I'd pick Pichu in melee just so I'd have an excuse for losing if I lost and if I won I'd have an excuse to laugh hysterically in their face; it's a win win scenario so idk what u mean by "joke character" buddy
Like I definitely believe Pichu is much better than he ever has been... people are probably scared of playing Pichu purely cause people don't like seeing damage on themselves from their own attacks. Understandable, frankly. But if you can get past that mild inconvenience, ooh boy have fun destroying everyone.
pichu is not that good. He's OK. People are all saying he's completely shit or completely godtier when neither is true. He has a few advantages, nice ones at that, but lack of range, self-damage and being literally the lightest character in the game more than offset them enough to make him "meh" tier. And fwiw saying "I believe Pichu is much better than he ever has been" isn't saying much - his only appearance being Melee, where he was that game's joke character, there's nowhere to go but up.
Sato Well, he might not as balance as Pikachu, but he can be very bad or be very good if you use him right in this game. Pichu’s self damaging is not that bad anymore, in a point that doesn’t matter that much (unless you spam his moves like a idiot). Sure he is lack on range, but his moves come up way faster and deals way more damage than Pikachu, which means he can kill way much easier. He is also the smallest target in the game--which is already mentioned in this video. And thanks to that and his faster speed, he can do some combos that Pikachu simply cannot do, and can easily dodge to his enemy’s back, that kinda made up his lack on range tho. (And heck, I played Pichu too much that I can’t get use to Pikachu anymore help)
ssb pikachu timeline: 64 - original pikachu melee - pichu joins the battle, goggles at the ready brawl - melee pichu evolves into pikachu, original pikachu retires wii u - new pikachu reaches new heights ultimate - pikachu passes his goggles down to his new pichu son, who is the pichu version of kid gohan
Ok but that means a LOT more buffing has to be done than nerfing, which logistically has a higher probability of not working out. I agree to an extent, but if there’s any character that is so broken against several others that it makes the matchup unfair and unfun then I’m not against nerfs
Are you implying Smash Ultimate Pichu still has level up potential? The way I see it, he was caught in the Gold and Silver equivalent of Cinnabar Coast and is ABOVE level 100. He can't level up any further. Only unglitch his way back down.
Excuse Me All Other Characters Are Irrelevant except Pichu? Are you sure you're using your head correctly cause if Smash Ultimate had just pichu a lot people would not want to play the game
The only thing funnier than having the little baby pokemon be the most useless character in the game is having the little baby pokemon be the strongest character in the game.
"They laughed at my height and voice, so I gave them electrical currents able to fry brains, they ain't laughing now, but I sure as hell am" -Pichu "Ultimate Lifeform" Pikapi, in an interview with Wallstreet Journal
Pichu is the Have Fun Die Young Pikachu. Matches are short with Pichu around, but that's because either Pichu dies, or you do. There's no stalling this guy's attacks.
Correct. N64 pikachu was good, and brought his son into melee. But pika was bad in melee, and he got mad, so he left before brawl. Pichu got so happy for being allowed in smash, that it evolved to pikachu, becoming the replacement pika in brawl, 4, and ultimate. The melee pichu/brawl-4 pika, had a son, the current pichu. He also brought his wife into the ultimate roster with them. The original n64 pika took a long vacation to alola during that time, and evolved into alolan raichu. He decided to return for a visit as a pokeball summon. It's a four member family of pikas. N64 pika(alolan raichu) is ultimate pichus grandfather. The end.
You know, I wasn't too sure about this episode at first.... I didn't know if 10 minutes of the usual How to Play 101 shenanigans could keep me. But then he shifted the style into A Beginner's Guide and..... *Holy crap, YES.* PLEASE Keep this combination style for the rest of the series! *D O W N W A R D A E R I A L .*
Because some things are just actually busted and making something else busted in response doesn't really fix the underlying issue. This goes both ways though, and that's the difficulty of game balance.
4:35 How can someone be Dead AND Alive at the Same Time? 9:12 How about Doing a Pacifist Run with him? ;) 10:00 What if I told you that I ALREADY Nerfed Pichu? ;)
He still is a joke character, just this time the joke is that he's God-tier
Just like Bang in continuum shift
But adorable
Or Hercule from Xenoverse 2.
