Olimar (SSBU)

Olimar in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Universe	Pikmin
Other playable appearances	in Brawl in SSB4
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	End of Day

Olimar (ピクミン＆オリマー, Pikmin & Olimar) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed as a playable character on June 12th, 2018. In addition, Alph (ピクミン＆アルフ, Pikmin & Alph) returns as an alternate character alongside Olimar. Olimar is classified as Fighter #40. Olimar uses Pikmin to assist him in attacking his foes, with a core playstyle revolving around managing and using his various Pikmin combinations to his advantage.

As in Brawl and Smash 4, Hajime Wakai's portrayals of the red, yellow, blue, purple, and white Pikmin, and Atsuko Asahi's portrayals of the Winged Pikmin from the Pikmin games were repurposed for Ultimate.

How to unlock

Complete one of the following:

• Play VS. matches, with Olimar being the 48th character to be unlocked.
• Clear Classic Mode with Mario or anyone in his unlock tree, being the last character unlocked after Dr. Mario.
• Have Olimar join the player's party in World of Light.

With the exception of the third method, Olimar must then be defeated on Distant Planet.

Attributes

This article or section is incomplete. You can help SmashWiki by expanding or finishing it. The editor who added this tag elaborates: This section needs an in depth explanation of Olimar's strengths and weaknesses.

Olimar is a small, floaty lightweight character with short-range but fast moves. The jab and tilt attacks are Olimar using his own body to attack enemies close. while having some niche applications, these moves are intentionally small and weak to reference the home franchise where Olimar and the other captains rarely attacked enemies directly.

What sets Olimar apart from a majority of the other fighters is that his stronger attacks do not come from him. Instead, the player utilizes Pikmin as both disjointed attacks and projectiles to attack opponents from a distance. Olimar starts off with 3 pikmin at the start of each match and can have up to 3 at any given point. Each pikmin has their own stamina and can die if they take too much damage or fall into the blast zone. If that happens, Olimar can Pluck more as long as he is on the ground. If the player wants to bring scattered pikmin to Olimar's side again, they can use Pikmin Order to call all of them back. Pikmin always get plucked in a specific order; which is red, yellow, blue, white, and purple. That cycle then repeats until the game is over. Winged Pikmin also appear in Olimar's up special, but they are only an aesthetic detail and do not affect gameplay.

Each pikmin has different properties. Red Pikmin have relatively long projectile range, have the fire effect and are immune to fire attacks. Yellow Pikmin have relatively short projectile range, have the electric effect and are immune to electric attacks. Blue Pikmin Have average projectile range, have the water effect and are immune to water attacks. White Pikmin have the longest projectile range, have the poison effect and are immune to poison damage. Purple Pikmin have the shortest projectile range, but deal the most damage and do not cling to opponents but act as a standard projectile with knockback instead. Each pikmin start out in their leaf form when they are first plucked, then eventually grow buds, then finally grow flowers. These forms indicate that the pikmin are now stronger and deal more damage.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Olimar was initially noticeably buffed overall from his iteration in SSB4. His lackluster mobility, while still below-average, has been improved, as he now has better run speed and better air speed. His already incredible ground game was also improved with his grab having more range, as well as his up smash having less ending lag, resulting in it becoming a terrifying combo option and kill move. Olimar's up throw was also significantly buffed, boasting similar knockback to Mewtwo's up throw. His notorious damage output was also buffed, as all iterations of his Pikmin (excluding Purple Pikmin) have been buffed. His biggest flaw from Smash 4 was also fixed, as his aerials now have transcendent priority, which allows Olimar to trade moves much more safely than in SSB4. Pikmin Pluck is faster as well, which allows Olimar to regain Pikmin faster.

However, Olimar received some slight nerfs. His down throw launches opponents at a more horizontal angle, making follow-ups less reliable. Pikmin also have slightly lower HP, making them die more easily. He also now has one of the slowest initial dashes in the game due to other fighters' initial dashes getting far more substantial buffs than his. His recovery also became less abusable as a result of the travel distance of his up special, Winged Pikmin, being further reduced with consecutive use.

Regardless, Olimar's negligible nerfs are not enough to outweigh his buffs, as he has obtained incredible results in Ultimate's early metagame thanks to Dabuz, Shuton, Myran, and ImHip, who have been very successful with him at top-level tournaments. As a result, Olimar was often considered a top-tier character prior to patch 3.1.0, being considered relatively similar to his Brawl counterpart. However, he received significant nerfs in 3.1.0, more so than any other potential top tier character. Because of this, his previous reputation as a potential top-tier character is now debatable, and it's currently unknown how much better his post-3.1.0 self is compared to his SSB4 incarnation.

Aesthetics

• Due to the aesthetic used in Ultimate, Olimar's model features a more vibrant color scheme. His proportions have been adjusted; he has a slightly smaller nose and eyes, and his skin tone is paler. His spacesuit and life-support systems have more subtle detailing, and his helmet has a more glossy sheen. The new detailing is also expressed by Alph.
• Olimar's antenna has less independent physics, allowing it to move more naturally.
• Olimar's helmet cracks after taking a certain amount of damage, but will quickly be repaired. It also appears cracked when he is Screen KO'd.
• Olimar now only jumps twice during his up taunt, shortening its duration.
• Sidestep and ledge-hanging's animations have changed.
• Pikmin now always face the screen regardless of which direction they turn.
• Pikmin now have trails that match their colors when attacking, like in the Pikmin games.

