Dark Pit

For fighter info, see Dark Pit (SSB4) and Dark Pit (SSBU); for information about his base counterpart, see Pit.

Dark Pit
Official artwork of Dark Pit from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Universe	Kid Icarus
Debut	Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo 3DS
Species	Angel
Gender	Male
Created by	Masahiro Sakurai
Designed by	Masahiro Sakurai
English voice actor	Antony Del Rio
Japanese voice actor	Minami Takayama
Article on Icaruspedia	Dark Pit

Dark Pit (ブラックピット, Black Pit), is a character from the Kid Icarus series. He is a rival and clone of Pit, created after Pit destroyed the Mirror of Truth. He is almost visually identical to Pit, but has a black outfit, black wings, black hair, and red eyes. He also has a more serious and aggressive personality.

Origin

In Kid Icarus: Uprising, Dark Pit was created from the Mirror of Truth, a mirror that possesses the ability to duplicate beings and objects into the exact opposite of the person that has used it. In Chapter 5, Pit destroyed the mirror and Dark Pit was created the moment the Mirror caught onto the image of Pit. The owner of the mirror, Pandora, planned to use the mirror to create a "Pit" to pledge allegiance to the Underworld Army. However, Dark Pit soon attacked her, absorbed her powers to gain infinite flight, then fled from the Labyrinth of Deceit only to follow up to Pit and Palutena chasing after him. During his battle with Pit, Dark Pit claims that unlike him, he follows no one but himself and that Pit's faith in Palutena only results him into being nothing but a servant.

Later on in the game, Dark Pit is seen fighting off the Underworld forces as Pit was approaching Medusa for the "Final Battle", and aids him temporarily by defeating the Underworld Gatekeeper only to find that he was being called "Pittoo". He appears later on in the game to aid Pit and Palutena knowing that he and Pit share a bond together, and is also playable in one chapter.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, it is revealed that Dark Pit has temporarily become an officer to the Forces of Nature under Viridi.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

It is believed that Pit's black palette swap from Brawl served as inspiration for Dark Pit.

One of Pit's palette swaps in this game is a black colored Pit described on Smash Bros. DOJO as a "fallen angel". However, since Brawl predates the true debut of Dark Pit in Kid Icarus: Uprising, it is likely this design became the basis for his creation, especially since both games are directed by Masahiro Sakurai (whose redesigns of Pit and Palutena in Brawl also went on to be used in Uprising.)

In Super Smash Bros. 4

As a playable character

Dark Pit as he appears in Super Smash Bros. 4.

Dark Pit's appearance in Palutena's reveal trailer

Dark Pit briefly appeared at the end of Palutena's reveal trailer and in the background of her promotional poster, and was later revealed as a playable character. He functions mostly as a clone of Pit, down to the very meaning of the word: his entire moveset and even his attributes (such as air speed and dash speed) are completely the same as Pit's, with the only differences between them being two of his specials, Silver Bow and Electroshock Arm, his forward tilt inflicting less knockback than Pit's, his neutral infinite's finisher having a smaller hitbox, and his Final Smash, Dark Pit Staff.

In addition, Dark Pit was originally planned to be an alternate costume of Pit, but became a separate character due to a designer having already modeled the Electroshock Arm, as well as Masahiro Sakurai wanting Dark Pit to have his own Final Smash, the Dark Pit Staff.

Dark Pit is tied with Pit for 32nd/33rd out of 55 characters on the current tier list for Smash 4, putting him in the D tier. Although the differences between Pit and Dark Pit are minuscule at best, Dark Pit's Electroshock Arm side special has significantly more KOing power compared to Pit's Upperdash Arm. This was made more apparent in update 1.1.3, which altered Electroshock Arm's launch angle, allowing for betting KO potential, particularly when used on opponents close to the edge of the stage. Of course, being a clone of Pit, Dark Pit suffers from the same general KO issues. Currently, Dark Pit has little tournament representation.

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.

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.

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  Alt. (Wii U)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Dark Pit as he appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Dark Pit returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate once again as an unlockable character. He is still a clone of Pit, but is now rebranded as an Echo Fighter.

Spirits

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  704. Dark Pit

Trivia

• Dark Pit is the first moveset clone in Super Smash Bros. to also be a true clone of the character he shares moves within his source game, the second being Dark Samus.
• Dark Pit is the only character to be both a dark doppelganger besides Dark Samus, and at the same time, an anti-hero besides Wario, Meta Knight, and King Dedede.
• Dark Pit is the only fighter from Kid Icarus not to have originated from the series's original two games.
• Dark Pit is the only Kid Icarus fighter to not have made a non-playable appearance in the Smash Bros. series prior to his debut as a fighter. However, an alternate costume for Pit in Brawl heavily resembles and serves as the basis for Dark Pit.
• Dark Pit, Roy, Lucas, and Greninja are the only characters to have never appeared on a home console outside of Smash.
• Dark Pit is the only "dark" character to not have "dark" in his Japanese name, as he is instead "Black Pit" (though Dark Link was called "Black Link" in the Japanese versions of Spirit Tracks and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link).
• Dark Pit and Wario are the only playable characters who are antagonists hailing from a universe outside of the "Original 10" universes.
• Dark Pit and Lucina are the only two Echo Fighters to debut prior to Ultimate.

See also

• Dark Link
• Dark Samus