Hey man i'm a pichu main to
That was the joke last time too. Y'all just were scared cause he hurt himself. He's basically the same character.
@@joncarlosfunes3470 woah nays
He's still a joke character, but this time the joke is on everyone else.
I love this
well he's still a joke character in Melee,but in this game things are different.
You mean "she" this Pichu is female look at her ear
@The_Mega_Gamer Well it is spiky-eared pichu, but no, spiky-eared pichu is a female.
*EVERYONE DIED.*
Thank God. The return is here.
who are you again?
Thank Pichu, I think you mean good sir
@@kurotalkz in this game, there's no difference
What an intro too
Omni thank return, the god is here*
This is nostalgic.
only 90's kids
Make a remix of Pokémon with pichu as thumbnail pls, oh BS.
But if your busy that’s cool
666 likes lmfao
When alpharad put effort into his videos
Melee Pichu: Joke character.
Ultimate Pichu: Woke character.
Sakurai's unknown main
LMAO
I'd pick Pichu in melee just so I'd have an excuse for losing if I lost and if I won I'd have an excuse to laugh hysterically in their face; it's a win win scenario so idk what u mean by "joke character" buddy
Joker: Joker character
I'm a pichu main since 2015, you could say I'm a real dick. I don't have Smash ultimate, but I'm wondering, will I love or hate the new pichu?
2:12 Those using adblocks are going to miss out on that gorgeously timed joke. It's freaking gold.
We support content creators in 2019.
I use youtube premium:(
oooo
TH-cam Red...
No adblock, but YT decided not to roll an ad this time
I don't have any kind of ad blocked on my phone (is there an ad blocker for phones...?), but I still didn't get an ad.
2:16 “We’ll Be Right Back”
haha that was pretty funny
**ad plays**
oh. that wasn’t very funny.
That's funny to me
Daniel Y I found it amusing
Help, ad won't load, it keeps buffering
Only the ad banner is here so...
*looks at ad* that wasn’t very cash money of you
Pichu: they called me a joke character
I called them an ambulance
Then who's Kira?
XDDDDDDDD
Why doesnt this have more likes?! 😂😂😂
Hi ambulance I’m dad
699 likes
Now this is epic
Slimecicle epic gamer moments
I love you my little slimy prince
Now this is epic
Hi daddy
69th like
This is Trending in Gaming
*As it should be*
Can't wait for the Pichu DLC in FH4
Aye, you're a car guy TH-camr, what're you doing around here in this neck of the woods?
Fancy seeing you here.
@@nicholas5139 Everyone likes Alpha
If you don't even have the game yet. Use Thunder.
If you own melee.
U S E T H U N D E R
I'm watching this vid excited to main Pichu and I don't even own a Switch
Even if you already have thunder use thunder
Y is that first period there I'm *_tRiGgErEd_*
I don't own ultimate but I killed my grandpa by *U S I N G T H U N D E R*
Pichu survived Galeem. Not because of skill, but because Galeem is scared of him.
Ggallqas - spoilers lol
No, because he just deleted the save file and threw him in the trashcan.
Pichu used Thunder and his zing-zap attacks to get away from the light and attack Galeem!
Pichu felt bad for Galeem so he just let himself get hit
Pichu used Thunder. It's super effective!
Enemy Galeem fainted.
Pichu no longer damages itself with electric type moves, he just decided to bring a Life orb instead.
Jesus Christ, too many likes!!
Pokemon Showdown detected
He doesn't have a life orb it's just that he hurts himself attempting to hold all of his power against his frail enemies.
Alolan_BDCrobat oof
I see what you did there
@@cesarcastillo7129 it's just knowing what a item does, lol. You don't need to play Showdown to know what Life orb does.
Smash Ultimate Tiers
Pichu: Pichu
Everyone else: Everyone else
I'm basically in my own shitty category too
Like I definitely believe Pichu is much better than he ever has been... people are probably scared of playing Pichu purely cause people don't like seeing damage on themselves from their own attacks. Understandable, frankly. But if you can get past that mild inconvenience, ooh boy have fun destroying everyone.
Or just play Pikachu.
