit's arrows are inferior to Pit's if a player solely uses it to camp, gimp or pester opponents, as they cannot be guided accurately. However, if a player prefers not to concentrate on aiming arrows as much as Pit, this can be an upside, as Dark Pit can allow them to focus on other matters rather than aiming projectiles.

The second and more major difference is his side special. Electroshock Arm, apart from dealing electrical damage, also sends opponents in a diagonal trajectory when landed, compared to Pit's Upperdash Arm which knocks opponents vertically. Combat-wise, Upperdash Arm KOs more consistently anywhere on the stage (starting at 150%) than Electroshock Arm if both Pit and his opponent are grounded due to its vertical knockback, and Star KOs much earlier if the opponent is high in the air. By contrast, Electroshock Arm's diagonal knockback allows it to net KOs much earlier at the sides of the stage (starting at 140%), deals very slightly more damage, and is deceptively powerful if it lands on an offstage opponent due to its angle of knockback. Because of these differences, Electroshock Arm is a better offstage edgeguard (although its endlag when missed makes it a dangerous option) and is a reliable KO move at the edges of the stage, especially against heavyweights or fighters with poor recovery as a diagonal angle can KO them more reliably, as well as make it more difficult for them to get back on stage: a perfect example would be against Ganondorf, who would be in more trouble if sent offstage by Electroshock Arm than up into the air but still safely over the stage by Upperdash Arm.

All in all, in line with Dark Pit's Idol description in Uprising, the "flawed clone of Pit" is a more difficult character to use projectile-wise due to his harder hitting but less accurate projectile when compared to Pit, but he brings a different finishing tool into battle in the form of Electroshock Arm, which opens up a few more opportunities for him to earn KOs. Regardless, both Pit's differences are not all that significant in a moveset sense, and it is up to the player to decide which Pit to use in combat.

Unlike most characters, Dark Pit doesn't gain much notable benefit from his custom moves, only his neutral special really gains any slight benefit. Piercing Bow deals more damage and passes through rivals, but cannot be angled, giving it even less control than the regular Silver Bow. Guiding Bow is basically the opposite of Piercing Bow, it trades damage for more control, making it the close Pit's Palutena's Bow. As previously mentioned, Dark Pit does not gain any notable benefit from his other custom moves, with some of them being worse or having very slight advantages over the default.

Differences from Pit

Aesthetics

• Dark Pit's victory theme and poses (including quotes), "NO CONTEST" pose, and taunts are different.
• As Dark Pit's uses the Silver Bow for all blade attacks, his sword trail is blue with white accents instead of Pit's gold and blue-accented Palutena Bow sword trail.
• Silver Bow has no light rings to charge up his arrow, while Pit's version does.
• Dark Pit's Power of Flight causes his wings to glow from green, blue, then red, while Pit's version makes his wings cycle from blue, yellow, then red.

Ground Attacks

• Forward tilt possesses less base knockback (40 → 15).

Special Attacks

• Dark Pit's Silver Bow arrows deal 2% more damage than Pit's Palutena's Arrows at full charge, and 1% higher when uncharged (4% compared to 3%). They also have slightly higher knockback.
• Silver Bow's arrows are slightly faster uncharged than Pit's Palutena's arrows.
• Silver Bow has less range and cannot be guided in flight as much as Pit's Palutena's Arrow. Players not used to guiding Pit's arrows may prefer the tighter control, they must just be wary of the reduced range.
• Electroshock Arm deals strong diagonal knockback which KO's sooner than Pit's Upperdash Arm if hitting foes off the side blast zones of the stage. It also does 0.5% more damage.
• Electroshock Arm has less vertical KO power.
• Electroshock Arm also has the electric effect (hence the name).
• Dark Pit's Final Smash is different; Dark Pit Staff fires a beam in a straight line that causes high knockback, similar to Zelda's/Sheik's Light Arrow.

Update history

Like Pit, Dark Pit hasn't been buffed notably in updates so far. Like Pit, however, the changes to shielding mechanics in 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 are beneficial to him due to his multi-hit moves and his side special, Electroshock Arm, having better shield damaging capabilities. The base damage of Silver Bow was also increased (along with the projectile's speed) in 1.1.0, making Dark Pit's arrows a slightly stronger but less accurate variant of Pit's Palutena's Arrow. Overall, Dark Pit seems to be slightly better than he was in the game's initial release.