Attributes

• Olimar:
  • Like all characters, Olimar's jumpsquat animation takes three frames to complete (down from 5).
  • Olimar walks slightly faster (0.9 → 0.945).
  • Olimar dashes faster (1.47 → 1.617).
    • Olimar's initial dash is also faster (1.4 → 1.606).
  • Olimar's air speed is slightly faster (0.82 → 0.861).
  • Forward roll grants less intangibility (frames 4-16 → 4-15).
  • Back roll has more startup with less intangibility (frames 4-16 → 5-16) and more ending lag (FAF 29 → 34).
  • Spot dodge has less ending lag (FAF 26 → 25).
  • Air dodge grants more intangibility (frames 3-27 → 3-29).
  • Air dodge has drastically more ending lag (FAF 32 → 57).
  • Olimar's hurtbox is modeled around his body instead of being a giant orb around him. This effectively gives him a smaller hurtbox around some parts of his body, making him harder to hit.
    • However, Olimar has a larger hurtbox vertically.
• Pikmin:
  • All Pikmin have less HP.
    • Red, Yellow: 8 → 6.
    • Blue: 11 → 8.
    • White: 7 → 5.
    • Purple: 13 → 11.
  • Pikmin can be swallowed.
  • Pikmin can get stuck on platforms if they were plucked beneath them, making it impossible to use them for attacks for a while.
  • Pikmin in Olimar's squad are no longer intangible directly after Olimar gets hit with a high knockback move, making it possible to kill the Pikmin and send Olimar offstage without any Pikmin.
  • Pikmin can die from hitboxes that Olimar already shielded or perfect shielded, making it very hard to punish the attack.
  • When a Pikmin dies, it becomes the active Pikmin in Olimar's squad, making it impossible to use Pikmin for attacks for a short while.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack:
  • Hit 1 has less ending lag (FAF 30 → 20).
    • Its angles have been altered (361°/80° → 361°/180°) making it a more consistent jab locking tool but hindering its jab canceling potential.
  • The second hit hitboxes have been moved inwards (Z offset: 7/13 → 6/10), reducing its range. Oddly, the animation has not been properly altered, and so suggests the move has more range than it actually does.
  • Hit 2's sweetspot is closer to the sourspot, and the sourspot is bigger (2.5u → 2.8u). Due to it taking priority over the sweetspot this makes the sweetspot much harder to land.
• Dash attack:
  • Dash attack has a bigger hitbox (3.5u (clean)/3.5u (late) → 5u/4.5u).
• Up tilt:
  • Up tilt has less ending lag (FAF 45 → 39).
• All smash attacks:
  • The damage multipliers when using smash attacks with red or purple Pikmin have been increased (Red: 1.2× → 1.4×, Purple: 1.4× → 1.6×).
• Forward smash:
  • Forward smash deals more damage when using Red or Purple Pikmin.
    • Red: 17.4% (clean)/12% (mid)/7.2% (late) → 20.3%/14%/8.4%
    • Purple: 20.3% (clean)/14% (mid)/8.4% (late) → 23.2%/16%/9.6%
  • Forward smash has more ending lag (FAF 40 → 43).
  • Forward smash's clean hit has a shorter duration, with the mid and late hits having a longer duration instead (frames 11-14 (clean)/15-20 (mid)/21-29 (late) → 11-12/13-19/20-29).
• Up smash:
  • Up smash deals more damage when using Red or Purple Pikmin with knockback scaling compensated.
    • Red: 15.6% (clean)/12% (weak)/13.2% (late) → 18.2%/14%/15.4%, knockback scaling: 83/74/78 → 72/64/68
    • Purple: 18.2% (clean)/14% (weak)/15.4% (late) → 20.8%/16%/17.6%, knockback scaling: 81/72/78 → 72/64/68
  • Up smash has significantly less ending lag (FAF 56 → 40), increasing its safety and giving it combo potential.
• Down smash:
  • Down smash deals more damage when using Red or Purple Pikmin.
    • Red: 13.2% (clean)/10.8% (late) → 15.4%/12.6%
    • Purple: 15.4% (clean)/12.6% (late) → 17.6%/14.4%

Aerial attacks

• All aerials have less landing lag (15 frames → 13 (neutral), 15 → 9 (forward/back), 30 → 18 (up/down)).
• All aerials involving Pikmin have transcendent priority.
• All aerials that involve Pikmin have more range.
• The damage multipliers when using aerials with red or purple Pikmin have been increased (Red: 1.2× → 1.4×, Purple: 1.4× → 1.6×).
• Neutral aerial:
  • Neutral aerial's hitboxes are smaller (loop: 3.5u/2.5u/2.5u/3.5u → 3u/2u/2u/3u, last: 5u/4u/4u/5u → 4u/3u/3u/4u).
• Forward aerial:
  • Forward aerial deals more damage when using Red or Purple Pikmin.
    • Red: 10.2% → 11.9%
    • Purple: 11.9% → 13.6%
• Back aerial:
  • Back aerial deals more damage when using Red or Purple Pikmin.
    • Red: 12.9% → 15.1%
    • Purple: 15.1% → 17.2%
• Up aerial and down aerial:
  • Up aerial and down aerial deal more damage when using Red or Purple Pikmin.
    • Red: 10.8% → 12.6%
    • Purple: 12.6% → 14.4%
  • They auto-cancel one frame later (frame 30 → 31).