@@cetusthecoolboi769 Nah, fast spiking Thunder sounds more like fun.
pichu is not that good. He's OK. People are all saying he's completely shit or completely godtier when neither is true. He has a few advantages, nice ones at that, but lack of range, self-damage and being literally the lightest character in the game more than offset them enough to make him "meh" tier.
And fwiw saying "I believe Pichu is much better than he ever has been" isn't saying much - his only appearance being Melee, where he was that game's joke character, there's nowhere to go but up.
Mathking18
Hey, just saying, never stopped Lucario players before now.
Sato Well, he might not as balance as Pikachu, but he can be very bad or be very good if you use him right in this game. Pichu’s self damaging is not that bad anymore, in a point that doesn’t matter that much (unless you spam his moves like a idiot). Sure he is lack on range, but his moves come up way faster and deals way more damage than Pikachu, which means he can kill way much easier. He is also the smallest target in the game--which is already mentioned in this video. And thanks to that and his faster speed, he can do some combos that Pikachu simply cannot do, and can easily dodge to his enemy’s back, that kinda made up his lack on range tho.
(And heck, I played Pichu too much that I can’t get use to Pikachu anymore help)
pichu called mega rayquaza and asked for his tier
Anything goes
Lmao, hopefully pichu doesn’t get banned like mega rayquaza
So pichu will be banned from the banned tier
and the shenron of pokemon complied
@@lillrice27 still so funny to me that Rayquaza had to be locked away in it's own tier because it was too broken
I’ve been waiting 2 years for the moment this amazing series returns and it was definitely worth the wait!
This is.....
The 3rd comment I've seen of you
your at the holy percentage of likes bro
Welcome to team Fortress 2, after 9 years of development, hopefully it has been worth the wait
If you're using thunder,
USE THUNDER!!!
Thunder didn't work?
USE THUNDER!!!
If you don't know how to kill...
USE THUNDER!!!
Alolan_BDCrobat if you don’t know how to use thunder *USE THUNDER*
Instructions Unclear:
Used Thunder
Instructions unclear, used Downward Aerial
Instructions Unclear, used neutral air
Instructions unclear, played as Simon
Instructions unclear:
Bought ssbm instead
@@mchoovy6146 instructions unclear:
bought ssb64 instead
They did it. They nerfed Pichu. The apocalypse is inevitable.
*H a h a.*
Pichu's nerf is the reason 2020 went to shit.
@@mynameis_ehe8373 facts
@@mynameis_ehe8373 no that the mayian calendar ending in 2012
@@mynameis_ehe8373 F a c t s
I missed these :)
I miss Ludvix more
Ludvix shut yo mouth and keep making more videos!
make more videos ludvix, like my gosh
I think we ALL missed these
I missed when you uploaded
What if....... You made a pichu amiibo...... Level 50......mm
Barrington A3 Well that has yet to exist, but when it does, it’ll be a god that can rival...
Walu-ette.
Then you are going to witness the power of a true god
@@shazybean131 NANI WALUETTE *₩€ μ € € D* HIM FOR LEVEL 50
He will beat Isabayonetta
Barrington A3 stop your Scaring me
I wasn’t sold on this till the air horn, bless you lord alpha, bless you.....
Same man, never forget the air horn
They ask WHERE Pichu is.
*But never how Pichu is.*
I think both of those factors are equally important when facing a Pichu main
Why is pichu
😢
The real question:
*JUST. WHAT. IS. THAT MONSTER.*
How is Pichu
I was waiting for that air horn. Took too long
*sees profile pic*
I see you re a man of culture aswell.
@@deadaccount968 ^
He missed the space jam remix
ssb pikachu timeline:
64 - original pikachu
melee - pichu joins the battle, goggles at the ready
brawl - melee pichu evolves into pikachu, original pikachu retires
wii u - new pikachu reaches new heights
ultimate - pikachu passes his goggles down to his new pichu son, who is the pichu version of kid gohan
-pikachu libre is the mom of the pichu
but Cosplay Pikachu is sterile
And let's not forget Pikachu technically brings his wife around cause there are girl pikachus
Daddy pika chu chu chu
Mommy pika chu chu chu
Baby pichu chu chu chu
:P
I was trying not to main Pichu
*But Pichu chose me*
69 likes no one like
EmbreFrosste that would make for an awesome Merch shirt
Hey alpharad ive been playing pichu for a entire year now because of this specific video and I would like to thank you for it and keep gaming
based
I hope to god Nintendo isn't nerf-happy with Ultimate. Buff the low tiers. Keep the ceiling where it is.
