xBinari try making a discord account and checking on various servers for video reviews. Smashcords has links to every character server along with regional and coaching servers. The pika server should be able to help you.
This is what I’ve gathered from this one vid Art of Pikachu Tips and Tricks Pikachu Gameplay Styles: ◦ Hyper-Aggressive ◦ Defense Bait and Punish Pros: Mobile Quick Hard to hit Amazing Recovery Flexible Disadvantage State Crazy Combo Game Good Ledge Trapping Can edgeguard in a multitude of ways Has tons of options Able to go deep offstage Cons: Light Has no range Whiffing is very bad Good Matchups: Characters with bad recoveries Heavyweights Bad Matchups: Swordies Neutral Game: ◦ Use Thunderjolt to condition opponent ◦ Controlling the pace of the game ✓ Defensive Thunderjolt ✓ Offensive Thunderjolt ✓ Landing Aerials ✓ Thunderjolt Follow-ups ◦ Quick Attack as Mix-up approach or attack ◦ Space with D-Tilt ◦ Mix-up with aerials ◦ Learn to pressure shield Disadvantage:  ◦ Learn recovery angles Highest Recovery: 1 -2 or 2 -1 Farthest Horizontal Recovery: 3 6 or -3 -6 Farthest Diagonal Recovery: 1/2 5 ◦ Use Quick attack to get out of bad situations ◦ Use Quick attack as a 4th ledge get-up ◦ Throw Thunderjolts before landing ◦ Use Wall jumps on the ledge to mix-up Skullbash/ Side B: Secondary recovery option after losing all jumps Used to stall landings Trick: When the opponent is recovering low, jump off the stage and Skullbash towards the ledge while holding down to get a 2-frame Trick 2: If someone is trying to 2-frame you, use Skullbash to stall and get below the stage, then use your double jump while the analog stick is in a neutral position, finally right after the jump, use Down-B. If executed correctly when under the opponent, the move they were trying to 2-frame with will be interrupted from Down-B, allowing you to safely recover with Quick Attack Punish game: Simple D-Tilt is Pikachu’s main shield-poking tool Shield-Poke Combos D-Tilt Dash attack D-Tilt Dashgrab Combos: U-Tilt U-Tilt U-air (any aerial) D-Throw is combo throw Landing F-air Grab N-air: Best combo starter from the air Is used in the incredibly difficult “Pika Loops” Combo At higher percents combos into U-Smash or D-Smash to kill B-air: Combos into self at low percents to drag opponents offstage Can combo into Thunder if the opponent’s recovery direction is read Can be used to stage spike opponents Has a landing hitbox Very good out of shield option Trick: Walk off the ledge and B-air, which forces the opponent to tech or lose a stock D-Throw: Blue Glow shows DI direction Best combo throw Used in the Pika Loops Combo U-air: Has a strong hit for juggling Has a weak hit for combos Trick: It is possible to edgeguard using a falling U-air into Down-B (Thunder) for an offstage spike ◦ Final Challenge 1: Thunder Kill Confirm (Only do when highly skilled as Pikachu) Is a frame-perfect trick U-Throw Down-B ◦ Final Challenge 2: Pika Loops Combo Very Precise N-air loop that deals a lot of damage D-throw S-Hop N-air Dash Attack: Kills at high percents Can catch landings easily VERY unsafe on shield U-Smash: Use out of shield if the opponent is in range Use for Tech-Chasing Has a super bad sour spot behind Pikachu during the move’s active frames F-Smash: Can do the same things U-Smash can do Does not have a bad sour spot like U-Smash Pulls Pikachu back on start-up Lingers for 15 frames or 0.25 seconds Running around and spamming this move is a strategy used in top tier play Has a VERY long hitbox Can be unpunishable in some match-ups F-Tilt: Can kill at the ledge at high percents Can setup tech situations Can 2-frame if done downwards at the ledge U-Throw Kills at high percents How Pikachu gets kills: Pikachu mostly get kills offstage He rarely kills onstage Moves to use for Edgeguards: Offstage Down-B (Thunder) Neutral-B (Thunderjolt) U-air (only below the ledge) N-air D-air F-air B-air (only below the ledge) F-Tilt (Facing downwards at the ledge) F-Smash (When used at the ledge against horizontal recoveries) B-Throw and F-Throw: Used for positioning the opponent in front or behind Pikachu Kill at VERY high percents D-air: Spikes at the first few frames of the move Has a landing hitbox D-Smash: Little utility Can be used against rolls from the ledge U-Tilt: Used in the Pika Loops Combo Combos into self at low percents Jab: Used for Jab Locks when the opponent fails to tech Can be used as an interrupter Edgeguard Trick: If your edgeguard fails and you think you’ll get reversed on, it is never a bad idea recovering