For many years, Axe has been the only Super Smash Bros. Melee player to use Pikachu at the top level. While he isn’t the only player to ever make it on SSBMRank with the character (Pikachad repped Pikachu at the 76th spot on the 2013 top 100 rankings) no other Pikachu player has come within spitting distance of Axe, who has been ranked top 20 or higher in every edition of SSBMRank.

While Pikachu isn’t nearly as good as top-tier characters such as Fox or Marth, the electric rat was declared a high mid-tier character in the most recent official tier list. Pikachu’s placement puts him above characters that have seen more widespread representation in SSBMRank, such as Samus and Luigi. There’s no reason why another Pikachu couldn’t someday join Axe within the top 100.

Here’s a list of some Pikachu players who might just pull it off.