118 Pikachu Tricks (Added Skullbash Edgeguarding)

[Legendary Pikachu]

Yay! I just learned how to ice skate about a week ago! Now my pika can do it too!

We should go ice-skating one day....

Sincerely,
Legendary Pikachu, LDPK, still a fledgeling smashboards'er

 

[Roller]

So close to 100!

 

[Legendary Pikachu]

I want to add one... for the 100..... It's a *General AT* but not really popular yet and doesn't have its own post:

Tired of fighting Diddy's and ROB's and Zamus's while their junk is on the ground???

1 & 2) I give you.... the item up-smash, and itemthrow cancel:

Simple enough, just do a dash-canceled up-smash while dash-picking the item. It'll hit a Zamus/rob/ and especially diddy kong attempting to dash-grab the item. Just an situational option that'll result in them taking an up-smash in the face.
aerials can also be buffered while keeping items by using certain aerials similar to how my bro Toon Link buffers aerials without throwing bombs. I think pika's u-air may be one, dunno yet. it'll be great against diddys if we can u-air>f-air without throwing banana. Can't get to wii right now... some1 test it and update the tricks thread with pika specific details. I'll test if some1 else doesn't do it before i come back. Trick 2 for the item-throw cancel of this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUGQMD1F1pE

3) once an item is held, one can Dash-cancel throw instead of roll throwing. Needa figure how much distance pika goes first. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si5wKRR-5_c

STill haven't confirmed all the benifits for pika yet... but there... that's 3... XD

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Legendary Pikachu, LDPK, Still a fledgeling smashboards'er.

 

[SilverSpark]

alright, I'll add these to the list sometime saturday

btw, muhznit

I'll need the names of those tricks

 

[!Boom!]

If you add those "tricks," then you should change the name to "Tricks" instead of Pikachu Tricks. Because I believe there are some "tricks" listed that can apply to all characters, not just Pikachu...

Unless you want to take away those universal tricks...

 

[SilverSpark]

there's a section for general tricks in the first post

 

[!Boom!]

I know that, so it basically isnt exactly 90 "pikachu" only tricks. I thought we were aiming for pikachu only tricks, not universal ones as well.

 

[Legendary Pikachu]

Well... we can look at it as 90 + tricks THAT pikachu can do. Also we can be specific on how pikachu can take advantage of those tricks (i.e. glide tossing for pika is somewhat different than from Diddy's and squirtle's, and a pika main should know the difference). We can detail how the general tricks benefit pikachu.

Hope this clarifies things.

Sincerely,
Legendary Pikachu, LDPK, still a fledgeling smashboards'er

 

[SuSa]

Universal trick--

Reverse Jump Canceled Upsmash

Run, Pivot, Jump Cancel Upsmash.

It's good if you see your opponent try to roll behind you as your dashing at them.

Hope people know what I'm talking about, and didn't see it in the OP so.... there you go

 

[Stealth Raptor]

^^^ that is a very useful trick. it should be added.

 

[SilverSpark]

Well... we can look at it as 90 + tricks THAT pikachu can do. Also we can be specific on how pikachu can take advantage of those tricks (i.e. glide tossing for pika is somewhat different than from Diddy's and squirtle's, and a pika main should know the difference). We can detail how the general tricks benefit pikachu.

Hope this clarifies things.

Sincerely,
Legendary Pikachu, LDPK, still a fledgeling smashboards'er

bold: that's the red part in the first paragraph of my post :]
underlined: well, under most of the tricks I have uses for them. You're all welcome to come up with other uses for old and new tricks.

 

[Bouse]

Edit: Didn't read this page before posting >_<. Someone got mah reverse Usmash

But anyone mention Jump-Cancel Tossing?

Really should be self-explanatory...

Oh, and a Thunder->Footstool->Edgeguard instead of Thunder->Nair. Had that one happen in a wifi match a couple days ago. Weird stuff.

 

[lmntolp]

Here's another universal trick, mostly used against marth and other characters that rely on spacing, the shield cancelled running grab. Gonzo has a thread on this: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=215653&page=4

To do it, while dashing, shield and immediately press A. You should see your shield flash and then you go into a running grab animation. It's basically shield grabbing using a running grab instead of a standing grab, which gives you extra range where normally your standing grab might not reach.

 

[5ive]

Found something new ^_^.

So basically, you crawl and continue to crawl backwards into the edge (you shouldn't fall off). You then proceed to thunder while crawling into the edge. This makes you fall off while thundering, but the cool part is that the thunder doesn't seem to hit Pikachu, but yet manages to stall in the air.