Throws and other attacks

• Grabs:
  • All Pikmin in Olimar's squad will be used at once for his grab, significantly improving its potential range. The more Pikmin he has, the greater the range.
  • All grabs have slightly more startup lag (frame 10 → 12).
  • Attempting to grab near a ledge using Pikmin that were plucked just before that will cause the grab to have no hitbox.
  • All grabs' ending lag is changed and depends on the amount of Pikmin in Olimar's squad.
    • Standing: FAF 50 → 42/48/57 (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Dash: FAF 53 → 50/58/69 (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Pivot: FAF 36 → 45/52/61 (1/2/3 Pikmin).
• Pummel:
  • Pummel is a quick knifehand thrust from Olimar himself.
    • Pummel has much less startup (frame 11 → 1) and ending lag (FAF 21 → 7) and deals more hitlag (5 (Red, Blue, Purple)/6 (White)/8 (Yellow) → 10)
    • It deals less damage (4% (White)/2% (others) → 1%).
      • As such, Olimar can no longer benefit from the damaging pummel of White Pikmin.
• Forward throw:
  • Forward throw deals more damage when using Blue Pikmin and when Olimar has multiple Pikmin in his squad.
    • Red: 5.6% → 5.6%/6.1%/6.7% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Yellow, White, Purple: 7% → 7%/7.7%/8.4% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Blue: 11.2% → 11.8%/13%/14.2% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
• Back throw:
  • Back throw deals more damage when using Blue Pikmin and when Olimar has multiple Pikmin in his squad.
    • Red: 7.2% → 7.2%/7.9%/8.6% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Yellow, White, Purple: 9% → 9%/9.9%/10.8% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Blue: 14.4% → 15.3%/16.8%/18.3% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
  • Back throw deals significantly more knockback when using Blue Pikmin.
• Up throw:
  • Up throw deals more damage when using Blue Pikmin and when Olimar has multiple Pikmin in his squad.
    • Red: 6.4% → 6.4%/7%/7.6% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Yellow, White, Purple: 8% → 8%/8.8%/9.6% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Blue: 12.8% → 13.5%/14.8%/16.2% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
  • Up throw deals significantly more knockback when using Blue Pikmin, being the strongest up throw in the game.
  • Up throw has a more exaggerated animation.
• Down throw:
  • Down throw deals more damage when using Blue Pikmin and when Olimar has multiple Pikmin in his squad.
    • Red: 6.6% → 6.6%/7.2%/7.9% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Yellow: 8% → 8%/8.8%/9.6% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • White: 7.8% → 8%/8.8%/9.6% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Purple: 8.4% → 8%/8.8%/9.6% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
    • Blue: 12.2% → 12.8%/14.1%/15.4% (1/2/3 Pikmin).
  • Down throw sends opponents at a more horizontal angle (90° → 60°), reducing its combo potential.

Special moves

• Pikmin Throw:
  • Pikmin that latch onto opponents deal more damage (1.1% → 2% (Red, Yellow, Blue), 3.7% → 4.7% (White)).
  • Pikmin take fall damage when thrown and landing on the ground.
  • The removal of multiple player slot glitch and changes to jostle mechanics no longer crashes the game with Pikmin Throw.
  • Opponents make a discomforted facial expression (the same expression used by poisoned fighters) when a Pikmin is latched onto them.
• Winged Pikmin:
  • Winged Pikmin travels a significantly shorter distance with consecutive uses.
  • If Pikmin are in certain animations while using Winged Pikmin, attempting to use them for aerials will cause the attack to have no hitbox.
• Pikmin Order:
  • Olimar orders his Pikmin much sooner (frame 12 → 2).
  • Pikmin Order has less ending lag (FAF 21 → 18).
  • Olimar gains super armor sooner (frame 6 → 2), much like in Brawl. This improves its use as a defensive tool and as a combo breaker.
    • However, it also has a shorter duration (frames 6-12 → 2-7). This effectively increases the move's ending lag despite its reduced total duration.
  • Pikmin Order's whistling animation is less exaggerated. This new animation is shorter (39 frames → 33), decreasing the amount of time Olimar cannot grab the ledge after performing the move in the air.
• End of Day
  • End of Day has been drastically sped up, with the Hocotate Ship crashing onto the stage almost immediately after the move's cutscene.
    • This gives the opponent less time to avoid the explosion, especially those who are buried.
  • The explosion has less knockback scaling (140 (sweetspot)/125 (sourspot) → 120/105).

Update history

In addition to a number of glitch fixes, Olimar has received a mix of buffs and nerfs via game updates, but has been significantly nerfed overall. Update 2.0.0 fixed an infamous glitch which allowed Pikmin to double the strength of the spirit multiplier, causing attacks with his Pikmin to deal massive amounts of damage under the right circumstances. However, he received a bug in this same patch that caused all of his smash attacks to no longer increase in damage while being charged. While this glitch was fixed in update 3.0.0, this update also introduced another glitch that causes reflected Pikmin to inflict damage onto himself after they've returned to him, leading to the possibility of unintentional self-destructs caused by Olimar using moves that boast a great amount of KO power. The changes made to the shield mechanics in this same update also harmed him by making his smash attacks less safe on perfect shield. In addition, like with many other projectiles, his forward smash and Pikmin throw now deal less shield damage, although the amount of shield stun went unchanged.

Update 3.1.0 was, by far, the update that nerfed Olimar the most. The size of Olimar's hurtbox has been enlarged, making him easier to hit even while shielding. His forward and up smashes had their ending lag increased, with the former smash attack also having its clean hitbox harder to land due to its duration being shortened. This same patch also noticeably reduced the Winged Pikmin's overall travel distance when they are used consecutively, hampering his recovery. However, update 4.0.0 undid update 3.1.0.'s nerf to his clean forward smash's duration. Like many other characters, Olimar's shield was enlarged in update 7.0.0, which compensated his larger hurtbox by both fully covering him and making him less vulnerable to shield stabbing. Update 8.0.0 buffed End of Day's KO potential and range. Prior to update 10.0.0, if Olimar tried to use an aerial attack out of Winged Pikmin after using forward smash or Pikmin Throw, the move would act as if there were no Pikmin. This bug plagued Olimar since Smash 4 and was finally fixed in 10.0.0, indirectly buffing Olimar.

