Palm

Palm

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Type: Weapon Specializes In: Ranged Combat Strengths: High fire rate, strong homing capabilities Weaknesses: Low attack power

The Palm (破掌 Hashou, literally meaning "Breaking Palm") is the name given to a new weapon introduced in Kid Icarus: Uprising. Unlike the other weapons, it is actually not a physical item at all. Rather, it is described as a magical rune that Pit wears on his right hand and along his arm. The Palm gives off a noticeable aura when in use.

Attributes

The Palm allows Pit to harness energy in the palm of his hand, as its name suggests. With this ability, Pit is able to shoot bursts of magical energy that have the ability to rapidly home in on enemies. Along with the Orbitars, the Palm is one of the lightest weapons in the game.

Variations

As of now, ten variations of the Palm have been revealed:

Palm Variants

Name	Description	Image
Violet Palm (破掌バイオレット Hashou Baioretto, "Palm: Violet")	The basic Palm, which is pictured above. It harnesses rainbow-colored energy that can quickly follow enemies.
Midnight Palm (月光の破掌 Gekkou no Hashou, "Moonlight Palm")	A celestial version with lunar designs, clouds, and shadows of a rabbit surrounding it. This version is able to launch crescent moon projectiles as a back-dash attack, making this variant ideal for defensive players.
Pudgy Palm	A strange, glove-like Palm that shoots bubbles and colorful star attacks. It resembles a bubble blower toy. This weapon can confuse enemies.
Needle Palm	A dark Palm that shoots needle-based projectile attacks. Their fire rate is very high, but the projectiles have minimal homing abilities.	???
Great Reaper Palm	A Palm that resembles the Great Reaper's claw, which can summon Reapettes for charged shots. It is one of the few weapons to possess the Weakening effect naturally.
Cutter Palm	A palm that fires blue and green rings of light that can cut through foes.	???
Burning Palm	A red fiery glowing plam that shoots fireballs. It has strong melee attacks and can burn enemies, but its projectiles have a short range and take a long time to charge.	???
Cursed Palm	A bluish Palm that shoots projectiles with strange symbols of some sort on them.	???
Viridi Palm	A pinkish Palm that has rose petals swirling around Pit's arm. Its charged shots resemble a quick mass of rose petals, while rapid fire delivers heart projectiles.	???
Virgo Palm	One of the Zodiac Weapons, this Palm is inspired by the sixth astrological sign in the Zodiac. It has the longest range of any Palm and has shots that grow larger as they travel. Its homing abilities and attack power are low, but its back-dash attack puts up a wall that nullifies incoming shots. It can be found in a Zodiac Chamber in Chapter 12; in the room with the elevator, look for a second elevator that will take you to the chamber.	???
Ninja Palm	A Palm resembling a ninja's hand. While its shots lack homing ability and attack power, this Palm has a rapid charge time and greatly increases Pit's speed and agility.	???

Gallery

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  The Palm's special attack.

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  Violet Palm

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  Midnight Palm

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  Pudgy Palm

Trivia

• The Midnight Palm variation is based on the Jade Rabbit of Japanese and Chinese folklore, which is said to live on the moon.