to the other side of the stage Ledge Trap Trick 1: Use F-air if the opponent does a jump get-up from the ledge, or a neutral get-up from the ledge, if the opponent does a roll get-up and you are using F-air, you have enough time to react and get a grab Ledge Trap Trick 2: F-Smash covers all ledge get-up options except a roll, unless it is spaced properly, but doing this makes it so it won’t cover a jump get-up from the ledge Ledge Trap Trick 3: Using a jumping Neutral-B onstage behind the ledge can force the opponent to press a button at a specific timing, which allows for 3 types of punishes, for a roll get-up, do an out of shield B-air, for a neutral get-up, do a grab and follow up with whatever you want, for a jump get-up, use an U-air to possibly start an aerial combo Ledge Trap Trick 4: If the opponent does a jump get-up and you fail to read it, use Quick Attack to predict where they land and then punish them Pikachu’s Extra Mobility Moves Can crawl Can walljump End of Notes
One thing, his two worst matchups, neither is a swordy, tho they do have slight disjoints (cough gnw nair), but their key assets are difficulty of edgeguarding and absorbers.
Nah! You just gotta hit training mode for a while and start applying what you've labbed and take it slow and persevere. Should you choose to pick up the character, you'll lose a lot at the beginning but stick with him and you'll be rewarded
Quick note on thunderjolt: While it is true that if you buffer the tjolt while fullhopping you get to double jump after the tjolt and even confirm with aerials off of it, its actually faster and safer for pikachu to to not buffer the tjolt this way, and instead time it so that the tjolt animation ends just as you hit the ground after fullhop. Its a little weird to explain, but try it yourself and you will see what I mean. pikachu can actually get to the opponent noticebly faster this way because pikas ground speed is much higher than his air speed. On top of that, since you are on the ground earlier, you have quicker access to all your ground moves including shield making it easier to throw tjolts and even confirm off them at midranges instead of only far distances. both methods are used and the buffered method is useful as a mixup because it can confirm into landing nair, which confirms into grab, uptilt and especially downsmash and upsmash. Really good in depth video though, youve made a pika main really happy! Edit: I should also add its faster to spam consecutive tjolts with the non buffered method
N8 This is good to know, thank you for the heads up! (4 months later haha) Any advice for landing uair bridges without getting the landing lag on the fast fall parts?
@@FapasaurusRexx yeah you gotta wait a little before you do the fast fall. Input the second upair as early as possible and just wait a little bit before you fast fall so that you don't suffer landing lag.
I keep having trouble with dashing after the tjolt. Whenever I try to use tjolt and dash after it I always end up using forward special (Forward B) instead and if I don't accidentally use forward special I still cannot pick up enough speed to chase the tjolt. Any tips or Ideas?
I love your reviews man! I feel like you should do an “Art” video on some more obscure characters such as Duck Hunt ,shulk, or greninja . I feel like those are characters with large amounts of potential
My gosh. Pikachu has like a million options for every single scenario. Versatility really is a trademark characteristic of a top tier. NICE AS HELLLL!!!!
2:05 As a Donkey Kong main, the clip and him talking about TJolt actually gave me a wave of repulsion from thinking about the matchup. That move is so dumb.
Wow. I’m a beginner Smash Ultimate player who only plays Pikachu. This video completely blew my mind! 🤯 I’m definitely going to be referencing this video often as I practice fundamentals and practice fighting with my friends (including Luigi, Banjo and Kazooie, and Joker mains). This is amazing! My friends have told me that Pikachu is an S-tier character, but I had no idea Pikachu could be *this* broken! Thank you so much for this video! 😁
You know, it's been so long since I played Pikachu - I mastered his tech back in Smash 4 - but watching this again... It makes me feel nostalgic. It made me feel like I almost never left Pikachu. Thank you for taking me back to my roots, Izaw. I fondly miss Pikachu, you know.
Hey I think you could make an interesting video about simon an richter. Idk I’ve been dabbling with them and found the spacing really fun and intimidating.
