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However, all of Pichu's strengths are severely outweighed by its weaknesses: poor range and being prone to chain throws despite its small size, due to the unusually high amounts of hitstun it sustains as a result of being the game's lightest character; the latter attribute also means that as the game's lightest character, all throws performed against it become very fast and short, meaning opponents recover very quickly. It takes [[recoil damage]] from its own electric attacks, hindering its KOing ability, as most of its finishing attacks involve electricity. | However, all of Pichu's strengths are severely outweighed by its weaknesses: poor range and being prone to chain throws despite its small size, due to the unusually high amounts of hitstun it sustains as a result of being the game's lightest character; the latter attribute also means that as the game's lightest character, all throws performed against it become very fast and short, meaning opponents recover very quickly. It takes [[recoil damage]] from its own electric attacks, hindering its KOing ability, as most of its finishing attacks involve electricity. | ||
Pichu suffers from abysmal matchups, and it has the highest amount of very unfavorable matchups of any character in any ''Smash'' game, having a total of twelve. By comparison, {{SSBM| | Pichu suffers from abysmal matchups, and it has the highest amount of very unfavorable matchups of any character in any ''Smash'' game, having a total of twelve. By comparison, {{SSBM|Bowser}}, the lowest on the tier list, has six, and {{SSBM|Kirby}}, the second lowest on the tier list, has seven. Furthermore, Pichu has no advantageous matchups, with three being even (against {{SSBM|Yoshi}}, {{SSBM|Kirby}} and {{SSBM|Bowser}}), when even these matchups can be disputed at length. | ||
It appears that Pichu is ''intended'' to be a sub-par character, since its trophy descriptions mention that it is "''top of the class in weakness''" and it is "''best suited for handicapped matches.''" Indeed, this was confirmed in a development news update, shortly after the game's release.<ref>''[http://sourcegaming.info/2015/09/24/meleepichusite/ News Flash! Smash Bros. Dojo: Pichu]'' (translated 2015-09-24; [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/1211/index.html original] posted 2001-12-11)</ref> | It appears that Pichu is ''intended'' to be a sub-par character, since its trophy descriptions mention that it is "''top of the class in weakness''" and it is "''best suited for handicapped matches.''" Indeed, this was confirmed in a development news update, shortly after the game's release.<ref>''[http://sourcegaming.info/2015/09/24/meleepichusite/ News Flash! Smash Bros. Dojo: Pichu]'' (translated 2015-09-24; [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/1211/index.html original] posted 2001-12-11)</ref> | ||