SilverSpark
Smash Journeyman
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Currently 118 Tricks! Keep 'em coming!
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Trick #77) Fly: QA Up into a Poison Mushroom and you'll immediately zoom into the air!
Hey, this is Sparky. I'd love for you guys to post any Pikachu trick, ability, or glitch here. Even if it works on certain stages or characters, post it here and we'll discuss it. My goal's to get people to know that there's more to Pikachu than the QAC and chain grabs, so please take the time to read a few of these tricks. Maybe you'll like one or two and use them in a match, sometime.
These tricks may be useless (or known to some people), but I'm just getting these ideas out in the open. Some people don't know of the tricks that they could do with Pikachu, or may want concrete information, which is why I created this thread.
Most of these tricks are highly situational, at best. Of course, 100+ situational tricks should be especially helpful in a battle.
Most of these aren't ATs - they're just tricks that you can do with Pikachu.
*** Fire Tail ***
Video Guide of Some of the techniques:
Part One:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md848biPmWA&fmt=18
Part Two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQ3cq1BDCs&fmt=18
List of ATs, General Discoveries, etc.: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=187873
The Current List of Pikachu's Tricks
(use Ctrl F to find a specific technique)
1) Not Pikachu-Specific
29) Pivot Wave Grabs
37) Crawling
38) Crawl Dashing
47) Sliding Attacks
63) Flying under stages
86) Doop Walking
90) Jab Lock
105) Shield-cancelled Running Grab
106) Reverse Jump-cancelled Up-smash
2) Pikachu-Specific
27) B-Reversed moves
54) D-throw and F-throw Chaingrab
56) Daze Cancel (Shield Break Cancel)
57) Daze Slope Cancel (Shield Break Slope Cancel)
36) Pikachu’s Combos
17) Attacks that can trip opponents
26) Using Volt Tackle Effectively
23) Dash Attack Wall Glitch
76) Dashing Grab w/ Dash Attack sound
77) Fly
78) Spark
82) Dive
89) Completely Silent Skull Bash
20) Pikastorming
25) v2 Pika-tilted Dair, v3 Running Dair)
Slipping Dair
19) Zero-lag aerials
109) Matrix Attacks with Stage Obstacles
110) Skull-bash halting on Stage Obstacles
111) Ground-cancelling a short-hopped D-smash
112) Breaking Down Luigi’s Mansion quickly
113) Corneria Lasers and Matrix Thunder
3) Character-Specific
28) Anti-MK Tornado Attacks
4) Thunderjolt Techniques
42) Down-tilted Thunderjolt
52) Pivoted Thunderjolt
64) Ledge Jolting
65) Double Circle Jolt
66) Hanging Jolt
104) Ball Lightning
108) T-jolt Lightshow
5) Thunder Techniques
Thunder: Easy
9) Thunder’s Invincibility Frames
6) Thunder Wall
4) Fast-Falled Thunder Cancel
5) Extended Thunder
75) Thunder Push
85) Phantom Thunder
81) Hyrule Thunder
87) Frigate Thunder
Thunder: Intermediate
3) Reverse Thunder
51) Pivot-Boosted Thunder
41) Thunder Walk
10) Thunder Guarding
67) Parallel Thunder
68) Bouncing Thunder
88) Black Hole Thunder
Thunder: Advanced
39) Thunder Wall jump (or Reverse Thunder Wall jump)
61) Thunder Boosting
62) Reverse Thunder Boosting
Thunder Manipulation
7) Cross Thunder
53) Matrix Thunder
103) Crawl-off Cross Thunder
6) Thunder Combos
1) Double and Triple Thunder
2) Quadruple Thunder
8) Thunair
69) Aftershock
107) Quintiple Thunder
7) Quick Attack Techniques
Quick Attack
14) QA Directions
33) QA Ground Cancel
31) QA > Free-fall
32) QA Wall Jump
11) QA > Falling Aerials/B-moves
25) Quickfooting
74) Quick-Stomping
Quick Attack Cancel
24) Quick Attack Cancel (Quack/QAC)
46) QAC Slope Canceling
49) QAC Hopping
16) QAC Guarding
35) QAC-lock
58) QAC Platform Fall
83) QAC Triangle-ing
8) Tilts
18) Pikaslide (Tilt pull)
34) Tail Whip Semi-Lock
9) Offstage Options
Recoveries
13) Wall jump Recovery w/o Attacks
22) Wall jump Stalling / Edgeguarding
21) Wall jump Recovery w/ Aerial Attacks
42) Skull Bash Recovery
50) Using Aerial Attacks to Recover
40) Cross Thunder Recovery / Thunder Recovery
72) Pika Warping
70) Pika Scarring V1
71) Pika Scarring V2
Ledge Options
43) Stagechu
44) Skull Boosting (3 Versions)
10) Edgeguarding
55) Jolt Blocking
10) Thunder Guarding
73) Headbutt Guard
11) Looking Flashy
60) Flash
48) Down Taunt – Uses
79) Rainbow Ball
80) The Pikachu Hyrule Jump
84) Pika’s Taunts and Somersaulting
91) Figure Skating
108) T-jolt Lightshow
12) Using Items
92) Using the Timers Effectively
93) Hothead charging
94) D-smashing Uniras
95) Poison Mushrooms
96) Super Mushrooms
97) Warp Stars
98) Green Shells
99) Gooey Bombs
100) Item Up-smash
101) Item Throw Cancel
102) Dash Cancel Item Throw
1) Double Thunder and Triple Thunder
a) Double Thunder
- normally used in edgeguarding certain characters (jump off of the stage and use Thunder twice)
- good for stalling in the air or mindgames (use thunder then fast fall an attack to catch them off-guard)
b) Triple Thunder
- change it up with Double Thunder and Reverse Thunder
- jump off of the stage and use Thunder 3 times (or use the Quadruple Thunder method)
- immediately QA back and grab the ledge
- good for mindgames (your opponent may not know when you'll use which kind of Thunder)
2) Quadruple Thunder
a) Go to the edge of the stage, and face away from the edge
b) Downtilt + Jump (you should be flying off the stage) + Thunder 3 more times, then recover
c) OR, Thunder 2 more times, jump, then Thunder again, and recover
d) Highly Situational (using the 4th Thunder may put you at risk for getting edgeguarded)
e) Since you will have an extra jump, you will be able to jump and attack out of the 1st-3rd Thunder and hopefully, be safe
3) Reverse Thunder
a) Jump left or right in the air, then do Thunder
b) Quickly tap the opposite direction (do a half-circle with your control stick) to change the momentum of Pikachu, which makes him go in the opposite direction of where he was going, but the Thunder will still land in the area at which you first entered the command to do Thunder.