Due to Olimar's strongest traits being toned down, he is considered to be significantly worse than he was at launch. Though Dabuz initially claimed he would drop the character, he eventually went back on this and continues to use him in bracket with excellent results. Shuton has also continued to dominate the Japanese scene with Olimar, but Myran has seen a notable drop off in results after the patch. Overall, Dabuz and Shuton's continued success with the character indicates that Olimar remains a viable character in the right hands, even in spite of his nerfs.

1.2.0

• Olimar has been affected, although the changes are currently unknown.

2.0.0

• Fixed a glitch where Pikmin would apply attack multipliers twice when using spirits.
• Created a glitch where smash attacks would not have their damage outputs scale when charged.

3.0.0

• Forward smash deals less shield damage (0 → -10/-7/-4.2 (Red), -7.2/-5/-3 (Yellow & Blue), -5.3/-4/-2.4 (White), -11.6/-8/-4.8 (Purple)).
• Olimar's smash attacks now properly have their damage scale when charged.
• Pikmin Throw deals less shield damage (1 → -2.5 (thrown, Purple), 0 → -1/-2.3 (latched, non-White/White), -4.5/-3.2/-3.2/-2.6/-2.5 (thrown, Red/Yellow/Blue/White), -5.2 (Pocketed Purple)).
• Introduced a self-inflicting Pikmin glitch where a reflected Pikmin causes Olimar to self-inflict damage with any move.
• End of Day no longer causes Olimar to go through the stage in Saffron City and self-destruct.

3.1.0

• Olimar has a larger hurtbox. His shield size was not compensated, making it noticeably easier to shield poke him.
• Forward smash's clean hit has a shorter duration, with the mid and late hits having a longer duration instead (non-Purple: frames 11-14 (clean)/15-20 (mid)/21-29 (late) → 11-12/13-19/20-29); Purple: 11-14/15-19/20-24 → 11-12/13-18/19-24).
• Forward smash has more ending lag (FAF 40 → 43).
• Up smash has more ending lag (FAF 37 → 40).
• Due to aforementioned changes made to forward and up smashes, it is no longer possible for Olimar to self-inflict with his own reflected Pikmin using any move.
• Winged Pikmin takes twice as long to regenerate its flight time after each use.

4.0.0

• Forward smash's range has been increased when using Purple Pikmin, reverting to its pre-3.1.0 behavior.
• A glitch where pummeling the opponents would sometimes make fall out of the grab immediately has been fixed.

7.0.0

• Overall shield size has been increased, now fully covering Olimar's body again.

8.0.0

• End of Day:
  • The explosion deals more damage (12%/10% → 14%/12%) with no compensation on knockback, improving its KO potential.
  • The explosion's sweetspot consists of one extended hitbox rather than two standard ones, which is much larger (25u → 35u), although with its vertical stretch mostly compensated (Y offset: -15u/15u → -10u—10u).

10.0.0

• Fixed an issue where after using Winged Pikmin, trying to use aerial attacks using Pikmin would not work if used after performing a forward smash or Pikmin Throw.

Moveset

Blue, Yellow, Red, Purple and White Pikmin, as shown by the Move List.

• All Pikmin-based moves and grabs use the next Pikmin in the line to perform the given attack. Upon performing a move, that Pikmin goes to the back of the line. In general:
  • Red Pikmin deal more damage for attacks, but less for throws.
  • Yellow Pikmin have larger hitboxes.
  • Blue Pikmin have more damaging throws.
  • White Pikmin are very weak in attacks, but have significantly longer grab and toss range and deal more latch damage.
  • Purple Pikmin are very strong in damage and knockback, but have very poor range.

For a gallery of Olimar's hitboxes, see here.

Note: All numbers are listed as base damage, without the 1v1 multiplier.

