Pikachu (SSBM): Difference between revisions

*{{nerf|Pikachu walks slower (0.42 → 1.24).}}

*{{change|Pikachu's [[short hop]] is lower.}}

===Ground Attacks===

*{{buff|Neutral attack has less ending lag (frame 34 → 22) and can now be reset.}}

*{{nerf|Neutral attack has a shorter duration (frames 2-5 → 2-3). Additionally, Pikachu can no longer cancel neutral attack into grab.}}

*{{buff|Up tilt has less ending lag (frame 26 → 24).}}

*{{nerf|Up tilt has more startup lag and a shorter duration (frames 5-14 → 7-14). It is harder to combo from due to its increased knockback (10 (base), 100 (scaling) → 40/124), altered angle (87° → 96°/88°) decreased hitstun and cannot chain into itself nearly as reliably. Its hitbox is also slightly less [[disjointed]], hindering its range.}}

*{{buff|Down tilt has less ending lag (frame 26 → 19).}}

*{{buff|Dash attack has less ending lag (frame 58 → 50).}}

*{{nerf|Dash attack has a shorter duration (frames 5-19 → 5-16) and deals less damage (12% → 8%).}}

*{{buff|Forward and up smashes deal much higher damage and knockback, improving their KO potential, with the latter now being the strongest Up-smash in the game}}

*{{buff|Forward smash has less startup (frame 21 → 16) and ending lag (frame 62 → 50).}}

*{{buff|Down smash has less startup (frame 10 → 7) and ending lag (frame 55 → 51).}}

===Aerial Attacks===

*{{nerf|All aerials [[auto-cancel]] later (frame 28 → 35 (neutral), frame 26 → 34 (forward), frame 21 → 50 (back), frame 1 → 18 (up), frame 26 → 39 (down)). When combined with its lower short hop, this prevents Pikachu from auto-cancelling its aerials in a short hop except for up aerial which is made worse with the weakening of [[L-canceling]].}}

*{{change|Pikachu has a new neutral aerial: a somersault.}}

**{{buff|Neutral aerial has more combo potential.}}  

*{{nerf|Forward aerial deals much less damage (21% → 7%), has more startup lag (frame 7 → 10), has less combo potential and no longer has a landing hitbox.}}

*{{change|Pikachu has a new back aerial: a sideways spin.}}

**{{buff|New back aerial has less startup lag and a longer duration (frames 10-21 → 4-37).}}

*{{change|Up aerial has much higher base knockback (10 → 100) and can now [[semi-spike]], granting it edgeguarding potential at the cost of some of its juggling potential.}}

*{{buff|Up aerial has less ending lag (frame 34 → 28).}}

===Grabs and Throws===

*{{nerf|[[Grab]] range has been reduced, now being the shortest in ''Melee''. Additionally, Pikachu's grabs have more startup lag (frame 6 → 7 (standing), 11 (dash)) and ending lag (frame 16 → 31 (standing), 41 (dash)).}}

*{{change|Pikachu's old back throw was moved to forward throw.}}

*{{buff|Pikachu's new back throw involves Pikachu rolling backwards allowing it to move closer to the edge to set up edgeguards.}}

*{{change|All throws now have electrical properties.}}

*{{buff|[[Quick Attack]] now has hitboxes and has less startup lag.}}

*{{nerf|Quick Attack travels slightly less distance, can no longer be extended by allowing the [[control stick]] to snap back to its neutral position, and has had most of its invincibility frames removed. This means it is much less useful for escaping combos, recovering and maneuvering across platforms.}}

*{{bugfix|Thunder has a new glitch called the ceiling glitch.}}

**{{buff|This glitch improves Thunder's edgeguarding potential.}}

==Moveset==