I am 36 Y.O. I got like 15 years that I don't use any console, last year I'd buy the Nintendo Switch, and couple days ago did buy Samsh Brothers, and finally today I going to have a couple hours to play, I feel happy to be able to play again but things has been changed a lot since the last time that I played, wish me luck...
Thanks Izaw. This helped my Pikachu reach elite smash. There was some things I didn't know about. After 25 hours of playtime with Pikachu. Would of took me much less time if I saw this earlier.
Would love an Art of Young Link and Kirby. I know you will get to them all. Can not wait. Been watching since I discovered a fellow Link player. I was worried about the BoTW changes but I am happy it worked out. We still have his two younger brothers for the classic feel
@@Un1234l With some moves it is pretty much impossible but the hit stun on pikachu d-throw is long enough it is fairly easy to react to. The usefulness varies depending on the move.
This is all well and good when the enemy is NOT MOVING. A seasoned fighter would make this harder than what is shown. All & All this video is well organized, I learned a lot and enjoyed watching it.
As a Pikachu main who has hundreds of hours on Pika, thank you Izaw. We all know how good ESAM is but his guides other than the loops and upthrow thunder videos have been very disappointing and this video has helped me IMMENSELY.
I had trouble with it at first too as a kid, you just gotta remember that his recovery moves up at an angle meaning if you want to do it twice you can't go in the same direction. Just practice it a bit.
yooo, thanks. I need to learn pikachu to counterpick my friend who plays joker now. pika is probably the first top tier that im legitimately going to learn
Good stuff - can I ask, is there any more nuance to how to effectively Thunder off the stage? Like, it seems like you pretty much have to double jump just prior to inputting down+B to halt Pika's momentum so that the lightning hits him/her. Is there a more reliable way to somehow get the lightning bolt to connect, aside from the obvious option of just stopping your movement in the air first? Furthermore, when thundering on the stage to try and hit opponents in disadvantage above you, is the best way to halt forward momentum from running a quick turnaround? Or just let off the D-stick for a few frames so you come to a stop first? Finally, do I understand correctly that unlike Pichu's thunder, Pika's thunder sends the opponent in either direction depending on what side of Pika they are on?
There's an odd little thing that people don't expect where, if you down smash, and the opponent is hanging off a ledge, the very last hit lands, but none of the others
This is amazing, I’ve been a pikachu user since N64. I’m really hoping to get some help though. Every time I attempt the Jump and Tjolt I end up activating the side b special. Any tips? Is there a way to change the controls? Would love any advice!
This character takes so much concentration and skill, I literally had a FUCKING ANEURYSM WHILE PLAYING HIM ONLINE. Stupid fucking heavies spamming smash attacks and getting gimped
Then spam your thunder jolt from a distance and force them to come to you. You can also grab the heavy and try to keep them off the stage and edgeguard them.
issac intro golden. all you up and coming pikachu's dont forget to grind ssb and melee pika, and brawl pika. there's a lot of fun tech and the character is never hopeless like some may say. •°~°•
I use a pro controller, should I short hop and go for up air or should I just press the jump and upair together ( X, A and up input all together) I have the same question for back air and forward air
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I find it weird how Pikachu is such a versatile character when in the anime all he ever does is Thunder Bolt, Iron Tail, and get knocked into walls.
Depending on who's playing him, that's all he does in smash too.
how good is my pikachu? i need as much feedback as i can ua-cam.com/video/wRilFz9Shqc/v-deo.html
xBinari try making a discord account and checking on various servers for video reviews. Smashcords has links to every character server along with regional and coaching servers. The pika server should be able to help you.
Soumil Kushwaha Thanks
Anime? Pokémon is a game franchise primarily. And his move pool definitely consists of more than two moves.
