- This page is about Pikachu's Melee appearance. For information about his SSB appearance, see here. For information about his Brawl appearance, see here.
Pikachu (ピカチュウ, Pikachū) is a Pokémon and starter character for Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Super Smash Bros. stats
Match-ups
Super Smash Bros. Melee stats
Pros & Cons
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)
- 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.