Thunder is godly.

[DerfMidWest]

seriously, I love this move.
Before I wrote it off as kind of useless and only used it to get a bit more damage on somebody when my upsmash didn't kill them (or to kill floaties a tiny bit faster).
But then i realized that it *****.
this is and amazing move for setting up edgeguards.
It shuts down a lot of character's recoveries.
After i smack em off the stage, i jump off, then jump back and down b and it goes right in front of the ledge.

specifically: Samus, Peach, ICs, DK, Boozer, Mario/Doc, Luigi, and a few others that i'm forgetting.

its so helpful against characters that pichu has trouble hitting out of their upB (DK and peach).

 

[Strong Badam]

I would just Up-B into it, then use my Up-B again.

 

[DerfMidWest]

not really... because I'd nair you while you are still in hitstun.

 

[soju]

o-o you do know the thunder animation ends when the lightning actually stops, and pichus thunder basically has little knockback/hitstun. . . its most likely not going to work on the plumbers, samus, and peach. Dk and boozer as strongbad said have plenty of time to up-b again, unless theyre 150+% or something, its decent but its better to go with a high priority move like dair.

 

[DerfMidWest]

no, moves like dair and nair can't beat out most of those character's upB unless you hit them in the right place, thunder sets up a lot of stuff and you are able to move again pretty quickly as long as it doesn't hit pichu.
If I get some characters at the right height, its combos into fsmash/ftilt.


maybe I should upload a video or something showing what I'm talking about... but right now i have no way of recording. i only need like $25 more though... then i can get dazzle or something.