c) Uses: Mind games, Spacing, Edge guarding (run towards the ledge/off of the ledge, then do a reverse thunder to return safely to the stage)
4) Fast-falled Thunder Cancel
a) You should be high above the stage (the ground/platform should be below you)
b) Fast fall a Thunder and land on the ground
c) If done correctly, after you use Thunder, you won't get hit with the Thunder, but you'll still be unable to do anything
d) Almost completely useless: not really a mindgame, but it might work...
5) Extended Thunder
a) Down-tilt + Jump + Thunder (all on the stage)
b) The lightning should stick further out in front of you than usual (more damage/bigger hitbox in front of you?)
6) Thunder Wall
a) You can do this by doing a thunder while you have forward or backwards momentum, so that the lightning doesn't hit you. Doing this makes a "Thunder Wall" that will keep most opponents on the other side of the lightning at bay, until the lightning runs out
b) Uses: Forcing approaches; hitting flying characters; blocking certain projectiles; hitting opponents in the air; protecting teammates while they recover or charge attacks
7) Cross Thunder
8) ThuNair(Thunder + Nair Combo) - Pikachu's most amazing KO move
a) Basically, when your opponent is below you, and you hit them with the Thunder while in the air, they sometimes stay in place after the Lightning hits, which allows you to get a quick Nair off (Awesome KO move).
b) Also works with Thunder + Neutral A
c) Most effective when using it right above an opponent (in the upper region of their body)
d) Good setups: Hit someone's shield above them with the Thunair; Edgeguard with it, Tech chase when they're on the ground/tripped/recovering onto the ledge into Thunair;
e) It DOES work on the stage, but it may take practice
f) Highly situational, but it's definitely worth it.
9) Thunder's Invicibility Frames
a) During Pika's Thunder, when the lightning hits him, there's a time when any attack inflicted upon him will not cause them any knockback or damage, allowing the attack to continue.
b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU_qnFJDU-E&feature=related
b2)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP24KR2nOzg&feature=related
c) Uses: canceling your opponent's laggy attacks (maybe a final smash?); mindgames; canceling out projectiles
10) Edge guarding / Tricking opponents with Thunder (Thunder Guarding)
a) Jump off of the edge of the stage and either use Thunder, Double Thunder, Triple Thunder, Quadruple Thunder
b) Stay near the edge of the stage and Spam Thunder
c) While hanging to the ledge, drop down, jump up, and use Thunder
d) While hanging to the ledge, press up, then use Thunder (to trick aggressive players who are on the stage who will think that you'll come up, normally)
e) Jump and use Reverse Thunder (good if you may want to stay off of the stage or grab the ledge again)
11) QA to "Falling" Aerials/B-moves
a) QA to the ledge of the stage (or the ledge of a platform), as if you're going to grab it
b) Instead of grabbing the ledge, immediately tap A (you should do a falling nair). If you immediately tap B, you'll do a quick falling thunderjolt
c) Jump back on to the stage
d) (You can also QA into a falling Thunder)
e) Situational; (I used this as a surprise KO/edgeguarding tactic)
f) May be useful if you combine this with QAC and do it off of the edges of platforms (For example, QA + QA to edge of platform + Falling Aerial/B-move[/COLOR]
12) Down-tilted Thunderjolt
a) Either Down tilt + Thunderjolt (should make you move a bit further back)
b) Or, Downtilt + Jump + Thunderjolt (should also make you move further back)
c) Mix it up with other camping methods/spacing/mindgames/etc.
d) Can be used to jump over certain projectiles or for retreating methods
13) Wall jump back onto the stage using no attacks (Tested on Final Destination)
a) Fall down to the curvy area (can't exactly describe it) where it's easiest to wall jump
b) Once you wall jump, try to hug the wall as you're coming back up to the stage - you should be able to land back onto the stage without any lag
c) No attacks are involved - you only need to walljump
d) Used for surprise recoveries, getting in a quick attack, mind gaming into doing attacks off of the stage, etc.
