JJBro1
Smash Journeyman
I was playing melee and it seemed like his thunder had a little more "umph" than it does in brawl. Does anybody notice the same thing?
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Did pikachu's thunder get nerfed?
- Thread starter JJBro1
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pikachu22
Smash Cadet
well according to pyrnights expirience of 20 hours.he says it is slightly better
"http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=142540" <<< theres the link.
I havnt played brawl yet,but from the videos i have seen and pyrnight's expirience id say its as good if not betetr than what it was.Besides why would they nerf it for no reason??
"http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=142540" <<< theres the link.
I havnt played brawl yet,but from the videos i have seen and pyrnight's expirience id say its as good if not betetr than what it was.Besides why would they nerf it for no reason??
shipoffools
Smash Journeyman
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its alot faster, which makes it better anyway
Darkpaladin of Chaos
Smash Lord
Well think about what you're asking. It got nerfed from the 64-Melee transition. Why would it get nerfed again?
JJBro1
Smash Journeyman
well ok maybe nerfed is not the word im thinking about but his thunder seemed less thunderous in brawl
pictish freak
Smash Ace
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Many high power attacks got reduced damage for boosted usability.
My initial impression from videos is that thunder has way less lag, and is actually a viable follow up after a launch instead of needing to be used in extremely specific circumstances and being highly punishable on failure. It looks incredibly hard to punish now, though of course it'll still need to be used semi-sparingly if you intend to reserve it's power to KO with.
My initial impression from videos is that thunder has way less lag, and is actually a viable follow up after a launch instead of needing to be used in extremely specific circumstances and being highly punishable on failure. It looks incredibly hard to punish now, though of course it'll still need to be used semi-sparingly if you intend to reserve it's power to KO with.
JJBro1
Smash Journeyman
woah how do you thunderspike? I never heard of it
RedMage8BT
Smash Lord
The thunder could already kill a lightweight at <80% damage... how much more knockback did it need?
pikachu22
Smash Cadet
more height and speed
Sounds great huh.More speed =less time for them to evade,and being able to high them when they are higher means a sure kill. It sucked when they were to high for thunder to hit......but in stages like hyrule it was pretty cool to hit people with a cloud that did 30% damage
Sounds great huh.More speed =less time for them to evade,and being able to high them when they are higher means a sure kill. It sucked when they were to high for thunder to hit......but in stages like hyrule it was pretty cool to hit people with a cloud that did 30% damage
kitsuneboy_geoff
Smash Apprentice
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More knockback, longer vertical range, less lag, and bigger 'beam.' 'nuff said.
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[FBC] ESAM
Smash Legend
non DI-ed D-Smash to thunder is a very useful combo on all the characters i have played against (marth, bowser, falco, kirby, MK) and the absence of too much lag if the thunder actually hits pikachu leaves you less open to attacks than it used to. Beware though, for shine can reflect thunder and hit you, i died because of that on my last stock in a round-robin tournament against falco...
TehBo49
Smash Ace
I'm glad thunder was improved in Brawl. Is the height of it infinite like it was in SSB64 or just slightly higher than it was in melee?
kitsuneboy_geoff
Smash Apprentice
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It's not Infinite, it's just higher.
FrostByte
Smash Lord
The top blastlines are *really* small compared to the other SSB games, so you could say it does better for thunderflipping (upsmash) and Dsmash-thunder (need to come up with a name for that). Corneria is probably still one of the best stages for pika.
Gindler
Smash Champion
I really hope it is faster now, because it was hard to dodge the whole attack in melee you'd still get hit by the weak aftershsock. Hopefully this attack isn't whored like alot of noobs just love so do.
h1roshi
Smash Hero
on the contrary, it got into **** STATUS!!! its so good...peace
-hiro
-hiro
- Prisma -
Smash Cadet
I think Pikachu's Thunder got a bit of a boost.
While it didn't increase in attack, its after shock is great.
I don't like the lag time of Thunder, however.
While it didn't increase in attack, its after shock is great.
I don't like the lag time of Thunder, however.
xxhyosukexx
Smash Apprentice
down smash+thunder=kill.
its better.
and recovers faster.
using him at the gamestop tourney.
its better.
and recovers faster.
using him at the gamestop tourney.
pikachun00b7
Smash Lord
No, it is much much better. Longer, Stronger, quicker and sexier.
h1roshi
Smash Hero
if i was actually going to the gamestop tourney (stupid work), then i was debating if i should use diddy or pika...peace
-hiro
-hiro
CorruptFate
The Corrupted
His thunder got a huge Buff it has next to 0 lag time i'm not sure baut when i was playing i think the sparks around him stayed 4 a split sec after the attack was over and he could move around. and it now hits from the top of the screen instead of the ****y cloud.