Character of the Month #113: The Girl Is A Sword

[CaptHayfever]

Source series: Xenoblade
First appearance: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017)

UNLOCK: DLC
HOME COURSE: Cloud Sea of Alrest

PYRA

STATS:
Weight class - Medium
Falling class - Medium
Running speed - Very slow
Jump height - Very low
Character class - Swordsman, Bruiser

SPECIALS:
B - Spinning Claw Flame Nova (source: XC2)
Side B - Blazing End (source: XC2)
Up B - Prominence Revolt (source: XC2)
Down B - Swap (source: XC2)
Final Smash - Burning Sword (source: XC2)

TAUNT:
Up - "Go, Pyra!"
Side - "You'll get burned."
Down - Warning flare


MYTHRA

STATS:
Weight class - Light
Falling class - Very fast
Running speed - Very fast
Jump height - Low
Character class - Swordsman, Speedster

SPECIALS:
B - Lightning Buster (source: XC2)
Side B - Photon Edge (source: XC2)
Up B - Ray of Punishment/Chroma Dust (source: XC2/Torna)
Down B - Swap (source: XC2)
Final Smash - Sacred Arrow (source: XC2)

TAUNT:
Up - "Come on, Mythra!"
Side - "Prepare yourself."
Down - "Think you can take me?"

SPECIAL TRAITS/TRIVIA:
--Pyra's side smash is the move Flare Smash.
--Blazing End can be pocketed, but Pyra will simply manifest another sword if that happens.
--Mythra has the Foresight ability, which is similar to Bayo's Bat Within.
--The reverse slashes of Photon Edge don't do anything; it only attacks forward.
--The first characters with an in-game transformation since Brawl.
--They do not dash on the WoL map screen.
--Sakurai said that the last spirit on Pyra & Mythra's DLC board was a spoiler, but Gary Brolsma spoiled that back in 2004.

They handle better to me than any of the other RPG swordies in the game.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"