Project M

Pikachu (PM)

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Pikachu
in Project M and Project+
Pikachu SSBB.jpg
PokemonSymbol.svg
Universe Pokémon
Base game appearance Brawl
Moveset inspiration Pikachu (SSBM), Pikachu (SSBB)
Pikachu (SSBB)

Pikachu is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M.

Attributes

Changes from Melee and Brawl to PM

Pikachu was buffed in Project M overall, keeping most of its more favorable attributes from Brawl while gaining others from Melee, along with a few other options being strengthened, giving it additional leverage against top-tiered characters.

  • Buff Retains its crawl and wall jump techniques from Brawl, the latter one allowing for a slightly better situational recovery on stages such as Yoshi's Story.
  • Buff Forward and up smashes restored to their Melee power, with the former KOing opponents at lower percentages, and the latter acting as one of the greatest KO moves (and also the most powerful up smash) and out of shield options.
  • Buff Forward aerial and down smash use their formats from Brawl; the former has a late stronger hit that sends foes away, while the latter links into itself more adequately. Both attacks also possess their reduced hitlag from Melee, giving foes less time to react and SDI away from them.
  • Buff Back aerial is now its Smash 64 kick, which has combo potential and KO/edgeguarding strengths that its previous back aerial did not, greatly improving Pikachu's aerial game.
  • Buff Up aerial has its higher and more juggling-orientated knockback from Melee, while also sending foes at a semi-spike angle when connecting late and inflicting slightly more damage, overall bolstering its utility.
  • Buff Thunder Jolt uses its higher knockback scaling from Brawl, and also has slightly less ending lag, making it more consistently usable for camping.
  • Buff Skull Bash can sweetspot ledges as in Brawl, increasing its recovery potential.
  • Buff Pikachu retains its Quick Attack cancel from Brawl, greatly improving its approach and defensive options; especially with the new physics allowing for some new options, such as wavelanding out of a QAC. During a Quick Attack, Pikachu's tail now also becomes intangible.
  • Buff Thunder remains unchanged from Brawl, so that the bolt can still pass through platforms and solid surfaces very close to the thundercloud it's summoned from, and Pikachu bounces slightly upwards upon being hit by it in midair, allowing it to still create a "Thunder wall" offstage for edgeguarding.
  • Nerf Forward aerial has less knockback scaling on the last hit.
  • Nerf Down throw uses its higher knockback growth from Melee, thus shortening the length of Pikachu's chaingrabs with the move, depriving it of guaranteed damage racking and zero-to-death capacities it previously had with the move.
  • Nerf Thunder Jolt has a slightly shorter duration.

In terms of cosmetics, Pikachu has received an additional costume where it wears its blue party hat costume from Melee and 64. It also has a pirate hat, which was put into the same slot as the Dr. Mario skin was for Mario and the Mr. L skin for Luigi.

Revisions

2.5b

  • Buff Quick Attack minimum and maximum distances increased to match Melee.
  • Change Up smash's and neutral aerial's sound effects adjusted.
  • Change Forward throw has electric graphical hit effects restored
  • Change Up throw matched to Melee.

2.6b

  • Buff Forward aerial received slightly more horizontal range with new graphical effects to match that range.
  • Buff Quick Attack startup slightly reduced and can now be used to grab edges.
  • Buff Quick Attack ending animation stretch does not push Pikachu as much away from walls.
  • Nerf Quick Attack delay between dashes is a little longer.
  • Change Full jump sound effect doesn't occur right at the start of the jump.
  • Change Neutral aerial weak hit knockback values have been fixed.
  • Change Down aerial has an added burst graphic to the impact.
  • Change Quick Attack goes maximum distance upward when stick input is below the amount needed to change direction.
  • Change Quick Attack air mobility and air friction adjusted during the move and when in Special Fall.
  • Change Quick Attack preserves momentum at the end of the dashes and when going into the ending.
  • Change Fixed a bug where QACing out of Quick Attack into a platform and dropping through could result in Special Landing well after going into Fall.
  • Change Using Quick Attack into the ground uses the ground ending animation of the move instead of Special Landing's animation.

