Pikachu's thunder is 1 frame?

[Insightful]

Okay so when you say one frame.. You're basically saying that it's super fast. Like it's the fastest frame possible, correct? So my question is, why can you avoid getting hit by it after you're in the air?

 

[Rebel13]

The imput comes out frame 1, so even if your hit after frame one the lightning still comes out, unlike other moves where if you get interrupted you don't get the hitbox. The actual lightning effect of thunder comes out much later, usually hitting sometime around frames 30-50 (depending on height). The frame one use is usually only helpful for breaking grab confirms, like aerials or jabs into grabs.

(only know this cause a friend of mine mains pikachu)

 

[Shaymin slicker]

I think the bolt actually comes out in later frames, like the guy above me said, the attack has such a quick start, so quick that if you get hit while using thunder the bolt will still come out.

 

[Coro_]

Basically the thundercloud spawns on frame 1, but the bolt takes time to travel down towards pikachu, so yep

 

[Pikabunz]

The cloud actually spawns on frame 2.
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[Insightful]

The cloud actually spawns on frame 2.
Insightful If you have any more small questions like this, please use the Q&A thread.

Sorry about that