This is what I’ve gathered from this one vid
Art of Pikachu Tips and Tricks
Pikachu Gameplay Styles:
◦ Hyper-Aggressive
◦ Defense Bait and Punish
Pros:
Mobile
Quick
Hard to hit
Amazing Recovery
Flexible Disadvantage State
Crazy Combo Game
Good Ledge Trapping
Can edgeguard in a multitude of ways
Has tons of options
Able to go deep offstage
Cons:
Light
Has no range
Whiffing is very bad
Good Matchups:
Characters with bad recoveries
Heavyweights
Bad Matchups:
Swordies
Neutral Game:
◦ Use Thunderjolt to condition opponent
◦ Controlling the pace of the game
✓ Defensive Thunderjolt
✓ Offensive Thunderjolt
✓ Landing Aerials
✓ Thunderjolt Follow-ups
◦ Quick Attack as Mix-up approach or attack
◦ Space with D-Tilt
◦ Mix-up with aerials
◦ Learn to pressure shield
Disadvantage:

◦ Learn recovery angles
Highest Recovery:
1 -2 or 2 -1
Farthest Horizontal Recovery:
3 6 or -3 -6
Farthest Diagonal Recovery:
1/2 5
◦ Use Quick attack to get out of bad situations
◦ Use Quick attack as a 4th ledge get-up
◦ Throw Thunderjolts before landing
◦ Use Wall jumps on the ledge to mix-up
Skullbash/ Side B:
Secondary recovery option after losing all jumps
Used to stall landings
Trick: When the opponent is recovering low, jump off the stage and Skullbash towards the ledge while holding down to get a 2-frame
Trick 2: If someone is trying to 2-frame you, use Skullbash to stall and get below the stage, then use your double jump while the analog stick is in a neutral position, finally right after the jump, use Down-B. If executed correctly when under the opponent, the move they were trying to 2-frame with will be interrupted from Down-B, allowing you to safely recover with Quick Attack
Punish game:
Simple
D-Tilt is Pikachu’s main shield-poking tool
Shield-Poke Combos
D-Tilt Dash attack
D-Tilt Dashgrab
Combos:
U-Tilt U-Tilt U-air (any aerial)
D-Throw is combo throw
Landing F-air Grab
N-air:
Best combo starter from the air
Is used in the incredibly difficult “Pika Loops” Combo
At higher percents combos into U-Smash or D-Smash to kill
B-air:
Combos into self at low percents to drag opponents offstage
Can combo into Thunder if the opponent’s recovery direction is read
Can be used to stage spike opponents
Has a landing hitbox
Very good out of shield option
Trick: Walk off the ledge and B-air, which forces the opponent to tech or lose a stock
D-Throw:
Blue Glow shows DI direction
Best combo throw
Used in the Pika Loops Combo
U-air:
Has a strong hit for juggling
Has a weak hit for combos
Trick: It is possible to edgeguard using a falling U-air into Down-B (Thunder) for an offstage spike
◦ Final Challenge 1: Thunder Kill Confirm
(Only do when highly skilled as Pikachu)
Is a frame-perfect trick
U-Throw Down-B
◦ Final Challenge 2: Pika Loops Combo
Very Precise N-air loop that deals a lot of damage
D-throw S-Hop N-air
Dash Attack:
Kills at high percents
Can catch landings easily
VERY unsafe on shield
U-Smash:
Use out of shield if the opponent is in range
Use for Tech-Chasing
Has a super bad sour spot behind Pikachu during the move’s active frames
F-Smash:
Can do the same things U-Smash can do
Does not have a bad sour spot like U-Smash
Pulls Pikachu back on start-up
Lingers for 15 frames or 0.25 seconds
Running around and spamming this move is a strategy used in top tier play
Has a VERY long hitbox
Can be unpunishable in some match-ups
F-Tilt:
Can kill at the ledge at high percents
Can setup tech situations
Can 2-frame if done downwards at the ledge
U-Throw
Kills at high percents
How Pikachu gets kills:
Pikachu mostly get kills offstage
He rarely kills onstage
Moves to use for Edgeguards:
Offstage Down-B (Thunder)
Neutral-B (Thunderjolt)
U-air (only below the ledge)
N-air
D-air
F-air
B-air (only below the ledge)
F-Tilt (Facing downwards at the ledge)
F-Smash (When used at the ledge against horizontal recoveries)
B-Throw and F-Throw:
Used for positioning the opponent in front or behind Pikachu
Kill at VERY high percents
D-air:
Spikes at the first few frames of the move
Has a landing hitbox
D-Smash:
Little utility
Can be used against rolls from the ledge
U-Tilt:
Used in the Pika Loops Combo
Combos into self at low percents
Jab:
Used for Jab Locks when the opponent fails to tech
Can be used as an interrupter
Edgeguard Trick: If your edgeguard fails and you think you’ll get reversed on, it is never a bad idea recovering to the other side of the stage
Ledge Trap Trick 1: Use F-air if the opponent does a jump get-up from the ledge, or a neutral get-up from the ledge, if the opponent does a roll get-up and you are using F-air, you have enough time to react and get a grab
Ledge Trap Trick 2: F-Smash covers all ledge get-up options except a roll, unless it is spaced properly, but doing this makes it so it won’t cover a jump get-up from the ledge
Ledge Trap Trick 3: Using a jumping Neutral-B onstage behind the ledge can force the opponent to press a button at a specific timing, which allows for 3 types of punishes, for a roll get-up, do an out of shield B-air, for a neutral get-up, do a grab and follow up with whatever you want, for a jump get-up, use an U-air to possibly start an aerial combo
Ledge Trap Trick 4: If the opponent does a jump get-up and you fail to read it, use Quick Attack to predict where they land and then punish them
Pikachu’s Extra Mobility Moves
Can crawl
Can walljump
End of Notes
This is really useful, thanks!