1.0.6

• No longer clips through sloped terrain while using ledge attack as someone else grabs the ledge.

1.1.0

• Silver Bow improved; the damage has slightly increased: 3.8 → 4.3, uncharged arrow's speed increased slightly (faster than Pit's now) and all variations have decreased endlag by 3 frames.

Moveset

		Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack			2%	A triple slash ending in an uppercut. If the attack button is mashed, Dark Pit will spin his bow instead, hitting multiple times and ending in an upwards swipe.
			2%
			5%
			1% (loop), 2% (last)
Forward tilt			10% (tip), 7% (base)	Dark Pit closes his blades onto the opponent in a scissor slash. Slightly weaker knockback than Pit's.
Up tilt			2% (hit 1), 3% (hit 2), 5% (hit 3)	Dark Pit flip kicks upwards, before correcting himself and kicking again. Decent knockback.
Down tilt			6%	Dark Pit swipes one blade across the ground in front of him. Relatively high chance of tripping the enemy.
Dash attack			11%	A running slash downwards with his bow. Sends foes upward.
Forward smash			5% (hit 1), 10% (hit 2)	Dark Pit separates his blades and slashes, before quickly putting them back and slashing again. The second hit carries all of the knockback.
Up smash			3% (hit 1), 2% (hit 2), 8% (hit 3)	A leaping triple slash to the sky. Similar to Link's up smash but is noticeably faster and weaker.
Down smash			12% (base), 10% (tip)	Dark Pit stabs the ground in front of, then behind him. Slower than Pit's.
Neutral aerial			0.7% (hits 1-7), 4% (hit 8)	Dark Pit uses his bow as a buzz saw, hitting rivals with the blades outstretched. Can nullify weak projectiles. Only hits in front.
Forward aerial			1.5% (hits 1-2), 4% (hit 3)	Dark Pit spins his bow horizontally in front of him, slashing foes multiple times before launching them diagonally.
Back aerial			8% (base), 12% (tip)	A reverse dual-bladed thrust. Has the longest range and the strongest knockback of Dark Pit's aerials.
Up aerial			2% (hits 1-5)	Spins his bow above him like helicopter blades. Fairly difficult to land.
Down aerial			10%	Dark Pit swipes a blade below him. Can meteor smash if sweetspotted at the move's start.
Grab			—
Pummel			2%	A quick knee jab.
Forward throw			6% (hit 1), 4% (throw)	Slashes away the opponent. Dark Pit's strongest throw. Capable of KOing at high percentage.
Back throw			8%	Dark Pit spins around with the opponent trailing behind and slams them on the ground behind him.
Up throw			4% (hit 1), 7% (throw)	Dark Pit rolls on his back and handstand kicks the enemy.
Down throw			2% (hit 1), 4% (throw)	Dark Pit quickly pins the enemy to the ground before bringing his bow down on their back like an axe.
Forward roll Back roll Spot dodge Air dodge		—	—
Techs		—	—
Floor attack (front) Floor getups (front)			7%	Dark Pit gets up and slashes on either side of himself.
Floor attack (back) Floor getups (back)			7%	Gets up, then slashes forward and stabs behind himself.
Floor attack (trip) Floor getups (trip)			5%	Spins his bow behind, then in front of him.
Edge attack Edge getups			7%	Dark Pit flips onto the stage and delivers a sweep kick.
Neutral special	Default	Silver Bow	4.3-10.5%	Dark Pit shoots a purplish-black arrow from his bow. Can be slightly angled up or down while flying and can be aimed up while charging. More power than Pit's, but don't curve as much.
	Custom 1	Piercing Bow	6.1-13%	A much bigger and slower arrow is launched which is stronger and passes through rivals. Cannot be angled.
	Custom 2	Guiding Bow	2.6-6.9%	Dark Pit fires an arrow that can be curved as flexibly as Pit's but is weaker than normal.
Side special	Default	Electroshock Arm	11.5% (ground), 9.5% (air)	Dark Pit brings out his Electroshock Arm and charges forward, powerfully uppercutting the enemy. This move can deflect projectiles and sends them back at roughly a 45 degree angle. Unlike Pit's Upperdash Arm, Dark Pit's variation sends the target flying at a lower angle and deals electrical damage.
	Custom 1	Electrocut Arm	14% (ground) 12% (air)	Dark Pit holds the Electroshock Arm in a super armored pose, retaliating against foes who attack him. The dash is forgone in this variation, and functions like a counter.
	Custom 2	Quickshock Arm	9.2% (ground) 7.2% (air)	The dash startup is slower and the attack weaker, but Dark Pit rushes faster and farther.
Up special	Default	Power of Flight	0%	Dark Pit activates Viridi's Power of Flight and ascends very high. The move can be angled in any upward direction but doesn't inflict damage.
	Custom 1	Striking Flight	9.5% (clean), 6.5% (late)	Dark Pit knocks away opponents at the move's start and apex. Cannot be angled as much and travels less distance.
	Custom 2	Breezy Flight	0%	A tornado is created at the move's start that shoves opponents back. Startup is slower and the range less but the ascent is much more rapid.
Down special	Default	Guardian Orbitars	1.5x damage (reflected projectiles)	Dark Pit uses his Guardian Orbitars to create energy shields on either side of him. These shields reflect projectiles, push away nearby foes and block melee attacks. Reflected projectiles are 50% stronger and 70% faster. The shields can be broken if they absorb a strong enough blow, requiring 10 seconds to be used again. Same duration as Pit.
	Custom 1	Impact Orbitars	5%	These shields are forcefully sent out to inflict damage and knock foes away. In exchange, this variation has no defensive qualities.
	Custom 2	Amplifying Orbitars	2x damage (reflected projectiles)	Dark Pit utilizes stronger Orbitars that have more breakable shields but reflect projectiles with twice their strength and speed. Same duration as Pit.
Final Smash		Dark Pit Staff	1% (startup) 39% (beam)	Dark Pit pulls out his namesake weapon and fires an extremely long-range and powerful charged shot, much like Zelda/Sheik's Light Arrow. Opponents are sent flying diagonally, and the closer they are to Dark Pit when the Final Smash activates, the stronger the impact.

