Q&A Ask about Pikachu! Hosted by Axe and N64! feat. dkuo!

[oukd]

imo pika's only real gimmick is bs edgeguard/gimp setups near the edge, lol
maybe theres something(s) im not thinking of

inty you have the best youtube videos

 

[Inty17]

inty you have the best youtube videos

lol people don't know about my youtube channel :D

 

[Strong Badam]

pikachu's gimmick is that he has to outplay his opponent to win

ooOOOooooo

 

[Captain Smuckers]

Just to clear up, me saying that pikachu is a gimmick was not serious. I wouldn't main the character if I thought it was just a bunch of gimmicks...lol. Like tai pointed out, obviously axe couldn't get the results he does if pikachu were just a gimmick. Though, I'm fairly certain that axe could get practically the same results with just about any character if he were to main them. Also, I don't find using axe as a reference for matchups to be a good idea. Him doing well against sami doesn't necessarily mean that pikachu does well, it could just be a matter of him being a better player than them. With that said, I'm not trying to imply that pikachu does terribly against samus or anything, I just lack personal experience against them so I dread the though of having to fight them.

Edit: I agree with strong bad.

 

[iRobinhoood]

Axe how do you do it man. How did you just narrow it down to one character? I love all these characters and it's not that I get bored with anyone of the ones I play. It's just..... TOO MANY CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME ARE FUN. But I've narrowed it down to at least Samus/Pika/Falcon. I think I just need to tell myself, you can main one character, and play others for fun. I'd like to be a Samus/Pika with a pocket Falcon.

 

[oukd]

if you look at the old posts in this thread axe has a really really really really long phase where he's super indecisive between falco and pika. lol

it takes a really long time im guessing

 

[Divinokage]

Well.. I don't think anyone realistically can play ONE character for 10 hours a day, that's just ridiculous. You should have fun all the time if you want to improve the best way possible, of course you would play 1 character more than the others but you should still mix it up at times.

 

[iRobinhoood]

I just love characters 7 - 12 w/ the exception of Ganon lol I've mained or somewhat mained only those characters. Spacies for some reason bore me, no offense though as I do enjoy watching them play. I just don't have nearly as much fun playing aforementioned characters 7 - 12 on the tier list.

But yea, Samus & Pika. Two totally awesome characters. Going to be focusing on my Pika tonight though. New stream settings for better sound quality tonight. Hopefully I'll have a ton of VOD to go over.

 

[AXE 09]

There's nothing wrong with playing multiple characters. For YEARS I never decided on who I wanted to play as a main, and I just played tons and tons of characters (including Samus for a long time actually). But whenever I would go to tournaments, my Pikachu would just give me better results than the rest of my characters. I didn't choose to play Pikachu. Rather, he chose me. He's just always been my best no matter how little I play him and no matter how much I practice other characters.

Even now, I don't play Pikachu anywhere near as much in friendlies as I do other characters. But somehow, he's still just always my best character.

I guess what I'm saying is:
Over time, you'll find out what your best character (or characters) is. When you're put in a high pressured tournament match, just see which character(s) gives you the best result. In my case, it was Pikachu. You might realize that it's more than 1 character and that's perfectly fine.

 

[Knut]

@smokeybluntz i don't really know why you think you have my game plan all figured out. i'm not only trying to bait approach, but i'm also trying to pick up on habits of the opponent. when i do decide to move in, its not so much that i get fed up with trying to bait. more along the lines that i have found a solid opening, or have stage control, and can go for a harder read. i don't just go aggro, unless i get a good hit or grab. something like that.

and seriously, we've only played like 3 times. yea, you may have beaten me in our tourney set, but i choked pretty hard, and still almost beat you. pretty sure your ganon got jv 4 stocked 2nd game of our MM and i 2 or 3 stocked you at rom in the one match we played. if i were you, i would take a moment and think about this. i'm thinking you should stop trying to give your buddy advice, when you clearly have no idea what your talking about.

