Social The Pichu Social & General Discussion Thread

[Grim Tuesday]

Yeah... that'd be pretty dumb xD Imagine Pichu/Pikachu in there... ****.

We have blender at my school...

To give you an idea of our skill level in Aus, hmm... Our top players are probably just under Blunted_Object's skill level.

 

[DerfMidWest]

ok, so not uber pro but still pretty decent.
Have you used blender? or do you just have it on the computers?

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Nah, I've never used it. One of my friends is pretty good with it though.

 

[DerfMidWest]

yeah its a cool program, I'm hoping to get good with it by the end of summer.
then I can animate little Pichus running around and stuff ^^

 

[KingClubber]

What's New Pichu's?

Any New Discovery's?

Any New Kiss A** Combo's?

Any New Advice?

 

[Grim Tuesday]

I beat my friend's Marth with Pichu, I'm getting enthusiastic about him again.

I'm telling you guys, bair is the key...

 

[KingClubber]

I had some pretty bad matches with Pichu, it wasn't pretty. Not at all, I even go beat by the most noobish style of game play every.

Marth, Final Destination, Walk, F-smash. I lost.

I was so embarrassed.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

No one would blame you, Pichu and all

Best way to beat that "tactic" (if you can call it that) is just getting close to the Marth, shielding, and then punishing out of shield.

I know I say this to everything, but Agility solves all problems. Agility Dash out of shield to get behind him, then combo.

 

[KingClubber]

Yeah, I didn't think of that I pretty much tossed shielding, and dodging away for dashing, jumping, and wave-dashing.

I try to never stop moving.

I'd have to practice a lot to pull agility dash prefect in matches.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

My control scheme makes Agility techniques really easy

And yeah, when you have a REALLY agile character like Pichu, it's easy to forget the fundamentals of defense.

I just thought of a tip for Pichu's, something I've been doing recently, try and copy Axe's Pikachu spacing. There are LOTS of similarities between how the two characters use moves like nair and uair...

 

[KingClubber]

Yeah I notice that myself but i haven't done it yet. I got to start digging into pikachu forums and look for stuff that can migrate from pikachu to pichu.

 

[Cheebs]

I just thought of a tip for Pichu's, something I've been doing recently, try and copy Axe's Pikachu spacing. There are LOTS of similarities between how the two characters use moves like nair and uair...

Don't forget about his bair.

I had some pretty bad matches with Pichu, it wasn't pretty. Not at all, I even go beat by the most noobish style of game play every.

Marth, Final Destination, Walk, F-smash. I lost.
I was so embarrassed.

loled @ that :D

I'm telling you guys, bair is the key...

Amen x 1000

 

[Grim Tuesday]

I don't find bair similar between Pichu and Pikachu. Pika's has too much landing lag, yuck.

That's what I hate about Pikachu So slow.

 

[Cheebs]

Yeah, Pichu's bair does have less lag, but Pika's uair is better so it cancels out

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Very true, very true.

But we have a better shield:body size ratio! =D

 

[Cheebs]

Very true, shield-poking Pichu is how we say, ineffective?
Also, on a fun note, nairing out of shield.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Agility out of shield, come at me bro.

 

[KingClubber]

LOL

Another pichu showdown

 

[Cheebs]

DDing to shffl'ed falling uair to chain uthrow. One of my favs.
If you can't grab in time, tech chase.

 

[KingClubber]

Doesn't help me all that much, i huge problems short hopping with pichu

 

[Cheebs]

Yeah, Pichu's sh is a pain to learn, but then again so is Pika's and Fox's

 

[DerfMidWest]

I'M BACK :D

1. Pika has lotsa lag, but i still love him because Uair spikes are hilarious.
2. Pichu's bair is sexier. I never use Pika's, as Grimmy said, it has waaay too much lag.
3. Pikachu forums are fun because those guys are pretty cool

and yea... thats it.

Oh, but i also have trouble with the n00by play... i actually started to counter it by choosing the same character as the n00b and playing as a better version of their n00byness (i.e. when i play Marth f-smash spammers i go marth and just space better than them unless they are actually a decent player)
I wish i could just beat them with Pichu though

also for SHing, like i said before, its easy to learn if you do this:
go to training mode and put i in x2 speed and try to SH for about 15 minutes. then try it in regular speed. after doing this for like, a week at the most, you should be able to SH better.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

I can't short hop with X or Y xD I don't even know how you guys do it, it's crazy.

Control stick da bess

 

[DerfMidWest]

I used to be that way, i could only sh with control stick, but the y button is just the best method imo. its much easier while running than control stick and once you get used to it, it feels much better, but i guess you're so used to control stick by now that there is no real point in switching.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Yeah, I've played with the stick since the game's release

Only thing I can't do as well due to using the stick is multi-shining.

 

[DerfMidWest]

actually when i play fox or falco i usually jump cancel shines using the stick. its faster imo... i can just slide my finger from down to up faster than hitting x or y out of shine (i still jc with y allot though)

 

[KingClubber]

As an EX: Falco main, i will say that's a bad thing imo, well unless your using the C-stick for Aerials then never mind.

Anyway, i've been once again re-inspired to play with pichu, I just wish i had someone to play more often, not knowing people who play melee is horrible.

Also Grim, come on man your hold back on us Mr. Most Technical Pichu, i come here to learn and your not teaching.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

I wish I could teach ****, but I need videossssssssss

Let me think of a random tip... Alright: Use Pichu's full-hop and double jump to bait the opponent like how Foxes and (mainly) Falcos do.

I see a lot of Pichus who only SHFFL around the place, but he does have other options. If you are standing on a platform against a spacey, for example, it is safe to jump up and down to try and bait them into doing something, and then follow up with a FF aerial (nair or bair most of the time) or you can Agility back down to the ground to catch them off-guard.

 

[DerfMidWest]

lolz you people are so silly going off and maining other chars
Pichu da bess. Pichu for god tier.

anyways, Agility is funny against n00bs. they get all confused.

 

[KingClubber]

Hey don't get me wrong, i main Pichu now.

(Start Pichu da bess rap here)

LOL

 

[DerfMidWest]

I have passed you in total post count.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

The day you guys beat my post count will be the day hell freezes over.

 

[DerfMidWest]

I'll get there eventually. give me about 2 years.

 

[KingClubber]

LOL, I don't post useless stuff up, unless im talking to someone.

85% of the time thats here

 

[DerfMidWest]

lol I only post semi-useless stuff
most of which is when i'm talking to people.

also, chaingrabbingtipspl0x? I have trouble doing the up throw chain grab on people for more than a few throws. I can do it pretty easily with Pika, i just have trouble doing it as pichu.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Pichu's is hard, you need to dash in the direction that they DI as soon as you see them move.

You can throw in a SHFFL'd Uair in-between grabs if it helps.

 

[DerfMidWest]

like, when do I regrab? thats my main problem... I either do it too early or too late.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Oh, um, I've never had an issue with that.

Press grab when the opponent is at Pichu's head-level I guess.

 

[DerfMidWest]

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I'll just practice chaingrabing more then.

 

[Cheebs]

Grab slightly before when you would grab with Pika. This is how I learned how. It works great