14) Not-as-common QA directions (more commonly seen with Fox's Up-B)
a) You may need to practice with Fox's Up-B, then Pikachu's QA, this to get it down-pact
b) Try to QA in between Up and Diagonally up from the Right/Left, in between Left and Diagonally left downwards/upwards, etc.
c) I really see this being most used when recovering from situations where the normal directions (regular diagonals and the regular right, left, down, and up) will keep you from getting back to the ledge/stage. For example, near the bottom center of Final Destination. Using these directions may help you reach the stage, rather than the ledge, when the regular directions won't cut it.
d) It can also be used for mixing up your regular QACed attacks/camping strategies/spacing
15) Spikes / Semi-Spikes
1) D-Smash
a) If your opponent is hanging from the ledge, below you, or coming from the air below you, and you're on the stage/platform and near/right above that opponent, then it is possible to do a Down-smash and have your opponent sent directly down or diagonally down to score a KO - works best with high percents
2) U-air
a) The very tip of Pikachu's tail does a Semi-Spike (they go in a diagonally-downward trajectory)
3) Thunder
a) The very bottom of Thunder spikes if the opponent is directly under Pika (video, please!)
4) N-air and Skull Bash
a) These stage spike if the opponent is hanging onto the ledge
16) Edge-Quacking (edge guarding with the QAC)
a) Tap away from the ledge, then QA away, then back (you may either land on the stage or grab the ledge)
b) QA up, then down (and vice versa)
c) On a place such as FD, Walljump + QA
d) Tap Up, or short hop onto the stage (while still in the air), then QA diagonally down to grab the ledge again
e) QA diagonally down/up, then back to the ledge
f) QAC up/diagonally up, then diagonally down/directly down to the stage, and follow up with an attack (skull bash, jolt, nair, etc.)
17) Attacks that trip opponents easily
a) The AAA combo has a good chance of causing your opponent to trip, so it's decently reliable if you have good reaction time. So, you can follow up with a forward smash for an easy kill, if your opponent is at a high percent.
b) Since im not too good with it, yet, I tend to slow down my AAA, and hope that my opponent works
c) Pretty situational - your opponent may not trip, so if that happens, keep mashing A to get your opponent out of range
18) Pikaslide / Tilt Pull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnr7P5Ms9A0
a) Flying-type: Do a Down tilt and then jump; you should jump slightly backwards
b) Ground-type:
19) Zero-lag aerials
a) This means that after you use an attack in the air, if timed properly, once you land on the ground, you won't experience any lag from that attack.
b) Fair > Short-hop
c) Bair > Full hop (when used as you leave the ground)
d) Dair > Short hop (when used as you leave the ground or Pika Slide a jump)
e) Uair > Full Hop
f) Thunderjolts > Full Hop (when used as you leave the ground)
20) Pikastorming
a) Jump + Dair at the same time by flicking the C-stick downwards as soon as you jump to decrease the start-up lag of Dair and prevent Pika from slamming his head on the ground
b) It does 12% (while the lightning from Thunder does 10%)
c) Awesome for follow-ups at low-percents: grabs, tilts, etc.
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21) Wall jump back onto the stage using attacks (Tested on Final Destination)
a) Fall down to the curvy area where it's easiest to wall jump
b) As soon as you wall jump, use the n-air, b-air, or u-air (not tested), and try to hug the wall as you're coming back up to the stage - you should be able to land back onto the stage as you do the attack (so far, works for b-air and n-air)
c) If your opponent is near the edge, you may be able to hit them with the last few frames of your attack
d) Used for surprise recoveries, getting in a fast attack, mind gaming into doing attacks off of the stage, etc.
22) Wall jump stalling/edgeguarding (for lack of a better name) ((Tested on Final Destination))
a) Fall down to the curvy area
b) As soon as you wall jump, stay in that area for however long, then QA once or twice back to the edge
23) Dash-attack + Wall Glitch (Tested on Final Destination)
a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkuqgBy7sn8
b) Now imagine Pikachu as Wario, but doing a dash-attack that ends at the edge of the stage adjacent to where Wolf was at during the time. The same thing will happen.
c) This has been tested on Final Destination, but the opponent was Pikachu (me), and I did a Skull Bash which hugged the area that Wolf was at, and the other Pikachu (Mr. E) did a dash-attack on the stage that knocked me off of that curvy area. (I fell to my doom)
d) Usefulness?!? - If someone is hugging that curvy area under FD, and you just happened to be in the position to do a dash-attack to knock that person off...