Ryoei we only nerf is something is unfairly good, broken
Ok but that means a LOT more buffing has to be done than nerfing, which logistically has a higher probability of not working out.
I agree to an extent, but if there’s any character that is so broken against several others that it makes the matchup unfair and unfun then I’m not against nerfs
Buff Pac-Man Z-drop
th-cam.com/video/bsC8io4w1sY/w-d-xo.html
@@RurouniiJay As long as there isn't a character like Brawl Meta Knight or Vanilla Bayo, no nerfs
Be careful when you main pichu
If you give too much friendship
it may evolve into pikatrash
If I ever had a pichu for real I'd feed that boyo everstones for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Then you take it to alola and smack it with a thunder stone and teach it good moves, or just normal Raichu
😂🤣That’s a good one Lol
Are you implying Smash Ultimate Pichu still has level up potential? The way I see it, he was caught in the Gold and Silver equivalent of Cinnabar Coast and is ABOVE level 100. He can't level up any further. Only unglitch his way back down.
Just, give it an everstone
Oh how I've missed this series...
It's finally back 😭
TO KICK SOME TAIL!
They called me a joke.
*The joke was on them at their funeral.*
Oh no
#PichuSquad
EpicProBoss YT #PichuGang
@@thewishingwaters2720 #pichupals
Pichugang
BUT ACTUALLY ALPHARAD, WASN'T PICHU TRAINING ON THE MOUNTAIN OF MACHU PICHU?
I love puns
Machu piccu
But yes, puns are awsome
It’s rewind time
*Pun intensifies*
Noice
Lol after the we’ll be right back, an ad played
Quaker Oats really knows how to time its ads perfectly
Same
For me it was actually a Smash ad so PERFECT
I'm pretty sure alpha can choose when the midrole ads play
@@yackamajez he can. Everyone is thinking it was divine intervention but he literally can do that himself lol
Smash Ultimate should have just Pichu. All the other characters are irrelevant.
@SUPAH STAЯ irrelevant.
What about the T H I C C C R O C
Olimar
No, Pichu is too powerful for many people to handle
Excuse Me All Other Characters Are Irrelevant except Pichu? Are you sure you're using your head correctly cause if Smash Ultimate had just pichu a lot people would not want to play the game
2:12 This joke made me laugh, so perfect.
I feel that pichu has had the biggest buff in Smash Ultimate.
SmokeGrass absolutely.
**ever
The only thing funnier than having the little baby pokemon be the most useless character in the game is having the little baby pokemon be the strongest character in the game.
I know right, it’s hilarious 😂
Oh. I thought you were gonna say the old Pichu is Actually Pikachu and original pikachu died and a new one came
Or the Original Pikachu became Detective Pikachu
Or the original pikachu is the pikachu in this game
Mortal Kombat jokes?
But the spikey eared Pichu is a girl so that must be an entirely different Pichu as well.
But what if that spiky eared pichu was a trap :P
ITS BOTH A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO AND HOW TO PLAY 101
I prefer them separate but yea your right
4:25 for his neutral special, he wields a gun
Another Alpharad video? Yes
101 is back?! YEs
Its Pichu? YES
ITS TEN MINUTES?! Y E S
*Y E S*
Y
E
S
THIS BRINGS ME BACK TO 2017
ME TOO
Ross_ Lives YES YES YES YES Y E S
YES YES YES YES
Y E S
You can't fool me Alpha, you say you're maining Pichu...but I know you'll main Joker.
He's gonna main both
@Justinn Zamora This post was made by Plant Gang
The holy trinity
Pichu
Joker
Puranha Plant
Thanks. This is my main.
Mr. Meatman stand is Pichu
Same here.
My main's Kirby
me too.....