Names are open for discussion.

 

[Muhznit]

WHY HELLO SOMEWHAT-DEAD THREAD! Here, have a new Pikachu trick. I call it "Ball Lightning".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XjPO5GDrJI

Usefulness? Not much due to its situationality.

 

[Ussi]

Doesn't that exist on halberd too?

 

[brightnocturn]

There's a very interesting forum post on "Pika Psychology"
I think it deserves to be linked here, it's very interesting

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

Can somebody who has the debug code please test something.

I was messing around and my brother told me that for quicker landing i should try to QA to fair, instead of using the dair and making the shockwave, so no jump included. It seemed like i could shield a little before, but i may just be imagining it. Can somebody PLEASE test it and see if there is a frame difference.

 

[Ussi]

well fair has a 15 frame lag and QA has 24 frames.

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

:O amazing. That would be awesome.

 

[Masky]

What about just airdodging right after QA?

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

You would have the QA landing lag. Somebody just test it plz.

 

[The Truth!]

Actually it wouldnt matter. If you land with QA into the ground the lag is 15 frames. If you jump then land its 24 frames. But if you were jumping in the first place there was probably a reason for it. And if you had no reason to jump the lag will be just as long whether you fair or not. QA and its low lag landing is just amazing on its own, which is why I use it so much even without the canceling . It was a good idea though.

Edit: Ok i actually tested this too. I forgot i'd tried this before. Fair doesnt start up quick enough for the landing lag to occur. Same is true for air dodge which might have worked if the airdodge had time to come out.

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

Ok, thanks for testing it.

 

[Levitas]

This is so cool of an idea that I decided to take it for the lucas boards.

 

[SilverSpark]

wooow, my thread's still alive! I'm so proud... (sniffle)

anyway, I think we have 100+ tricks, now. I won't be playing brawl for awhile (school), so I can't come up with any new tricks. Even so, I'm relying on you guys to supply me with more new tricks for Pikachu! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the thread, by the way ^_^

 

[|RK|]

Isn't Static Shock and Ball Lightning the same thing?

 

[Muhznit]

Isn't Static Shock and Ball Lightning the same thing?

Yes.

wooow, my thread's still alive! I'm so proud... (sniffle)

anyway, I think we have 100+ tricks, now. I won't be playing brawl for awhile (school), so I can't come up with any new tricks. Even so, I'm relying on you guys to supply me with more new tricks for Pikachu! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the thread, by the way ^_^

Half of those new ones I don't even remember saying. Hell, I don't even know how to play any of the swordsmen. (except Ganondorf, but he's more of a Warlock.)

 

[|RK|]

So why so they have separate spots? Doesn't this make it 108?

 

[Roller]

So. Idk if this has been mentioned. (sorry if it has.) Or whether it works on humans or what (though I think it does..).
So. Ya. I was messing around today vs a computer practicing buffer grabbing. And at one point I toadstool hopped and immediately Naired and it looked like when it was timed right there was no way for them to get out of the Nair. I tried it a few more times. (all only on computers) and as long as you time it right it seems to work.
I'm not sure how practical it is. But ya. There ya go.

So ya. It's Toadstool -> Nair

EDIT: Oh ya. they have to be airborn. Not on land.

 

[Stealth Raptor]

i love doing that. one thing though- this may work on some but not all chars.

 

[Roller]

i love doing that. one thing though- this may work on some but not all chars.

True Story. I've only tested it on a few. So it's possible some characters are immune.

 

[psykoplympton]

in the quintuple thunder trick try doing a walljump for an added thunder to make a sextuple thunder.

 

[SilverSpark]

True Story. I've only tested it on a few. So it's possible some characters are immune.

the timing's pretty tedious for me, but it's pretty flashy

I really count that as a combo though, so I'd put that in the combo thread, but it's dead :\

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

Pikachu has a weird item throw glitch thingy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya9xHOEgHUQ
Maybe a trick?

 

[Stealth Raptor]

some srs mindgames there. so you just jump, land, then throw behind you?

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

It's a strange timing. You have to start the throw before you land, but not too early or not too late. I did it by accident the first time in friendlies at a tournament and was like Wut.

 

[Stealth Raptor]

sounds like either buffering or its an aerial throw that lands in the middle of it? have you looked at it frame by frame yet?

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

nope, haven't done frame-by-frame. I should though.

 

[SilverSpark]

woah people are talking :D yay