Palutena Bow

Palutena's Arrow
Pit charging Palutena's Arrow in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
User	Pit
Universe	Kid Icarus
Article on Icaruspedia	Palutena's Arrow

Palutena's Arrow (パルテナアロー Parutena Arō Palutena Arrow) is Pit's neutral special move. Pit will pull his bow string back, and fire it when the button is released. The arrow does 5% uncharged and up to 11% charged. The player can change the direction the arrow will go while holding it; backwards, forwards, and upwards. Pit's arrows move much more quickly than other character's arrows, and can be controlled in midair. He is not able to hold his drawn bow indefinitely in normal use; however, if the player keeps changing the direction the arrow will be released, he can hold onto it until the player stops (when he will lose the arrow, unlike Link and Toon Link).

Palutena's Arrows can actually be curved around in a full circle if controlled properly and thus avoid going off screen. Also, if two of Palutena's Arrows collide, they will cancel each other out.

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%.

This is one of the few Special moves that can perform a 180˚ and 360˚ reversal, by holding away from the direction the player is facing while charging an arrow. This does not affect attack power.

Origin

Palutena's Bow trophy in Brawl.

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 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.

Palutena's Bow

The Bow of Light, also known as the Sacred Bow of Palutena is Pit's weapon of choice. The bow splits into two blades, which Pit can wield. Before Kid Icarus Uprising, Pit's bow did not have the ability to split into two blades. This is explained in the Subspace Emissary.

Description from the Instruction Booklet

Change the angle of fire and trajectory of your ethereal arrows once you've drawn the bow.

Trophy Description

The bow Pit got from Palutena after the Medusa incident. As a standard bow, it's capable of firing arrows of light that can change direction. It can also be split to form two short swords--Pit holds one sword in his right hand in a standard grip and one in his left in a reverse grip. He may hold them like this so he can shift between bow and swords without losing a beat.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

2008

Gallery

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  Pit's bow in Brawl.

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  Villager catches and throws an arrow in Smash 4.

• File:SSB4-3DS Saria trophy.jpg

  Saria's trophy is SSB4.

Trivia

• The trophy is the only one that is not a Final Smash, Subspace Emissary enemy, item, or alloy to have Super Smash Bros. Brawl on its game list.
• The first time that this item is seen in the Kid Icarus universe is in the 3DS game Kid Icarus Uprising, where it was dubbed, 'The Palutena Bow'
• Normally, Pit has golden rings hovering around his wrist. When he uses this move, the rings slide onto the bow while charging before returning to his wrists when he fires.
• If Pit has the arrow on the screen after he is KO'd, he can continue to control it in unlimited time. An example can be seen here: [1].

Pit's special moves

Neutral special	Palutena’s Arrow	Palutena Bow
Side special	Angel Ring	Upperdash Arm
Up special	Wings of Icarus	Power of Flight
Down special	Mirror Shield	Guardian Orbitars
Final Smash	Palutena's Army	Three Sacred Treasures	Lightning Chariot