Not gonna lie.. The Down-Air + Thunder Combo is BEAST
Alpha's Pichu vs Esam's Pikachu
*PLACE YOUR BETS BOIS*
Megaburner 64 Alphas pichu
ZeRo's wolf
Thunder only from pichu
My pichu...I own one
Now lets go pichu they know too much USE THUNDER!
*Life.Exe has stopped working*
Pichu the god
You should make a video titled "Not Pikachu"
*Not Pichu
Pikachun't
Old me: lolz pichu gonna be f tier again
New me: *sees pichu is A tier* NANI
"They laughed at my height and voice, so I gave them electrical currents able to fry brains, they ain't laughing now, but I sure as hell am" -Pichu "Ultimate Lifeform" Pikapi, in an interview with Wallstreet Journal
I think you meant to say "s"
pichu aint A tier, hes in GOD tier above S
"We have belmonts for that now"
I felt that one my soul.
Anyone: exists above pichu
Pichu: IS IT SHAZAM TIME?!
0:25 intentional or not, that was _beautiful_
Pichu is just suicidal Pikachu.
Pichu is suicide bomber Pikachu more like
Pichu is the Have Fun Die Young Pikachu. Matches are short with Pichu around, but that's because either Pichu dies, or you do. There's no stalling this guy's attacks.
More like masochistic pikachu.
@@justarandommimikyu8474 so basically if Darkness was a pokemon.
Spiky eared pichu is objectively the best skin. It literally makes him go from SS tier, to SSS tier.
Not to be that one person, but the Spiky Eared Pichu is always female.
No One's Records I personally like skull Pichu
@@carlyl2032 it's the best skin
@@samyen3210 Carly L was just correcting the gender.
Super Spikey S Tier
Pro Smash Player: I can beat anyone!
Alpha Playing Pichu: I’m about to end this man’s whole career.
I feel like a child again
if pichu gets nerfed in the first patch its a victory for pichu gang
Welcome back old alpharad.
1:15
Pichu: wanna Sprite cranberry
Lol this part gets me🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Im gonna play pikachu
.
.
.
.
.
.
just to unlock pichu
Thats how u get pichu
@@beasthaven1571 I think thats the joke
HYPE FOR K ROOL AND ISABELLE HOW TO PLAYS
I wanna see Ultimate Dedede how to play
Isabelle is way too fun to play as for me!
Isabelle sucks
@Lauren Mcdaniel you mean the kings of hell?
Lauren Mcdaniel well guess who I main
The virgin Pikachu vs the chad Pichu
*Chhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad*
I like how the baby is a Chad meanwhile Pikachu is the virgin
*U S E T H U N D E R!*
Me, a pokemon fan: This makes no sense. Thunder has a 70% hit rate...
And a 0% against Bayo.
Melee Pichu: Joke Charakter
Ultimate Everyone except Pichu: Joke Charakter
*Character
Jesus Christ how old are you?
@@benjaminlennox4249 He got one letter, no need to be rude.
Lucario is a joke character that’s for sure
ContentiousType and why do you say that?
*A beginner's guide to how to play Pichu 101*
D O W N W A R D A E R I A L
Use thunder!
Pichu never left Smash
It evolved
And then devolved realizing it was more powerful before
Correct. N64 pikachu was good, and brought his son into melee. But pika was bad in melee, and he got mad, so he left before brawl.
Pichu got so happy for being allowed in smash, that it evolved to pikachu, becoming the replacement pika in brawl, 4, and ultimate.
The melee pichu/brawl-4 pika, had a son, the current pichu. He also brought his wife into the ultimate roster with them.
The original n64 pika took a long vacation to alola during that time, and evolved into alolan raichu. He decided to return for a visit as a pokeball summon.
It's a four member family of pikas. N64 pika(alolan raichu) is ultimate pichus grandfather. The end.
Honestly one of the best videos on this website. Congrats alpha, you’ve done it again
D O W N W A R D A I R I A L
A N D T. H U N D E R
is that a emplemon reference
use thunder
There was an ad right after “we’ll be right back” 👌
Pixelgon 404
Lol also happened to me
Me too
Maybe because that was the joke..
@@coreenforcer6404 you realize the video creator decides where the ad goes...
