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==KOing ability==
Pikachu's KOing ability is mediocre at best; he can get some really early kills with Thunder, but he doesn't have that much KO moves, and nair isn't that strong (opponent has to be near 150% for it to kill reliably), while his smashes each have issues (all have lowish knockback scaling, f-smash has slow start-up and requires the opponent to be in your face to kill, u-smash has similar sweet spotting issues while being weaker, and d-smash is really easy to SDI out of before the final blow). Pikachu is overly reliant on Thunder near the top for kills.

Also, for a pro you missed, Pikachu has some good momentum cancelling, both vertically and horizontally (more so vertically). As such, his endurance is better than usual for his weight class. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 07:38, 22 July 2013 (EDT)

:A good KO setup is his up tilt, it's very fast and has high vertical knockback at above ~100%, allowing an easy Thunderspike, especially if the opponent doesn't expect it. You can use nair from a distance while approaching with QAC (and I think you can also use QAC for a quick Thunder). Nair and dair are good moves for edgeguarding, with the former you can d-throw into it just near the edge to get the opponent offstage, and dair can cover the area around the edge if the opponent has a linear recovery. Using nair multiple times offstage also isn't risky at all because of Pikachu's great recovery.

:Although Pikachu sometimes does rely on edgeguarding.

:Is Skull Bash a useful momentum cancelling move? And what aerials are best for momentum cancelling? Uair? [[User:Scr7|<font style="color:#0000FF">S</font><font style="color:#7F7FFF">c</font><font style="color:#00FFFF">r</font>]][[User talk:Scr7|<font style="color:#FF7F00">7</font>]][[File:Wolfsig.png|19px|link=Special:Contributions/Scr7]] 07:50, 22 July 2013 (EDT)
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 :A good KO setup is his up tilt, it's very fast and has high vertical knockback at above ~100%, allowing an easy Thunderspike, especially if the opponent doesn't expect it. You can use nair from a distance while approaching with QAC (and I think you can also use QAC for a quick Thunder). Nair and dair are good moves for edgeguarding, with the former you can d-throw into it just near the edge to get the opponent offstage, and dair can cover the area around the edge if the opponent has a linear recovery. Using nair multiple times offstage also isn't risky at all because of Pikachu's great recovery.
 :Although Pikachu sometimes does rely on edgeguarding.
 :Is Skull Bash a useful momentum cancelling move? And what aerials are best for momentum cancelling? Uair? [[User:Scr7|<font style="color:#0000FF">S</font><font style="color:#7F7FFF">c</font><font style="color:#00FFFF">r</font>]][[User talk:Scr7|<font style="color:#FF7F00">7</font>]][[File:Wolfsig.png|19px|link=Special:Contributions/Scr7]] 07:50, 22 July 2013 (EDT)
-::"''A good KO setup is his up tilt, it's very fast and has high vertical knockback at above ~100%, allowing an easy Thunderspike, especially if the opponent doesn't expect it.''"
-::Which is part of Pikachu's overreliance on Thunder for kills as I said.
-::"''You can use nair from a distance while approaching with QAC (and I think you can also use QAC for a quick Thunder).''"
-::This is relevant how? This doesn't address any of things I pointed out.
-::"''Nair and dair are good moves for edgeguarding, with the former you can d-throw into it just near the edge to get the opponent offstage, and dair can cover the area around the edge if the opponent has a linear recovery.''"
-::No they're not, nair has no outward reach, and d-throw to nair won't work at killing damage. Dair also has not outward reach, while additionally being pretty weak (it won't KO under 150% even offstage).
-::"''Using nair multiple times offstage also isn't risky at all because of Pikachu's great recovery.''"
-::Irrelevant, when most recovery moves can go through it with no problem and pretty much every character can outreach and hit you before you can land it.
-::"''Although Pikachu sometimes does rely on edgeguarding.''"
-::No, Pikachu relies on Thunder for kills, his edge-guarding is pretty weak unless you're fighting someone you can wall offstage with Thunder.
-::"''Is Skull Bash a useful momentum cancelling move? And what aerials are best for momentum cancelling? Uair?''"
-::Yes Skull Bash is a momentum cancelling move more beneficial than basic horizontal momentum cancelling. And yes use uair. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 08:22, 22 July 2013 (EDT)
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