Stage choice Tips for Ness vs Pikachu
Pikachu
-Final Destination is probably the worst stage on here becauue of the lack of platforms it will be easier for Ness to pressure Pikachu and get grabs and trades. Also the disadvantage here for Pikachu is the worst. Ness can be juggled and will struggle to land, but you can pretty much do that by sharking Ness' landings on platforms on the other stages so it isn't a factor that should determine it as a go to stage.
-Battlefield and Dreamland are good stages, Ness can't really abuse the platforms and you have many recovery and landing options. As we want to gimp Ness, Battlefield is the upper choice because you can live longer and gimping isn't really percent dependant.
-Smashville is the most neutral stage in this MU, both of them can con nasty stuff on each other while using the taxi platform. The platform gives Pikachu some easy QAC so it can be considered.
-Town and City is probably on Ness favour as he needs less trades to kill Pikachu, the incoming platforms can sometimes help Ness and it is Final Destination in some transformations. There are still platforms to escape from Ness and it is a pretty long stage so it is still better than Final Destination.
-Lylat Cruise is Pikachu best stage in this MU by far, the tilt will disrupt PK Fire and Ness recovery, also having easy Quick Attack Cancels helps a lot. The stage is small so you can whiff punish Ness from pretty much everywhere. Watch out and don't be predictable and over reliant on QA as Ness can easily catch up and punish you for it,
-Battlefield and Dreamland are good stages, Ness can't really abuse the platforms and you have many recovery and landing options. As we want to gimp Ness, Battlefield is the upper choice because you can live longer and gimping isn't really percent dependant.
-Smashville is the most neutral stage in this MU, both of them can con nasty stuff on each other while using the taxi platform. The platform gives Pikachu some easy QAC so it can be considered.
-Town and City is probably on Ness favour as he needs less trades to kill Pikachu, the incoming platforms can sometimes help Ness and it is Final Destination in some transformations. There are still platforms to escape from Ness and it is a pretty long stage so it is still better than Final Destination.
-Lylat Cruise is Pikachu best stage in this MU by far, the tilt will disrupt PK Fire and Ness recovery, also having easy Quick Attack Cancels helps a lot. The stage is small so you can whiff punish Ness from pretty much everywhere. Watch out and don't be predictable and over reliant on QA as Ness can easily catch up and punish you for it,
RAWR! - September 15, 2018
Ness