Favorite pikmin color?

[Mith8]

I personally look forward to seeing red or yellow in my lineup when my opponent's damage is low, and purple or red when it is high.

How about you guys?

 

[Today]

XD I like to draw red Pikmin. But I think I like the white Pikmin. O: As odd as that sound.. but I can cause daaamage! Yeaah!

 

[Mith8]

Reds are great for quick aerial KO's when you dont have a purple.

 

[Smedwicks]

I'm a fan of blues because they can be pretty reliable for strong Fairs. But of course I still love the yellows and purples for the obvious reasons.

 

[Dooms]

Purples, blues, and whites. in that order. Purples because they have a hit box when you throw them, blues because of grab stuff, and whites because of the amazing amount of damage when they latch onto an opponent.

 

[PSIQuasi]

I like blues for the grabs, reds, and yellows for the air, and purples for everything.

 

[CaptainOlimar123]

I like blues,whites,and purples.

 

[Tin Man]

I wish I could control the pikmin I get .

I would have no purples until 70+. No Blues until like 100+ so in da beginning, only whites, and reds, and yellows. No more whites past 70+. Only exception is if I'm on a stage like japes or delfino or something with water, then I want blues from 0, no red at all, yellows from 0, and whites till 70 (to be replaced by purples)

 

[DefinitelyNotFino]

Purples are my favorite (and vastly better than all the other pikmin). I always try to have at least one in my line

 

[Mith8]

When it comes to trying to manipulate your line in the middle of a match, getting purples is pretty hard.

 

[Noa.]

What do you mean by manipulating your line? You can't control what pikmin ypu pluck so?

 

[DefinitelyNotFino]

When it comes to trying to manipulate your line in the middle of a match, getting purples is pretty hard.

Not really, look at my general playstyle. Throw lots and lots and lots and LOTS of pikmin out. With general practice and knowing how pikmin fly/line order, I get them to land on my opponent. My opponent then does me the favor of killing the pikmin, in which I instantly pluck back.
Add this to the fact purples have good durability (if I'm landing purple pikmin tosses it doesn't matter) I just throw and on slaught of pikmin at my opponent, and they literally seed the pikmin for me. I latch the colors I don't want, and conveniently miss the ones I want to keep. In some situations I don't care though, I'll just spam until I got some purples, and then play strategic from there.

It's the sad part of a lot of olimar's play that I don't think people understand; tossing pikmin, plucking and whistling can all be done in one fluid motion to literally control what pikmin you have. All the mean time keeping your opponent under pressure until they make the realization "****, he has a lot of purples, wtf do I do?"
The people I play with regularly know to kill purples when they get the chance XD (so I try to whistle purples back if they don't get hit lol).... it took them several months of getting ***** by purples to think to do this now, lol.

What do you mean by manipulating your line? You can't control what pikmin ypu pluck so?

Nope, but you can increase you chances of getting the pikmin you want by pulling mass amounts of them. To do this you just need to slaughter an equal amount (which your opponents will gladly do for you given good accuracy ;o)

 

[Mith8]

Never thought about that... Not fino...

Anyways, i hate having a mass load of purples in my line unless im just trying to keep my opponent off ballence.

 

[Llumys]

Stop making duplicate threads.

 

[Sky Pirate]

That's true, man. Like tossing a lot of pikmin at a Pikachu would eventually lead to a lot of yellows or tossing a lot of pikmin at Luigi would lead to.. a bunch of dead pikmin.

 

[DefinitelyNotFino]

That's true, man. Like tossing a lot of pikmin at a Pikachu would eventually lead to a lot of yellows or tossing a lot of pikmin at Luigi would lead to.. a bunch of dead pikmin.

Again, consider durability rate. Blues and purples are the most durable pikmin and will take the most abuse from luigis attacks.
With constant pikmin pressure being applied, what are you (more than likely) going to be left with? Coincidentally two good types of pikmin for the MU ;o

 

[Mith8]

Again, consider durability rate. Blues and purples are the most durable pikmin and will take the most abuse from luigis attacks.
With constant pikmin pressure being applied, what are you (more than likely) going to be left with? Coincidentally two good types of pikmin for the MU ;o

Hmm, I guess your right. the best ones stay alive for the matchup.