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One of the key differences across Pichu's moveset is the change of some single-hit moves to multi-hit, and vice versa. The greater presence of multi-hit moves in its moveset is mostly to Pichu's detriment, allowing opponent's to use directional influence to escape the remaining hits. Perhaps most notably, it makes Forward Smash largely unsafe on hit if the opponent is on stage, as the finisher can be escaped. Neutral aerial is the same hitbox wise as its counterpart. However, due to Pichu having significantly smaller damageable collision bubbles than Pikachu, and Pichu's version having three frames less landing lag, the move is vastly better than Pikachu's version. This is possibly the only monumental benefit Pichu has over Pikachu that doesn't come with a significant drawback. | One of the key differences across Pichu's moveset is the change of some single-hit moves to multi-hit, and vice versa. The greater presence of multi-hit moves in its moveset is mostly to Pichu's detriment, allowing opponent's to use directional influence to escape the remaining hits. Perhaps most notably, it makes Forward Smash largely unsafe on hit if the opponent is on stage, as the finisher can be escaped. Neutral aerial is the same hitbox wise as its counterpart. However, due to Pichu having significantly smaller damageable collision bubbles than Pikachu, and Pichu's version having three frames less landing lag, the move is vastly better than Pikachu's version. This is possibly the only monumental benefit Pichu has over Pikachu that doesn't come with a significant drawback. | ||
Pichu's up aerial lacks a semi-spike hitbox, | Pichu's up aerial lacks a semi-spike hitbox, which makes it vastly inferior to Pikachu in terms of [[edgeguard]]ing, and instead launches the opponent upward in a consistent manner, making it better for setting up a follow up attack. Regardless, this loss of such an integral edgeguarding tool harms its viability noticeably, as edgeguarding is considered one of Pikachu's biggest strengths, and one of the main reasons that it can stand up to the top ''Melee'' characters at the highest levels of play. This partially results in Pichu mainly taking stocks via Neutral aerial, with the move being reasonably strong with decent frame data whilst not having the drawbacks that usually saddle his moveset (multi hitting attacks or recoil damage). | ||
As a result of its major flaws, it is arguably the worst clone in the game, and overall one of the worst clones in the series. | As a result of its major flaws, it is arguably the worst clone in the game, and overall one of the worst clones in the series. |