Nice cheat sheet. Love it and thanks!
Dam
This was actually really cool,thanks
One thing, his two worst matchups, neither is a swordy, tho they do have slight disjoints (cough gnw nair), but their key assets are difficulty of edgeguarding and absorbers.
I’m expecting a separate guide for Party Hat Pikachu Izaw.
Libre for even more aggressive playstyles
how good is my pikachu? i need as much feedback as i can ua-cam.com/video/wRilFz9Shqc/v-deo.html
*wizard hat
xBinari you need to work on your neutral. You rely too much on T-Jolt
Stuff148 Thanks
2:02
Noutral.
8:29
Punioh game
It's *neutral* and *punish* game
@@trulythelongestnameinthisc8779 no shit
@@trulythelongestnameinthisc8779 its with the pokeball titles dumbass
@@trulythelongestnameinthisc8779 nah really 💀💀☠
“Pikachu Busted I’m nice as hell”
Smh
@@DevenThaDude-xb2tm proceeds to complain about other busted character used by a nice as hell player
Calm down ESAM
Ok ESAM
"Nigga go boxing ring"
Had no idea how complicated this character was jesus christ
I’ll never know this feeling given pika was my main for the first 3 smash games.
@@eclipseumbreon955 ive always been a Marth guy so this is new to me
Nah! You just gotta hit training mode for a while and start applying what you've labbed and take it slow and persevere. Should you choose to pick up the character, you'll lose a lot at the beginning but stick with him and you'll be rewarded
Kinda overwhelming ngl ._.'
You can spam thunderbolts like it’s a actual Pokemon game
Quick note on thunderjolt:
While it is true that if you buffer the tjolt while fullhopping you get to double jump after the tjolt and even confirm with aerials off of it, its actually faster and safer for pikachu to to not buffer the tjolt this way, and instead time it so that the tjolt animation ends just as you hit the ground after fullhop.
Its a little weird to explain, but try it yourself and you will see what I mean. pikachu can actually get to the opponent noticebly faster this way because pikas ground speed is much higher than his air speed. On top of that, since you are on the ground earlier, you have quicker access to all your ground moves including shield making it easier to throw tjolts and even confirm off them at midranges instead of only far distances.
both methods are used and the buffered method is useful as a mixup because it can confirm into landing nair, which confirms into grab, uptilt and especially downsmash and upsmash.
Really good in depth video though, youve made a pika main really happy!
Edit: I should also add its faster to spam consecutive tjolts with the non buffered method
N8 This is good to know, thank you for the heads up! (4 months later haha) Any advice for landing uair bridges without getting the landing lag on the fast fall parts?
Arroyo1291 did u watch esams up air guide
@@FapasaurusRexx yeah you gotta wait a little before you do the fast fall. Input the second upair as early as possible and just wait a little bit before you fast fall so that you don't suffer landing lag.
@@proballa27 Thank you mate, will apply this in the lab!
I keep having trouble with dashing after the tjolt. Whenever I try to use tjolt and dash after it I always end up using forward special (Forward B) instead and if I don't accidentally use forward special I still cannot pick up enough speed to chase the tjolt. Any tips or Ideas?
I've always wanted to get good with Pikachu. This is just what I needed.
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This game has been out for a year and I’m just now finding out about the blue DI indicator 😮 thanks for the knowledge Izaw!
Same. They really thought of everything with this game.
Did I miss that? When do they talk about this / what is this?
Raven Hedded 11:57
@@Fenyll_Fur that's wild. Not sure if I'll be able to use that in match though. Its so faint. But good info.
