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Pikachu is not even high tier, let alone top.
If there was a market for this I would place 100$ that Pikachu would not be top tier, ever. And I would be right, of course, because the chances of him being top tier are 1/100 or something around there. Lucario has a better chance, iceclimbers have a better chance, hell even luigi's chances are only a little worse.I'd seriously take that $100 bet. You honestly don't know much about Pikachu do you? He has more of a chance then any character you listed, and I main the IC's so thats saying quite a bit. How bout you go do some research on that little electric rat, and you could possibly learn a **** thing or two, instead of making uneducated rants.Pikachu is not even high tier, let alone top.
YOU DID NOT JUST INSULT GG!
Pikachu's jab has good stopping power and not much lag. His tilts are pretty decent, especially his uair. His dthrow combos into usmash, which is reasonably powerful, and move degradation makes dthrow to usmash work longer. His dsmash is the equivalent to Peach's dsmash in Melee in priority, speed, and laglessness. It's not as devastating power-wise, but is devastating when you get caught in it nonetheless. His fsmash is a strong killer, has good range and priority, and is disjointed. His bair is good for multiple hits and racking up damage. His dair isn't too bad of an attack, nor is his uair. His fair is pretty good, I don't know about his nair. His B is an excellent, spammable projectile that stops most ground approaches. His side B has a much greater uncharged distance, making it good for recoveries and as a usable attack. His up B is very good for recoveries and knocking opponents off ledges. His down B is devastatingly strong, kills at low percentages with the thunder strike alone, let alone when Pikachu radiates a stronger hitbox around him when he is struck, and can be combo'd into, striking the opponents high up in the air, killing them that much sooner. He doesn't need an approach, but shield poking with dsmash does just fine if he has to.
Well, somehow SBR manages to make those judgments very well. Not to mention that the tier list is dynamic....it's dynamic because it's dependent on how the players can utilize the characters to win....which is why tournaments have a significant impact on tier lists in the first place. I mean, Yoshi could be top tier for all we know, because we haven't seen Yoshi used by pros against other pros in all matchups. Unless several pros actually use Yoshi in tournaments and show exactly how he fares, there's no way to know exactly how good Yoshi is. On the flipside, someone like Marth could have very excellent spacing abilities and could very well be the best character in the game, but if the pros are unable to abuse it to the point of unprecedented winning in Brawl, it does no good. So, I have no idea why you think that it has more to do with the character's ability than it does to do with the player's ability.
Let's make another bet- I can find more Pikachu mains who agree with me that their character is not top tier, and even a good amount who think he's mid, than you can find people who think is top but don't even main him.
I bet I can find more people who says he's high tier, whether or not they main him.
I'll agree with you to an extent. Tier lists are based off of characters abilities, but are also heavily influenced by match-ups and tournament results.
All that stuff you mentioned, plus quick attack cancel, which leads to mindgames, quick getaways, thundershock spamming... his learning curve and potential for advanced techniques are massive. However, if he does appear in top tier, it will be at the lower end, due to the fact that he still has a bad habit of losing to higher characters in match-ups: Marth, Falco, GDub, MK, and so on.
Then why are you here?
That's something I'd never wish on anyone :3
that's quite a high horse you're riding, there. oops, you called me a little boy, guess i'm wrong
the statement i made was that the sbr is the only group that gets to make the OFFICIAL tier list. you can make all the tier lists you want, but "bringing news from the land of REAL fighting games" just hits a soft spot with me. the sbr may have told players to not take their word as gospel, however, very respected people have made definite statements on the sbr's place in the community, and i assure you, those statements were not anywhere close to "take it or leave it." the sbr is the only group officially entrusted with the responsibility of creating a tier list. i have a sneaking suspicion that you're taking that comment out of context, as well.
My avatars a fashion statement, don't hate on it, I'm starting a trend here.That's something I'd never wish on anyone :3
lol....I don't hate him anymore.....still, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity
Your ****ing ******** if you think Pikachu is top tier, You main MetaKnight on of the most broken characters, so Shut the **** up, BDick.
I really don't get this, so I'm going to post two responses based off of how this post was meant to be:
That's MR. BDick to you, you little cretin :-P
Well, most characters don't have an obscenely broken killing method like Pikachu. MK does, Snake does, and all three fight well enough without them anyway. DK also has an obscene killing method, although his recovery keeps him out of top tier. I've seen Pikachu play, his lagless, high priority moves make for good spacing and minimal risk.
That's because I know a Pikachu that ****stomps yours
Wait, what?
Well, isn't it obvious?
