Pichu has the most bad matchups in the entire cast. It doesn't even have a single advantageous one. Equal matchups with Kirby, Bowser, and Yoshi, but against the rest of the cast, might as well be giving up.The thing is that Pichu's approach is so bad. Your opponent knows that your only options are like... Nair, Bair, Uair. You have an Usmash kill move, Down B under a platform, jabs for shield pressure, and maybe an fsmash for spaceys. Your grab range is ridiculously awful, too.Whenever you approach, you either have to hurt yourself to use a projectile, or come in really obviously and leave yourself open to an Out of shield punishment.Your recovery hurts you.I'm pretty sure the worst character in the game is Pichu.I can't believe how many people are saying Ice Climbers...Yes, Ice Climbers requires a huge amount of skill, I've never been able to get them to do the amazing stuff I've seen done with them. But they are the 9th best character in the game!They have a favorable matchup against Sheik! And even matchups with Falco, Jiggs, and Falcon(though Falcon matchups are usually hated by IC players).People need to learn desyncs and grab combos if they think Ice Climbers are awful.In 2005, IC began a meteoric rise up the tier list when pioneers like Wobbles and Chudat found that you can, indeed, be amazing with them. I witnessed Chudat pull off a 0-78% combo on one of the best Foxes in the world. It was nothing short of stunning.Just search on youtube for Ice Climber's combo vids. Chudat and Wobbles are just crazy awesome at what they do.
Edited by Chessmasta, 22 June 2010 - 08:53 PM.