Applications of down throw?

[_Snover_]

Hi all, I've been playing around with Pika a lot recently. My question is: does Pika's down throw have any uses/applications other than tech chasing, or is it just strictly bad compared to his other throws in that regard?

 

[_Low]

It seems to me like it's his worst throw. The only advantage I could see to using d throw would be to get some extra damage with the pummel to buffered d throw technique.

 

[_trix_]

It combos icies pretty(although it doesn't lead into anything guaranteed, as far as I know), and gives you good frame advantage vs puff/peach at really high percent(they have to airdodge out to avoid a nair, which can be read and punished with nair/dair or something. It also is tied for his most damaging throw(upthrow does 10%, it does 10%, fthrow and bthrow do 9%), so if you're solely looking for damage and your other throws are staled, it not a bad option, especially since you can buffer dthrow out of a pummel. Over all though, its def his worst throw.

 

[FakeSnakeJake]

At higher percents (around 90-120), you can immediately follow up with u-smash on Sheik and Marth. Other than that, for floaties, you can tech chase them a little easier than you could with up throw at low/mid percent.

 

[soju]

use it as a mix-up tool, people will either jump out of it or fall down. If they jump, bam you took their double jump, if they fall usmash em.

 

[ihasabuket]

I think this set is the best example of dthrow's application. At high %s, If Peach doesnt airdodge she gets hit, but when she airdodges she doesnt have enough time to punish afterwards. I keep wondering why Axe will sometimes opt for fthrow or upthrow at high %s if dthrow gives him a risk free opportunity to convert.
I've already tested that upthrow -> nair is guaranteed from like 0% - 60%(cant remember off the top of my head) and upthrow -> upair combos til like 90%.
I saw that at 13:58 he dthrows Peach at 73% and true combos into nair but I think that was only because Armada DI'ed up. Can anyone confirm at what % dthrow gives enough frame advantage for pikachu to nair without the risk of being naired?
I also saw that at 14:22 he fthrow -> upsmashes at low % and it seemed to combo. Is this DI dependant, and at wht %s does this happen?
I want to see if we can make a little chart for Pika's throw followups on Peach. It'd be something like upthrow -> nair from 0%-60%, upthrow -> upair from 60%-70%, and dthrow -> nair at 70%+. If we can fit fthrow-> upsmash in there that'd be great too. I also wanna mention that if there isnt space to dash, fthrow or bthrow offstage may be the best option.