 

[N.A.G.A.C.E]

Knut going in hard

 

[JKJ]

Kick his a** Knut
Your Samus is ****
@SmokeyBluntz I can attest to the fact that Knut's Samus is not easy to figure out, and is not one-size-fits-all when it comes to a plan against him. That guy is not only really good technically, he's really good in terms of reading and punishing. I think you're fooling yourself if you believe that you've figured him out.

 

[AXE 09]

Do I sense a hype pride money match coming up!?
Knut vs. Smokey Huntz

 

[Captain Smuckers]

I want Knut to win, does that make me a bad friend?

 

[iRobinhoood]

Awwwwww ****. These matches best be recorded!

 

[Smokey Huntz]

Lol I'm cool with a pride mm also I wasn't trying to say I'm better or anything just saying what worked for me when I did play you

 

[Knut]

whatever man. we'll play again and MM if you want, so you can put this theory of yours to the test.

 

[oukd]

man, hype/drama on the pika boards

probably the last thing i expected

 

[Smokey Huntz]

I bring the hype wherever I go

 

[Knut]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrjnpltYDB1r3ovdbo1_400.gif

 

[Captain Smuckers]

the pika boards are finally interesting

 

[iRobinhoood]

Not related to smash, but this video had me laughing lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gWbBZ7hFYY

 

[N.A.G.A.C.E]

Man i am hyped for this pride mm, knut going be making some cash (anyone care to side bet)

 

[Captain Smuckers]

I gotta back up my homies, I'll side bet $5 (I might increase this to 10) on smokey

 

[Knut]

lol at all this hype. i think we have to MM now smokey. see you at sudden death?

 

[N.A.G.A.C.E]

Ok i am def in this 5$ mm (on knut) (i would do 10 as well)



Edit: also u guys could mm at sudden death or if u both are going we could make this real hype and have u mm at apex

 

[Ryobeat]

OHSIHTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. its about to get NASTY in here. LOLOLOL, i wanna bet money, but I'm not willing to lose it c: Axe, wanna ****-talk each other and then have a MM? :DD

 

[Bing]

pfft


Raichu is better then Pikachu. COME AT ME BROS



Btw Guys, I gave the Video Critique thread an update(FIRST TIME EVER)

Hope you guys like it. If you could answer the part I couldn't fill in properly that would be great

 

[oukd]

i watched the koc videos again. pp figured out so many pika things...man o_o
and axe pulling off some insanely clutch things here and there

too much high level melee x_x

westballz look like he was doing really well with calling axe's movement with laser/spacing but outside of that idk. looks more like axe missed some vital punishes for the set

lots of falco dsmash vs pika's sweetspots. interesting

what stage did you ban for the last game vs pp axe? ps im assuming. i liked the horizontal>vertical sweetspots from below you were doing on ys

 

[Jolteon]

LOOOL I did not expect trash talk on these boards.

 

[Spyro]

I don't think anyone one did. Trash talk on the Pika boards was proable the last thing I expect, especially since most of the people who post here regularly are super chill.

 

[Jolteon]

Pretty much.

...But I like it.

 

[Strong Badam]

Dunno if my Pika will be ready in time by APEX but it's looking like it will. :3

 

[Spyro]

Still hyped for your Pikachu Strong Bad!

Speaking of Apex, who all is going?

 

[Captain Smuckers]

I shall be there

Also, the people trash-talking are outsiders, so it's not like people here aren't still really chill. I just hired them for a bit of entertainment.

 

[Knut]

glad i could entertain. ^_^ btw strong bad's pika is pretty nice. anyway, who you staying with at apex adam?

 

[Strong Badam]

adam meaning me, or someone else?

 

[Captain Smuckers]

he prolly meant armada

 

[Knut]

no, i meant you bro lol.

 

[Strong Badam]

I'm being housed with InternetExplorer at the moment.

EDIT: I'm so excited to use this character... It's going to require a lot of practice, and I think that's just what I need to get into shape for APEX in general.