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Come on guys. I dunno where ZeRo places Pika so I took out the mention of him for now.
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The overall competitive community opinion of Pikachu has been volatile since the ''SSB4''{{'}}s release. Initially, it was widely seen as an average character, but after a number of impressive tournament showings by ESAM (including his brief period of retirement having added to the "mystery" of Pikachu's potential), was seen as high as a top 3 character by players like {{Sm|ZeRo}} and ESAM himself, culminating in an extremely close Winners' Finals set at [[Super Smash Con]] between the two. This result in Pikachu placing extremely high on the first tier list at 5th. | The overall competitive community opinion of Pikachu has been volatile since the ''SSB4''{{'}}s release. Initially, it was widely seen as an average character, but after a number of impressive tournament showings by ESAM (including his brief period of retirement having added to the "mystery" of Pikachu's potential), was seen as high as a top 3 character by players like {{Sm|ZeRo}} and ESAM himself, culminating in an extremely close Winners' Finals set at [[Super Smash Con]] between the two. This result in Pikachu placing extremely high on the first tier list at 5th. | ||
In more recent times, however, public opinion has swayed again. Many consider Pikachu's ranking on the first official tier list to be far too high due to metagame development, the introduction of new high-tier characters, game updates, ESAM's inconsistent showings at major tournaments, and a dearth of results for Pikachu at national, regional, and even local levels of play. Although update [[1.1.5]] nerfed some of Pikachu's hardest match-ups, its current ranking on the tier list is still | In more recent times, however, public opinion has swayed again. Many consider Pikachu's ranking on the first official tier list to be far too high due to metagame development, the introduction of new high-tier characters, game updates, ESAM's inconsistent showings at major tournaments, and a dearth of results for Pikachu at national, regional, and even local levels of play. Although update [[1.1.5]] nerfed some of Pikachu's hardest match-ups, its current ranking on the tier list is still disputed, with many players now believing that it is no longer a high tier character. | ||
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