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It's really not worth the risk giving G&W Oil Panic to work with, Pika's frail as it is already...
How does ESAM fsmash out of a run at 2:38? Is that just Pikachu's initial dash, stopping, and fsmashing all in one smooth motion?
That's what it looks like to me.
matchup against PikachuWe just discussed it on the previous page of posts, yepJust asking, what's our boy
He was probably about to use an aerial. Yoshi loses the armor during the start up of his aerials.
Having fought ESAM and another decent Pikachu not too long ago and concluding that most of my problems with Yoshi were due to lag, I've come to the conclusion that it's probably her worst matchup.
and matchups?
Since I face a couple of Luigi player early and main both of them, I can help you.
for 55:45.: He has speed, better projectile, and Edgeguarding on his side. Since Luigi's recovery is linear and having the worst air speed, he's gimpble high and low. Pikachu got thunder jolts to make Luigi use up his second jump, thunder spike to either ko or slam him down to his doom, F-air for Luigi's side-b(but look out for the misfire), back-air if he goes low, and n-air to gimp him for a ko. Pikachu can give Luigi a hard time landing, but the tornado is something to keep in mind so shield it, then punish him with a grab, dash attack, or a running up smash. With mobility and QA, you can get away from Luigi to space yourself, or camp with jolts since Luigi has problems with his approaches. Pikachu is very difficult to gimp thanks to his superior recovery along with skull bash and QA. Down-tile is something to use to out-space Luigi and if you trip him, then its a free grab. Also, Pikachu can combo Luigi decently, but his n-air can combo break some of them.: What he got that Pikachu doesn't have is a better air game, koing, damage output, grab game, and better set-ups. Avoid being in the air because Pikachu's air game and Luigi's air attacks are strong enough to beat his f-air, back air, and even n-air with N-air, forward air, and back air. Even with Pikachu's n-air, Luigi can still combo him unless you mix up your di to receive less damage or to get out of the combo in time. Luigi's grab game is better because of his back throw to kill at 150% or higher, forward throw to kill off the ledge at much higher percents, and his superior down throw for combos and set-ups. While Pikachu'sko set-up is to up throw to thunder, Luigi has more such as down throw to tornado, down throw to back-air, and down-throw to n-air. Since Pikachu is light, he can die early from Luigi's smash attacks, throws, Jump punch, and set-ups. For the QA, never give Luigi any landing lag for him to punish with a grab or the deadly jump punch so if you mess up, then expect to get punished hard. Luigi can't edgeguard Pikachu much, but up smash, SH back-air, and N-air can beat his QA if he gets caught with them. As fighting against Luigi up-close, he wins in close combat because he can rack up damage better with his jabs, down throw combos, SH air attacks, and smash attacks and Pikachu is gonna have to keep him out of his face with his speed, QAs, thunder jolts, spaced tiles and SH f-airs, and n-airs to get the damage on the man in green.
Good explaination. Your experience with the MU is better than mine. If I could find some good Plkachu players to go up against, I may be able to explain the MU alittle better, but no big deal. I fought a Plkachu player who match my skill and decent ones, but not enough to gain some good experience on the MU on Smash Ladder.
