Pit's combo game

Hello Palutena's angels ( THAT WUZ EEZEE!!1 ), It's me Cr3misis from Cr3misis Corporation :tm: , and today I am here to talk about the combo game of one of the most underplayed characters of the whole roster of Sm4sh.

Do you know who is he?

That's right.

EDGEL :o2: RD II

Nah not him...

There we go...

Anyway let's begin!

Table of contents

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1) Neutral

2) Aerial combos

3) Throw combos

4) Complicated stuff

5) Conclusion

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1) Neutral

Before we talk deeper into Pit's principal combos we have to take a little look at how Pit principally plays the neutral.

His way to play neutral bases on his spacing:

spacing with Pit's aerials are the most essential part of his neutral. There are arrows too bit they're more useful when the enemy is a bit distant on you and you want to limit the enemy's approach options on platforms or in the air for example.

So before we go deeper into Pit's combos, I think it's better to talk about Pit's aerials:

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N-air

This move has the most hits of all Pit's aerials. Useful for shield pressure when you're opponent's shield is up or to reck damage when the enemy is on air.

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F-air

Multi-hit move that if done after a buffered short hop is useful for shield pressure and for extending combos.

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B-air

Optimal kill move if hit with the tip of the move or mixup follow-up if hit in the sourspot.

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D-air

A great​ combo starter move if hit on the yellow part at low/mid % and a spike move or a jablock move if hit with the red part.

Also It's lag cancellable if done after a short hop and if the move is buffered.

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U-air

This move is useful to keep the opponent on the air or to drag the opponent down for some re-grabs ( I'll explain them later).

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2) Aerial combos

Now that we have talked a bit about Pit's neutral, let's see what kind of combos\follow-ups you can perform with his aerials:

N-air

Grounded Nair -> Grab ( works at low % )

N-air -> N-air ( works at low/mid % )

N-air -> Multijab ( works at low/mid % )

Grounded N-air -> d-tilt ( works at low % )

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D-air

SH D-air -> N-air ( works at low/mid % )

SH D-air -> U-air ( works at high % )

Grounded D-air -> U-smash ( works at low/mid % )

SH D-air -> B-air ( works at mid % )

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B-air

B-air -> f-tilt ( works at low % )

B-air -> F-smash ( works at low % )

B-air -> Dash attack ( works at mid/high % )

B-air -> f-air ( works at low/mid % )

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F-air

F-air -> jab ( works at low % )

F-air -> Aerial ( works at low/mid% )

F-air -> Dash attack ( works at low/mid % )

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2) Throw combos

Ok now It's time to the throw combos.

Pit has two principal throw combos: f-throw and

d-throw. F-throw is also used as a kill throw at high %.Here are the principal combos:

F-throw

F-throw -> Dash attack ( works at low/mid % )

F-throw -> f-air ( works at low/mid % )

F-throw -> n-air ( works at low/mid % )

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D-throw

D-throw -> F-air ( works at low/mid % )

D-throw -> Up-smash ( works at low/mid % )

D-throw -> U-air ( works at mid/high% )

D-throw -> D-air ( works at low/mid % )

D-throw -> B-air ( works at low/mid % )

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Break Time

Are you tired of reading all these combos?

No worries.

Relax yourself a bit with a little break, brought to you by Cr3misis Corporation :tm:

Aight, let's continue.

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4) Complicated stuff

Ok, now I explained all the simple true combos to reck some damage and sometimes kill.

But now It's time to show you a little part of Pit's full potential.

You already know that Pit's arrows are a really good spacing tool. But sometimes to hit the opponent with the arrow, you have to shot It quickly. There is a technique called "Arrow Stalling": if you change the direction of Pit's bow while charging the arrow, the power of the arrow will preserve. Useful for baiting airdodges and counters and edgeguarding.

Pit's down air is really good for footstole combo setups. If you hit the d-air at the yellow part, you'll send your opponent diagonally upwards. Perfect for a footstole.

Here are some cool stuff you can do with It ( I put there a little mixup invented by me too ):

If you want more details about these combos and more, you can check out these video that I used as a source:

Video made by Sunite

Video made by ReRaze

Also Pit is one of the few characters or maybe the only one to do a regrab.

A regrab ( Idk how is it called, I call It regrab ) is essentially a combo that starts​ with a grab and finishes with a grab. Be careful to not confuse It with a chaingrab, because It's not a throw into an other throw. There are moves between the grab. Here's an example:

And last but not least we have platform cancel with side b. I already talked about that in my previous blog.

For those of you who don't know what a platform cancel is you can watch this video made by BeefySmashDoods.

The video

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Conclusion

Welp, that's it folks.

I hope that with this blog you have understood a bit the potential of this character and if you did, don't forget to drop a like on this blog.

I'll see you next time :)

This has been Cr3misis from Cr3misis Corporation :tm: .

Ciauz~