Kid Icarus: Uprising

[PokeTrainerJay]

The Spotpass weapon was pretty good today, converted to hearts...

[Master Leo]

The Spotpass weapon was pretty good today, converted to hearts...

Making those poor Centurion Strongarms work overtime....

[AuraChannelerChris]

Making those poor Centurion Strongarms work overtime....

They deserve it. They have literally no incentive to work harder unless they turn evil!

[Master Leo]

Even if they did turn evil they would still only be useful for throwing dumbells and grinding weapons into hearts.

Well, I guess they could carry reset bombs for Virdi...

[AuraChannelerChris]

Even if they did turn evil they would still only be useful for throwing dumbells and grinding weapons into hearts.

Well, I guess they could carry reset bombs for Virdi...

They're not THAT strong.

[XGallade]

I recently made a 2.5/6 Taurus Arm.

Normal combo: 300~ Damage.
Dash Attack: 350 Damage

Both enough to OHKO just about anyone in online that doesn't have any defense or health boost mods or powers.

Also, Full Health + Trade-Off + Invisibility = Dead angel.
Trade-Off: 600 Damage.
Trade-Off Dash: 670 Damage
I've taken off 3/4ths of a full health bar angel with just one combo. Any angel even slightly weakened would be ohko'd. That arm's so OP.
If only it had a freezing mod on it, but ah, +2 Combo +1 Dash attack is good enough <3

Also, funny thing happened last night.in the observatory map, whatever it's called, i was the angel and hiding on the second floor. I had next to no health left, and kept spamming invisibility while hitting the other team's angel just below. At one point the angel got smarter and went up to where my shots were coming from, before I noticed it. I get hit, and right behind me a Daybreak part spawned. Our team (apparently) already had 2 pieces, so when i picked it up and the Daybreak complete! sign appeared I got completely euphoric and nearly shouted 'FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!' while it charged. It hit, and we won, even though the other team's angel had lots of health left before the blast xD

[R_N]

They deserve it. They have literally no incentive to work harder unless they turn evil!

"Centurions if you do not get up to space right now and save Pit I will never revive any of you again."

[PokeMaster366]

It's always funny to see a game where the characters break the 4th wall...then again, Kid Icarus: Uprising didn't really have a 4th wall to break. I don't think a 4th wall even existed in that game. Whatever, all I know is that Nintendo and Sakurai are going to be hard-pressed to make a sequel to that game. It almost makes me think that the people at G4 were on crack when they did the review.

[Escheria]

I recently made a 2.5/6 Taurus Arm.

Normal combo: 300~ Damage.
Dash Attack: 350 Damage

Both enough to OHKO just about anyone in online that doesn't have any defense or health boost mods or powers.

Also, Full Health + Trade-Off + Invisibility = Dead angel.
Trade-Off: 600 Damage.
Trade-Off Dash: 670 Damage
I've taken off 3/4ths of a full health bar angel with just one combo. Any angel even slightly weakened would be ohko'd. That arm's so OP.
If only it had a freezing mod on it, but ah, +2 Combo +1 Dash attack is good enough <3

Also, funny thing happened last night.in the observatory map, whatever it's called, i was the angel and hiding on the second floor. I had next to no health left, and kept spamming invisibility while hitting the other team's angel just below. At one point the angel got smarter and went up to where my shots were coming from, before I noticed it. I get hit, and right behind me a Daybreak part spawned. Our team (apparently) already had 2 pieces, so when i picked it up and the Daybreak complete! sign appeared I got completely euphoric and nearly shouted 'FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!' while it charged. It hit, and we won, even though the other team's angel had lots of health left before the blast xD

Awh man, don't make me jealous xD Your Taurus Arm does at least double the damage my Phoenix Arm can dish out. And my goodness, stay away from me with that arm xDDD
How is it's speed by the way? Iirc Taurus Arm has the strongest melee, but I wonder about the other stats too

And congrats on the cool victory

[AuraChannelerChris]

"Centurions if you do not get up to space right now and save Pit I will never revive any of you again."

That'd be out-of-character from Palutena. I mean, she has NO respect for the Centurions. At all. Hell, she even admits they're all weak.

[Tyranitarquake]

Maybe it's just YOUR Ancient Staff that isn't good. Also, I think it's more important to have a weapon the player feels comfortable with, and modifiers can make or break a weapon too. Phoenix arm isn't the best among melee weapons, but I think mine is good because it's versatile and can be used in various situations... and doesn't slow me down too much either.

