Olimar

Olimar (ピクミン＆オリマー, Pikmin & Olimar) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. All Stars. His return to the series was announced on August 23rd, 2018 via SSB All Stars ' official website, which made him the first character revealed after the initial E8 2018 reveal of SSB All Stars. Olimar's reveal also occurred one day before the Japanese release date of Pikmin 3.

Olimar is currently ranked 27th out of 58 on the tier list, placing him in the upper portion of the C tier. This is a significant drop from his top-tier placement in Brawl, where he was ranked 3rd out of 38. As in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Olimar's Pikmin possess an impressive level of utility. They grant him respectable KO and damage racking potentials, as Olimar can use them to deal direct and/or indirect damage via his standard moves, or by having the Pikmin latch onto opponents via Pikmin Throw, respectively. The Pikmin also grant him a potent grab game, as they make each of his grabs disjointed and grant him a very reliable combo starter in the form of his down throw. Lastly, Winged Pikmin grant Olimar a maneuverable, flight-based recovery, which makes them vastly superior to the tether-based recovery move Pikmin Chain.

However, Olimar's active Pikmin count has now been halved from six to three, which severely weakens the camping strategies he relied on in Brawl. The Pikmin themselves have also been weakened in a few, yet noticeable ways: Red, Yellow, Blue and Purple Pikmin have lower hit points (which is further compounded by them and White Pikmin dying faster while separated from Olimar), while all types of Pikmin have lowered overall damage outputs and somewhat flawed artificial intelligence. Olimar himself retains his slow overall mobility, with his aerial mobility in particular making him easy to juggle despite his status as a lightweight. Additionally, his offense is still burdened by slow attack speed and an over-reliance on Pikmin.

Despite retaining his flaws and gaining new ones, Olimar has nevertheless attained decent representation in competitive play and has fared better than other characters that were formerly well-renowned in Brawl, such as Falco and King Dedede.