Hero's Bow

Hero's Bow

Link, prepared to fire one of his arrows

Hero's Bow (Bow in Melee) is Link's and Toon Link's Standard Special Move attack in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. As pointed out by Sakurai, it is apparently faster than its Melee counterpart. This is shown in gameplay videos; even when the attack isn't charged up, the arrows fly farther than in Melee. Toon Link's arrows shoot at a very slight upwards angle.

Link can still hold the arrow in place when it's fully charged. A fully charged arrow is strong enough to KO a person in sudden death.

Link can turn around in mid air, if the backwards direction is pressed right after the bow is taken out. However, if combined with the Quickdraw technique, a glitch may occur in which Link points his bow in one direction, but the arrow is fired in the other direction. This can be avoided if the bow is initiated in the air just before Link touches the ground, instead of the same instant Link touches the ground.

This is the move used for the technique Quickdraw.

Fire Bow

Fire Bow

Fire Bow is a variation of this move, relegated as the Neutral B move of Young Link. With this version, Young Link shoots flaming arrows that do not travel as far as Link's and do slightly less damage. However, it has more hitstun that than the other bows.

Origins

The Bow is one of Link's main weapons in The Legend of Zelda series. I Ocarina of Time, Link could use fire arrows, as well as ice and light arrows. In Melee, Link and Young Link's bow are based on its Ocarina of Time appearance. I Brawl, Link's bow is derived from Twilight Princess, while Toon Link's is from Wind Waker.

Gallery

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  Toon Link's version of the Hero's Bow

References

• Gimpyfish's Brawl Impressions