Soling with Pikmin?

[Formaldehyde]

Hey guys, I've started plating Olimar again, as I havn't done so in a few months, and when I got back to it I lost completely the basic playstyle of playing him. In doing so I started toying with the idea of relying just on one pikmin at a time (generally my fat friend purple) and Olimars tils/jab to carry me through, so far it seems to be going pretty well and catches people off guard but I'm wondering should I continue down this route or is it nothing short of a gimmick that people won't fall for long? I'd appreciate feedback as I intend to get back to playing Olimar.

 

[Myran]

Why would you only use one? You hinder yourself if you wanna throw it since you gotta wait for it to return?

 

[Nominate10]

You're also hindering your versatility and making your smash attacks leave you defenseless for much longer.

I wouldn't bother at all trying to play with just one pikmin.

 

[Formaldehyde]

I'm not claiming to have unearthed the trick to a perfect Olimar, I was just wondering is it worth doing occasionally, I used just a purple for an entire stock against a few captain falcons, and it seems like a fairly effective method of dealing with what is already a hard match-up. I haven't tried it on many other match ups granted.

 

[koken]

I strongly recommend not, you are losing all of the punishing power of with Olimar.

 

[Myran]

I'm not claiming to have unearthed the trick to a perfect Olimar, I was just wondering is it worth doing occasionally, I used just a purple for an entire stock against a few captain falcons, and it seems like a fairly effective method of dealing with what is already a hard match-up. I haven't tried it on many other match ups granted.

Just use more than one purple, it makes using a Pikmin much safer.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Just use more than one purple, it makes using a Pikmin much safer.

Cool thanks for the help.