Palutena

Basic Attacks

Palutena attacks using her staff. The shining light at the tip of her rod can deal multiple hits to the target before blowing his/her away.

Palutena's staff will twirl in front of her.

Palutena's staff will twirl above her

Palutena's staff will twirl on the ground in front of her

Dash Attacks

Palutena dashes forward with her shield up.

Smash Attacks

Palutena flaps her wings forward, launching enemies off.

Palutena fires a skyward beam from the ground.

Palutena will flap both of her wings down, hitting enemies on both sides.

Special Attacks

A reticule will appear on the target and Palutena will fire three energy projectiles from her staff. If there are obstacles between her and the target or if the target is out of range, no projectiles will be released. The reticule will stay on the target's original position when you activated the skill. If the target moves away and the projectiles are released, the reticule will remain in its position and the projectiles will still hit it.

Palutena will cast a wall that can reflect projectiles and push opponents a bit.

Warp (Up Special)

Palutena will teleport to any direction. After activating this move, quickly tilt the circle pad to the direction of your choosing. Palutena will appear on that direction, a good distance away from her initial position. After using this move, she'll be in a fall state so be careful not to teleport out of the stage or you won't have any chance to recover.

Palutena will enter a defensive stance with her staff and shield and counter any attack that will come within her hitbox while she's in that very brief stance.

Air Attacks

Palutena will swing her staff around

Palutena will kick forward.

Palutena will bash her shield to the back.

Palutena emits a radiant aura around her.

A downward strike using her staff.

Final Smash

Palutena summons a black hole that can suck in opponents. Then she'll jump farther back and fire a very large laser to the opponents caught within the black hole.

Recovery

Palutena's Warp can be used both for horizontal and vertical recovery. This move covers a good jump height and horizontal distance. She has good jump height too since she's a lightweight character.

Gameplay

Palutena is surely not for beginner players. Her movement speed both on the ground and on the air is comfortably fast. Her attacks don't deal that much damage and her Special moves are mostly used for defensive purposes. To effectively play as Palutena, players need to be tactical. She will rely mostly on her Smash moves to deal solid damage and prevent opponents from damaging her too much. Autoreticule is her only long-range attack and the range/obstruction limitations it has doesn't make it quite appealing to use, especially in the heat of a battle. Palutena can't attack with smooth-flowing combos and her multi-hit moves don't do that much damage either. In the hands of a good player, Palutena can annoy the heck of her opponents by proper timing of using Reflect Barrier to reflect projectiles and Counter for close-range fighters. Her Warp is a very effective recovery move and will allow her to move past her target without the risk of getting hit.