24) Quick-Attack Cancel (Quack)
a)How to Perform: Do a Quick Attack into the ground, then jump. It can be your first or second Quick Attack and can be performed at any downward angle.
b) Effect: When Pikachu hits the ground, there will be a brief period, during which you can do anything you normally would after a single jump. So far, the only attacks that do not cause him to go into a normal landing animation are his d-air and B-moves.
c) OP: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=151405
d) See QAC Thread: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=197489 for more details
-taken from Brawl AT section-
25) Quickfooting
a) How to Perform: After footstooling an enemy, Quick Attack straight downward into them. At the end of the Quick Attack, do a QAC and attack with the aerial of your choice.
b) Effect: The footstool jump + Quick Attack stuns your enemy long enough to allow Pikachu to land any aerial on his opponent. Alternatively, you can skip the QAC and D-air or Thunder your target instead.
c) Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y616JeZb8a8
-taken from Brawl AT section-
26) Using Volt Tackle Effectively
a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPkvuAahyEs
b) Press A to make the ball of light flash
27) Moves that can be B-reversed
a) Neutral – Yes
b) Side-B – Yes
c) Up-B – Yes
d) Down-B – Yes (Reverse Thunder)
28) The Anti-MK Tornado Attacks
A-D work really well, easily override the Tornado, and are fairly easy to set up
a) Thunder
b) F-Smash (from the sides)
c) D-Smash
d) U-Smash (when the tornado is above the ground)
e) Thunder Jolt - Requires good precision and timing; Aim it towards to top of the Tornado to hit MK
f) N-air; B-air (from the top)
(Taken from http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=191593&highlight=Pikachu)
29) Pivot Wave Grab
a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX3P9qIOzhU (starts at 5:04)
30) The weird D-air
This was done on Final Destination. I did a D-air that landed on the ground, next to the ledge, but I then fell off of the stage, while continuing the D-air animation.
I don't know how I exactly angled the D-air, but I'm trying to recreate it. It seems like it may be useful in specific situations.
31) QA > Free-fall
Imagine that you're in the position to do a QA > Falling Attack. Well, I discovered that depending on your positioning, once you do QA diagonally downward to the ledge, it'll seem like you just walked off the ledge. You'll still have your second jump, and you can do anything out of the QA.
32) QA > Wall-jump
Once you QA to the ledge, you should be in the Free-fall state. Immediately wall-jump (tested on Final Destination)
33) QA Ground Cancel (for lack of a better name)
If you QA at a downward angle right next to the ledge, you'll be able to "cancel" the QA and follow up with any attack (including tilts, grabs, etc.)
34) Tail Whip Lock
a) Though it's more of a combo, you can get some easy damage off of your opponent by spamming tail whip while they're hugging a wall
b) see thread for details: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=195481
35) QAC Lock
a) Basically, when your opponent's at 0%, D-throw > U-tilt > jump and Footstool (they should trip) > Quick foot QAC> constantly QAC from left to right (they should be unable to get up)> end with f-smash
b) See thread for details: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=182126
36) Pikachu's Combos
a) The List of Pikachu's Combos: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=196602
b) Grab-Release Combos: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=190190
37) Crawling
a) Hold down, then move forward or backward
b) Uses: Dodging projectile attacks (or regular attacks) that would normally hit pika, such as Falco's lasers, or Captain Falcon's jab
c) Mindgames: you can easily run out of the crawling state to get a quick grab or attack in), and your opponent will be questioning what you'll do next (while you think of a strategy to win?)
d) Approaching: Down tilt is able to nullify certain projectiles (like mario's fireballs) and attacks, which will allow you to get closer to your opponent (and tick them off)
38) Crawl Dashing
a) If you read this, then go on brawl and use it with kirby NOW.
b) Also useful for taunting
c) Possible approach (for mindgames)
39) Reversed Thunder Wall jump (and Thunder Wall jump) (tested on FD)
a) Go down to the curvy area, then wall jump + immediately do a reverse thunder (or regular Thunder), then immediately QA back to the stage (you should be really below the stage, but you can make it!)
b) Uses: hitting an unsuspecting opponent on the stage in that one spot where thunder hits it (that's about it)!
40) Cross Thunder / Thunder Recovery (tested on FD)
a) Jump off the ledge, then jump back onto the stage while doing Thunder. If done correctly, during the last few frames of the lightning should hit you as you're standing still.
b) Jump off the ledge, then jump back onto the stage while using Thunder. If done correctly, the Thunder should hit you right as you land on the stage
41) Thunder Walk
a) Once you're hanging to the ledge, jump off then use a Thunder, but position your self so that once the Thunder hits you, you'll be able to hover a very short distance back to the stage.
b) You should have just about 0 lag once you land on the stage, and you can follow up with a jump, attack, shield, etc.
b) Uses: mindgames; getting quick attacks in, etc.
42) Skull Bash recovery (tested on final destination)
a) If you use skull bash towards the ledge, if sweetspotted correctly, you should immediately grab the ledge
b) If you skullbash, but hit slightly above the ledge, pikachu should skullbash in that area for awhile, then move above the ledge and continue the skull bash animation
c) Skull bash is able to semi-spike an opponent if they're holding the ledge
d) Uses: Grabbing the ledge; mindgames; hitting opponents
e) On FD, you can wall jump, then skull bash to grab the ledge (good for people who are aggressive and will try to hit you off of the stage or grab the ledge)
43) Stagechu
a) Go down to the lip of FD, Walljump, then do a reversed thunderjolt. It should hit the lip then go back onto the stage
b) Uses: Surprise attack/Camping (most people expect you to jump up from the ledge and use thunderjolt) mix it up!
c) (you can also go into the lip and fire a thunderjolt into it to make it go back onto the stage)
44) Skull boosting
Version A
a) Do a charged skull bash on the stage that ends at the ledge (you should immediately fall off)
b) If done correctly, after you skull bash, you should be walking off of the ledge
c) You can immediately execute a thunder, jump, thunderjolt, aerial, etc. out of the skull bash
d) uses: surprise attacks/mind games
e) Example: Go to one end of FD, walk a couple steps, then charge skullbash to the max. Once skullbash ends, immediately do a thunderjolt as you slide off of the stage.
