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Lady Palutena's Guidance

Lady Palutena's Guidance

Very, very informative, organized, and in-depth guide. Not only did you go through Palutena's moves, stage matchups, and general playstyle tips, but you also included helpful videos and gifs as well. After seeing the video on Warp Cancelling, I am very eager to start practicing it now.

I am definitely bookmarking this for future reference. I've been a Palutena main for a while now, and you covered everything I've found out about her, and much more. She's a very tricky and misunderstood character, and I hope that this will encourage more people to check her out before dismissing her as "low-tier".

Thank you so much for putting this together!
This is a phenomenal guide - I've already favourited it and have personally bookmarked it for future reference. It's astounding, thank you so much for creating this! The amount of detail put into it is astounding, as well. You deserve to be commended.

Please keep adding more things to this guide whenever you get the chance, as I'm sure that sections about particular match-ups (which could pinpoint which characters that Palutena struggles against, and the exact techniques to use for each of those characters) could be one possible expansion (although you've already done a lot, I should add, but I thought that I should add at least one possible constructive point, so there you have it).

Thanks again!
Ice Ninja
Ice Ninja
Thanks, I really appreciate it! I'll be adding more things eventually. Match ups is definitely something I wanted to add. I have a general knowledge of how to fight every character but I will only go into depth for characters against whom I fought people who were either mains of the character or had good fundamental spacing and punish knowledge. But as I get to fight more characters I will be adding in those match ups!
A massive guide in my opinion, the tl;dr thing at the bottom of every section was a great idea though. Great for beginners and anyone who just wants to brush up on something or fact check for a discussion.
Trust me, after reading this guidance I went to For Glory and won a lot. I feel that now I have a solid playstyle, no more throwing out attacks randomly. So this is by far the best guidance and very useful. Thank you so much.
Excellent review, very in-depth!
Not only did you cover Palutena extensively but it was interesting to read and was laced with visuals as well. I'm sort of an intermediate player with Palutena, and while I knew the basics there was a lot of helpful and insightful information.
Ice Ninja
Ice Ninja
Glad there was information that was useful for you. Not everyone can learn by just reading so the visuals can really help. I don't think people would want to see giant walls of text anyways.
Love it! As a Palutena main, this will be awesome to refer back to! :)
Ice Ninja
Ice Ninja
Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful to a fellow Palutena main!
What an incredibly fabulous guide!

You've covered everything quite thoroughly, but here are a few nuanced items that you may wish to include:

-Jab and Dash attack can also nullify some projectiles
-UTilt (Just like Up Air) can punish moves like Yoshis down b and Bowsers down b with its higher priority
-Dash reversed FTilt can help mixup and catch opponents off guard
-Celestial Firework has a few frames of super armor
-In the combo section the link labeled Dthrow>Uair>Bair is actually a .gif of Dthrow>Nair>Bair (one of my fav combos)

Thank you so much for putting all of this time and effort into a comprehensive Palutena guide. The more Palutena mains we have the further her play/techs will develop :3
Ice Ninja
Ice Ninja
Thanks for the feedback and the extra information! I've added those items in! I had forgotten about most of them, but I didn't know about the celestial fireworks one! And no problem. Since there was only one other guide that was really old, I figured it would be a good chance to make one to fill that gap! Here's to hoping for more tech as a result!
Definitely want to invest more time on Palutena after reading this comprehensive guide.
Ice Ninja
Ice Ninja
I'm glad it had that affect. Thanks for reading!
As a Palutena main I say you got everything that any Palutena needs to know, I need to practice my spacing so this was helpful
Ice Ninja
Ice Ninja
Glad it helped! Palutena is all about spacing so I hope that it helped/ is helping you improve it!
Really good guide! I've been wanting to pick her up, but every time I think I'm using her correctly, I get bodied. This is a very helpful resource.
Ice Ninja
Ice Ninja
Thanks! She feels pretty different that a lot of characters I find. You have to get into a different mindset when you play her. since she's a weird mix of fast movement but with a lot of laggier ground moves.
By far and away the best guide I've read for Palutena, if not for any character, full-stop.

A detailed and insightful account into an otherwise tricky and oft-misunderstood character. Factual and no-nonsense, offering reliable and practical tips and techniques for players of all skill groups. Neatly divided into separate categories, banner titles make for easy perusal and are pleasant on the eye. Gifs and videos offer concise and detailed instructions for visual learners and as an added resource for further study. Use of summary notes is useful for refreshing information and can be convenient as a quick go-to guide. Relatively easy to read and open for anybody to examine and browse at their leisure.

I will use this guide a lot and expect that the tips and advice I've learned from it will serve me well in future. A thoroughly excellent and well-written guide that's all too necessary for Palutena!

5 / 5 easily. You're doing the gods' work, my friend, keep it up!
Ice Ninja
Ice Ninja
Thanks! Hearing this really makes me glad I made the guide now. Definitely worth the effort to make it! Thanks for all the feedback and your review! I hope the guide will keep helping you as you play Palutena.
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