Pit (Kid Icarus)

Pit

Pit

Dark Pit

Captain N

Smash Bros.

“	I am Pit, servant of the goddess of light!	„
	~ Pit

“	My mission is to find the Three Sacred Treasures and to defeat Medusa. Now let's find the items, and set out for the Palace in the sky.	„
	~ Pit

“	My mission is to find the Three Sacred Treasures and to defeat Medusa. Now let's find the items, and set out for the Palace in the sky.	„
	~ Pit

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The main character of the game. He has been ordered on a mission by Palutena.

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The main character of the game. He has been ordered on a mission by Palutena.

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“	Listen well, all you demons of the Underworld! In the name of the Goddess Palutena, defender of all that is good! Those who hide in the darkness will be made to face the light!	„
	~ Pit with the Three Sacred Treasures

“	Listen well, all you demons of the Underworld! In the name of the Goddess Palutena, defender of all that is good! Those who hide in the darkness will be made to face the light!	„
	~ Pit with the Three Sacred Treasures

“	Listen well, all you demons of the Underworld! In the name of the Goddess Palutena, defender of all that is good! Those who hide in the darkness will be made to face the light!	„
	~ Pit with the Three Sacred Treasures

“	Listen well, all you demons of the Underworld! In the name of the Goddess Palutena, defender of all that is good! Those who hide in the darkness will be made to face the light!	„
	~ Pit with the Three Sacred Treasures

“	The Great Sacred Treasure was designed by Dyntos to be the ultimate weapon. Used in the final battle against Hades, the weapon is huge and incredibly powerful, yet can stop on a dime and change its form to adapt to damage.	„
	~ Great Sacred Treasure's idol description

Background

Pit is the main character and protagonist of Kid Icarus. He is Palutena's most loyal servant and leader of her royal bodyguard, the Icarus army. During the first game, Palutena was locked away in Skyworld temple by Medusa during a war between the Underworld army and the Icarus army, which resulted in an easy victory for the Underworld due to a surprise attack, leaving Pit the last remaining angel and the only one capable of saving Palutena by retrieving the Three Sacred Treasures. After successfully acquiring them, Pit defeats Medusa and saves Palutena, returning peace to Angel Land.

Some time after the war between the two goddesses, Palutena has a horrid dream of demonic beings known as the Orcos that plan to bring chaos to Angel Land. After learning of this, Palutena tasks Pit to traverse through the Underworld, Overworld, and Skyworld to once again earn the power of the Three Sacred Treasures to become Amazing Pit and defeat the ominous Orcos for good.

Roughly twenty-five years later, the events of the most recent title, Kid Icarus Uprising, lead to another war between Palutena and Medusa, which reveals the true master of the Underworld and his plans to turn the souls of all living things into an undead army of Underworld troops. This leads to many events during the war, such as an alien invasion in which all gods must come together to fight them off, the Chaos Kin's espace which leads to a three-year time skip, the creation of Dark Pit from the Mirror of Truth's destruction, and even Pit receiving his most powerful weapon, the Great Sacred Treasure, which he uses to defeat Hades, end the war, and bring peace to the universe for supposedly another twenty-five years until Hades returns.

Powers and Stats

Tier: At least 9-B, higher with amplifications | High 6-B, higher with the power of flight and Accelerated Development | At least High 6-B, higher with the power of flight and Accelerated Development | At least High 6-B | At least High 6-B, much higher with different transformations

Origin: Kid Icarus

Sex: Male

Age: Physically a teenager, while chronologically over 25 years old, possibly hundreds of years old

Classification: Palutena's Angel and bodyguard, Captain of the Icarus army

Attack Potency: At least Wall level (Can destroy stone statues), higher with amplifications | Large Country level (Comparable to Pyrrhon who spun the Aurum Brain around. destroyed a Pyrrhon-amped Aurum Hive which resulted in an explosion this big), higher with the power of flight | At least Large Country level (Far stronger than before. Fought evenly with a possessed Palutena) | At least Large Country level (Dwarfs gods such as Poseidon who destroyed and sank an entire country) | At least Large Country level, much higher with transformations (Can fight and match Hades while piloting the Great Sacred Treasure)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Travel Speed: At least Subsonic, likely higher on foot (Can traverse the Underworld, Overworld, and Skyworld which requiered Pit to travel across several mountain ranges within a few days) | At least Subsonic (Can run up walls), likely FTL on foot (Can escape the gravitational pull of black holes), higher with Super Speed (The Super Speed blessing can massively increase the ground speed of Pit enough to blitz other opponents), Massively FTL+ while amplified by the power of flight (Flew out to the Galactic Sea in seconds) | At least Subsonic, likely FTL on foot, higher with Super Speed, Massively FTL+ while amplified by the power of flight | At least Massively FTL+ (Likely on par with the Lightning Chariot Whilst Flying) | At least Massively FTL+ (Should be on par with the Lightning Chariot in speed), much higher with different transformations

