Pyra (SSBU)

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Pyra in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Pyra (left) & Mythra (right).
Universe	Xenoblade Chronicles
Shares character slot with	Mythra
Availability	Downloadable
Final Smash	Burning Sword

“	Pyra Blazes Into Battle!	”
—Introduction tagline

Pyra (ホムラ, Homura) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. She was confirmed as a playable character along with Mythra on February 17th, 2021, and is scheduled for release in March 2021. Much like Zelda and Sheik and Samus and Zero Suit Samus in Melee and Brawl and the Pokemon Trainers, Pyra and Mythra operate as a two-in-one fighter, with the player being able to willingly switch between the two. Pyra and Mythra are classified as Fighters #79 and #80 respectively.

Skye Bennett reprises her role as both Pyra and Mythra in English, while Shino Shimoji reprises her role as them in Japanese.

Known information

• Pyra is tied to Mythra as a two-in-one fighter, similar to Zelda and Sheik in Melee and Brawl. She can transform into Mythra quickly, however it is currently unknown if it will be bound to down special.
• Based on their reveal trailer, Pyra and Mythra appear to have a similar moveset, with their main differences being their respective Specials as well as the speed and power of their attacks. Following the archetypical traits of a transforming character, Pyra appears to be the "slow but strong" of the duo while Mythra is the "fast but weak".

Moveset

• Pyra's special moves consist of her abilities as seen in Xenoblade Chronicles 2:
  • Flame Nova - A spinning attack similar to Toon Link's Spin Attack, drawing in opponents, dealing multiple hits before launching them.
  • Prominence Revolt - An upwards slash followed by a downwards stab. Comparable to Mii Swordfighter's Stone Scabbard.
  • Blazing End - Throws her sword forward. Her sword remains spinning after traveling a distance where it continues dealing damage until it returns to Pyra's hand.
  • Burning Sword - Pyra's Final Smash, consisting of Rex appearing and performing a wide-range slash before the two initiate Burning Sword. A cutscene Final Smash that shares the same scenery as Chain Attack.
• Forward tilt - An upwards slice.
• Up tilt - An overhead slash from behind her, similar to Cloud.
• Forward smash - A lunging two-handed sword slash, similar to Flare Blade visually.
• Neutral aerial - Spins the Aegis Sword around herself, akin to Flame Nova.
• Forward aerial - Slashes in an upward arch followed by an elegant twirl, similar to Toon Link.
• Back aerial - Flips while slashing in an upward arch.
• Up aerial - An overhead somersaulting slash, resembling the up aerials of most of the Fire Emblem characters.
• Back throw - Turns around and kicks the opponent.

Gallery

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  Artwork of Pyra and Mythra, as posted by the official Nintendo of America Twitter account.

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  Pyra holding a Smash invitation.

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  Pyra's splash art.

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  With Mythra on the currently-unnamed Xenoblade Chronicles 2 stage.

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  Using Flame Nova on Ike and Mario on Tomodachi Life.

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  Activating Burning Sword with Rex.

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Trivia

• Pyra and Mythra are the fourth team of characters to share a character slot via transformation, the first three being Zelda and Sheik in Melee and Brawl, Samus and Zero Suit Samus in Brawl, and Pokémon Trainer with Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard.
  • They are the first DLC characters to be transformations.
• Succeeding Min Min, Pyra and Mythra are the second and third characters that were spirits in the base game.
  • Coincidentally, their games of origin were in consideration to have playable fighters for the base game, but the base game roster had already been finished by then, making the idea infeasible.
    • Both of these games were also released in 2017.
• Pyra and Mythra mark the second time in Ultimate where multiple characters share the same slot in the character selection screen while having different Fighter Numbers, with the first being the Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon.
• Pyra's design has been slightly censored; she wears an additional pair of translucent stockings under her shorts. Unlike Mythra, this change was not present in either her base game spirit or as an alternate costume in her home game.