Editing Quick Attack

==Overview==

===In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''===

[[File:SSB64 Ledge-Stalling.gif|thumb|Pikachu using Quick Attack to [[ledge]]-stall.]]

Unlike other special moves, Quick Attack completely lacks any hitboxes. However, it is considered one of the best recovery options overall in the game. The move travels a very long distance and since Pikachu can angle it and use it twice, Quick Attack is an extremely flexible and diverse recovery tool, giving Pikachu many options when using the move, to allow it to return back to the stage from great distances. Quick Attack is able to [[edge sweetspot|sweetspot the edge]] from almost any distance within the move's range and Pikachu can easily aim for the edge in order to grab it and avoid any lag the move would otherwise have. Pikachu can even extend Quick Attack's distance if they player lets go of the control stick after a warp. If this happens, Pikachu will retain the momentum from the warp. These traits also allows Pikachu to go far out from the edge to edgeguard, further than any other character can go and Pikachu will still be able to make it back to the stage. Pikachu is completely [[intangible]] during Quick Attack's startup which not only aids its recovery potential but it also allows Quick Attack to be used as an effective tool to escape disadvantage. The move's intangibility frames allows Pikachu to easily escape combos or shield pressure using Quick Attack. Even when Pikachu is not intangible, it is difficult to hit during Quick Attack's warps, making it hard to punish if Pikachu uses it effectively. The move's intangibility combined with its generous ability to snap edges, allows Pikachu to [[ledge-stall]] indefinitely, which is very difficult to punish. It can also go through a portion of the wall in Pikachu's [[Break the Targets]] stage strangely.

===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===

[[File:QAC lock.gif|thumb|Pikachu using Quick Attack Cancelling to [[lock]] {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}.]]

In ''Brawl'', Quick Attack is slightly slower and it has less range than in ''Melee''. The move is particularly more laggy in the [[landing lag]] department as the move no longer [[auto-cancel]]s once Pikachu enters free fall and the move now suffers from [[RCO lag]], making Pikachu much easier to punish once it lands. However, Quick Attack is still a great recovery tool and Pikachu has gained a new powerful technique with Quick Attack called [[Quick Attack Cancel]]ling. If Pikachu hits the ground with Quick Attack and hits jump, Pikachu will jump, ignoring the ending lag Pikachu would otherwise receive. The technique is considered a staple for Pikachu's metagame in [[competitive play]] as it allows Pikachu to effectively approach with Quick Attack and it can be used as a powerful [[lock]]ing tool against a missed [[tech]].

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==Origin==

Pikachu's Quick Attack in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series has a unique trail of electrical bubbles, which also deal [[electric]] damage, despite the attack being Normal-type in the origin games. In a similar matter, [[Skull Bash]] in ''Melee'' also has an electrical property attack despite not being an Electric-type attack. The option to "move" twice is also completely unique to ''Smash''.

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**Coincidentally, both are offensive Normal-type moves with boosted priority used by Pokémon.

*Quick Attack is one of three up special moves that always uses up the character's double jump in ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'' regardless if the player saved it before use, despite the near-universal change across all other characters that allows them to use their double jump after their up special move if they are hit out of it. The other two up special moves are [[Hydro Pump]] and [[Spin Attack]].

==Technical details==

*[[Pikachu (SSB)/Up special]]

*[[Pikachu (SSB4)/Up special]]

*[[Pikachu (SSBU)/Up special]]

==See also==

*[[Agility]]

*[[Quick Attack cancel]]

{{Special Moves|char=Pikachu}}