How do you stop PK Thunder?

[GrownManJones]

I have never stopped a Ness or Lucas from recovering in this game. If you chase them it seems nearly impossible to touch them without getting hit because their body does damage.

Not only that but the Pk Thunder can hit people several times and not disappear. In 4 man Smash it is extra annoying because they just hit themselves with Pk Thunder all match and it's very had to stop even when you can read it 10 seconds before hand.

So if you have any tips on what stops it please let me know.

 

[Specs64z]

Gravitational pull

 

[Thunderjay]

I have never stopped a Ness or Lucas from recovering in this game. If you chase them it seems nearly impossible to touch them without getting hit because their body does damage.

If you want to damage them offstage, you should be using disjoints or projectiles before they PKT2, not touching them directly. You basically have that as an option along with:
- countering PKT2 when it happens with a counter move--works well against Lucas, and against Ness after the intangibility frames pass;
- absorbing the bolt with a projectile-absorbing move before they can hit themselves;
- pushing them before they can PKT2 using water or wind or similar moves;
- simply jumping into the bolt or PKT2 to gimp them.
Ness in particular is vulnerable to the last one, as his bolt dissipates on contact with an enemy and his PKT2 distance decreases when he hits any projectile or body in his way. Bodying PKT2 should only be used when Ness is doing it far from the stage and when you have low health, because you'll likely die otherwise. Lucas's doesn't dissapate, nor decrease in distance, so the former options should work instead.

Also, don't loom in the air over them as they recover, or they will catch on and counter you with PSI Magnet and aerials.

 

[GrownManJones]

Thanks man that's what I was hoping for. You Ness players are no joke in 4 man FFA.

 

[MrFrigid]

>how do i edgeguard one of the most abusablenrecoveries in the game

 

[Orlando BCN]

>how do i edgeguard one of the most abusablenrecoveries in the game

Play Simon and spam axe.

 

[MrFrigid]

Play Simon and spam axe.

I know there's a billion ways to edgeguard ness, I was making fun of his question

 

[RandomAdam]

Stopping a PK Thunder needs great timing, and is really hard to do. When going against a Ness, just get in the way of the bolt to cancel it. If you're going against a Lucas, tho, you need to counter it away. Aside from that its really impossible