		Name	Damage						Description
			Olimar	Red	Yellow	Blue	White	Purple
Neutral attack			3% (arm), 4% (fist)	—	—	—	—	—	The Rocket Fist's one-two combo. It has very minimal start-up and ending lag, average knockback growth, and its second hit launches at 45°. At low percents, can combo into down tilt.
			3% (arm), 4% (fist)	—	—	—	—	—
Forward tilt			11%	—	—	—	—	—	The Rocket Fist's wind-up punch. It is powerful for a tilt attack, thanks to its decent damage output and high knockback growth.
Up tilt			0.6% (hits 1-5), 4% (hit 6)	—	—	—	—	—	A jumping twirl. Hits multiple times, with its last hit having very high knockback growth. Altogether, these traits make it a decent anti-air attack.
Down tilt			6%	—	—	—	—	—	A lunging tackle. It hits on frame 6, and has very low base knockback, very high knockback growth, and minimal ending lag. Altogether, these traits make it a reliable combo starter at low to medium percents. It can combo into itself (especially on fast-fallers), up tilt, smash attacks, and aerial attacks, depending on the opponent's DI. It can also interfere with an opponent's edge grab attempt, thanks to its hitbox being capable of going below the edge. Like neutral attack, performing it repeatedly will move Olimar slightly forward.
Dash attack			7% (hit 1), 4% (hit 2)	—	—	—	—	—	A cartwheel. It can function as a mix-up, as it is able to combo into up aerial at 0%-10%. However, its second hit's very low damage output, high base knockback, and low knockback growth collectively make it unable to combo past very low percents, or KO at reasonable percents.
Forward smash			—	20.3% (clean), 14% (mid), 8.4% (late)	14.5% (clean), 10% (mid), 6% (late)	14.5% (clean), 10% (mid), 6% (late)	11.6% (clean), 8% (mid), 4.8% (late)	23.2% (clean), 16% (mid), 9.6% (late)	Points forward to command a Pikmin to leap forward and perform a corkscrew tackle. The leaping Pikmin can be reflected.
Up smash			—	18.2% (clean near), 14% (clean far), 15.4% (late)	13% (clean near), 10% (clean far), 11% (late)	13% (clean near), 10% (clean far), 11% (late)	10.4% (clean near), 8% (clean far), 8.8% (late)	20.8% (clean near), 16% (clean far), 17.6% (late)	Points upward to command a Pikmin to jump and perform a cartwheeling tackle. The leaping Pikmin can be reflected. This move has uses in starting combos at low to mid percents; depending on the opponent's character, any aerial can be used out of an up smash. Notably, an up air chain out from an up smash, leading to an extremely damaging combo. Its short endlag and high shieldstun make the move tricky to punish on whiff and on block. Up smash is also a good out of shield option due to its deceptively good horizontal range and great vertical range and duration, making it useful for punishing landings and occasionally juggling opponents. Up smash is also a strong killing move, KOing at or below 150% with all Pikmin except White. However, it can easily be beaten due to its projectile attributes, making them lose out to any other active hitbox.
Down smash		Pikmin Left/Right Dash	—	15.4% (clean), 12.6% (late)	11% (clean), 9% (late)	11% (clean), 9% (late)	8.8% (clean), 7.2% (late)	17.6% (clean), 14.4% (late)	Squats slightly and points to both of his sides to command two Pikmin (the lead Pikmin, and the Pikmin next in line) perform dashing tackles. Either Pikmin on each side can be reflected. If only one Pikmin is in play, Olimar will only send a Pikmin forward.
Neutral aerial		Tornado Attack	1.5% (hits 1-4), 2% (hit 5)	—	—	—	—	—	A jumping twirl, resembling his up tilt. It is Olimar's only aerial that does not use Pikmin or have transcendent priority. However, it lacks KO potential like his other aerials.
Forward aerial			—	11.9%	8.5%	8.5%	6.8%	13.6%	Grabs a Pikmin by its stem and swings it downward in front of himself. Due to its range, and speed, it is one of Olimar's best moves for walling and aerial combat as the Pikmin used acts as a sword for the duration of this move, giving this move great range relative to Olimar's size. Due to its low landing lag, it is also very good for combos at lower percents, as well as being safe on shield if spaced well. In addition, it can also kill if used with Red or Purple Pikmin. Lastly, it is a very reliable follow-up from down throw, and is useful for edgeguarding.
Back aerial			—	15.12%	10.8%	10.8%	8.64%	17.28%	Grabs a Pikmin by its stem and swings it upward behind himself. It is Olimar's most damaging aerial. Due to its low landing lag, it is also very good for combos at lower percents, as well as being safe on shield if spaced well. This move has great range for a character of Olimar's size, due to the Pikmin used acting similarly to a disjointed hitbox for the duration of this move. It can also kill at reasonable percents if any non-White Pikmin are used. However, it has the highest start-up lag out of Olimar's aerials, though the startup is still reasonable compared to most other back aerials of its kind.
Up aerial			—	12.6%	9%	9%	7.2%	14.4%	Grabs a Pikmin by its stem and twirls it upward. The move comes out decently fast and lasts for a very long time, as well as the move having transcendent priority, making it very hard to out-space this move making it very good for juggling and combos, at lower percents it can chain into itself or other aerials bar down air. It is tied with down aerial as his second most damaging aerial, and is a viable KOing option with any non-White Pikmin. However, it has a noticeable amount of landing lag.
Down aerial			—	12.6%	9%	9%	7.2%	14.4%	Grabs a Pikmin by its stem and swings it downward. It is tied with up aerial as his second most damaging aerial. This move gives Olimar a very good way to escape juggling due to the long lasting hitbox and the amount of downwards range that it gives Olimar, the Pikmin act as a pseudo disjoint in this move as well as all of Olimar's other Pikmin involved aerials, making it very hard to challenge the move during its active hitbox frames. The move can also kill at higher percents if used with Red or Purple Pikmin. It is also a meteor smash, but only against aerial opponents and during its first frame. In addition, the move's very long lasting hitbox can also two frame punish at ledges. However, it has a noticeable amount of landing lag.
Grab			—	—	—	—	—	—	Points forward to command the lead Pikmin to grab the opponent, with the other Pikmin following. The Pikmin function as disjointed grabs, and overall grab range varies depending on both the number of Pikmin present, and the lead Pikmin. White Pikmin have the longest range, followed by Red, Yellow and Blue (which are all tied for 2nd), and Purple (with the shortest range). With 3 Pikmin present, and the lead being a White Pikmin, this grab has the longest range in the game. Decently fast for its range. It resembles the group move from the Pikmin series.
Pummel			1%	—	—	—	—	—	A knifehand thrust. Faster, but weaker than his previous pummel.
Forward throw			—	5.6%	7%	11.9%	7%	7%	The Pikmin leap forward, body slamming the opponent on the ground.
Back throw			—	7.2%	9%	15.3%	9%	9%	Same as the forward throw, but the Pikmin leap backwards instead. It is Olimar's most damaging throw, and if used with 2 or 3 Pikmin and the lead is Blue, it is the most damaging throw in the game.
Up throw			—	1% (hit 1), 5.4% (throw)	1% (hit 1), 7% (throw)	1% (hit 1), 12.5% (throw)	1% (hit 1), 7% (throw)	1% (hit 1), 7% (throw)	The Pikmin toss the opponent upward, then leap up and headbutt them further upward. Notably, the Red Pikmin's version does less damage than it should (5.6%) based on the multiplier used (0.8x) for its other throws.
Down throw			—	1% (hit 1), 5.6% (throw)	1% (hit 1), 7% (throw)	1% (hit 1), 11.9% (throw)	0.8% (hit 1), 7% (throw)	1.6% (hit 1), 7% (throw)	The Pikmin perform a jumping piledriver.
Forward roll Back roll Spot dodge Air dodge		—	—
Techs		—	—
Floor attack (front) Floor getups (front)			7%	—	—	—	—	—	Headbutts in front and then behind himself.
Floor attack (back) Floor getups (back)			7%	—	—	—	—	—	Punches in front of himself and then spins around to punch behind him.
Floor attack (trip) Floor getups (trip)			7%	—	—	—	—	—	Punches in front of himself and then spins around to punch behind him.
Edge attack Edge getups			9%	—	—	—	—	—	Throws a punch while climbing up.
Neutral special		Pikmin Pluck	—	—	—	—	—	—	Plucks a Pikmin. It cannot be used in midair, and has noticeable ending lag if it is attempted in midair, or if no more Pikmin can be plucked.
Side special		Pikmin Throw	—	9.1% (thrown), 2% (latched)	6.5% (thrown), 2% (latched)	6.5% (thrown), 2% (latched)	5.2% (thrown), 4.7% (latched)	6% (thrown), 10.4% (unpocketed)	Throws a Pikmin, which latches onto opponents and damages them before falling off either because of flinching, the opponent's damage, or being killed. In regard to the opponent's damage, a Pikmin's latch duration decreases when the opponent's damage increases, even when undisturbed. Purple Pikmin are unable to latch onto anything, and will instead deal damage and knockback on contact. When thrown out of Pocket, Pikmin do not latch, but instead deal their thrown damage and die upon landing. In addition, unpocketed Purple Pikmin specifically deal more damage in addition to the move's multiplier.
Up special		Winged Pikmin	—	—	—	—	—	—	Two Winged Pikmin carry the user around. Winged Pikmin's effectiveness is dependent on both the amount of Pikmin that are alive and close, and the frequency of its usage. In regard to frequency, it takes approximately 3 seconds (180 frames) for Winged Pikmin to be able to travel the same distance again after the conclusion of the initial usage. Aerial attacks can also be used while being carried, similarly to Robo Burner. However, doing so will render him helpless immediately after the conclusion of the attack.
Down special		Pikmin Order	—	—	—	—	—	—	Blows his whistle to recall Pikmin and/or sort out their order in the line. It grants super armor, which lasts from startup to before Olimar's antenna emits the blue lights. It has a very low amount of endlag, and can even be cancelled (just before the lights turn from yellow to red).
Final Smash		End of Day	10% (launch), 10% (ascent), 15.1% (Red Bulborbs), 10% (descent), 12%/10% (explosion)						Jumps into the Hocotate Ship and launches into outer space, which buries any nearby opponents. While the ship has left the stage, Red Bulborbs attack opponents to steadily inflict damage. The Hocotate Ship then descends from outer space, and explodes upon crash landing onto the stage. The duration of the whole Final Smash is faster than in SSB4.

