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New NAIR?

adriantte

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Seems like Pikachu will receive a new Neutral Air, similar to Mewtwo's

It can be seen at 0:04 in the video below:



What do you think?
 

LunarWingCloud

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Noticed this myself. Not sure if it'll be overall better or worse than his NAir from the previous game, but considering it lost most of its kill power in Smash 4 I'm open to seeing a small change to the little rat's moveset. The hitbox on this new NAir seems to be a lot easier to hit with and as they showed, seems to be easy to combo into.
 

NobleClamtasm

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I caught Axe's livestream after the invitational. According to ESAM, his nair has very low landing lag, meaning you can link it to just about anything. Nair to Up Smash is a thing apparently, so we have another kill confirm :D
 

LunarWingCloud

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Also he mentioned Thunder killing a lot earlier, and Pikachu having access to spikes in a few moves, DAir being one of them.

Let's go, bois!

Also NobleClamtasm NobleClamtasm how funny, a fellow Pikachu main who's also a Touhou fan. Hi friend!
 
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Diddy Kong

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Pikachu looks WAY more fun now! Might actuality pick him up yet again as he was my first main
 

Majalbatross

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I'm seriously glad to see this change. One of the few things holding Pikachu back from having an amazing aerial game was the horrendous and punishable end lag on his Nair, both on the ground and off stage. This one looks a lot safer and could probably be used to link into combos if the reduced landing lag is enough.

Oh, and his Dair spikes too now! About time too!
 

MalachitJR

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He had the same situation with link. With link they changed his bombs and arrows to make him more different than the other links. And they did the same thing with pikachu to make him more different than pichu.
 

SpaceCowboy35

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In my experience, it acts as a good to excellent combo extender with an easy setup for up smash depending on how you angle your opponent.
 
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