Palutena (SSB4)

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Palutena in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Kid Icarus
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Black Hole Laser

“	Palutena Alights!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Palutena (パルテナ, Parutena) is a character from the Kid Icarus series. She was confirmed as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. 4 during E3 2014 on June 10th, 2014. She was voiced in the trailer by Brandy Kopp, as her voice actress from Kid Icarus Uprising, Ali Hillis, was unavailable. She is voiced by Aya Hisakawa in Japanese. She fights using powers she would grant Pit (and other angels in the multiplayer) in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Moveset

Normal

• Neutral attack - Holds her staff out and releases a short range, multi-hit flash before knocking the enemy away with an upwards swipe
• Dash attack - Bashes the enemy with her shield
• Forward tilt - Makes her staff spin in the air in front of her
• Up tilt - Leans back makes her staff spin in the air above her
• Down tilt - Makes her staff spin along the ground

Smash attacks

• Forward smash - Creates ethereal wings and swings them in front of herself. Has a small wind effect at the tip of the wings.
• Up smash - Conjures a blue beam of light from the ground in front of her, firing it high up into the air
• Down smash - Creates ethereal wings and flaps them down on either side of her

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial - Spins her staff around her, nullifying weak projectiles
• Forward aerial - Kicks in front of herself
• Back aerial - Swings her shield behind her
• Up aerial - Spins, and lifts her staff upward, attacking with light magic
• Down aerial - Kicks in an arc below herself

Grabs and throws

• Pummel - Blasts the enemy with light
• Forward throw - Pushes the enemy away with her magic
• Back throw - Kicks the enemy in a 180 degree angle behind herself
• Up throw - Sends the enemy into the air with her staff
• Down throw - Slams the enemy into the ground

Taunts:

• Makes a sweeping gesture with her arms while she creates her ethereal wings and her halo appears, smugly saying "You shall be purified."
• Spins around her staff, dancing with her foot in the air, laughing.
• Her staff floats beside her while she brushes her hair aside and makes her halo shine, saying "Ready when you are."

Special moves

• Neutral Special 1: Autoreticle: A reticle appears at enemy position, with projectiles fired at it afterwards.
• Neutral Special 2: Explosive Flame: Creates an explosion at approximately 3 character lengths away.
• Neutral Special 3: Heavenly Light: Projects a rectangular field of supernal light above her and to the sides. It deals damage in a large area without producing knockback or flinching, as well as repelling all enemies from the sides.
• Side Special 1: Reflect Barrier - Casts a rectangular shield which knocks opponents away and reflects projectiles.
• Side Special 2: Angelic Missile - Shoots herself forward to attack with her head, similar to Skull Bash and Green Missile.
• Side Special 3: Super Speed - Performs a charging attack where she glides along the ground very quickly, and for a long distance. She can damage enemies by ramming her body into them.
• Up Special 1: Warp: Disappears and then reappears in a chosen direction, similar to Dimensional Cape.
• Up Special 2: Jump Glide: Jumps a fair distance up, and then is able to glide similarly to Peach Parasol.
• Up Special 3: Rocket Jump - Creates an explosion that boosts Palutena upwards and damages nearby enemies.
• Down Special 1: Counter - After hiding behind her shield, she performs a basic counterattack with her staff, similar to that of the Fire Emblem characters.
• Down Special 2: Lightweight - Increases speed, but becomes more susceptible to damage and knockback.
• Down Special 3: Celestial Firework - Shoots an explosive projectile upwards.

Final Smash

• Palutena starts by sucking foes towards the center of the stage with Black Hole, putting them in a tumbling state, and then fires the Mega Laser into the Black Hole to deal damage, concluding with a final hit to knock the victims away as Black Hole dissipates.

Special Move	Custom 1	Custom 2	Custom 3
Neutral Special	Autoreticle	Explosive Flame	Heavenly Light
Side Special	Reflect Barrier	Angelic Missile	Super Speed
Up Special	Warp	Jump Glide	Rocket Jump
Down Special	Counter	Lightweight	Celestial Firework
Final Smash	Black Hole Laser

Reveal trailer

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Palette swaps

Trophies

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy descriptions

Palutena

In Kid Icarus: Uprising, the goddess of light uses telepathy to communicate and grants miracles to support Pit on his adventure. In Smash Bros., she has special moves like Warp and Heavenly Light at her disposal. She's very adaptable—you can customize her into a long- or close-range fighter!

Palutena (All-Star)

Palutena's Reflect Barrier side special deflects any attacks and projectiles that come at her from the front. Unlike other reflective moves, you can leave this barrier in place and it will keep reflecting. If you really want to ruin someone's day, you can push them over an edge using this move.

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  Classic

• PalutenaAllStarTrophy3DS.png

  All-Star

Gallery

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  Artwork of Palutena used on the website

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  Palutena's introduction image.

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  Reveal image from the Director's Room

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  In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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  Using Explosive Flame

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  With Phosphora, who appears as an Assist Trophy.

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  On Mario Galaxy.

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  Fighting Marth

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  Taunting

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  With Kirby, who copied Palutena's ability

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  In Battlefield

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  With Mario in Arena Ferox

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  In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

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  Palutena's Final smash, Black Hole Laser

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  Palutena taking part in the Home-run Contest in the 3DS version of SSB4.

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  One of Palutena's special moves, Heavenly Light

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  Palutena's up smash attack

Trivia

• The anime portions of Palutena's reveal trailer were created by Studio Shaft, who also worked on the Kid Icarus Uprising animated short Palutena's Revolting Dinner.
  • One member of Studio Shaft, Hideyuki Morioka, also drew the illustration found on Palutena's page in the official Smash Bros. site.
• Palutena and the Mii Fighters are the only characters that have their customizable special moves unlocked from the start.