Lmao when it said ‘ *we’ll be right back* ’, I got an advert 😂
When u said " we'll be right back" there was an ad immediately
When someone says you won’t main pichu...
*I CAN DO ANYTHING*
*YOU WONT MAIN JIGGLYPUFF*
“I’ve been looking forward to this”
Lucas M “your a bold one”
"I've been waiting for this"
I'm sorry, but I gotta dislike. I don't want them to nerf my new main.
thats valid tbh
I gotta dislike because how tf is u not gonna like the cutest and most powerful character in ultimate
Well, I don't blame you
This aged well
Whoops, too late.
Spiky-eared Pichu is my absolute favorite ever. She's gonna be my main until I die.
I adore the Flower on the ear Pichu alt 😊
YES THAT PICHU SKIN IS THE BEST PROBABLY THE BEST SKIN IN THE GAME
PLEASE DO 101 FOR ALL CHARACTERS AGAIN!!!
You know, I wasn't too sure about this episode at first.... I didn't know if 10 minutes of the usual How to Play 101 shenanigans could keep me. But then he shifted the style into A Beginner's Guide and..... *Holy crap, YES.*
PLEASE Keep this combination style for the rest of the series! *D O W N W A R D A E R I A L .*
I love the evolution of this series! It’s actually even more amazing now. Keep this up!
"A tier so high up above everyone else that no other character could even image"
Brawl Meta-Knight: "Am I a joke to you?"
Pikachu is literally a worse pichu
oh how the tables turned
Agreed
Oh how the tables have tabled
Mocking Bird Tabled have turns the how
The turns! How did they table?
I was so hyped for Pichu when he was announced that he returned and also thanks for the guide for Pichu. You should do Incineroar next
*insert obligatory "it's been 300 years..." joke here*
3,000
At the 2:10 “we’ll be right back joke” I legitimately got an ad right after😂 comedic timing Am i right 😂
Lmao nice
Same
*W E L C O M E*
*T O*
*T H E*
*J A M*
When he said he forgot something, this is what came to mind. F the airhorn XD! I wanna Slam!
This included more trends that happened in the year than youtube rewind
I used to be a Pikachu main, but this convinced to play Pichu, and I'm glad it did. Thank you, Alpharad.
The airhorn. The flipping airhorn did it.
Why don't they start buffing stuff instead of nerfing?
because it's easier nerfing something that's too powerful rather than buffing someone and then creating a whole new set of imbalances
Plus even buffing a character might not be enough
@MAD Alchemist Thanos: Hold my Infinity Stones.
Wtf I just saw your comment on Daily Dose of Internet
Because some things are just actually busted and making something else busted in response doesn't really fix the underlying issue. This goes both ways though, and that's the difficulty of game balance.
Pichu about to take over Ultimate
Like Hell he is
He already has tho
I see you are a man of culture as well.
0:47 the moment u said that i was thinking a bout the kira laugh.
4:35 How can someone be Dead AND Alive at the Same Time?
9:12 How about Doing a Pacifist Run with him? ;)
10:00 What if I told you that I ALREADY Nerfed Pichu? ;)
a pacifist run?
we dont do that here
@@Joltz9 Well I am. And I'm Sticking With it! :3
Aww they might nerf pichu!
Lizzabell 72 Nintendo Team: Oh no Pichu's busted..... Better nerf Greninja again!
and there's nothing wrong with that
@@Daki25 Fuck off.
Oliver Xu Fuck off nerd
lol Pichu's never getting nerfed.
Prime example: King K. Rool. Not one K. Rool entry here... I think.
These tips actually help become from becoming a dedede main to a pichu main. Thanks Alpharad.
Now I wait for How to Mario 202
So... Dr. Mario with a guest?
MOM SAID ITS MY TURN TO BE TOP TIER!
Who else thought he was gonna say down b instead of down aerial
I’m starting to think this entire How to play series of videos is just a skill flex from Alpha
Look, I get it you’re tired of WeeGees how to smash series
1:02 wow he did it boys he did it he put a reference
That Lee vs Gaara clip was unexpected.
my favourite alpharad series, a beginners guide, mixed with my second or third, how to play, with my main!!!!