Taunts

• Up Taunt: Splits his bow into two, then rests one blade on his right shoulder while taunting his opponent by signaling them to come closer with his left blade and saying "Who wants some?!". (かかってこい, Come at me!).
• Side Taunt: Faces the screen and spins his blades similarly to his neutral aerial before ending in a pose with his blades in a cross shape over his left leg. Dark Pit says "Watch out!" (いくぜ！, Let's go!). while he poses.
• Down Taunt: Stands, facing towards his opponent, before pointing his split blade towards them (similarly to the pose in his official Smash 4 artwork) while saying "Game on!". (死にたい奴は前に出ろ, Any morons with a death wish, come out ahead of time.).

Idle Poses

• Holds blades together as a bow, then pulls them apart.
• Taps his foot on the ground, then hops in place.

On-Screen Appearance

Appears onstage from a beam of darkness from somewhere.

Victory Fanfare

A small excerpt of Dark Pit's Theme from Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Victory Poses

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• DarkPitPose1WiiU.png
• DarkPitPose3WiiU.png

• Twirls the Dark Pit Staff, then points it outward, while saying "Looks like I'm the last man standing!"
• Flies down, sticks his Silver Bow to the ground, then crosses arms, and says "Can't help but feel sorry for ya!"
• Pumps his fist and holds it out in front of him and says "Nice try!"
  • If Pit is present after a match, there is a chance he will instead say "Where's your goddess now?"

In Competitive Play

Official Custom Moveset Project

Character	Custom sets available
Dark Pit	3111	3112	1113	2113	3113
	2111	2112	1112	3311	3121

Notable Players

•  Nairo

Trophies

Dark Pit

Pit's mysterious, black-clad doppelgänger, Dark Pit. (Some call him Pittoo, but he really doesn't like that.) When he first appears, he immediately goes after both Pit and the Underworld Army. In Smash Bros., he uses moves a lot like Pit's, though both his bow and his Sacred Treasures are different.

Pit's black-winged doppelgänger. Dark Pit, aka Pittoo (although he's not exactly fond of being called that), looks like Pit, moves like Pit and uses very similar attacks. He's a lot more aggressive, though, and doesn't take orders from anyone. He also has his own weapons, like his Silver Bow.

: Kid Icarus: Uprising (03/2012)

Dark Pit (Alt.)

