UltimateXsniper
Smash Ace
Hey all, I wanted to make a thread for everyone to make tips about Pikachu. Basically the concept of this is to comment what Pikachu can or cannot do and how you should play with him. Hopefully any newcomers or anyone wanting to improve on Pikachu can learn a few things by looking at advice given by players who are competent with the character.
I'll go first and I'll talk about a couple moves that are great starters to combos.
Nair, this move is fantastic as it comes out quick. It multi hits and you could get in another hit in low percentages with it's
final hit, but the move is so much better when it comes to shortening the attack. By shortening the attack, you won't let your opponent fly away from the last hit it usually does. To do this is to simply press A before landing. Once you've done this, you can start using another attack which can vary by the position your opponent is. But generally you'll probably be using the up tilt attack. You can do this at any percent too.
Side note: Nair does 4 hits total, the fourth hit is when the opponent will fly off. Make sure you can land before the 4th hit goes off so that way the move will cancel and you can start attacking with another move.
Up tilts, this is also a great move to pull and has decent range. If you haven't done so, make sure to turn off tap jump. In low percentages you can get a couple up tilts in and at higher percents, you can still combo with it. You can pull off something early in percentage like up tilt, up tilt, and then uair 2 or 3 times and possibly finish off with bair (More likely possible to do it in 2 uairs) which does a healthy amount of damage. You can also go for up tilt and Nair which can also bring up more combo opportunities depending on the stages and where the platforms are. You can usually combo with up tilt for the majority of the match.
These 2 moves are phenomenal and you can keep the combos going even longer if you use these 2 together and take advantage of the platforms above you.
If anyone else wants to add in tips that they find useful and helped them along the way of playing Pikachu then please do share!
I'll go first and I'll talk about a couple moves that are great starters to combos.
Nair, this move is fantastic as it comes out quick. It multi hits and you could get in another hit in low percentages with it's
final hit, but the move is so much better when it comes to shortening the attack. By shortening the attack, you won't let your opponent fly away from the last hit it usually does. To do this is to simply press A before landing. Once you've done this, you can start using another attack which can vary by the position your opponent is. But generally you'll probably be using the up tilt attack. You can do this at any percent too.
Side note: Nair does 4 hits total, the fourth hit is when the opponent will fly off. Make sure you can land before the 4th hit goes off so that way the move will cancel and you can start attacking with another move.
Up tilts, this is also a great move to pull and has decent range. If you haven't done so, make sure to turn off tap jump. In low percentages you can get a couple up tilts in and at higher percents, you can still combo with it. You can pull off something early in percentage like up tilt, up tilt, and then uair 2 or 3 times and possibly finish off with bair (More likely possible to do it in 2 uairs) which does a healthy amount of damage. You can also go for up tilt and Nair which can also bring up more combo opportunities depending on the stages and where the platforms are. You can usually combo with up tilt for the majority of the match.
These 2 moves are phenomenal and you can keep the combos going even longer if you use these 2 together and take advantage of the platforms above you.
If anyone else wants to add in tips that they find useful and helped them along the way of playing Pikachu then please do share!
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