Palutena

## **Character Info**

Palutena is the goddess of light and ruler over all of Angel Land. The young angel Pit serves as her most loyal soldier and is the captain of her guard. Long ago, Palutena actually ruled Angel Land alongside Medusa. However Medusa’s hate for humanity grew to the point that she began to harm them. Though Palutena hated to do it, she ended up cursing Medusa and banishing her to the Underworld. This led to Medusa leading an army to capture Palutena so that she could retake Angel Land. Fortunately for Palutena, Pit was able to free her and save the day. Palutena and Pit have continued to look after and protect humanity against not just the forces of the Underworld, but the forces of Nature, the Aurum, and the Chaos Kin as well.

## **General Information**

### **Entrance**

A golden set of doors, adorned with Palutena’s halo design, will open up with a bright golden light as Palutena walks through them. Once through, the doors will close behind Palutena and disappear.

### **Kirby Hat**

Kirby will have Palutena’s green hair and laurel crown on top of his head. He even gets to use her staff when using her standard special!

### **Taunts**

**Up Taunt:** Palutena will raise her arms up over her head. Following this, she will bring her arms back down and as she does ethereal wings will appear from her back and flutter slightly as she emits her halo. During this Palutena will say, “You shall be purified.”

**Down Taunt:** Palutena will laugh as she dances and twirls around her staff like it's a dance pole.

**Side Taunt:** Palutena will let go of her staff and have it float next to her as she brushes her hair with her hand. As this happens, her halo will emit behind her and Palutena will say, “Ready when you are” before grabbing her staff again.

### **Victory Poses**

1. Palutena will hold out her staff as she twirls around it and floats up into the air. Her staff will be continually emitting sparks of divine power as she does. When Palutena reaches her height she will swing her staff above her in an arc and face the camera with it held to her side. During this, Palutena will say, “No one can hide from the light.” If Pit was in the match Palutena may instead say, “Oh, so sorry about that, Pit.”
2. Palutena will come gliding in from the left side of the screen and twirl her staff in front of her as if it were in her hand before landing on the ground and pointing her staff at the camera. During this, Palutena will say, “Too bad for you.” If Dark Pit was in the match Palutena may instead say, “Poor little Pittoo.”
3. Palutena will swing around her staff to perform the Backwards Showgirl dancing move before taking a seat in the air and laughing before saying, “It’s all right to fight seriously.” If Medusa or Viridi were in the match Palutena may instead say, “You’re not quite up to my level Medusa/Viridi.”

## **Moveset A**

### **Standard Special**

**Autoreticle:** Palutena will hold her staff in front of her as the orb at its top illuminates. A reticle will appear over the closest opponent in a short cone in front of Palutena before a set of three energy blasts fire out from Palutena’s staff and home in on the targeted player. If the opponent can get behind cover quick enough, including above/below a platform, then no blasts will be fired. The same occurs if the fighter can simply run far enough away soon enough.

### **Side Special**

**Reflect Barrier:** Palutena will raise up her shield as she emits a wide rectangular barrier in front of her. This barrier can reflect projectiles and will weakly push opponents away while dealing small damage to anyone within melee range. This barrier will last for about one second and can be broken early if an attack that deals at least 50% damage hits it.

### **Up Special**

**Rocket Jump:** Palutena will detonate an explosion at her feet which propels her up into the sky. This grounded explosion deals damage and knockback to fighters and is capable of KOing middleweights at over 100% damage if they are near the edge of some stages. The aerial explosion however deals less damage, but it is capable of meteor smashing opponents who are directly below Palutena. Compared to Palutena’s other moves, Rocket Jump has minimal horizontal range and has less height than both Warp or Jump Glide.

### **Down Special**

**Lightweight:** With a flash of divine clockwork-like light, Palutena will bless herself with a buff to her speed. For the next 12.5 seconds, Palutena’s walking speed, dashing speed, and jump height will be nearly doubled, her falling speed will be slowed, her gravity will be lowered, and she will take an increased amount of damage. When this effect is over, most of Palutena’s stats will return to their base values with exception to her grounded movement which will become much slower for the next 5 seconds.