@@ravenhedden875 the only time I've seen it is with strong stunt attacks like corrin's neutral B
Step 1: t-jolt
Step 2: shield- poke bair
Step 3: double uair offstage
Step 4: PIKA!!!!
I love your reviews man! I feel like you should do an “Art” video on some more obscure characters such as Duck Hunt ,shulk, or greninja . I feel like those are characters with large amounts of potential
It seems like Izaw will release art of... videos on any character no matter the popularity. He did make one on toon link.
Its based in the community. Get more people to back up your ideas and cash and you can get your video selected. Check description.
Chaddy’s Creations There are like 78 high level Greninja players lol
Holly shit! An “art of” video one week after the other one?!? Are you full time now?!? I don’t think I can take this!
Are you referencing the Toon Link vid?
bruinsgirl33 yeah! Usually we gotta wait a month. I think this is the first time I’ve seen only a week between them.
Yes I believe he is full time now
Jewlz Cartagena k
bruh
My gosh. Pikachu has like a million options for every single scenario. Versatility really is a trademark characteristic of a top tier.
NICE AS HELLLL!!!!
As a Pikachu main, the character's versatility rocks, as for my brain's speed in knowing how best to utilise said versatility... Nope :(
mAcroFaze Only more fun that there’s so many options available.
you should watch Esam play, he's really good
@@danger_1189 already do haha! Subscribed. He's amazing! Only Pika with consistent upair strings.
BUSTED
2:05 As a Donkey Kong main, the clip and him talking about TJolt actually gave me a wave of repulsion from thinking about the matchup.
That move is so dumb.
An Art of Sheik would be amazing ngl, there aren't that many guides on UA-cam for the character
KakarotLink MajoraLink100 upvote
He's working on that one
and she's hard as hell too
Wow. I’m a beginner Smash Ultimate player who only plays Pikachu. This video completely blew my mind! 🤯 I’m definitely going to be referencing this video often as I practice fundamentals and practice fighting with my friends (including Luigi, Banjo and Kazooie, and Joker mains).
This is amazing! My friends have told me that Pikachu is an S-tier character, but I had no idea Pikachu could be *this* broken! Thank you so much for this video! 😁
_Who would win?_
A High School Student that has an overpowered stand *OR* an electric rodent?
@@basyderg GO!
BUSTA WOLF
CRACKSHOOT
The real question is... ARE YOU OKAY?
Pretty sure we've seen a dude with an overpowered stand get wrecked by a non-electric rodent before lol
You know, it's been so long since I played Pikachu - I mastered his tech back in Smash 4 - but watching this again... It makes me feel nostalgic. It made me feel like I almost never left Pikachu. Thank you for taking me back to my roots, Izaw. I fondly miss Pikachu, you know.
Alternative Title: Art of Being Nice Af
HECK YESSS!!! ive been wanting this for so long haha! Thanks again as always Izaw!
damn this game is hard :D
Finally- the Pika counterplay I needed to get past Losers Round 2 of my local
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First
"Art of Young Link" next, maybe ?? 😁
Hey I think you could make an interesting video about simon an richter. Idk I’ve been dabbling with them and found the spacing really fun and intimidating.
Hay Izaw! Is ESAM taking notes from you or mostly helping?
Izaw please make "art of donkey Kong"
Wow great timing on this video, I just finished your art of smash series and been looking at pikachu as a main.
I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THAT BLUE GLOW!! Thanks so much Izaw!
aka Art of ESAM and Art of Lightning Loops
So true.
Art of ESAM would be a tutorial on how to be cocky & get fat.
@@LuisGonzalez0505 The art of being bald
how good is my pikachu? i need as much feedback as i can ua-cam.com/video/wRilFz9Shqc/v-deo.html
xBinari coach me plz
The pokeballs as letters that are not "O" are triggering me
Lol
I am 36 Y.O. I got like 15 years that I don't use any console, last year I'd buy the Nintendo Switch, and couple days ago did buy Samsh Brothers, and finally today I going to have a couple hours to play, I feel happy to be able to play again but things has been changed a lot since the last time that I played, wish me luck...
Good luck
**Ehem**
"Lightning Loops"
**Drops mic**
It’s not lightning loops
@@coreyswenson6027 what else is it then?
@@Thomalski Pikachu has Nair loops, Pichu has lightining loops.
@@Seth-lr1ll I'm pretty sure the community calls both of them lightning loops.