Combat Speed: At least Subsonic, likely higher (Can fight opponents who traverse between the separate realms in short time periods) | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+ (Can pilot the Lightning Chariot which is regarded as one of the fastest mounts in the universe) | Massively FTL+ (Far greater than before) | Massively FTL+ (Far greater than before)

Reaction Speed: Subsonic | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+ (Can dodge attacks from Phosphora who is relative to the Lightning Chariot) | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+

Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Can easily lift several giant hammers) | At least Class P (Is comparable to Pyrrhon who spun the entire Aurum Brain around), likely Class E with Telekinesis (Should scale to the gods such as Poseidon who can split the entire ocean down the middle) | Class P, likely Class E with Telekinesis | Class E | Class E (Matched and overpowered Hades who should be superior to Poseidon)

Striking Strength: At least Wall Class | Large Country Class | At least Large Country Class | At least Large Country Class | At least Large Country Class, much higher with transformations

Durability: At least Wall level (Can endure Underworld onslaughts in his most vulnerable state), higher while amplified by Super Armor (The Super Armor blessing briefly increases the durability of the user and nullifies the knockback of strong attacks) | Large Country level (Endured a kick from Dark Pit), higher while amplified by Super Armor (The Super Armor blessing briefly increases the durability of the user and nullifies the knockback of strong attacks) | At least Large Country | At least Large Country level | At least Large Country level (Could survive and adapt to Hades' attacks), much higher with transformations

Stamina: Superhuman (Could traverse the Underworld, Overworld, and Skyworld over the course of several nights whilst fighting non stop without tiring) | Superhuman (Can fight hundreds of enemies in the Chaos Vortex), Limitless through specific blessings from Palutena | Superhuman with Three Sacred Treasures, Limitless with the Great Sacred Treasures

Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range to Hundreds of Meters with Pre-Uprising weapons and armor, at least Kilometers (The Wolf Claws, a weapon with lower range than other weapon types, can create explosions this big), Hundreds of Kilometers with Sacred Treasures (Can pulverize Medusa), Low Multiversal with Cosmic Awareness and blessings from Palutena (Can communicate with Palutena and Viridi between the main universe and Chaos Vortex. The Chomp Trap can transport opponents into a universe of pain)