3.0

  • Buff Skull Bash can now sweetspot edges, reinstated from Brawl.
  • Buff Quick Attack's animation stretches less and its tail is now intangible during travel.
  • Change Quick Attack Cancel tweaked to compensate for the SCD bugfix.

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.0.

Name Damage Description
Neutral attack Headbutt 2% A quick headbutt. The button can be mashed for quick headbutts.
Forward tilt Pika Kick 8%, 9% (angled up) 7% (angled down) Stands on its front paws and attacks with both feet in front of it. The attack can be angled up or down.
Up tilt Tail Smack 7% (6% if hit at the tip of the tail) Swings its tail in an arc above itself, good for juggling fast fallers.
Down tilt Tail Sweep 7% Whips its tail in front of itself in a half circle. Can hit a couple of times if the button is mashed fast enough.
Dash attack Running Headbutt 8% Jumps forward with a headbutt, has a lot of ending lag and can be punished.
Forward smash Thundershock 21% (earliest frames) 18% (last frames) Does a quick charge in its cheeks and releases it in front of itself with a small amount of ending lag.
Up smash Tail Somersault 19% (early frames) 17% (later frames) 13% (last frames) Does a quick backflip, attacking with its tail. Has very strong knockback and can ko as early as 80% on heavyweights.
Down smash Electric Flower 2% first 6 hits and 3% on the last Spins repeatably on the ground, releasing electricity. Good for racking up damage.
Neutral aerial Pika Roll 12% clean, 9% late Quickly spins in the air. Has hardly any landing lag and is a good finisher.
Forward aerial Electric Drill 2% on the first 4 hits and 3% on the last Drills forward in the air with electricity. Has a bit of landing lag but can set up for a grab.
Back aerial Back Kick 14% Pikachu does a back kick while airborne, doing great horizontal knockback.
Up aerial Tail Chop 7% Does a quick tail flip overhead while flipping forward. Can be used for juggling and if hit at the proper angle, can send the enemy downward at a semi spike angle.
Down aerial Electric Screw 12% in the air and 4% if hit on the ground, 16% if both hits connect An electric drill move downward. Has hitboxes when landing on the ground.
Grab
Pummel Electric Shock 3% Gives the enemy a quick shock.
Forward throw Electrocution 10% Puts the enemy on its back and shocks them forward. Can set up for an up smash or another grab.
Back throw Submission 9% Rolls backwards a ways quickly before throwing the opponent.
Up throw Electric Skull 10% Lifts the enemy above itself and then headbutts them upward. Can combo with thunder.
Down throw Electric Slam 10% Throws the enemy below itself and the headbutts them downward. Can combo into itself on heavyweights.
Floor attack (front) 6% Quickly flips with its tail front and back.
Floor attack (back) 6% Quickly flips with its tail front and back.
Floor attack (trip) 5% Quickly gets up and then flicks its tail backwards and forward with a few visual sparks.
Edge attack (fast) 8% Quickly flips its tail overhead.
Edge attack (slow) 9% Slowly gets up and flicks its tail below itself.
Neutral special Thunder Jolt 10% (air) 7% (ground) Drops a sphere of electricity diagonally, dealing small knockback and damage, if it touches the ground it will leap across the stage for a short time before vanishing and will deal slightly less damage.
Side special Skull Bash 7% uncharged - 25% fully charged Sits for a second while charging energy then leaping forward with a powerful headbutt.

The button can be held for a limited time for increased speed, damage, and knockback. Has slight ending lag. Great for horizontal recovery.

Up special Quick Attack 3% 1st hit 2% 2nd hit Quickly moves in one direction then another depending on if the control stick is moved. Causes light damage and can be canceled into a jump or an attack upon landing.
Down special Thunder 17% (body) 10% (thunder) Summons a thunder cloud while yelling Pika! which shoots a bolt of lightning to the ground. If the attack hits Pikachu it creates a shockwave dealing more damage and knockback. The thunderbolt can be interrupted by platforms but can go through terrain. Has slight ending lag.
Final Smash Volt Tackle 13-25% depending on how much contact is made Turns into a gigantic ball of blue colored electricity that flies around the stage at high velocity. The attack button can be pressed to create a large discharge, increasing knockback. Can rack up damage quickly.

In competitive play

Notable players

Palette swaps

Pikachu's palette swaps in PM

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