Help on approach

[Whirlwind Werewolf]

Hey Guys,

I've been told my pikachu is pretty decent, but I tend to have a habit of just spamming nairs and jumping and spamming his neutral b while running back or jumping in place. Any advice on approaching with Pikachu?

 

[INSANE CARZY GUY]

How i feel you should play isn't totally offence/defence. At times if you just keep DDing and wding and junk it will become harder to predict what you do. sometimes just wait for them to relax or make a mistake. also don't jolt that offen like if you jolt to approach most of the time your doing it wrong also d-tilts are great even vs sheik.

after playing falcon vs sheik I understand how powerful a smart mix-up is. pikachu/pichu have like 3 not counting mindgames.

also if you force them to the edge don't approach wait for them to make the move and F*** up.

mindgames are key my brother has resently picked up sheik and the funny thing is my pichu seems to be working out the best due to smart reads/mindgames. but he ***** my falcon and marth.

 

[Whirlwind Werewolf]

That's pretty funny, the Pichu part. But yeah, I didn't know d-tilt was that good vs. Sheik. Thanks for the advice.

 

[soju]

=3= meh, as ICG said dtilt is pretty good, shffl nairs, a shffled fair -> dsmash can work as long as you know how to space it and the other person doesnt cc, spaced uairs can work if you know how to do it right, try not to use bairs and dairs as much on an approach since they have quite a bit of lag, and dash attack is crap but you probably already know that. You can also get creative with a pivot smash =w=

with Pikachu sometimes the best approach is not to approach at all, bait the person with jolts so hell try and approach you and just punish the hell outa them.

 

[indigestible_wad]

I'd say let the other person approach sometimes, because pikachu does have limited approaching options.

 

[N64]

Mostly what everyone else said. Nair can be pretty solid, but a decent amount beats it so try you shouldn't rely heavily on it. Pika's approach game isn't that good, but his bait game is. Dash dance around, fake approaches with short hop->waveland back, poke with dtilts and ftilts, then when you see an opportunity (your opponent whiffs attempting to punish your expected approach, or they jump, or decide to approach you, etc.) then jump in and punish them. You want to use your mobility to make it seem like you could approach at any time and be a threat, but this doesn't mean you have to approach at any opportunity.