Version B
a) Do a charged skull bash on the stage that ends right at the ledge, but immediately jump. You should be able to execute attacks as soon as you jump.
b) Uses: surprise attacks/mind games
Version C
a) Do a regular or charged skull bash on the stage and aim it towards the ledge. If done correctly, you should fly a bit off of the stage, but grab the ledge
b) Uses: grabbing the ledge quickly or surprising your opponent
45) Short-hopped D-air ground cancel
a) Normally, if you short hop a D-air, the D-air animation will continue once you hit the ground. (pikachu will headbutt the ground)
b) Try to run/walk and do a D-air so that once the animation ends, you'll land without headbutting the ground
c) It can also be done by doing a pikaslide, then D-airing with some DI
46) QAC Slope-canceling
47) Sliding Attacks
a) Jump in the air (you may want to get some horizontal momentum). Once you land on the ground, walk a little bit in the direction that you landed, then initiate an attack. Pika should "slide" while he does the attack.
b) For example, I run to the right with Pikachu, jump while keeping my momentum, then land while holding the control stick to the right. Then I walk for a few frames, and do a F-smash. Pikachu should slide while he does the F-smash.
c) Apparently, this is much more effective if you do a sliding attack on a downward slope.
48) Down taunt
a) I'm sure you all know this, but once down taunt is initiated, Pikachu slides on the ground and his height significantly decreases.
b) Applications: Dodging projectiles; attacks; looking awesome; making your opponent more aggressive
49) Quack hopping
a) QAC in place for an extended period of time (Pika should look like he's hopping up and down)
b) Uses: Using a different kind QAC out of it; following up with combos; scaring your opponent/mindgames; possibly ending the Quack hop in the same place and using f-smash or thunder; the list goes on
50) Using Aerials for Recovery (Don't Air-dodge anymore!)
a) Read this thread for details: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=192522
b) Here's a demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qAVsFk9Eug
c) For vertical recovery, instead of air-dodging, use D-air. You'll be pushed down further than you would if you air-dodged.
d) For horizontal recovery, replace air-dodging with F-air. You may want to D-air if you want to change your upward momentum quickly. (Experiment with them!)
51) Pivoted Thunder
a) Dash in one direction, then do a Reverse Thunder on the ground. Pikachu should do a mini wavedash backwards and face the other direction when Thunder hits him.
b) Uses: Spacing; Spacing a Thunder
c) Mix it up with other grounded Thunder attacks
d) It's really noticeable if you do it next to an edge (like FD). It'll look like Pikachu dashed off of the edge then came back and got hit by Thunder.
52) Pivoted Thunderjolt
Version A
a) Flick the control stick left or right (Pikachu should dash then stop) then do a reverse Thunderjolt
Version B
a) Dash in one direction for awhile, then do a reverse thunderjolt on the ground. Pikachu should immediately face the other way and do a Thunderjolt. (This may require practice)
53) Matrix Thunder
a) See thread for details: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=203797
54) F-throw and D-throw Chaingrab
a) See thread for video and details: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=162368&highlight=pikachu+chain+grab+fthrow+dthrow
b) Mix these up with attacks, grab attacks, and pivot grabs. (see the video at the beginning of the thread)
55) Jolt Blocking
a) While your opponent is on their second jump or they have just used their Up Special to try to return to the stage, you may jump up with Pikachu and use Thunder Jolt.
b) If aimed correctly, the ball will hit the opponent and they will fall for a few frames.
c) Characters that do not have good enough recovery will most likely fall to their death and you can always use this again, edgehog, or use some other edgeguard tactics. (taken from pikachu guide)
56) Daze Cancel (Shield Break Cancel)
a) Stand at the edge of the stage, and face the edge. Then let your shield break.
b) As soon as Pika falls to the ground, he'll enter the "Dazed" state, and move a bit back and forth. He'll immediately fall off of the edge once his foot moves off of the ledge.
c) Things you can do out of the daze cancel:
-Any Aerial (Daze Attack Cancel)
-Grab the ledge (Daze Ledge Cancel)
-Jump (Daze Jump Cancel)
d) If you face away from the ledge and break your shield, it'll take longer for you to do a Daze Cancel
e) If you hold the control stick towards the stage after Pika enters the Dazed state, he'll immediately hover to the stage, with no landing lag.
57) Daze Slope Cancel (Shield Break Slope Cancel?)
a) It's very similar to the Quick Attack Slope Cancel
b) Break your shield, and as soon as you land on a sloped area, use an aerial to cancel your would-be dazed state.
c) If you want to surprise your opponent on a map like Brinstar, just go to either edge of the middle right platform, break your shield, and you'll be back to your free state, meaning you can immediately attack, grab, run towards your surprised opponent, etc.
