Palutena (SSB4)/Up smash

Overview

After a small delay, Palutena uses her staff to conjure a huge, light blue beam of vaporizing light from the ground, firing it into the air. This attack has the highest vertical range of any non-projectile up smash in the game, let alone the entire series, but its horizontal range is low to compensate, requiring the opponent to be on the beam's range to actually get hit, and its vertical range is limited to the beam's whitest part. It also has fairly high ending lag, though it is her smash attack with the least ending lag.

This attack has three hitboxes: one at the base, another one at the middle, and a last one at the tip, which is the smallest hitbox. The lower the hitbox, the stronger it is; it is very powerful when sweetspotted at the base, KOing at 102%. It is useful for edge-guarding due to its range, and works very well after ledge trumping the opponent.

Update history

• Its hitboxes last for 3 more frames: 18-23 → 18-26.

Palutena's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · inf) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash