Pikachu (SSBM)
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- This page is about Pikachu's Melee appearance. For information about his SSB appearance, see here. For information about his Brawl appearance, see here.
Pros & Cons
This list applies only to the SSBM version of Pikachu.
Pros
- An agile character
- Small
- A fast, immensely powerful up smash (even more powerful than Fox's)
- Up aerial can semi-spike and KO characters at low percents
- Extremely long, versatile recovery (albeit with some landing lag on Pikachu's up B)
- Can chaingrab with the up throw.
- Decent projectile
Cons
- Some of its stronger attacks (such as down aerial) are laggy.
- Poor at comboing.
- Pikachu's light weight and medium falling speed allow it to be juggled fairly easily
- Low range on most of its attacks.
Character Strategies
N64's Pika's Matchups
N64's Pika's Matchups is a guide authored by SWF User N64 which gives an in-depth look at the many matchups for Pikachu in SSBM.