58) QAC Platform Fall
a) QA Down on a platform, then hold down. Pikachu will fall through the platform. You also can fast fall it, and use attacks out of it.
59) Silent Skull Bash
a) Run, short hop, then immediately do reverse skull bash as close to the ground as you can. If done correctly, you'll only hear the "Piiiiiiii...." coming from skull bash - without the sound of the waves of power rushing into him.
b) Uses: Just for looks; possible mindgame
60) Flash
a) Do an F-air, but do it close enough to the ground so that it auto-cancels. So, right before you land, do an F-air. Pikachu should stand on the stage as soon as you use the F-air. A few sparks will also come out whenever you do this. You can use anything out of Flash.
b) Main use: Looking flashy (hence the name Flash) Chain a lot of short-hopped Flashes together, or combine Flash with another move (Flash + A)
c) Other uses: Canceling laggy attacks or a laggy landing
d) Mindgames - chain laggy F-airs with Flash
61) Thunder Boosting
a) Run off of a platform or ledge, and use Thunder as soon as you leave it. There's a certain point on the edge where Pikachu will get a significant boost when he runs off of the ledge. If done correctly, Pikachu will gain more momentum than usual as he uses Thunder.
b) Testing: Go to battlefield, and try to use Thunder Boost off of the top platform. Pikachu should slide off of the top platform, then the middle platform, and then fall off of the stage.
62) Reverse Thunder Boosting
a) Run off of a platform or ledge, but use a Reverse Thunder as soon as you leave it. Pikachu should immediately turn backwards and get a significant boost in that direction. He should gain more momentum than usual as he uses a Reverse Thunder off of the ledge.
b) Testing: Go to battlefield, and try to use a Reverse Thunder Boost off of the top platform. Pikachu should immediately turn backwards and end up under the middle platform's center
63) Flying under stages
a) For stages like Smashville, Final Destination, and Battlefield, Pikachu can go under the stage and reach the other end of the stage by...
b) 1) Jump off of the stage, then aim a charged skull bash that will fly through the bottom
2) Once skull bash ends, immediately QA to reach the ledge (you may need to QA twice)
64) Ledge Jolting
-I'm going to call the trajectory that the jolt makes as it goes from the top of the ledge to the bottom the Circle.
a) 1st type: Extended Circle - this one has the most range and looks like a full circle when it goes over the ledge
b) 2nd type: Regular Circle - this one has medium range and doesn't go over the ledge as far as the extended Circle.
c) 3rd type: Tighter Circle - this one has the shortest range. The Circle can be seen moreso on the stage than over the ledge. The Thunder Jolt should look more like a line than a Circle as it crosses the ledge.
d) 4th type: Thunder Ball - if you stand at the edge and fire a Thunder Jolt, a ball of lightning will come out that will have a diagonally-downward trajectory
65) Double Circle Jolt
a) To do this, you're going to need good positioning. I tested this on Battlefield, and, well, I'll describe to you where I did it:
b) I did it on the ground, facing the left. It was 1 baby step to the left of the bluish-purplish glowing circle (right outside of it). Pikachu's tail should be hanging in between the house-looking rock structure in background.
c) Spam a few jolts until you get it right. If done correctly, the Thunder Jolt will actually circle the ledge twice in nearly same spot before going down to the bottom of the stage.
d) It can be done on FD if you spam jolt in between the 2 arrows while facing the ledge.
66) Hanging Jolt
a) Pick a stage with a platform that moves sideways (for this example, pick Smashville)
b) Jump on top of the platform, and move slightly away from the edge (enough to where if you do a thunderjolt, it won't fly off of the platform in the form of a ball. The thunderjolt should land on the moving platform and end as soon as it touches the bottom.
c) As the platform moves in one direction (for example, to the right), face the left, and spam thunderjolt. If done correctly, instead of going touching and along the platform, the thunderjolt will make a circle in mid-air.
d) It's most effective when the platform has gained the most momentum (near the middle of the stage)
67) Parallel Thunder
68) Bouncing Thunder
a) Pick Pictochat, and wait until the scenery changes to the springs on both ends of the stage.
b) Jump on one of the springs, and spam Thunder. If done correctly, you should be able to use Thunder at a much more rapid rate than usual.
c) This also work with any springy thing that you can bounce off of: sonic's spring, stage-builder springs, regular item springs, etc.
69) Aftershock
a) http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vNxcn9fsJv0
b) Apparently, if your opponent jumps into the grounded explosion that Thunder makes on a platform, he'll get hit once by the lightning, then get propelled up and hit again.
c) This most likely works at low percents, only. I need someone to test this on platforms such as the ones in Yoshi's Island and Battlefield.
70) Pika Scarring (Version 1)
71) Pika Scarring (Version 2) *Needs a name*
a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMYdJXeytVo&feature=related
72) Pika Warping
73) Headbutt Guard
a) Simply spam A near the ledge when someone's trying to recover. This will really mess up the characters with bad recoveries if they get caught in the flurry of headbutts.
