Anyone feeling good about a particular Palu custom set-up? I've been running Autoreticle, Jump Glide, Superspeed, and Counter as of the moment and I'm liking it. Autoreticle is probably one of the best projectiles in the game, and something that I feel like I really underestimated when I first saw it in action. It covers a huge amount of space and it's perfect for harassing people from across the stage. Even if you might not hit with it, it absolutely forces your opponent to react.
Jump Glide is something that I wasn't really thinking a lot about until D1's analysis video happened and I found out you can tri-dash with Palutena, lol. No damage off it directly, obviously, but the speed and maneuverability of it is pretty crazy, and makes for a much more reliable approach option IMO than most of the grounded normals.
Superspeed is just insanely good, to the point where I don't know why anyone wouldn't pick it. Covers a huge amount of space really quickly, and it's got a decent hitbox too. Most important bit, though, is that Palutena actually keeps her momentum when she jumps out of it. You can meet your opponent on an off-stage chase from incredibly far-away and incredibly quickly (especially if they're not expecting it) to rush in and gimp them, and Jump Glide's horizontal recovery is so good that you can recover from incredibly far so there's almost no risk in going off-stage. If Palutena had a legit kill-move off her aerials, this would probably be one of her best options
Counter is just something I slid in there to help when I'm in a pinch with Palutena and an opponent is all up in my grille. I don't really think any of her Down Specials are particularly useful, but Counter fills a pretty solid niche and it's useful enough.
I've been a little curious about swapping out Counter for Lightweight, but it's pretty excessive when Palutena's aerial mobility is already as good as it is, and the risk/reward of it (particularly if you fail to get anything useful out of it) isn't really that appealing to me since that 'tired' phase after using it seems immensely shitty. Mobility is Palutena's best trait, and knee-capping it even for a short-term benefit doesn't sell me. If it made some of her normals less laggy, I think it'd be for sure the best Special, but alas.
Would love to hear if anyone's got any better set-ups.
Jump Glide is something that I wasn't really thinking a lot about until D1's analysis video happened and I found out you can tri-dash with Palutena, lol. No damage off it directly, obviously, but the speed and maneuverability of it is pretty crazy, and makes for a much more reliable approach option IMO than most of the grounded normals.
Superspeed is just insanely good, to the point where I don't know why anyone wouldn't pick it. Covers a huge amount of space really quickly, and it's got a decent hitbox too. Most important bit, though, is that Palutena actually keeps her momentum when she jumps out of it. You can meet your opponent on an off-stage chase from incredibly far-away and incredibly quickly (especially if they're not expecting it) to rush in and gimp them, and Jump Glide's horizontal recovery is so good that you can recover from incredibly far so there's almost no risk in going off-stage. If Palutena had a legit kill-move off her aerials, this would probably be one of her best options
Counter is just something I slid in there to help when I'm in a pinch with Palutena and an opponent is all up in my grille. I don't really think any of her Down Specials are particularly useful, but Counter fills a pretty solid niche and it's useful enough.
I've been a little curious about swapping out Counter for Lightweight, but it's pretty excessive when Palutena's aerial mobility is already as good as it is, and the risk/reward of it (particularly if you fail to get anything useful out of it) isn't really that appealing to me since that 'tired' phase after using it seems immensely shitty. Mobility is Palutena's best trait, and knee-capping it even for a short-term benefit doesn't sell me. If it made some of her normals less laggy, I think it'd be for sure the best Special, but alas.
Would love to hear if anyone's got any better set-ups.