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Limited Flight, Divine Magic, Weapon Mastery (Has mastered several classes of weapons and obtained hundreds of weapons over his journey in uprising), Vehicular Mastery (Can pilot and master various vehicles such as the Lightning Chariot upon just getting them), Telepathy, H2H Proficiency, Acrobatics (Can perform dodge maneuvers such as rolls, somersaults, and other acrobatic stunts), Stealth Proficiency and limited Invisibility (Escaped the Underworld Prison while the guard numbers were low. Further enhanced my Stealth Claws, which have invisible blades), Social Influencing (Can haggle with various shopkeepers to lower the price of their products for Pit. Pit's rally cry encourages his foes to support his efforts), Breaking the Fourth Wall (Is aware of The Player and their world), Divine Blessings and Immortality (Type 1, 4, 6, and possibly 8. Pit, along with other angels and gods, doesn't age without outside influence. If Pit dies, Palutena will resurrect him shortly afterwards. Him and Palutena have even referenced several of his deaths in the past. Can survive catching on fire and still persist even after his wings are burned off. Dark Pit refers to him and Pit as two sides of the same coin, and if one falls, so does the other. [Likely not combat applicable]), Self-Sustenance (Type 1. Does not need oxygen to breathe), Sheer Will and Possession (Through willpower alone, he can possess another's body), Acausality Negation (Type 3. Killed the Chaos Kin whose origins resides in the Chaos Vortex, a dimension with irregular laws and physics), Regeneration Negation, Immortality Negation, and Soul Manipulation (Type 3, 6, and 7. Low-Godly. Can kill Hewdraw, whose head can live despite lacking a body and even regenerate their entire body back. Can kill Underworld troops, who are made from souls effectively destroying the soul in the process and characters like Medusa and Hades), Time Manipulation and Time Travel (Can save and load to return at any previous events. Check notes for further elaboration), Adaptation (Pit went from having his stamina and power drained by Monoeyes to being too divine for them to even touch. Has adapted to various status effects), Extrasensory Perception, Non-Physical Interaction, and Lower-Dimensional Manipulation (Can see and use grind rails while nobody else can. Can interact and kill Sinistews, which are beings who reside in a one-dimensional universe), Clairvoyance and Cosmic Awareness (Dark Pit heard the explosion of Hades' heart from the Underworld. Hades' stomach is an entirely separate space-time continuum from the Underworld. Can communicate with other characters from the Chaos Vortex), Accelerated Development (Pit grows stronger through the more foe's he fights and can fight previous bosses without the aid of all three Sacred Treasures), Telekinesis (Can unconsciously levitate Guardian Orbitars and Protective Crystals, which circle Pit's body even without the need to summon or control them and damage foe's nearby), Summoning (Can summon Palutena's troops and the Great Sacred Treasure on him), Instinctive Reaction (Will automatically fly away or out of hazzards with the Angel's Wing), Healing (Can heal health before and after dying to continue fighting), Poison Manipulation (The Viper Blade and Scorpio Staff can inflict poisonous debuffs), Danmaku, Fire Manipulation (Through Fire Arrows and Various other weapons such as the Wolf Claws), Water Manipulation and Ice Manipulation (Through weapons such as the Aquarius Blade, he can mold water into sharp blades and freeze his opponents), Petrification (With the Stone Card, he can apply petrification through any of his weapons), Electricity Manipulation and Paralysis Inducement (The Electroshock Arm and Phosphora Bow have electrical properties that paralysis struck opponents), Can cause foes to shake uncontrollably with the Bluster, Mind Manipulation (The Fairy Orbitars confuse foe's when hit), Attack Nullification (Various weapons nullify incoming attacks from damaged foes), Light Manipulation (The Optical Blade has the uncanny ability to glow within the dark), Curse Manipulation and Corruption (The Gaol Blade is made from the same curse that corrupted Lord Gaol into a slave of evil), Animal Manipulation (Can summon bats with the Thanatos Staff), Enhanced Movement (Weapons such as the Brawler Claws slightly boost the wearer's movement speed), Barrier Creation (Pit can backflip with the Pandora Claws to create a protective barrier), Durability Negation and Lifeforce Drain (The Great Reaper Palm cuts an opponent's life in half), Weather Manipulation and Air Manipulation (The Babel Club creates a violent storm to continuously hit enemies), Earth Manipulation (Can fire massive destructive rocks with the Cragalanche Cannon), Transmutation (Can turn nearby enemies into mallets), Resistance to Magic, Extreme Heats (Can fight in the Underworld and inside Volcanoes with the power of cooling), Extreme Colds (Can traverse in the tundra), Transmutation and Petrification (Resisted Medusa's petrifacation magic that turned everyone in Angel Land into stone statues and pillars. Can break out being petrified), Life Force Absorption and Paralysis Inducement (Is too divine to have his life force absorbed and is no longer paralyzed when hit by Monoeyes), Status Effect Inducement, Poison Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Size Manipulation, Statistics Reduction, and Limited Velocity Manipulation (Can quickly recover from these status effects), Void Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (Despite the Reaper's scythe being capable of ripping out the victim's soul, this has no effect on Pit. Hades can render a soul nonexistent when he eats it, which had no effect on Pit. Souls in Kid Icarus are just another material that lack any personality. When Pit was sealed in a ring, his body lacked a soul and was completely mindless, but still able to fight. The Collin had their soul removed by Medusa but could still fight which Pit should scale to), Mind Manipulation (Foe's such as Cacaws attack with a piercing noise that damages the brain, which does minor damage to Pit. The Aurum Brain was unable to take control over Pit despite his close range to the it which hacked and mind controlled Pyrrhon), BFR (Type 2 and 3. Can escape the Sinistew's pot, which is a one-dimensional universe), Law Manipulation and Physics Manipulation (Despite the Chaos Vortex not being governed by the physical laws of the regular universe, Pit is unaffected by the lack of those laws), Space-Time Manipulation and Immense Pain Tolerance (The Chomp Trap bends both space and time which Pit tanks like regular attacks), One Hit Kill (Before ever dying, Pit, along with all other divine beings, can enter Crisis Mode, preventing them from being one-shot in the first place), and Black Hole Creation (Can survive inside a black hole with no negative effects)

