My friend owns the game now, and I main Ollimar. Echo, if you disagree with anything I have written, feel free to tell me. We all need to get better! ^_^ Here's what I've learned so far that perhaps can be thrown into the guide:
Red
-Can kill at medium percentages. Very useful against fast characters
-Best if used with F-smash
Yellow
-Best Pikmen, in my opinion. High damage, slightly lighter than other pikmen
-Best used in ALL SITUATIONS, especially F-smash and all air moves
Blue
-I noticed a higher knockback against low percentages early game.
-Can be thrown faster/farther than other Pikmen
-Best used with forward-B against recovering opponents
White
-Poisons opponents when attached
-Best used with forward-B
-OMFG DAMAGE FTW WHEN THROWN LOLZ
-Thrown very far, very fast
-Dies quickly *tear*
Purple
-Heaviest Pikmen, and, honestly, the biggest waste of time
-Very little range when thrown or used to smash
-Can kill at low percentages
-Very high knockback
-High damage (if you can hit with him...)
-Best if used with shield grab and possible recovery
MOVESET:
In general, his moves are great if only for one reason: They are quick, and he is not actually attacking the person with his own body. Not many people are used to this sort of attack yet, especially those advanced SSBM players who aren't quite used to "items" in battle. For now, the pikmen are surprises attached to Ollimar's short arms. Use them well ^-^
F-air/ B-air
-Ollimar swings the pikmen that's next in line similar to throwing something, but he doesn't let go. If a red or yellow pikmen is used, the timing doesn't have to be perfect: The opponent will take damage and usually both characters will be knocked back.
D-air/ U-air
USE THESE MOVES! They have high priority, and if used with a yellow pikmen, will do good damage and usually excellent knockback, not to mention the extreme possibility for a KO.
B-throw
-Best throw in my opinion. He simply tosses them aside, and depending on the pikmen, takes a base amount of damage and knockback. It's funny if you can grab with the purple pikmen ^-^
*In general, Ollimar's grabs are hard to do when moving. Keep in mind that his Pikmen do the grabbing, not Ollimar. Press the grab button BEFORE Ollimar gets to the opponent; otherwise, you will run right by them.
D-smash
-Best move for Ollimar
-Two pikmen shoot out from either side of Ollimar, who faces the screen and spreads out his arms
-Depending on the pikmen, opponents get hurt. A lot
-Fire and electricity is awesome with this move. Purple and white are terrible
-Use often. Has high priority and is a great kill move
U-smash
-One pikmen gets tossed up above Ollimar, not too far. Maybe half his height in length
-Purple is a good damage/KO pikmen in this case, but barely has any range. Red is best
-Used in combo with D-tilt
F-smash
-Red/Yellow best, followed by blue. White and purple not so good.
-Like the U-smash, a pikmen is thrown forward. If it misses, it falls to the ground, gets up, shakes quickly, and returns (unless destroyed by the opponent, which happens often) to the back of the line.
-Higher than average range
Jab 1/2
-Useless. Bad damage, no knockback...just...eeerrrgg...
B
-Pulls pikmen from ground. Apparently, certain pikmen appear more often in various floors. Haven't figured it out yet.
F-B
-Most useful move to SPAM
Forget the idea that pikmen are your friends. You should NEVER be standing still with this character. If you are doing nothing, USE THIS MOVE and launch pikmen at your opponent. If nothing else, it's a mind game technique that must be abused.
If your opponent is watching your pikmen order or count, don't worry. Spamming pikmen only confuses your opponent, and who knows? Perhaps they try and charge you, and a random purple pikmen comes out that they didn't see before. Combining this with neutral-B is an excellent and annoying combo.
D-B
I hardly use this move, quite frankly. The only time I can see myself using it is against edge-hogers, when I look for that purple pikmen. But seriously: It's a lot harder to see the order of pikmen than you think. You move all the time, change directions...I'd rather be spamming F-B lol
EDIT: I just learned that there is super-armor in this move!! I must playtest some more, but it appears that this move can be one of the best for Ollimar if used correctly in tournaments.
U-B
-Comes out very fast, does decent damage
-Can actually be a kill move at high percentages
-Good knockback
-White is pretty good for some reason in this move lol
I've killed Ike and ROB and a few other characters fairly easy because of this move. It's super fast, does damage, and not many people are used to sideways attacks yet. I use it often to irritate people. Did I mention that they can't kill your pikmen when you use this move? Huge range, good damage, without Ollimar being anywhere near them? HA.
I haven't actually thought about using purple to attack edge hoggers. In fact, I've noticed that a few times people have tried it, I end up hitting them with U-B. Maybe it's a range thing? I'll have to look into that. Echo, if you could, check out Ollimar's recovery a bit more, it's where I seem to have problems. Can you actually knock off an edge hog with U-B? I coulda sworn I did it a few times...
That's it for now. I won't be playing for another week or so...*goes into withdrawl*