Guide The Pichu Paradigm - a comprehensive guide to Pichu mastery--UPDATE! 5-30-07

[Tcll]

I don't remember much about brawl after like 2 years of not playing... Does pika still have a uair spike?

you have to get technical to actually achive it...
but in otherwords, no ;_;

but it fits in with the laid-back physx of the rest of the chars


ignore the section below: (pointless talk is pointless)

brawl GW is more broken than MK
instant *insert move/combo here*
melee GW is more laid-back

Falco is broken in melee >.>

wario = no comment (OMG)

 

[Grim Tuesday]

If you think that Mr. Game & Watch and R.O.B. are broken in Brawl, then the balancing aspect of your Brawl Pichu is doomed to failure.

Just sayin'

 

[Tcll]

If you think that Mr. Game & Watch and R.O.B. are broken in Brawl, then the balancing aspect of your Brawl Pichu is doomed to failure.

Just sayin'

I was just gonna make him a little tougher than Pika
(like he was in melee)

just don't get hit

lol
he won't be that weak on knock-backs...

brawl (with the exception of GW, ROB, and MK) tries to keep battles going a little longer
(I personally have a slight dislike for this) >_>

 

[DerfMidWest]

falco isn't broken in melee lol
melee has really good character balance, you can't talk about what is "broken" in melee when you look at mk in brawl and just realize how balanced melee is.

 

[Tcll]

falco isn't broken in melee lol
melee has really good character balance, you can't talk about what is "broken" in melee when you look at mk in brawl and just realize how balanced melee is.

actually... I did look back on it

they're both about the same in balence

btw,
GW is more broken

GW > ROB > MK

and it says GW has a higher chance of losing to Pika... O.o
GW cancel's or absorbs almost all of Pika's moves and has a faster attack cut than Pika
(I'd say only a 23% advantage on Pika's end, but I'm not the best Pika player... heh)

and umm...
for Falco...
lemme show you just how broken he is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp_KsJlh1sQ
and that's a computer :srs:

granted the dude prbly sux balls...
I saw a way outta that... but still

 

[DerfMidWest]

uhm.. that guy sucks ballz, like you said... also... its a banned stage and its against bowser, anybody can combo him like that. And its just jabbing, Pichu can infinitely jab falcon (and others) if he gets him up to a wall

 

[Tcll]

uhm.. that guy sucks ballz, like you said... also... its a banned stage and its against bowser, anybody can combo him like that. And its just jabbing, Pichu can infinitely jab falcon (and others) if he gets him up to a wall

alright...
bad example is bad

I'm at skool right now,
but there was an example I saw that was well... decent
(I can't go on YT to find it)

but yea...
I do prefer the melee jab over the brawl jab
reason being, you get stuck in the jab when you're trying to smash

 

[DerfMidWest]

It still takes skill to make falco "broken" I guess... but falco has some really bad faults (i.e. his extremely gimpable recovery) unlike metaknight in brawl... who has no faults really...

 

[Tcll]

It still takes skill to make falco "broken" I guess... but falco has some really bad faults (i.e. his extremely gimpable recovery) unlike metaknight in brawl... who has no faults really...

man... why you bombing on MK so much

GW v MK = GW
ROB v MK = ROB (close win)
GW v ROB = GW (semi-close win)

srs... I don't think we need to worry bou MK all that much

and yea...
my friend breaks falco >:3

but it doesn't require as much skill to break falco as it does with any other char <.<
(*cough* jiggs *cough cough*)

Pichu has a minor break... heh
his up smash

^trying to get back on topic

 

[DerfMidWest]

brawl GW has a turtle and his little hammer, he's not broken. MK has great priority, good range, good speed, fast moves, etc. He is pretty much the "perfect" character in brawl.
Imo, you just say ROB and GW are broken because you can't do well against them.

Pichu's upsmash is pretty good, I like to down throw to upsmash (but sometimes people tech out of it and thats annoying). F-smash is also really good. I like using it a low percents and then gimping their recovery.