On-screen appearance

• Exits the Hocotate Ship and then plucks three Pikmin, after which the Hocotate Ship disappears in a puff of smoke.

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  Olimar's on-screen appearance

Taunts

• Up taunt: Joyfully jumps in place twice.
• Side taunt: Lies down on the ground, rolls around as if basking in nature, and then gets up.
• Down taunt: Swings his hips twice.

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  Olimar's up taunt.

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  Olimar's side taunt.

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  Olimar's down taunt.

Idle poses

• Rubs his helmet with both hands.
• Moves his arms back and forward in a basic limber exercise.

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  Olimar's first idle pose

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  Olimar's second idle pose

Victory poses

• Left: Performs a toe touching exercise while a Yellow Pikmin rests on the ground and a Red Pikmin looks around, waving its arms, and occasionally jumping.
• Up: Plucks a White, Blue, and Purple Pikmin. The White Pikmin and Blue Pikmin bounce off Olimar's head, whereas the Purple Pikmin squashes him onto the ground. Olimar's eyes will comically bulge outward upon being squashed before his expression returns to normal, whereas Alph will comically wince upon being squashed before his expression returns to normal.
• Right: Sways in place while a Red, Yellow, and Blue Pikmin walk around him in a circle.

A flourished remix of a small excerpt of the title theme of Pikmin.

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In competitive play

In the early metagame, Olimar was widely considered to be one of, if not, the best 3 characters alongside Peach and Pichu. Olimar had many strengths, including stronger throws, a faster Pikmin Pluck, and less lag on his smash attacks, particularly his up smash. This, along with Olimar's increased speed, made him a rather campy character, overwhelming the opponent with his Pikmin and recover them quickly when they are killed. As a result of these strengths, players such as Dabuz, Shuton, and Myran performed spectacularly with Olimar and consistently placed in top 8 at many tournaments.

