Pedrosupersmashbrosfan
Smash Cadet
I know both are capable, but what are pikachu's probs? why doesen't ESAM wins more tournaments with Pika?
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Ok, I understand now(but isn't Rosa & Luma harder to get on grips than Pikachu?)One Pika-specific problem that stands out is Pika's relatively high execution barrier compared to the other top-tiers. There's a reason why there are only a couple well-known Pika's: it's very, very easy to make mistakes with him, and you have to stay spot-on for the entire match. ESAM will occasionally pineapple or drop a QAC and die to this stuff. Similar characters like Mario and Shiek have more consistent and forgiving neutral games and can get through on sheer consistency, whereas Pika has to take risks, and in a 2-stock format, one or two mistakes is the match. I remember ZeRo stating that he played Shiek because he could get away with just simple neutral game stuff all day.