Enhanced Flight (Can fly for five minutes before Pit's wings burn up), Information Analysis (Palutena can give info on bosses Pit fights. Has shown extended knowledge of the foes Pit fights in smash and how to beat them. Pit's reticle can automatically lock on to foes and detect weakpoints in them), Teleportation and Dimensional Travel (Palutena can teleport Pit out of battle and from being incapacitated. Pit can teleport around with the Warp power), Statistics Amplification, Statistics Reduction, and Possible Law Manipulation (The Fiend's Cauldron changes the difficulty of a mission for Pit by manipulating the stats, numbers, rewards, and overall difficulty of a mission, which is referenced by Palutena in Pit's first mission and Hades post-credits), Enhanced Clairvoyance (Palutena can see through Pit's Laurel Crown to divine his settings, which allows her to inform Pit of nearby opponents, treasure, hazards, and other obstacles. Pit has a green arrow from Palutena that points him to his objective), Possible One Hit Kill (Palutena can fire a massive destructive laser, dubbed The Sacred Clobberlaser, that one-shots opponents as tough as the Hewdraw when Pit is in trouble), Fragrance Manipulation (Has a monster pheromone that Palutena can use on Pit which has a strong scent capable of attracting monsters and Underworld troops), Can nullify/remove curses or status effects off Pit after a brief period, Chain Manipulation and Movement Negation (Palutena can chain an opponent's legs preventing them from moving to help Pit), Summoning (Palutena can summon grind rails only Pit can see and interact with and various other things to help Pit in combat), Healing (Palutena can grant food and other healables for Pit on his journey even when her powers are being blocked off by other gods. Can quickly heal when in a pinch with Health Recovery Power), Statistics Amplification (Can amplify his stats with several powers. Powers can be further amplified in potency the greater rarity they are), Transformation (Can turn into an missile that explodes on impact with the Angelic Missile power), Transmutation (Can fire a shot that transforms enemies into idols. Pit can turn opponents into Eggplants or Tempuras through their respective bombs or by modifying his attacks), Fire and Explosion Manipulation (Can summon a sphere of explosive flames with the Explosive Flame power), Black Hole Creation (Creates a miniature black hole that pulls foes in with the Black Hole power), Attack Reflection (The Reflective Barrier power creates a wall that bounces back any projectiles that hit it), Light Manipulation (Hurts the enemy with a ray of damaging light through the Heavenly Light power), Self-Destruction (The Spite power allows Pit and others to explode and damage any nearby opponents), Power Modification (Pit can enhance his base attacks in several ways), Death Manipulation (Can instantly kill anyone Pit strikes with the Instant Death power), Power Nullification and Power Stealing (Pit can steal one's power rendering them powerless for a short time and can plant a beacon that disrupts opponent's powers when they get near), Life Manipulation (Can make it to where any incoming damage heals Pit instead with the Libra Sponge power), Vacuum Manipulation (Can use Item Vacuum to pull in items similarly to the Black Hole power), Perception Nullification (Can render an opponent completely blind for a short while with the Darkness power), Invulnerability (Can temporarily stay invulnerable with the Brief Invincibility power), Enhanced Invisibility (Can turn completely invisible in the middle of combat), Plant Manipulation (Throwing a Demon Vine bomb causes a small area of thorny vines to grow and trap the opponent),Space-Time Manipulation, Pain Manipulation, and BFR (The Chomp Trap traps the opponent in a dimension of pain that warps space and time),Purification (Can now remove status alignments without Palutena's help with the Effect Recovery power), Purification (Can now remove status alignments without Palutena's help with the Effect Recovery power), Greater Resistance to Status Effect Inducement, Poison Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Electricity Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Petrification, Mind Manipulation, Size Manipulation, Statistics Reduction, and Limited Velocity Manipulation (The Aries Armor power boosts Pit's durability a small amount and makes him completely immune to Status Effects)

All previous powers to a far greater extent, Empowerment (Is empowered by Palutena herself), Unlimited Flight, Attack Reflection (Mirror Shield reflects projectiles), Damage Reduction (Silver Armor halves all damage), Danmaku (Can fire a rapid number of arrows), Piercing Arrows (Light arrows pierce through enemies and travel through structures), Light Manipulation (Can shoot pillars of light at his foes. [See note]), Regeneration Negation (Killed Medusa who can detach and reattach her head), Immortality Negation, Resurrection Negation, and Soul Manipulation (3, 6, and 7. Could permanately kill Medusa in their first battle, who needed to be resurrected by Hades to return), Invulnerability Negation (Can kill Ornes, who are completely invulnerable)

