The Ultimate Pikmin 4 Tier List

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Winged Pikmin's nerf via pathfinding is such a bizarre trait, I remember that I got so confused by Winged Pikmin not carrying treasures atop the Hearth DUE TO A CLIMBING WALL NOT BEING BUILT

The canon reason that yellows dig faster is because of their ears. They act like shovels allowing them to go much quicker than any other pikmin. Don't know if you were asking why they can dig faster balance wise or canon wise

4 Purples are also extremely useful during the final bossfight, only requiring you to throw 2 on the tail to knock it over.

I just realized, the only ever change to a Red Pikmins traits is the fire starters, since they were the same in 1,2 and 3

Another funny thing about ice pikmin is that when you manage to time freezing the enemy with hitting them with Oatchi's charge the enemy is technically counted as airborne due to the little "hop" they do on impact, thus instantly being killed when falling to the ground. This is a quick way to deal with Moss in Hero's Hideaway for example.

I'm glad the A tier Pikmin are high-fiveing each other now. Everybody needs to be hyped up sometimes!

Glow Pikmin are such a strength that during night missions, the game will ask you to potentially fight two Smoky Proggs at once, while in other scenarios one Smokey Progg is a serious final-dungeon threat. Having a full squad of Glow with you is the equivalent of two full squads of Pikmin of your choice.

The reason I believe Yellow Pikmin are the best diggers is because the devs likes to incorporate the physical biology of the Pikmin's design into their in-game attributes. For example the "reason" Red have higher attack power is because they actually stab the enemies with their pointy noses. Likewise, yellow Pikmin fly higher because they use their ears to make themselves aerodynamic, Blues can breathe underwater because their "mouths" are actually gills, Purples are obviously big bois so they can carry more, Whites (could) detect treasures underground because of their eyes being able to detect infrared. I would assume the idea is that yellows are probably using their ears like Shovels.

4:30 There is one boss where you absolutely need Purple Pikmin, so they have something that Oatchi cannot do. But on the flipside, the crystal gates can be broken with bombs so Oatchi can technically get through those without needing Rock Pikmin. I also think it's worth noting that Glow Pikmin will bloom over time, so it's easy to get them all flowered without needing to use a spray or gathering nectar. Though they do lose their flowers when used in a glowmob.

I think Pikmin 4's level design does a lot of heavy lifting. Dandori missions forcing certain Pikmin gives you a better idea of their strengths and weaknesses than playing casually. For example, the Level 5 of the bonus cave was such a tight time limit I had to carefully pick which items got the white Pikmin.

Another problem with ice pikmin is that freezing enemies in dandori challenges means you can't bring them back after defeating them, losing you points

One thing that wasn't mentioned about purples is their earthquake attack. A lot of enemies that only certain Pikmin types with certain immunites could fight aren't a problem for them; you'd only need to throw them next to an enemy since they deal damage from the shockwave.

Small detail you missed, Ice Pikmin are the only Pikmin ever that die faster to one hazard than other Pikmin types: They die TWICE as fast to FIRE.

These Pikmin videos have been interesting to watch as a non-player just for the Blue’s arc in each game

Oatchi upgrades are so important in 4 that without any there are some Dandori challenges that are literally impossible to platinum without them.

Seeing the Bulbear at 28:56 attacking the Lumiknoll gave me PTSD of the sound that starts to play when an enemy starts attacking the Lumiknoll

(Mad respect for you calling Winged Pikmin "Pinks", I wish new types were still called by their colors.) This is a nice tier list video overall and serves as a great analysis of 4's game design, I learned a lot from this video (I didn't know you could cheese sprinklers, or even consider the fact that you could freeze the water in the Baldy Long Legs room in the last cave to cheese it). Those poor white Pikmin... I will argue that the inability to dismiss Glow Pikmin is a double edged sword. I had numerous occurrences where I'd spawn them in a cave and eventually encounter an enemy more suited for Rocks (or another specific type), making me want to dismiss my Glows.... but the little rascals will NOT stay put, leading to frustration and unnecessary deaths in some cases. Night mode really could use an endless mode too. I like how you brought that up.

You forgot to mention that ice pikmin can make you ultra spicy nectar when a frozen enemy dies

a minor thing you missed for ice and purples, is that they are immune to bubble hazards, it's not uber common but it's something nice, with purples being too heavy and ice pikmin freezing the bubble, as for glow pikmin they also can't fall to their deaths should you miss a throw and throw one into the abyss, as they just teleport back too you (why winged Pikmin don't do this as well is unknown)