74) Quick-Stomping ( QA to D-air )
75) Thunder Push (needs a better name)
a) You're going to need another player to help you with this.
b) Go to the edge of the stage (you should still be standing on it), and use Thunder. The other player should be shielding near you. For example..
YX_____________________ <- The Stage
c) Y (you) use Thunder, and X (the other guy) is shielding. The Thunder will hit the other player's shield, causing you to be pushed off of the stage at a diagonally-upward angle.
d) Uses: As soon as you the Thunder Animation ends, surprise your opponent with an aerial or quickly come down to snag a grab. (since most ordinary people don't know about this technique)
76) Dash Grab with the Dashing A-attack Sound
a) Dash, then hold C-stick down and Z at the same time.
b) If done correctly, instead of hearing the normally quiet sound when you do a dashing grab, you'll hear the dashing A-attack sound when you grab.
c) Uses - Maybe your opponent will hear the Dash-attack sound and shield, causing you to get a free grab? But they need really good reflexes for that. This technique is really just for show.
77) Fly
Version 1
a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_2nrkmheU
b) First, you must either get enlarged by a mushroom or by reward at the Wario Ware stage. At the instant you shrink, use up B and you'll soar in the air~
c) You've learned Fly. Grats.
Version 2
a) QAC Upwards into a poison mushroom, and you'll instantly Fly
b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V32ZUkmUW9s start at 2:00
78) Spark
a) Space yourself far enough away from a sandbag so that once you use A, sparks with come out of the sandbag.
b) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGpJexvWkyk
c) Uses: Killing time in the waiting room.
79) Rainbow Ball
a) Have Pikachu get a Smash ball, then have another player put a smokebomb on Pikachu.
b) After using the final smash, Pikachu will fly around with smoke coming out of the lightning ball.
c) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCMlsnnLBHE
80) The Pikachu Hyrule Jump
a) Thank Piman for this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ayTCbx88o
b) This is flashy enough to stun your opponent long enough for a Thunder KO
81) Hyrule Thunder
a) Pikachu's Thunder can go through certain areas of the stage.
b) This is a more used version of Phantom Thunder
c) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sz54_2vWx0
82) Dive
a) http://www.smashboards.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=5221909
b) You can dive down from the right side of the ship or the far left side of the rock so that you're under the rock to the left of the Pirate Ship. You'll actually be able to jump up and down through the rock o.O Pikachu = Ghost/Rock type yes?
c) You can ALSO Dive from one side of the ship to the other while you have the Star. Who else can do that?
83) Triangle'ing with QAC
84) Pika's Taunts (feel free to add any)Oh... triangle'ling with QaC. Most pikachu's do this already (anther/raptor/esam/mr.E) in their sleep; its not a tech but still and application of QaC that hasn't been posted much (just adding more to the list for 100 techs).
You Quick attack forwards then QaC diagonal downwards in any directions (mostly back to original position). Or you can jump QA foward then QaC diagonally downwards in either direction (going back to original position makes a triangle). When doing the triangle, it hits opponents twice, and with good spacing, it has decent priority. Can be used offensively with stationary QaC every now and then for mindgames. <<<< quickest way to make the opponent go crazy
Sincerely,
Legendary Pikachu, LDPK, still a fledgeling smashboards'er
a) Walking slow
b) Somersaulting: Continuously roll backwards (time your rolls so that you don't see the shield when you roll). Throw in some N-airs and backwards short/full hops as well to make it look more flashy.
c) The rest of Pika's Taunts: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=210990
85) Phantom Thunder
a) The Lightning from Thunder can go through any stage/platform as long as the Cloud is close enough to it (or inside of it).
86) Doop Walking
a) See thread: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=207336
87) Frigate Thunder
a) when Frigate Orpheon is flipping, if you thunder, you don't get flipped WITH the stage.
88) Black Hole Thunder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6hkFibSlzU
a) Basically, if you get the positions and timing right, you can "suck" your opponent(s) into your Thunder when Orpheon Flips. Very awesome indeed.
89) Completely Silent Skull Bash
90) Jab Lock
a) When your opponent has fallen on the ground, use A at timely intervals in order to keep your opponent from getting up.
b) You can also QA through the fallen opponent, then continue with the Jab Lock.
c) Demonstration and Uses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R-LIyGnzxs
91) Figure-skating
92) Using the Timers effectivelyOn Icy or slippery Areas (Pokemon Stadium 2 (Ice), Summit):
Charge an F-Smash. Take a bit of time to slide, then release it. This can also be done with Up-Smash by charging it during a dash, and D-Smash by stutter stepping it.
Pikachu's D-Tilt, F-Tilt, and Skull Bash (if you start charging on the ground) will instantly stop Pikachu's momentum when he's sliding.
Call this one figure skating because that's essentially what Pikachu's doing when he stutter steps a D-Smash.