All previous powers to a far greater extent. Transformation (Has various transformations it can enter for different situations), Adaptation (Due to its ability to quickly transform, the Great Sacred Treasure can easily adapt to the current situation), Danmaku, Teleportation, Regeneration (Mid-Low. Can reform after being ripped in two), Fire Manipulation (Can fire flaming projectiles), Explosion Manipulation, Vacuum Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Possible Black Hole Creation (Can shoot dark vacuums, that resemble black holes, which pull opponents closer), Energy Manipulation and Light Manipulation, Air Manipulation (Can fire several tornadoes with minor homing properties), Possible One Hit Kill (The Great Sacred Treasure's Final Strike allows Pit to one-shot Hades even after he had transformed and started going all out), Regeneration Negation and Resurrection Negation (Low-Godly. Killed Hades, who no longer had a physical body after his death and wasn't sure if he could resurect back), Immortality Negation and Soul Manipulation (Type 3, 6, and 7. Can kill Hades, who can reform his head and legs. Can kill Underworld troops)

Standard Equipment: Blades, Staffs, Claws, Bows, Palms, Clubs, Cannons, Orbitars, Arms, Various Healing Items, Blessings, Protective Crystals, and The Sacred Treasures

Intelligence: Below Average academically (Is regarded as naïve by the gods and claims to never learned how to read), At least Genius, likely higher in combat (Has mastered several weapon classes after just using them and has lead Palutena's army through several wars even while mindless. Pit and the other gods have hinted at being eons old)

Standard Tactics:

Pit will typically use his longbow for all forms of combat, including melee where he can utilize his protective crystals to punish those in radius like a damaging shield and use his various drinks to heal if he takes enough damage (If he gets too low on health, his weaponry will begin to fail, which is why Pit prioritizes avoiding damage). Alternatively, he can transmutate his foes into mallets with the harp. If Pit ends up dying, Palutena will resurrect him shortly afterwards and possibly grant him the Three Sacred Treasures if they are available.

Pit will begin the battle airborne for five minutes (His maximum flight time with Palutena's blessings), where he flies on a pre-set flight path and uses his various weapons to overwhelm his opponent from a safe distance, eventually using his blessings if the battle proves to be tougher than anticipated. After the five minutes, he'll land a safe distance from his opponent and repeat the same strategy while grounded, using his various abilities to track his opponent and exploit their weaknesses.

Similarly to his airborne strategy, Pit will remain airborne indefinitely, overwhelming his opponent with an onslaught of different projectiles and adapting mid-combat to best suit his scenario.

Weaknesses: If he uses too much of Palutena's Blessings (I.e Power of Flight) his wings will burn up, causing him to die beyond typical resurrection. Very reliant on Palutena for advice, equipment, and guidance. | Same with the Sacred Treasures minus the flight limitations due to having unrestricted flight

Key: Pre-Uprising | Post-Timeskip | Post-Timeskip | Three Sacred Treasures | Great Sacred Treasure

Note: Due to Sakurai being the prime developer for both Kid Icarus Uprising and Super Smash Bros., we can take Pit and co's abilities and dialogue as a secondary canon for Kid Icarus's lore since Palutena's guidance stays relative to Kid Icarus's story and even further fleshes its epilogue out.

Note 2: Saving and loading in Kid Icarus can be active once characters get a game over, or wish to return to prior points in the timeline. Saving has been mentioned by several major characters. If the game ends for the current playable character, they can simply come back. A "game over" doesn't only stop at a death. A game over can also be the characters making the wrong choices, getting trapped in a separate universe, possessed, and incapacitation (such as falling forever in an endless void or left completely helpless). This ability can be used passively and across multiple incarnations of the characters. Do also note that a player canonically exists and Kid Icarus as a series is incredibly self-aware of Nintendo as a company, so saving and loading is not a stretch.

Note 3: Pit grows in power between his first two games and Uprising to the point Hades notes Pit from his early years would have never made it as far as he did and Pit mentions him and Palutena being rookies during the events of the first game.

Battle Records

Notable Victories:

Link (DIC) - Link's profile (Both were at 9-B and speed was equalized)

Notable Losses:

The Batter (OFF) - Batter's profile (Both were at 6-C)

Inconclusive Matches:

Discussions (Link For Mobile Users):

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