No, I agree with snowyarticuno. The Ancient Staff is just ****.

[PokeTrainerJay]

Wow XGallade that is one beastly weapon.

[XGallade]

Wow XGallade that is one beastly weapon.

I've got a question, does Energy Charge stack with Trade-Off? And is there a current record for melee damage? Cuz i might just go and break it. xD
(Though that much damage is probably useless in multiplayer, besides perhaps LvD to OHKO an angel. Oh God. I want to try that. Now.)

Edit: Now i'm wondering how it would do in Solo mode. It would suck for air battles, but clobberskulls and most bosses would be a piece of cake with Brief Invincibility power and energy charge ....

[Tyranitarquake]

I've got a question, does Energy Charge stack with Trade-Off? And is there a current record for melee damage? Cuz i might just go and break it. xD
(Though that much damage is probably useless in multiplayer, besides perhaps LvD to OHKO an angel. Oh God. I want to try that. Now.)

Don't Angels and normals have the same health? My weapon's foreward dash charge shot does 4/5 to both average angels and normals.

[XD Mewtwo]

Has anyone found a use for the Ancient Staff.
The game has its fair share of weaponry that range from "gimmicky" to "Why would you use this but" to "too good" but I think that the Ancient Staff may be the worst weapon in the entire game.
Terrible movement speed
Terrible range
Terrible shot type
Interesting gimmick done terribly
Terrible shot speed
Terrible power
Maybe kind of possibly okay charge shot

I had one of respectable power, many stars, and while I can't remember the specifics it had an array of acceptable mods on it. A few mild defense, a few shot-based additions, in-peril autododge etc

And it was total garbage.

You must have some run/walk speed modifiers on it, I believe one of the loading screens confirmed that it's the slowest weapon (or, at least, slowest staff) in the game.

I'm really tired of this. All weapons in the game are good, just because you can't find a way to make it work for you doesn't mean it is bad, just means that it doesn't fit your play style. The game says that the weapon you use determines everything about how you play. I think all clubs, arms, and cannons are unless, when I get them as Pit/Dark Pit, there is a good chance I will die, because they slow me down, or I because I will not be winning melee clashes with them. They are unless to me, but to other people they are good weapons that get them far.

I have used the Ninja Palm for a long time, it fits my play style perfectly, fast charge time, fast projectiles, fast running speed, with Shot Range +3 very scary reach. I tried using the Phosphora Bow, since it is close to the Ninja Palm, but the homing on it is very high, so it has run into wall homing, and it can't seek out a certain person like the Ninja Palm can out of a crowd of people. After read a bit about Bows and what play styles which ones fit, I went back to my favorite bow, the Divine Bow, the first bow I had some practice with. It has very fast charge time, high Shot Cancellation (Big plus for me), with Running Speed +4 fits my style even more, the Shot Homing is a bit prone to running into walls, but it can do amazing things the Ninja Palm can't do.

The Ancient Staff is a pretty scary weapon when used right, it is unpredictable, and has huge projectiles that stay in place for a while.


About the Taurus Arm, I had a team mate in Light vs Dark that had one with 5 Stars in Ranged, I don't know what they did with it, but they were hogging all the points from my team, even me, they were about the only person with points on my team in every match.

The highest damage I have heard for Ranged Damage is 2000 damage with a Flintlock Staff with Energy Charge and being as far away as possible in the practice room.

[arceus7]

^ That would be hovering around 110m-80m in the practice room

[XGallade]

Don't Angels and normals have the same health? My weapon's foreward dash charge shot does 4/5 to both average angels and normals.

Angels tend to survive a lot more of my attacks than normal players somehow. Maybe angels just have more melee defense, but the same health and shot defense? xD.

[Tyranitarquake]

I'm really tired of this.

I'm tired of your gloats. Though you're probably not going to stop that anytime soon.

I think the highest ranged damage I've reached is like 400.

[arceus7]

Oh friggety frack not this again, just hush STZZT ! Haltz maul before I haltz it for you capische?

Guys you know that fracking is really fracking bad.

[ParaChomp]

On the topic of sequels, how would that work? How do you top a plot where the master of the Underworld is using souls in all kinds of devious ways?

Ares, my friend. Why? Because, he's the god of wa...ah, crap. Games mixing into other games (then again, Sakurai's known for that)! Was going to post link to the Major's speach from Hellsing Ultimate. Oh well.

Anyways, trying to beat everything on 9.0 difficulty, it's really tough. Going to cosplay as Dark Pit, should I make myself a weapon, if so which one?