### **Final Smash**

**Black Hole Laser:** Palutena will illuminate the orb at the top of her staff as she twirls it around herself before firing out a large Black Hole from her staff which appears shortly ahead of herself. A moment later, Palutena will retreat back a bit before channeling more energy and firing off a massive Mega Laser straight into and through the Black Hole. The Black Hole does not deal any damage, but it does pull other fighters into it and trap them inside which allows them to be hit by the Mega Laser. The Mega Laser will hit multiple for small damage before a final blast hits them for a larger amount and sends them flying across the screen. As this occurs, Palutena will shout, “Black Hole… Mega Laser!” in time with her using each technique.

### **Extra Skill**

**Goddess Powers:** Palutena’s custom special moves from Smash 4 have returned! Sort of. Palutena will start out with a default moveset of Autoreticle, Reflect Barrier, Rocket Jump, and Lightweight. When the Extra Skill is activated Palutena will giggle and twirl in place as a flash of golden light surrounds her. Once the light fades Palutena’s special moves will change to Explosive Flame, Super Speed, Jump Glide, and Counter. Pressing the Extra Skill a second time will switch Palutena’s special moves to Heavenly Light, Angelic Missile, Warp, and Celestial Firework. Pressing the Extra Skill for a third time will return Palutena to her default special moves. Players can also start out the battle using a specific set of special moves by opening a mini menu after selecting Palutena on the character select screen.

## **Moveset B**

### **Standard Special**

**Explosive Flame:** Palutena will point her staff forward and a moment later a Smart Bomb-like explosion will appear three character spaces away. Opponents who are hit by the Explosive Flame will become trapped inside of it as it deals up to 6 hits of fire damage to them before one final hit deals a larger hit and knocks them away with force.

### **Side Special**

**Super Speed:** Palutena will glide across the ground quickly with her halo out as she seeks to ram into an opponent. This move allows Palutena to quickly travel the full length of Battlefield when on the ground, but in the sir it will instead propel her diagonally downwards. This attack deals more damage the farther Palutena travels before hitting an opponent and will do 0% damage at point blank range. Once this move has been used, Palutena must wait about 3 seconds before she can use it again.

### **Up Special**

**Jump Glide:** Palutena will leap up a fair distance and then begin to glide through the air as she slowly drifts back down to the ground similar to Peach’s Peach Parasol. If Palutena cannot reach the ground when her glide ends, she will enter a helpless state. This will also occur if Palutena is made to flinch midglide. When performed in the air, Palutena will leap higher into the air than she would if the move was used on the ground.

### **Down Special**

**Counter:** Palutena will swing her shield to parry whatever melee attack is about to strike her and counterattack back at her opponent by thrusting her staff forward. This counter deals 1.3x the countered attack’s damage with a minimum of 10%. This counter has a wide horizontal range, but is still considered one of the worst as it has one of the highest amount of start-up lag of any counter in the game while also dealing less knockback than most.

### **Final Smash**

**Black Hole Laser:** Palutena will illuminate the orb at the top of her staff as she twirls it around herself before firing out a large Black Hole from her staff which appears shortly ahead of herself. A moment later, Palutena will retreat back a bit before channeling more energy and firing off a massive Mega Laser straight into and through the Black Hole. The Black Hole does not deal any damage, but it does pull other fighters into it and trap them inside which allows them to be hit by the Mega Laser. The Mega Laser will hit multiple for small damage before a final blast hits them for a larger amount and sends them flying across the screen. As this occurs, Palutena will shout, “Black Hole… Mega Laser!” in time with her using each technique.

