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==Changes from ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''== | ==Changes from ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''== | ||
Despite being a high-tier character in ''SSB4'' (ranked 15th out of 55 characters), Pikachu has been heavily buffed in its transition to ''Ultimate''. All of its moveset's aspects were greatly improved during its transition, in addition to its moveset benefitting noticeably from the changes to gameplay mechanics | Despite being a high-tier character in ''SSB4'' (ranked 15th out of 55 characters), Pikachu has been heavily buffed in its transition to ''Ultimate''. All of its moveset's aspects were greatly improved during its transition, in addition to its moveset benefitting noticeably from the changes to gameplay mechanics. | ||
Pikachu's largest buffs arguably come from its improved speed: its already above-average mobility has been increased, many of its moves have less ending lag, and its aerials have drastically reduced landing lag; while the former and latters buffs are shared with the rest of the cast, they especially benefit Pikachu, the former due to its small size and the latter since its aerials had among the highest landing lag in ''SSB4''. These buffs improve Pikachu's neutral game and overall comboing capabilities plus, due to it "pancaking" during many of their landing animations, allow it to avoid mistimed attacks with more ease and retaliate. To further complement this, its already great air game was enhanced as well: Pikachu has a new [[neutral aerial]] that acts similarly to {{SSBU|Mewtwo}}'s own and has much more combo potential; both [[forward aerial|forward]] and [[up aerial]]s have increased KO power, alleviating one of Pikachu's biggest weaknesses in ''SSB4''; [[back aerial]] [[auto-cancel]]s from a short hop, now consistently launches opponents behind Pikachu, and has a faster animation, which gives it combo potential into itself several times at low percentages, to the point it's able to perform a pseudo-[[Wall of Pain]] with the move; and [[down aerial]] now has a clean hitbox that [[meteor smash]]es opponents, further improving Pikachu's aerial KOing ability. | Pikachu's largest buffs arguably come from its improved speed: its already above-average mobility has been increased, many of its moves have less ending lag, and its aerials have drastically reduced landing lag; while the former and latters buffs are shared with the rest of the cast, they especially benefit Pikachu, the former due to its small size and the latter since its aerials had among the highest landing lag in ''SSB4''. These buffs improve Pikachu's neutral game and overall comboing capabilities plus, due to it "pancaking" during many of their landing animations, allow it to avoid mistimed attacks with more ease and retaliate. To further complement this, its already great air game was enhanced as well: Pikachu has a new [[neutral aerial]] that acts similarly to {{SSBU|Mewtwo}}'s own and has much more combo potential; both [[forward aerial|forward]] and [[up aerial]]s have increased KO power, alleviating one of Pikachu's biggest weaknesses in ''SSB4''; [[back aerial]] [[auto-cancel]]s from a short hop, now consistently launches opponents behind Pikachu, and has a faster animation, which gives it combo potential into itself several times at low percentages, to the point it's able to perform a pseudo-[[Wall of Pain]] with the move; and [[down aerial]] now has a clean hitbox that [[meteor smash]]es opponents, further improving Pikachu's aerial KOing ability. | ||