Pikachu

Pikachu (ピカチュウ Pikachuu) is an Electric-type Pokémon, which was introduced in Generation I. Pikachu is renowned for being the most well-known and recognizable Pokémon.

History
Over the years, Pikachu has become so popular that it serves as the Pokémon franchise mascot. It is the Version Mascot for the game Pokémon Yellow. It is also well known from the anime, where Ash Ketchum, the protagonist, owns a Pikachu. It evolves from Pichu when leveled up with high friendship and evolves into Raichu when exposed to a Thunder Stone. When in Alola, it evolves into its Alolan Forme.

Gameplay
Pikachu is tied for 29th on the tier list, alongside Blade, in the bottom tier. It has a decent movement speed, and better finishers than Blade. However that is pretty much where its strengths end.

Pikachu has only four moves at its disposal, the only one have so, half of them possessing flaws that make them near-unusable. its standard attack has extremely poor range, combined with a very long duration that leaves it wide open to attacks if he misses. Its Thunder is easily the worst projectile in the game, as it falls towards Pikachu, deals piddling damage, and has a long startup time that can be interrupted if Pikachu gets hit. These traits make it unsuitable for camping of any kind, as it leaves Pikachu wide open for a free punish. Because Thunder is also his down air, Pikachu has only one instant-KO attack, its up attack, while its other moves have little to no KO ability whatsoever. Pikachu has no way to deal with disjointed moves nor other projectile attacks.

These attributes give him awful matchups across the board (arguably worse than Blade), which is why it is ranked at the bottom of the tier list.