Dark Pit's Guardian Orbitars special puts up shields of light on either side of you to block attacks, deflect projectiles, and push back any enemies who are too close. You can even use the shields to protect against attacks from above and below. If they take too many hits, though, they'll vanish and become unusable for a while.

Dark Pit's Guardian Orbitars special puts up shields of light on either side of you to block attacks, deflect projectiles, and push back any enemies who are too close. You can even use the shields to protect against attacks coming from slightly above or below you. If they take too many hits, though, they'll vanish and become unusable for a while.

: Kid Icarus: Uprising (03/2012)

Dark Pit Staff

In Kid Icarus: Uprising, Dark Pit used this staff to snipe at Pit from a mountaintop. In that game, it did much more damage when used at a distance. In this game, Dark Pit uses it to launch a high-speed horizontal blast that goes straight through obstacles. It can hit multiple foes in a row, but only the first will feel its full force.

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  Classic (3DS)

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  Alt. (3DS)

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  Classic (Wii U)

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  Alt. (Wii U)

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  Dark Pit Staff

In Event Matches

Solo Events

• Doppelgänger Duel: The player controls Dark Pit, and must defeat Pit in a 200 HP battle.
• New Challengers 2: Dark Pit is one of the seven opponents fought in this event alongside Mega Man, Greninja, Palutena, Pac-Man, Robin, and Shulk.
• The Break of Day: Pit must defeat 3 Dark Pits with the Daybreak.

Co-op Events

• An Offering of Coins: Pit and Dark Pit must collect 1000G from shadow versions of themselves.
• Final Battle Team-Up: Dark Pit appears as an opponent to be defeated.
• Sky Pirates: Meta Knight and Dark Pit must defeat Captain Falcon and Falco before the yellow plane returns to the airfield.
• The Ultimate Battle: Two players select a character and must defeat the entire roster.

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Dark Pit's amiibo.

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  Dark Pit aiming his Silver Bow.

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  Clashing with Pit.

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  With Palutena.

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  Readying his Final Smash.

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  Aiming his Bow with Kirby.

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  Attacking Luigi and Fox.

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  Posing with Palutena and Magnus.

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  Using his Dark Pit Staff.

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  Dark Pit at the Reset Bomb Forest.

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  Fighting with Pit, Mario and Luigi.

Trivia

• Dark Pit is the only newcomer to be shown in another fighter's reveal trailer, but not to be revealed as a fighter with splash art and a tagline. This caused many to believe that Dark Pit was the boss character for Palutena's Temple or an alternate costume for Pit.
• Dark Pit was originally planned as an alternate skin for Pit, likely with his own separate voice tracks. He was separated due to the potential oddity of him wielding the Three Sacred Treasures instead of his iconic staff, as well as a designer having modelled the Electroshock Arm.
• Dark Pit and Rosalina & Luma are the only characters with a different victory theme that isn't a remix of their universe's original victory theme.
• Dark Pit is the only full clone to have a completely different Final Smash compared to the character that was cloned.
  • However, his Final Smash is a clone of Zelda and Sheik's Light Arrow.
• Dark Pit's crowd chant is a repeated chant of "Pittoo, Pittoo, Pittoo", and is the only chant not to contain the fighter's name. Pittoo is a nickname given to him by Palutena in Kid Icarus: Uprising, used often by herself, Pit, and other characters in the game, generally to Dark Pit's dismay.
• On page 34 of the official Prima Strategy Guide for Super Smash Bros. 4, Dark Pit's Up Special, Power of Flight, is instead called Pandora Wings, which refers to how Dark Pit got his flying ability for the majority of Kid Icarus: Uprising.
  • However, after chapter 22, Dark Pit lost his infinite flight, resulting in Viridi granting him the ability. This is reflected in Smash 4, as Dark Pit's wings glow green when he uses Power of Flight.
• Dark Pit is one of the only two newcomers not to appear in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's opening movie, the other being Duck Hunt.
• One of Pit's alternate colors in Brawl served as a basis for Dark Pit's creation in Kid Icarus: Uprising. This technically makes him the first Smash character to appear as an alternate color and then appear as a fully fledged character.
• Dark Pit's Staff is referred to as his "Sacred Treasures" in his trophy description.
• Like Ganondorf's official art in Melee, Dark Pit's official Smash artwork depicts him with a personal weapon, the Dark Pit Staff; however, he only uses it in his Final Smash and one of his victory poses.

External links

• Dark Pit's Moveset