93) Hothead-charging
94) D-smashing Uniras
95) Poison Mushrooms
96) Super Mushrooms
97) Warp Stars
98) Green Shells
99) Gooey Bombs
100!!!) Item Up-smash
1 & 2) I give you.... the item up-smash, and itemthrow cancel:
Simple enough, just do a dash-canceled up-smash while dash-picking the item. It'll hit a Zamus/rob/ and especially diddy kong attempting to dash-grab the item. Just an situational option that'll result in them taking an up-smash in the face.
aerials can also be buffered while keeping items by using certain aerials similar to how my bro Toon Link buffers aerials without throwing bombs. I think pika's u-air may be one, dunno yet. it'll be great against diddys if we can u-air>f-air without throwing banana. Can't get to wii right now... some1 test it and update the tricks thread with pika specific details. I'll test if some1 else doesn't do it before i come back.
101) Item Throw-Cancel
102) Dash Cancel Item Throw
103) Crawl-off Cross Thunder
a) Depending on your crawling speed while crawling off backwards, you can easily do a Cross Thunder. You'll have to crawl backwards quickly, then Thunder off of the stage. It should hit you at about the end of the lightning.
104) Ball Lightning
105) Shield-canceled Running Grab
106) Reverse Jump-canceled Up-smash
107) Quintuple Thunder
It's so amazing that if I pulled this off, my opponent would immediately suicide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeSlOCmR46A
108) T-jolt Lightshow
a) Simply hit one of the top middle blocks in Yoshi's Island then fire T-jolts left and right. They should make a sort of flashy lightshow (or a kind of T-jolt shield?) Try it and see for yourself.
b) ALSO, you can use T-jolt it on both of those platforms on the ends of Jungle Japes. It pwns when edgeguarding or trying to make an electric shield around yourself. Maybe fire it one way then fire it another? Do whatever you want! Just try it :]
109) Matrix Attacks w/ Stage Obstacles
a) By the way, I have another situational trick with maps like Brinstar and LM. It's similar to matrix thunder in that once something hits Thunder, there's a lot of lag when the lightning hit's Pika, but the hitbox remains.
b) Basically, you use attacks on stage obstacles to lengthen the time that the hitbox of your attack lasts. For example, I KO'd a ZSS because the hitbox for Thunder stayed out much longer when I hit that weird goop that holds the platforms together on Brinstar.
c) I'm sure some of you may have rushed into Ike's Up-smash while it was supposedly about to end, but since he was also hitting the goop, the hitbox stayed out longer = you lose one-stock.
d) So basically, you can use any smash to mindgame your opponent into thinking that your attack's going to end early and then when they rush in, you can rake in some easy %. Just practice it on stages like brinstar and mansion and you'll see.
e) Stage Obstacles: Stage and Platform Goop on Brinstar, pillars of Luigi's Mansion, the balloon on Smashville, etc.
110) Skull bash-halting on Stage obstacles
a) You can use Skull bash on the stage obstacles like the platform goop on Brinstar or the pillars on Luigi's Mansion while trying to recover to fool your opponent to thinking you'd actually go through the goop (most people don't have experience with brinstar, so they wont notice and may move away from the edge to hit where you would end up :]), so you can recover more easily.
111) Breaking down Luigi's Mansion quickly
a) Simply use B-air (or any other aerial) while on the Lower Level and your hitboxes will slow down (Matrix Attack!) and you'll be able to hit the top pillar AND lower pillar at the same time, or just the top pillar (you'd actually be hugging the 2nd-floor for awhile = mindgamez :]). It takes 3 aerials to knock down one pillar, so you can break down LM quickly with an attack like D-air.
b) So, no Mansion = FD so you have more space to Thunder, T-jolt, ...do whatever.
c) Btw, you can use a Full-hopped B-air in the middle of the first-floor of LM without landing on the second floor ^_^
112) Corneria Lasers + Thunder
a) Try to get hit by the lasers on the lower part of the ship after they'll charge up while you're doing Thunder. Pika will seriously stay in the Blue Thunder state for about 5 seconds. An awesome Matrix Thunder if you ask me.
113) Cockroach-chu
a) When you're tiny, you're able to crawl at the regular speed. It looks like Pikachu's a cockroach when he's moving x_X.
114) Deku Nut Daze Cancel
a) Throw a deku nut down while you're near the edge and you'll immediately grab the ledge of the stage. Useful for surprise attacks
115) Yoshi's Island Thunderstorming
a) The ending shockwave of D-air can be canceled if you hit the yellow blocks. The shockwave's hitboxes will still be around, but there wont be the lag animation.
116) Buffered Chaingrabs
a) See this thread for details:
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=225783 117) Uair-footstool-QAL infinite (Thank ESAM and Prime for this!)
a) See thread: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=238293
118) Skullbash Edgeguarding
a) If someone's trying to recover, and they're at a somewhat mid percentage, depending on the character you can reliably do a d-air to skull bash to push them further from the edge.
b) Skullbash basically has two hitboxes: in front of pikachu and the back half of his body. If you hit someone with the 2nd hitbox, they'll go flying backwards. I sometimes charge a skull bash next to someone recovering to try to catch them offguard and hit them backwards for a KO. There's also a chance that you may not hit them backwards, but you'd hit them forward and possibly stage spike them.
Using skull bash to ko that way may be risky, so I'd go for doing a full hop charged SB then aiming for the ledge.
d) Another way to ko with skull bash is to hit them with skull bash while they're hanging onto the edge. If they're at a mid/high percent, there's a good chance that they'll be stage spiked and ko'd.
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