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The move does have some downsides. The move does not come out until frame 10, making it one of the slowest down smashes in the game. In addition to this, it also has quite a bit of ending lag. Because of this, the front hit is easily punishable by most characters. On the positive side, the back hit is on -3 on shield, making it completely safe against every character except Mario, who can punish it with [[Super Jump Punch]] if he is close enough. This is the only positive with the back hit however as it is much slower and weaker than the front hit, meaning that Pikachu players will want to use the front hit whenever they can. | The move does have some downsides. The move does not come out until frame 10, making it one of the slowest down smashes in the game. In addition to this, it also has quite a bit of ending lag. Because of this, the front hit is easily punishable by most characters. On the positive side, the back hit is on -3 on shield, making it completely safe against every character except Mario, who can punish it with [[Super Jump Punch]] if he is close enough. This is the only positive with the back hit however as it is much slower and weaker than the front hit, meaning that Pikachu players will want to use the front hit whenever they can. | ||
Overall, these traits make down smash Pikachu's least useful Smash attack. While forward smash is slower and weaker, it has more range and is overall much safer. Up smash has the same amount of startup lag while also having much less ending lag and it can lead into earlier KOes with [[Thunderspiking]]. Nevertheless, Pikachu's down smash can still be used to score early KOes, resulting in it still being a decent move overall. | Overall, these traits make down smash Pikachu's least useful Smash attack. While forward smash is slower and weaker, it has more range and is overall much safer. Up smash has the same amount of startup lag while also having much less ending lag and it can either lead into combos or earlier KOes with [[Thunderspiking]]. Nevertheless, Pikachu's down smash can still be used to score early KOes, resulting in it still being a decent move overall. | ||
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