Favorite Pikmin Lineup?

[StripedNinja]

The best three pikmin to have out is obviously very situational but I was curious to hear if there was a particular combination that you guys leaned towards?

Personally I like a white, yellow and purple, white for damage/throwing the opponent off, purple for damage and killing obvs/recovering or gimping or interrupting approaches with piktoss, and yellow for spacing and combos and because I find their electricity immunity to be the most useful. Also because with those 3 I have all very different pikmin tosses which can throw the opponent off a lot.

 

[Myran]

Purple, purple, and blue. I like the ability to press stage advantage with 2 purples, while having a blue throw to maximize throw damage and kill potential. It all set's up pretty well, and you're almost always getting the most damage off of combos.

 

[AncientBaby]

Like you said, pikmin order is situational and there isn't a one-size-fits-all trio of pikmin. But I do like Myran's purple->purple->blue order for the same reasons he said.

Another one that I find works well is red->purple->blue/purple on fastfalling characters or against players that I can notice patterns in DI or how they try to escape from dthrow combos. Because reds have the weakest throws, their dthrow can set up for a purple uair or bair (again depending on DI and whether or not they jump/airdodge immediately and depending on character). The extra blue would be to get direct kill throws and the extra purple would be just because double purple is a wonderful thing (getting a second aerial if you miss the first, side-b hitbox, or just getting early kills if you get a read).

 

[koken]

At kill %:
blue - purple - blue
They can't know if you are going to smash or grab. Even when blue doesn't hurt with smash, there is a good chance.

Wrecking up damage:
white - purple - anything
White of course, purple for pressure and anything else to cover their landing / approach.

Recovering:
white - purple - yellow
White for annoying latched on, purple for extra defense by throwing near the edge and yellow if I need to release the ledge and Uair from the bottom or, release and get up with a Fair.

As we can see, it's like mandatory to have a purple. It's so magnificent how 2 purples can destroy your enemy's morale *¬*.

 

[Ridel]

Low percents I like Blue-Blue-White. While at higher percents I switch out for Blue-Blue-Purple.