Although dsmash has a lot of priority, the only thing I don't think is so nice about it is nothing seems to cancel it either. It stops almost anything and Pikachu keeps the attack going, compared to almost everyone else whom suffers no damage, but has their attack instantly end, which is a more typical scenario. But I've found Pikachu's priority to be just a few attacks. So I don't feel he is particularly op in any other fashion.

Pika really just needs priority nerfs, the thunder is just really jank but probably not going anywhere,

I think for FF'ers and large characters you can DI dsmash downward and tech, which kinda decreases its usefulness.

prioritychu.

"nuff said.

Priority is broken in this patch so wait for it to get fixed before you start calling for nerfs. Until priority is sorted there's no point complaining.

That. It is almost 100% based off of port.

Priority system is broken? I thought it was fixed already.

^^ The priority system seems a lot more fair now.

DK's dash attack and some of Tails' moves seem really sketchy but most of the priority seems A-OK.

Anyways, I love Pikachu because he's become my go-to character for punishing campy players. My other mains are easy to edge guard so with Pika I can go all out and rarely ever pay for it.

I think Pika is a really good counter to big range-based characters like Ichigo because he wrecks heavies once he gets in and he has really good approaches.

Thunder has a crazy use for edgeguarding. If Pikachu gets hit during the channel of Thunder but Thunder still comes out, it will pass through him and not stop when it hits him. This could be used for edgeguarding by timing/positioning the Thunder channel in such a way that they HAVE to hit Pika in order to recover, thus breaking the channel and they get spiked. Or they get hit by the explosive lightning from the Thunder hitting Pika so now they die for sure. This is a pretty funny way to edgeguard someone lol

Thunder is the most godmode edge guard tool in the game hands down

Without a doubt. And even when people slow play their recovery to avoid it, you can just jump out there and dair them to the moon. Pika is the best offstage char in the game.

Really? you can often slip through thunder with air dodge, and pikachu is already behind you after he did a thunder off stage so he can't dair after that

Best offstage character is debatable, I think that kirby for example is way better then pika offstage

For a lot of characters that airdodge can mean death