@@Thomalski No they don't, just people who don't know they have different names
Going deep off ledge with pikachu is exhilarating but scary. Misinputs kill, bad timing kills, over extending obviously kills
One of my favorite characters fully explained beautifully. Thanks again, Izaw.
Same
I've been playing a year.. And I just noticed the red direction arrow indicating where he's going to go...
This is a great put together video of how to play pikachu and deal with a myriad of offense/defence from your opponent. Thanks Izaw!
DUDE WTF IM A PIKA MAIN AND I WAS LITERALLY WONDERING A FEW DAYS AGO “Man I wish there was an art of Pikachu” YOU ARE THE BEST DUDE OMLLLLL
I hate you
Yeah I really could've used this earlier but all of this I've learned from analyzing ESAM and labbing.
Literally just bair
@@doooouge1136 begging for attention in a youtube comment section
Steve Rogers wasn't my intent. Not one of those ppl that are like, "OMG THANKS FOR ALL THE LIKES. I've never gotten so many before!"
12:20 I was hoping for a reference of that kind.
Thanks Izaw. This helped my Pikachu reach elite smash. There was some things I didn't know about. After 25 hours of playtime with Pikachu. Would of took me much less time if I saw this earlier.
Izaw casually pulling out Esam's "the new shit". Great guide!
Nobody:
Not a soul:
Not an animal or man:
Esam: *PIKACHU BUSTED*
Oh no.
Why’ve you done this Izaw?
Yeah why? YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REVEAL THE EFAM SECRETS!
What? People have to make money on UA-cam somehow.
@@meemameemer5015 haha it's g dude they're just joking
I've been waiting for this one for so long. Thank you!
that tech from light into a thunder spike is ridiculous :0
Oh yeah, it's all becoming clearer~
But seriously, thanks for this! I think I know a lot about Pikachu but maybe this'll teach something new~
This video makes me so happy. Pikachu is one of my favorites and Id love to try and master him
Yeah, and i tested his/her damage output for each move
Would love an Art of Young Link and Kirby. I know you will get to them all. Can not wait.
Been watching since I discovered a fellow Link player. I was worried about the BoTW changes but I am happy it worked out. We still have his two younger brothers for the classic feel
This is cool and all...
But did you know that pikachu libre is a girl?1?1!
You can tell by the shape of the tail!!
Smash memes are stupid and annoying as fuck.
Oliver Xu lol
Oliver Xu it’s not a meme tho. Female pikachus have heart shaped tails, Libre has it. It’s a fact.
@@PSNMyfoot Facts can be memes too. :P
I just started playing Pikachu for fun and so ofc, I came to this channel for advice, and jeez does Pikachu have so many options
*Screams in Back Air and Esam*
I’ve heard of the blue glow but seeing that there’s none with no DI, meaning that it really is JUST for DI is kind of insane to me.
How anyone can see that and react in real time is beyond me.
@@Un1234l With some moves it is pretty much impossible but the hit stun on pikachu d-throw is long enough it is fairly easy to react to. The usefulness varies depending on the move.
Can you do an updated "Art of Sheik" for smash ultimate? I really enjoy your content!
Will you do an Art of Fox one day?
Top tier content btw.
I was waiting for a "Weaknesses" section. But then I remembered we're talking about Pikachu.
Best Pikachu guide that I've ever seen. Thanks a bunch mate!
If you guys still have a hard time with nair loops and up throw thunder ESAM has a in-depth guide on each of them is his channel
The whole time i just kept imagining the ai thinking "Ow, shock, ow, ow, what do I even do?"
Full potential pikachu is going to be a monster.
Yes… he/she is a Pocket Monster
@@eurybiaball63 cooking
Wow. I just started to pick up Pika again. Perfect timing.
God damn izaw is really pumping these out
Glad to be a part of this ^-^
Amazing video as always! Can't wait for your Art of Cloud and Pokémon Trainer videos!
Esam wants to know your location.
For shaking your hand
Pikachu: The art of getting gud
Love your vids! Still waiting for Art of Cloud
This is all well and good when the enemy is NOT MOVING. A seasoned fighter would make this harder than what is shown.
All & All this video is well organized, I learned a lot and enjoyed watching it.
Art of getting mad over Samsora not playing friendlies with you
I've been debating whether to play Pikachu or Joker, and this video was uploaded on my birthday, so I must play Pikachu now
Search the comments for ESAM! I know he's here somewhere!
He's a pretty rare Pokemon to find in the comments.