### **Extra Skill**

**Goddess Powers:** Palutena’s custom special moves from Smash 4 have returned! Sort of. Palutena will start out with a default moveset of Autoreticle, Reflect Barrier, Rocket Jump, and Lightweight. When the Extra Skill is activated Palutena will giggle and twirl in place as a flash of golden light surrounds her. Once the light fades Palutena’s special moves will change to Explosive Flame, Super Speed, Jump Glide, and Counter. Pressing the Extra Skill a second time will switch Palutena’s special moves to Heavenly Light, Angelic Missile, Warp, and Celestial Firework. Pressing the Extra Skill for a third time will return Palutena to her default special moves. Players can also start out the battle using a specific set of special moves by opening a mini menu after selecting Palutena on the character select screen.

## **Moveset C**

### **Standard Special**

**Heavenly Light:** Palutena will emit a large rectangular field of holy light above herself which extends down to her feet. This field will only last a few seconds normally, but by holding down the special button you can make it last longer. This field will deal a minor amount of damage to all other fighters that enter the field and stay in it. This field also generates a minor windbox that can push away fighters that are just at its edges.

### **Side Special**

**Angelic Missile:** Palutena will launch herself forwards through the air like a corkscrewing battering ram. This move can propel Palutena nearly the full length of Battlefield and makes her a hard-hitting hitbox. Sadly Palutena does lose height the further she travels with this special so it's not quite perfect.

### **Up Special**

**Warp:** Palutena will disappear in a flash and then reappear in whatever direction the control stick is tilted in. By default, Palutena will go straight up into the air. Once Palutena reappears she will be put into the helpless state and unable to act until she lands on the ground.

### **Down Special**

**Celestial Firework:** Palutena will fire an explosive firework straight up into the air. This firework will travel a good distance above Palutena allowing for a good anti-air option. The firework will explode either on contact or when it reaches its max height where it will unleash a multi-hitting aoe explosion.

### **Final Smash**

**Black Hole Laser:** Palutena will illuminate the orb at the top of her staff as she twirls it around herself before firing out a large Black Hole from her staff which appears shortly ahead of herself. A moment later, Palutena will retreat back a bit before channeling more energy and firing off a massive Mega Laser straight into and through the Black Hole. The Black Hole does not deal any damage, but it does pull other fighters into it and trap them inside which allows them to be hit by the Mega Laser. The Mega Laser will hit multiple for small damage before a final blast hits them for a larger amount and sends them flying across the screen. As this occurs, Palutena will shout, “Black Hole… Mega Laser!” in time with her using each technique.

### **Extra Skill**

**Goddess Powers:** Palutena’s custom special moves from Smash 4 have returned! Sort of. Palutena will start out with a default moveset of Autoreticle, Reflect Barrier, Rocket Jump, and Lightweight. When the Extra Skill is activated Palutena will giggle and twirl in place as a flash of golden light surrounds her. Once the light fades Palutena’s special moves will change to Explosive Flame, Super Speed, Jump Glide, and Counter. Pressing the Extra Skill a second time will switch Palutena’s special moves to Heavenly Light, Angelic Missile, Warp, and Celestial Firework. Pressing the Extra Skill for a third time will return Palutena to her default special moves. Players can also start out the battle using a specific set of special moves by opening a mini menu after selecting Palutena on the character select screen.

## **Alternate Costumes**

1. **Default**
2. **Kid Icarus Sprite** - Palutena’s dress will become light red to reference her sprite in the original Kid Icarus.
3. **Amazon Pandora** - Palutena’s dress will be cyan and purple to reference Amazon Pandora.
4. **Kid Icarus Art** - Palutena’s dress will be green to reference her art in the original Kid Icarus’ instruction booklet.
5. **Blue** - Palutena’s dress will become a deep dark blue.
6. **Viridi** - Palutena’s dress will become a rich red to reference Viridi.
7. **Dark Pit** - Palutena’s dress will become black to reference Dark Pit.
8. **Medusa** - Palutena’s dress will become black and red to reference Medusa.
9. **Gold** - Palutena’s dress will take on a nice golden sheen.
10. **Pseudo-Palutena** - Palutena’s dress will become ragged and dirty looking with stains and splotches of gray and black on it. Additionally Palutena’s skin will become a sickly purpley-pink with some sick-looking spots on it in order to reference Pseudo-Palutena.

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