Thunder (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

Pichu's variant, while retaining its recoil damage (now dealing more recoil damage than in ''Melee'' as of version {{SSBU|3.1.0}}), has heavily been changed from ''Melee'', to make it more similar to Pikachu's. The thunderbolt now only hits once, and has gained a meteor smash hitbox, akin to Pikachu's Thunder. The move is much faster (now being even faster than Pikachu's) although much like with Pikachu, the thunderbolt does not have as much vertical range, and it has a much shorter duration. Pichu's thunderbolt remains extremely weak, so it cannot reliably Thunderspike at all. Pichu's shockwave deals more damage and has increased knockback compared to its ''Melee'' counterpart (as well as gaining intangibility and having much less ending lag) although it is still weaker than Pikachu's. Pichu's thunder has overall become a more useful move as it is much faster, more reliable and more powerful than it was in ''Melee''.