As a Pikachu main who has hundreds of hours on Pika, thank you Izaw. We all know how good ESAM is but his guides other than the loops and upthrow thunder videos have been very disappointing and this video has helped me IMMENSELY.
For the years I've played as Pikachu, I simply cannot nail his recovery move in Ultimate. No idea why.
It’s somewhat difficult but it’s pretty simple for the easy angle recoveries.
I had trouble with it at first too as a kid, you just gotta remember that his recovery moves up at an angle meaning if you want to do it twice you can't go in the same direction. Just practice it a bit.
yooo, thanks. I need to learn pikachu to counterpick my friend who plays joker now. pika is probably the first top tier that im legitimately going to learn
Wait isn’t there a clip of VoiD using pichu’s recovery in the same direction twice? Shouldn’t that also be true for pika?
It's not supposed to work, but sometimes does because reasons.
It’s possible but the input is way too specific to actually be useable. I forget what it is but there’s a reason no one learns it
Young Link please. These guides are incredible, keep up the great work!
Good stuff - can I ask, is there any more nuance to how to effectively Thunder off the stage? Like, it seems like you pretty much have to double jump just prior to inputting down+B to halt Pika's momentum so that the lightning hits him/her. Is there a more reliable way to somehow get the lightning bolt to connect, aside from the obvious option of just stopping your movement in the air first? Furthermore, when thundering on the stage to try and hit opponents in disadvantage above you, is the best way to halt forward momentum from running a quick turnaround? Or just let off the D-stick for a few frames so you come to a stop first? Finally, do I understand correctly that unlike Pichu's thunder, Pika's thunder sends the opponent in either direction depending on what side of Pika they are on?
There's an odd little thing that people don't expect where, if you down smash, and the opponent is hanging off a ledge, the very last hit lands, but none of the others
OMG OMG I never comment on youtube videos in general but thank you sooooo much for making an art of video for my main!! Pika BUSTED
Crawl back to your hole. The sun shines to brightly in UA-cam comments.
ESAM, ESAM IS THIS YOU?
no but seriously, this was a really good guide. thanks, Izaw :)
Pikachu calls the thunderbolt and the moment after he touches it, he becomes shazamchu. Complete with a cape, sorry Edna.
This is amazing, I’ve been a pikachu user since N64. I’m really hoping to get some help though. Every time I attempt the Jump and Tjolt I end up activating the side b special. Any tips? Is there a way to change the controls? Would love any advice!
Hooooly crap. I never knew the game told you the opponents di.
This is a game changer.
i can relate to the sponsor at the beginning. i love playing overwatch on my turned off xbox 360
Man bruther can you drop a date for Ice Climbers 3? I've been dying to see the next one. I love ur tutorials, they are so handy!
This character takes so much concentration and skill, I literally had a FUCKING ANEURYSM WHILE PLAYING HIM ONLINE. Stupid fucking heavies spamming smash attacks and getting gimped
Then spam your thunder jolt from a distance and force them to come to you. You can also grab the heavy and try to keep them off the stage and edgeguard them.
Never try sheik?
Really great guide. Very thorough. Thanks
I'll sure need to rewatch this video a lot
Fantastic as always. Do you plan on doing one for the Belmonts?
issac intro golden.
all you up and coming pikachu's dont forget to grind ssb and melee pika, and brawl pika. there's a lot of fun tech and the character is never hopeless like some may say. •°~°•
Will you be doing anymore arts of smash izaw?
3:12
Just an average fighting game technique input display, of course.
I'm getting my villain arc with this character
Pikachu?
Busted.
Havnt picked up pikachu since I ticked off all my friends withers the infinant in brawl. Might have to pick him back up, he just looks too darn fun.
How do I delete someone else's video
This literally gives me like endless hours of training to do now lol
Don't understand how caffeine and taurine are bad for you
Between the 2, I play Pichu because he has the better Thunder (imo). Then I see this video pop up.
I can't believe you've done this.
Really nice video, if you ever make a follow up can you talk more about pikachus cross ups?
So basically... PIKACHU BUSTED!
I never knew about the blue glow that shows DI that's useful omg
Does thunder still come out frame 1 in ultimate? I’m pretty sure it did in Sm4sh.
I use a pro controller, should I short hop and go for up air or should I just press the jump and upair together ( X, A and up input all together) I have the same question for back air and forward air
Govind Sawhney it depends on the position of your opponent.
Great, now you can do the only other original smash veteran