lol I know a friend that does that actually; it’s called Octopus Grip and he seems to be just fine with it, though I will admit that it does look weird 😂

@@Osoperesozo10 I’m not sure if I’m ever gonna finish the option select guide I was working on, but thank you for the kind words :)

@@bestsnowboarderuknow Yes, you’re precisely correct, at least with the Teching. I was actually gonna make a video about this a while back, but when pro players tech with inhuman reaction they’re not reacting to the stage spiking move itself, rather they’re reacting to what the opponent does before then to see if they’re gonna try something. They’re being preemptive. Practice recovering, but hitting the shield button where you think an opponent would back air you. You’ll notice that unless you’re one of the few exceptions, you won’t airdodge and the game will pretend you didn’t input anything. But if you get hit, you’ll tech. For further research: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3PUe3aer9uXrrc

@@notsamlmao This was for my team, actually 😂

@@trevoraustin1062 Yeah finding the right control setup takes a lot of trial and error, but thanks I’m glad you feel that way :) Odd question: is it weird to be active on YT and not post? I’ve had quite a lot going on, and when I do have time to edit my video I tend to prefer doing other things instead, but I was wondering if it was odd to do that. This video has been doing amazingly well over time and most of my subs come from it, but I’m not actively posting stuff :/

@@AkrozeSmashi’ve known plenty of people that have taken breaks before and came back better than ever. i think your videos can kind of fall off and get low views at first but by posting consistently again you can pick the views back up

@@AkrozeSmashor just be an occasional poster. you don’t have to blow up you can just make occasional videos whenever you feel like it and still help people like me

@@dimerandomguy Whatever works for you :D

Ask Google if you want to know, though you probably shouldn’t worry about it. Nintendo has been cracking down on the emulation sphere as of late

So is mine 😅

I kind of just play songs on my own when I feel like it, but if you have a song rec I'll definitely check it out and see if I can get a good score/if it makes sense to post (I have a few runs I'm sitting on rn to see if I can get a better score with them before posting).

@@AkrozeSmash sounds good, and for the future, what kind of songs would make sense to post?

@@jacksonthering5978 Either songs that I can get under 5 misses in or songs that just look or feel cool to play. Preferably fast enough to challenge me though

I’ll make a Zelda turnip/bomb combo just for you, just you wait…

@@AkrozeSmash LOL now THAT would be useful! 🤩

Rob is one that could benefit from this probably. Potential 0 to death for hitting it with a traditionally safe move? Aiii… not a good thing. But Link mains really need it so idk

ROB getting ANYTHING makes me upset 😭

Quite the persistent algorithm… thx :)

@@AkrozeSmash at least you know it’s doing it’s job 😅 you’re welcome

Idk IzAw told me that slingshot was bad for Link bc for him it’s just an iRAR or RAR. Link doesn’t really have the shmoves to put space between him and his opponent w hold or full shot, unless you’re going for a Fair. Retreating bomb pulls can be done with RAR with a more specified spacing, albeit at least a little slower. Same with the arrows, or if you found it easier you could jump dash immediately and turnaround B the arrow (that arrow option in general isn’t great tho compared to bomb) For Uair juggling and Dair spikes you can dash into it or micro space for the same effect, and btw Link can’t juggle most MUs, so for those ones most you should do is catch their landing w a bomb, boomerang, or grab/Nair/shield Up B/Fair at higher percents. B Reverses or wavebounces you can just jump back and do it for pretty much the same effect. This isn’t to say that your many hours practicing slingshot is useless, far from it. It’s just that all of the potential use cases for the tech you could and can do with something else, the difficulty of which might actually be easier.

@@AkrozeSmash as someone that spent thousands of hours training with Link, I can assure you SS is much more useful. And I'm sure you know Izaw can be wrong (said Steve would be a low tier around the time he made the Link guide) and with all due respect ... he didn't fully master piloting Link. I'm actually a better pilot than him. I would recommend checking out Prand Grix. That's who took me to the next level with bomb play and the more subtle controls with Link. This is why Japan is better than the West. Many of them take time to master everything their char can do instead of only learning what's considered useful and now the best player is a Japanese Steve main doing things IZaw never imagined he could lol. After him is a Japanese GnW main that pilots better than Maister From what I can tell you actually aren't a master pilot either. Your button mapping gives it away but the fact that Izaw is the source tells me you definitely haven't realized he was teaching you how to play like T instead of how to master piloting Link. Compare his playstyle to Prand Grix and you'll see what I mean. IZaw mentions how hard it is to get out 2 Nairs in one FH. He was right about that. It's quite tough to do but with SS you can do it Everytime without fail and it lands very low on shield. If you can see that then you should be able to see that this is something that takes more time to understand than what Izaw was willing to give. Im not going to try writing a whole breakdown on each segment because that would be a lot of in depth breakdowns of hit boxes, frame data, aerial drift, and influence. SS is so ingrained into my game now that I'd have to slow down my many situations to remember what led me to using the SS version or just using SS in certain situations. A lot of what you say in each segment is either flat out wrong or downplay of the difference between using SS in place of IRAR or Dash jump. I know that much from my own experience and watching others play without it.

@@s3eriousbl9ck26 Yeah no I’m definitely not a good Link pilot, not at all. I’m not even in Elite Smash; I just make these to help out my school’s esports team. My first (and so far only) tournament I’ve been to I got double eliminated in the first two rounds. So yeah, I’m going into this with the preface that I definitely could be wrong (like I was about IDJs and Link in my controls guide) How would SS help with FH Nair? You still have to avoid the same buffer window. Btw I watched a bit of Prand Grix and the hold shot boomerang looks pretty useful, but a lot of the shit he does I have no idea why anyone would do… My Discord is BroAkroze #1826 if you wanna talk there. I love learning this stuff, so if you’d be willing can you teach me?

Thx :D

FAST FALL

I try :)

Interesting feedback I’ll probably spend a lot of time trying to decipher, but thanks

It’s finally out!!!!

Thx :)