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Palutena's Army

Palutena's Army is Pit's Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Overview[]

Centurions SSBB

The Centurions within Palutena's Army in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Pit calls to the goddess Palutena for her army of Centurions (He shouts "All troops! Move out!"). An enormous image of Palutena will appear in the sky (which is transparent on most stages, but is easier seen on stages such as Final Destination). The Centurions fly onto screen ramming into other players at incredibly high speeds. When hit by a Centurion, the opponent takes a range of 15-25%. Each Centurion makes a single attack to a character, and then falls in battle. During the course of the attack, Pit is not bound to a position. Therefore, he is free to move and attack as he pleases. However, unlike most characters, he is not invincible during his Final Smash except during the animation where he summons his troopers. A good tactic to use when fighting against one opponent is to trap your foe with Angel Ring and let all the Centurions home in on him. When fighting against an opponent using this, you can attack some Centurions to prevent them from attacking, but it is better to dodge, though a Smart Bomb is useful for eliminating multiple threats. This move is very similar to Waddle Dee Army.

Trophy Info[]

Paletuna's Army Trophy

The Palutena's Army trophy

Pit's Final Smash. An image of the goddess Palutena appears, heralding the arrival of Pit's legions, the Centurions. These flying warriors proceed to attack all enemies with fierce savagery. Once a Centurion strikes an enemy, he falls from the sky, never to fly again. Centurions are so fast that dodging them is very hard. Take heart, Centurions! Your deaths are not in vain!

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[]

The Final Smash is replaced by Three Sacred Treasures, but a trophy remains of the centurions.

Centurions[]

The standard soldiers of Palutena's Army, Centurions make up in loyalty and number for what they lack in power. They have time and time again fallen victim to a curse that turns them to stone, but the head of Palutena's guard, Pit, saves them with the use of a stone-breaking mallet.

Origin[]

In the original Kid Icarus for the NES, the Centurions played a large role in boss fortresses. On those particular levels, Pit could find hammers and use them to break open statues scattered around the area, freeing the Centurion trapped inside. When Pit eventually reaches the boss chamber, any Centurions that he rescued will fly in and attack the enemy. This is where the Palutena's Army attack concept is taken from. Just like in Brawl, the Centurions in Kid Icarus would perish after being hit a single time, though they could attack repeatedly in the original game and present a valuable offensive asset of being able to chip away large amounts of health when rallied into greater numbers. They did not return for the sequel--Centurion statues are present, but they only hold items now.

The Centurions return as major allies throughout Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Trivia[]

  • If Pit has a Teammate, they will be able to defeat the Centurions, despite Pit not being able to.
  • In NTSC versions of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a CPU Pit will just spam his Palutena's Arrow attack when he uses his Final Smash, even at Level 9 difficulty, in the same way that a Luigi CPU using Negative Zone will spam his fireball. This bug was supposedly fixed for the PAL release of the game.
  • Pit's Final Smash trophy is one of the few of its kind to not feature the character themselves. Beast Ganon does not count considering the titular monster is an alternate form that Ganon aka Ganondorf has assumed throughout his run in the Zelda games.

Pit's Special Moves
Brawl 3DS/Wii U Ultimate
Standard Special Palutena's Arrow
Side Special Angel Ring Upperdash Arm
Up Special Wings of Icarus Power of Flight
Down Special Mirror Shield Guardian Orbitars
Final Smash Palutena's Army Three Sacred Treasures Lightning Chariot

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Final Smashes
Introduced in Brawl

Mario Finale (Mario) · Konga Beat (Donkey Kong) · Triforce Slash (Link, Toon Link, Young Link) · Zero Laser (Samus) · Super Dragon (Yoshi) · Cook Kirby (Kirby) · Landmaster (Fox, Falco, Wolf) · Volt Tackle (Pikachu, Pichu) · Negative Zone (Luigi) · PK Starstorm (Ness, Lucas) · Blue Falcon (Captain Falcon) · Puff Up (Jigglypuff) · Peach Blossom (Peach) · Giga Bowser (Bowser) · Iceberg (Ice Climbers) · Light Arrow (Zelda, Sheik) · Critical Hit (Marth, Roy, Lucina) · Beast Ganon (Ganondorf) · Octopus (Mr. Game & Watch) · Galaxia Darkness (Meta Knight) · Palutena's Army (Pit) · Power Suit Samus (Zero Suit Samus) · Wario-Man (Wario) · Grenade Launcher (Snake) · Great Aether (Ike) · Triple Finish (Pokémon Trainer) · Rocketbarrel Barrage (Diddy Kong) · Super Sonic (Sonic) · Waddle Dee Army (King Dedede) · End of Day (Olimar / Alph) · Aura Storm (Lucario) · Diffusion Beam (R.O.B.)

Introduced in 3DS/Wii U

Ultra Sword (Kirby) · Poltergust 5000 (Luigi) · Three Sacred Treasures (Pit) · Gunship (Zero Suit Samus) · Mega Charizard X (Charizard) · Dedede Burst (King Dedede) · Mega Lucario (Lucario) · Super Diffusion Beam (R.O.B.) · Doctor Finale (Dr. Mario) · Psystrike (Mewtwo) · Dream Home (Villager) · Wii Fit (Wii Fit Trainer) · Mega Legends (Mega Man) · Power Star (Rosalina) · Giga Mac (Little Mac) · Secret Ninja Attack (Greninja) · Omega Blitz, Final Edge, Full Blast (Mii Fighters) · Black Hole Laser (Palutena) · Dark Pit Staff (Dark Pit) · Super Pac-Man (Pac-Man) · Pair Up (Robin) · Chain Attack (Shulk) · Shadow Mario Paint (Bowser Jr. / Koopalings) · NES Zapper Posse (Duck Hunt) · Shinku Hadoken / Shin Shoryuken (Ryu) · Omnislash (Cloud) · Torrential Roar (Corrin) · Infernal Climax (Bayonetta)

Introduced in Ultimate

Jungle Rush (Donkey Kong) · Ancient Bow and Arrow (Link) · Stampede! (Yoshi) · Team Star Fox / Team Star Wolf (Fox, Falco, Wolf) · Giga Bowser Punch (Bowser) · Sheikah Dance (Sheik) · Triforce of Wisdom (Zelda) · Darkness Illusion (Meta Knight) · Lightning Chariot (Pit) · Zero Laser (Zero Suit Samus) · Covering Fire (Snake) · Hyper Rocket Barrel (Diddy Kong) · Dede-Rush (King Dedede) · Guided Robo Beam (R.O.B.) · Giga Mac Rush (Little Mac) · Killer Wail (Inklings) · Daisy Blossom (Daisy) · Plasma Scream (Ridley) · Grand Cross (Simon, Richter) · Awakening Aether (Chrom) · Phazon Laser (Dark Samus) · Blast-O-Matic (King K. Rool) · Dream Town Hall (Isabelle) · Shinryuken / Shippu Jinraikyaku (Ken) · Max Malicious Moonsault (Incineroar) · Petey Piranha (Piranha Plant) · All-Out Attack (Joker) · Gigaslash (Heroes) · The Mighty Jinjonator (Banjo & Kazooie) · Triple Wolf (Terry) · Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven (Byleth) · ARMS Rush (Min Min) · House of Boom (Steve and Alex / Zombie and Enderman) · Supernova (Sephiroth) · Burning Sword (Pyra) · Sacred Arrow (Mythra)  · Final Blaster (Kazuya)  · Sealing the Keyhole (Sora)