Patch 3.0.0 and the subsequent patch 3.1.0, however, nerfed Olimar's smash attacks and made them less safe on shield, while Pikmin Throw dealt less shield damage. This hurt Olimar in the metagame. Myran saw a noticeable dip in performance and Dabuz now uses both Olimar and Rosalina & Luma. Nevertheless, Dabuz and Shuton continued to achieve high placements with Olimar, and it is widely agreed that Olimar is still a viable threat in the metagame. Shuton in particular was able to win EVO Japan 2020 with the character.

Notable players

Any number following the Smasher name indicates placement on the Fall 2019 PGRU, which recognizes the official top 50 players in the world in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from July 13th, 2019 to December 15th, 2019.

Active

•  ARMY - Placed 1st at River Rumble, 3rd at Super Bit Wars 7, 4th at DreamHack Dallas 2019, 5th at Ultimatum, 9th at Ultimatum 2, and 25th at Low Tier City 7.
•  Dabuz (#9) - The best Olimar player in the world. Placed 1st at Thunder Smash, 2nd at both The Big House 9 and Smash Ultimate Summit, 4th at GENESIS 6, 5th at Smash Conference United, Collision 2019, Pound 2019, and Smash 'N' Splash 5.
•  Ethanfo - Placed 5th at Tripoint Smash 100 and 9th at Midwest Arena.
•  Gomakenpi - The best Olimar player in the Midwest. Placed 3rd at Midwest Arena and 17th at Get On My Level 2019. Has wins over yeti, tamim, and Ned. Ranked 4th on the Michigan Ultimate Power Rankings.
•  Greward - Formerly a Olimar main before switching to Piranha Plant. Currently uses Olimar as a secondary. Placed 1st at Codec Call and 25th at Tech Republic IV using Olimar as his main, and 13th at Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019 using Olimar as a secondary.
•  Guimodas - Placed 5th at Massilia Summer Smash 2019, 7th at BURST 4, and 17th at European SEL Clash.
•  Infinity - The best Olimar player in Canada. Placed 1st at Revenge of the 6ix: July Arcadian!, 7th at HABBY Birthday 2019, and 9th at both Play With Heart and Homecoming - Ontario Smash Ultimate Kick-off. He has wins over players such as Captain L, Locus, tamim, V115, Runes, and Spencer. Ranked 7th on the British Columbia Ultimate Power Rankings.
•  Klaatu - One of the best Olimar players in the United States. Placed 7th at Super Splat Bros, 25th at 2GG: Kongo Saga, 33rd at GENESIS 6, and 49th at both 2GG: Prime Saga and Mainstage.
•  Myran (#51) - One of the best Olimar players in the world. Placed 2nd at Pound 2019, 3rd at Frostbite 2019, 7th at Smash Conference United, 9th at GENESIS 6, 9th at Get On My Level 2019, 13th at MomoCon 2019, and 17th at 2GG: Prime Saga. Has wins over Light, Marss, and Shuton.
•  Rich Brown - Placed 13th at Heart of Battle, 17th at SoCal Chronicles, and 65th at GENESIS 6.
•  Shuton (#13) - One of the two best Olimar players in the world. Placed 1st at Umebura SP, 2GG: Prime Saga, Stunfest 2019, Sumabato SP 4, Sumabato SP 5 and EVO Japan 2020, 2nd at Umebura SP 2, 4th at Frostbite 2019, and 9th at Umebura Japan Major 2019.
•  Tsubotsubo - One of the best Olimar players in Japan. Placed 25th at Umebura SP 3, 33rd at Umebura Japan Major 2019, and 49th at Umebura SP 7. Has wins over Shuton, Kuro, Abadango, Gackt, HIKARU, Eim, Tsu, and Jagaimo.

Inactive

•  ImHip - One of the best Olimar players in the United States. Placed 33rd at GENESIS 6 with a notable win on Glutonny. Also placed 1st at LVL Up Expo 2019, 7th at Heart of Battle and 17th at SoCal Chronicles. Has wins over Salem, BestNess, Sparg0, MastaMario, and Cyro.

Classic Mode: Planetary Explorer

Olimar's congratulations screen.

Olimar faces off against characters who are space travelers in their respective series.

Round	Opponent	Stage	Music	Notes
1	Mario and Rosalina & Luma	Mario Galaxy	Super Mario Galaxy
2	Wolf	Lylat Cruise	Star Wolf's Theme / Sector Z (for 3DS / Wii U)
3	Kirby and King Dedede	Dream Land	Planet Popstar	This battle is a free-for-all, and Kirby and King Dedede will primarily target each other.
4	Zero Suit Samus	Brinstar	Brinstar (Melee)
5	Fox and Falco	Corneria	Corneria - Star Fox
6	Alph	Distant Planet	Garden of Hope (Remix)	If playing as Alph, the opponent will be Olimar.
Bonus Stage
Final	Master Hand	Final Destination	Master Hand (Less than 7.0 intensity) Master Hand / Crazy Hand (Intensity 7.0 or higher)	On intensity 7.0 and higher, Crazy Hand fights alongside Master Hand.

Credits roll after completing Classic Mode. Completing it as Olimar has Stage Clear / Title Theme - Pikmin accompany the credits.

Role in World of Light

Finding Olimar in World of Light

Although Olimar has been absent from the World of Light opening cutscene, he was vaporized and later imprisoned alongside the rest of the fighters (except Kirby) when Galeem unleashed his beams of light.

Olimar can be found in the mode by choosing to save Marth instead of Sheik or Villager. The spirit of a magician is needed in order to enlarge some mushrooms to reach him.