 

[Tcll]

brawl GW has a turtle and his little hammer, he's not broken. MK has great priority, good range, good speed, fast moves, etc. He is pretty much the "perfect" character in brawl.
Imo, you just say ROB and GW are broken because you can't do well against them.

Pichu's upsmash is pretty good, I like to down throw to upsmash (but sometimes people tech out of it and thats annoying). F-smash is also really good. I like using it a low percents and then gimping their recovery.

nah...
I may not be able to do well against them... heh
but I don't look at it that way...

I'm a programmer... take a guess at how I look at it

GW is broken because of his move-cut speed
(how fast you can cut between moves)

Pika is slower compaired to GW/MK
(MK has some slow cuts though)

ROB is actually slower than Pika (I think)
but ROB has good moves to back that up


if you're going by the tier list... DONT
the tier list is a lie

basically alot of people (who think they do good but suck)
telling experts the problems they're having,
and the experts pass them as legit and edit the tier list to
those terms + the main terms

also...
Pichu's up smash...
don't get me wrong, I <3 using it :D

but when it sticks the opponent to the ceiling for a long time,
or can hit from a short range under the stage...
I think that's broken (again, a minor break)

 

[KingClubber]

Wrong spot

 

[Vaccine]

alright guys i main falco and my friend mains pichu and he consistently 3-4 stocks me and idk what to do im thinking about switching my main so ill have a better chance of beating him.
could anyone tell me pichus worst match-ups in descending order please

 

[DerfMidWest]

mmm.. you could probably beat your friend with falco, your main problem is that falco is easily gimped by pichu (and everyone).
combo you can do to kill pichu pretty easily: shine (jump)-> shine (jump)-> upB
choose stages with closer sideways killzones so that he will die (big stages will allow him to live longer)
stay in the middle of the stage.
look for patterns in his recovery, if he recovers high, try to predict where he will go and dair him.


main thing is, don't get gimped. try to avoid going under the stage (easy f-smash kill on falco) and learn to use sideB to recover more than upB since sideB is less punishable. if you see him trying to approach with nair, just laser him then grab him out of it or something, lasers are annoying when trying to approach with pichu.

Pichu's worst matchup is against ICs, he also is pretty bad against marth... and most people...

 

[Tcll]

you know...
I've only heard the smash term before but never actually knew what it was

what's an IC??

I must of went like 5 times now just overhearing that term...

 

[KingClubber]

you know...
I've only heard the smash term before but never actually knew what it was

what's an IC??

I must of went like 5 times now just overhearing that term...

IC's = Ice Climbers

 

[Tcll]

IC's = Ice Climbers

ah...
derp... I knew that XD

I was thinking of something else
nvm XD

 

[KingClubber]

ah...
derp... I knew that XD

I was thinking of something else
nvm XD

=_=

I can't tell if your being serious...

 

[Tcll]

=_=

I can't tell if your being serious...

it was a derp moment is all...

I really did know that...
just didn't hit me until it was explained...

I was thinking a technical term like Integrated Circuit

 

[KingClubber]

Oh that's fine then

 

[T0MMY]

If anyone wants to talk about R.O.B. I'd be happy to do so outside of a Pichu guide thread ([^^]

Pichu is cute.

 

[DerfMidWest]

thats liek a month old conversation lolz.

 

[Tcll]

lol nice ava XD

I should prbly start wirking on another img...
maybe one with D-Pika vs E-Pichu >:D

I'll draw the eye's correctly this time
(everyone complained about how I drew te eyes last time (on my end))

 

[DerfMidWest]

lolz, thanx, I sketched him at school and was just like "this has to be my new avatar."
smashboards messes up the quality of my pictures when i upload them though, so it looks even better as the actual jpeg.