Fighter Battle

No.	Image	Name	Type	Power	Stage	Music
40		Olimar	Grab	3,300	Distant Planet (Ω form)	Main Theme - Pikmin

Spirits

Olimar's fighter spirit can be obtained by completing Classic Mode. It is also available periodically for purchase in the shop for 500 coins. Unlocking Olimar in World of Light allows the player to preview the spirit below in the Spirit List under the name "???". As a fighter spirit, it cannot be used in Spirit Battles and is purely aesthetic. Each fighter spirit has an alternate version that replaces them with their artwork in Ultimate.

Additionally, due to being an alternate swap, Alph has a fighter spirit of his own, available through the shop. Each type of Pikmin that Olimar utilizes in his moveset also possess a spirit of their own, as either primary or support spirits.

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  798. Olimar

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  799. Alph

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  803.Red Pikmin

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  804.Blue Pikmin

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  805.Yellow Pikmin

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  806.White Pikmin

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  807.Purple Pikmin

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  808.Winged Pikmin

In Spirit battles

As the main opponent

Spirit				Battle parameters
No.	Image	Name	Series	Enemy Fighter(s)	Type	Power	Stage	Rules	Conditions	Music
801		Charlie	Pikmin Series	•Alph (×3) ()		1,200	Garden of Hope (Battlefield form)	•Slippery Stage	•Reinforcements will appear during the battle •The stage's platforms are very slippery •The enemy starts the battle with a Drill	Mission Mode - Pikmin 3
802		Brittany	Pikmin Series	•Alph		9,600	Garden of Hope (Battlefield form)	•Item Tidal Wave •Item: Food	•Timed battle •The enemy becomes more powerful after eating •Items will be pulled toward the enemy	Garden of Hope (Remix)
1,188		Li'l Blue	Nonono Puzzle Chalien	•Alph		1,600	Hanenbow	•Hazard: Low Gravity	•Gravity is reduced	Electroplankton (Remix)

As an ally

Spirit				Battle parameters							Inspiration
No.	Image	Name	Series	Enemy Fighter(s)	Type	Power	Stage	Rules	Conditions	Music	Character
821		Mockiwi	Pikmin Series	•Giant Pac-Man •Ally: Olimar		1,500	Garden of Hope	N/A	•Join forces with a CPU ally •Stamina battle •The enemy is giant	Over Wintry Mountains	Captain Olimar

Alternate costumes

Gallery

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  Olimar's fighter card.

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  Olimar's unlock notice.

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  Olimar using his forward smash on The Great Cave Offensive.

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  With Mario, Pac-Man, and Sonic on Gaur Plain.

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  Ascending with Winged Pikmin in his red costume with Alph on Wuhu Island.

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  Ascending with Winged Pikmin on Kongo Falls.

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  Idling with Luigi on Distant Planet.

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  The Red, Yellow, Blue, White, and Purple Pikmin on Distant Planet.

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  Pikmin with Mewtwo on Onett.

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  Pikmin with the Mii Fighters on Find Mii.

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  A shrunken Olimar being held by Pac-Man on Distant Planet.

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  A Red Pikmin with Richter on Distant Planet.

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  Olimar getting attacked by the fish on Summit.

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  In his green costume on Temple.

Trivia

• During the official Ultimate website's launch on June 12th, 2018, Olimar's name was erroneously labeled as "OLIMER" in English variants of his fighter page. The typo was later corrected.
• The part of Olimar's showcase trailer where Alph crouches next to a prone Olimar is a reference to a scene in Pikmin 3 after Alph initially rescues Olimar from the Mysterious Life Form.
• Olimar's (and Alph's) official artwork resembles Brittany's pose in her Pikmin 3 artwork (the same one used for her Spirit picture), albeit flipped.
• In World of Light, Olimar and the Mii Fighters will never be spawned as a false character in battles with Galeem and Dharkon. While Kirby will also not appear, he was never initially imprisoned in the first place unlike the other fighters.
• Olimar is the only fighter to have an alternate costume of a different character beyond a gender swap in the same pose as his default costume, excluding the Mii Fighters.
• Since update 2.0.0, if Olimar's Pikmin latch onto something and it changes size with them still latched on, they will change their size too. This is most noticeable with the Mother Brain, though Super and Poison Mushrooms will also do this, as long as they are applied by the character the Pikmin are latched onto.
• While Olimar’s default costume is never used in any spirit battles, Alph's main colors are used.
  • Furthermore, while Olimar technically appears in four Spirit battles, three of them use Alph instead. The only one that features Olimar himself features him as an ally instead of an enemy. This specifically makes Olimar one of two non-DLC fighters that are never directly fought in any Spirit battles, the other being Pokemon Trainer.
    • Counting DLC fighters, this applies to Piranha Plant and Terry as well.
• Olimar, Ivysaur, Greninja, Little Mac, Ryu and Ken are the only characters to never appear as minions in any Spirit battles.
• Olimar appearing in Mario's Classic Mode unlock tree references the fact that the former was named after the latter.
• Strangely, in the "Alph's Origin" tip, Alph is depicted with his green alternate costume, rather than his default one. No other characters use their non-default costumes in the tips.
• In World of Light, Olimar (and to an extent, Alph) is one of the few fighters who is not affiliated with Dharkon in any way, as all of his encounters as himself or as a puppet fighter are all in association with Galeem. Little Mac, Ivysaur, Ness, Roy, Toon Link, Wii Fit Trainer, Squirtle, Mii Gunner, and Pokémon Trainer all share this distinction as well.