 

[DerfMidWest]

does one's sig not attach in quick reply? or did i just not attach it right

 

[Tcll]

meh... PNG's the best format... IMO
JPG screws up quality no matter what... heh

as for your sig...
check your default settings...
^(make sure you've enabled your sig)
I'm using Q-rep for this post >_>

EDIT:
and my sig works fine...

EDIT2:
just checked...
my ava's a GIF, my sig's a PNG

huh... pretty HQ for a GIF >.>

EDIT3:
woah...
I just checked the hex...
it's a png with a gif extension

I renamed it to PNG and it worked
same with an animated GIF I had
the animation even worked O.o

 

[DerfMidWest]

oh wow i'm dumb.. there was a little box underneath that i forgot to check xD

... but i have to edit it for the sig to show up >_<


Oh, I also got a job now so i can go to more tourneys and stuff yey ^^

 

[Tcll]

I saved your sig to my picts ^_^ <3 <3

 

[DerfMidWest]

lol. why did you do that?
. i still can't get it to attach without editing my post though


or attach at all right now >_<

 

[Tcll]

edit your profile options
it should be right in there

or you could check 'Show your signature' before hitting 'Post Quick Reply'

EDIT:
that's why I don't use the Q-rep DX

sigs don't show with them...

my new posts are at the top anyways,
so I just hit 'Post Reply'

too lazy to scroll to the bottom XD

 

[DerfMidWest]

I looked in profile options and clicked that, but w.e.

this wasn't quick reply and its still not showing <_<

nvm... it shows when i edit it again <_<

 

[Tcll]

you shouldn't have to edit :/
I just post with the reply button, so yea...

also...
you asked why I copied...
it's just an obsession I have with Pika/Pichu/Pachi

EDIT:
wait...
now it's doing it with me D:

EDIT2:
I've just changed my sig to 'scrollable' instead of 'unrestricted'
still not working here... but prbly in the next post >_>

...oh there it is

 

[DerfMidWest]

hmmmm...... signatures are stupid now.

yea i changed the thingy, but i still have to edit to attach it >_<

 

[Tcll]

yeh... I hope they'll fix it...

I'm trying to find a way to reply w/o having to do that...

EDIT:
now I can't even get mine to show anymore >:O

 

[DerfMidWest]

lolz this is dumb. smashboards fix yourself pl0x.

also just noticed, this went waaaaaay offtopic...

 

[Tcll]

yeh...
I should prbly GTFO since I have nothing on topic to post

 

[Sephirothxxx]

Just say something Pichu- ish.oolmonke

ichu: is the . Since I'm in this pichu thread, I might as well point out how I play. This is an awesome guide, by the way.

When I play Pichu I try to focus more on what wont hurt him. When I do a downb, I try to make sure I'm moving when I do it so I don't get hit, of course I'm pretty sure every Pichu player does that as long as they are half decent. I also do a lot of neutral-a's and headbutts.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Aesir, afaik signatures don't appear unless your post is bigger than the signature.

 

[DerfMidWest]

that would make sense...
But I posted that a long time ago...
so yea...

thanks anyway :S


@sephiroth:
THAT IS A BAD WAY TO PLAY. Yea, your electric moves hurt you a bit, but you shouldn't be worrying to much about self damage whenever you are playing. Focus on using the best move in a given situation.
In the end, you won't be hurting yourself too much anyways, because times to use self damaging moves don't come up often (other than jolts and agility). You don't want to limit yourself because certain moves damage yourself.

That said, its better for thunder to miss you because it doesn't hurt you, but it also has less lag, allowing you to follow up more easily. Or if a character with a reflector reflects it, it won't put you in a horrible position (you really don't need thunder too often though, just as a follow up to usmash or for setting up edgeguards, on occasion)

 

[Bing]

Yeah I was gunna say, Getting hit by the Thunder has its ups and downs. Has less lag but hurts you... hmm...

But yeah I agree with Aesir, Try to limit the personal damage intake but dont be afraid or restrict yourself from the other moves. Pichu only has so much comboing ability and attacks like fair can be incredibly useful.