15 Pac Man Traps and Setups ~ Smash Ultimate

[@Amalga]

Brief update: after patch 3.1.0 changing the hitbox on the first hit of up-smash, scoop hydrant (tech #2) doesn't work anymore sadly

[@Accracy]

Unfortunate. I was just learning that one

[@gearsoftime9375]

How do I set up one of those traps I know how just don't have the right fruit at the right time

[@CTBVong]

Spooky I swear I’m still able to as well. Strange.

[@spades5713]

@@CTBVong Yeah, you can now. It works again.

[@CTBVong]

Quote yea, I thought so. Also, found out if you bair the hydrant and then hit it with apple, the trajectory is even more steep.

[@lucasstrong4889]

7:01 “About a single pac man away from the ledge.” I like how pac man is now a unit of measurement.

[@ThatCho]

I TOTALLY understood exactly the distance he was referring to here.

[@shyguyanimations]

American units of measure in a nutshell

[@csg1lcolonel528]

As a Dedede main who used his crouch as a form of measurement for ledge trapping, I understood this completely

[@ifeellikesoup]

I’m so happy pac now has more than one ledge trap that covers EVERYTHING

[@kingdom_bread]

Timestamps for Covered Tech 0:33 Melon Back Throw 1:06 Scoop Hydrant 1:30 Waterboost Apple/Apple Gun + Fruit Gun 2:05 Waterboost Bell 2:26 Trampoline F-Smash 3:02 Galaxian Z-Drop Trap 3:22 Galaxian Up Throw 3:54 Trampoline Apple/Melon 4:18 F-Throw Key Waterboost 4:47 Apple Launch Hydrant 5:09 Melon Edge Guard Ledge Trap 5:29 Bell Insta-Toss Kill Trap 6:01 Waterboost Up Throw 6:29 Apple Ledge Trap 6:56 Melon Ledge Trap *I tested the second version of Apple Gun on other fruit and it worked for all of them, so that version is basically the "Fruit Gun." It sends the fruit at a slight angle.

[@raghavpatel720]

A pair of Caesars Thank you

[@kingdom_bread]

@@raghavpatel720 good video

[@meta04]

"It worked for all of them" **except key because it's 7 frames faster but like whatever; it's actually not because it knocks hydrant, as you can test by turning on spirits

[@camusreviews6877]

Tea: You’ll never figure out what setups I’m going for Almalga: I’m about to end this mans whole career In all seriousness Pac-Man is HYPE and traps like these are why, good shit

[@Aflay1]

A lot of great players have caught on to Tea even before in Smash 4. Pac is just that good that it doesn’t matter.

[@ShimaHD]

The biggest flex of all time in Ultimate: Playing Pac-Man. This will guarantee you many B I G B R A I N P L A Y S that you'll be able to do on your opponents and flexes you can pull on them that basically shows them you play such a high skill character.

[@Wow-ds8eq]

Yoshimario25 what about Snake?

[@ShimaHD]

@Woosher: Diego Well people may actually hate you more than respect you since playing a good Snake isn't fun. But it still can be a good flex if you don't fear antagonizing yourself.

[@Wow-ds8eq]

Yoshimario25 what about Bayonetta?

[@SK-df1iw]

Yoshimario25 I have seen some p hype Snake clips. One from Mr R on Twitter was on SV. He shield dropped nade and ledge. Daired the opponent (that coincidentally was a Pac main) into the nade, parried their nair, grabbed, dthrow, read roll in, fair sticky, read shield, bthrow detonate

[@IIIISai]

or bomb loop link, i played pacman for a while, and i still play link, bro his bomb is insane

[@user-yo6dt6vw2l]

3:26 This is one of my favorite Pac-Man tricks. It may be inconsistent, but it's worth a shot. And it's pretty satisfying to pull off, too. Your opponent expects you to throw Galaxian at them, but a second later, they're being abducted by it.

[@NexEterna]

I gave up maining pac in favor of robin in ultimate, but this video is making me reconsider...

[@davidcortescruz6939]

Dude, i always hated PacMan and now i'm learning how to play him.

[@Aflay1]

Trust me. He’s worth it. He’s more difficult to play, which means bigger galaxy brain plays.

[@NexEterna]

@@Aflay1 Honestly both are difficult to play at a decent level. I mained pac in 4. I know he has better tools in ultimate, but it still hurts facing a lot of opponents.

[@Aflay1]

Brandon Palmer Ultimate is harder in general. As you get better and faster, you’ll find Smash 4 to be much slower.

[@toz3557]

Just picked up pac a couple days ago and now I’m insanely excited to get comfortable with him and try to pull these off

[@SlyAtex]

I main Pac-man in Ultimate and in Smash 4. I have been working on him with combos, dodging techniques, and all sorts of other stuff. I'm liking how you're doing him. Hell you even use the same color I use for his alternate color. White! Also, one of your combos/traps with the key is great to do. But one I like to do, is get the key charged, set down fire hydrant, wait for the water sprut and then throw the key, that way it sends the fire hydrant in the air and the key on the ground covering both air and ground at the same time making it harder for the opponent to avoid in both regions.

[@8bitapples]

I've reached the technical limit with peach. can't wait to play Pac man like you

[@funymony]

LMAO! Caught me off-guard at the end. Definitely gonna have to learn that melon trap. Great vid, dude!

[@Jay-qc9lj]

this guy: pac man is one of the most technical characters in the game tea: have you seen this bell before *dash dances for 30 seconds*

[@xXIBANNANNAIXx]

The production value has gone up immensely since sm4sh, I’m loving this video

[@stefanbond4170]

As a pacman main... I approve of this video. Good job man.

[@rayshio6124]

3:54 you can also use this as a ledge trap because if you’re opponent rolls or netrual getups the trampoline will catch them

[@barioplaysyt1992]

My brain was just in awe the whole video. Used to play Pac-Man on 3ds but I never thought he had such creative potential and crazy setups. Thanks for the video bro 👌

[@kanoabomb]

I'm a pac-main and I'd never heard of some of these options, Good shit dude

[@monochromesoul5873]

THIS is the video I've been waiting for.

[@codenameunown]

Hey, your actually getting some traction on KZbin! Like the vid, and hope to see your channel grow! You finally got 1k subs and I hope it keeps going and going.

[@benny2057]

YES YES! I've been looking for a video that covers Pac set-ups like these for ages! Can't wait to see more content ^^

[@migo1559]

I have been playing Pac since 3DS. I'm so proud of my boi c":

[@ThatCho]

great video. Thanks a lot. Pac Man has such complex traps, but boy are they flashy!!

[@Yotheprofit]

You can do preform the scoop hydrant by placing the hydrant, hit it once with a attack, and then on the second the water comes out throw any fruit but keys, to launch behind you.

[@hodstrat3722]

Genius. New setup to practice : D I want a video covering maybe your idea or though about pac man. Till the beginning of smash ultimate, I didn’t really hear the opinion of people about pac man. Sure he’s good, but how 🤔 Great video

[@Amalga]

Oh like a general analysis? That could be a good idea

[@hodstrat3722]

Amalga yes, like this. Point by point or Positive/negative point

[@jdintheplacetobe7412]

AMALAGAN MAN, THANK YOU FOR FINALLY POSTING AGAIN

[@Aflay1]

That was damn good. Here are a few you missed: Cherry into Up-Smash [when cherry is in your hand] F-tilt into Key [at certain percents, especially offstage] And the classic Hydrant-Smash attack hitstun technique, which Wario mains tend to appreciate [Tea uses this in a few of his sets] A lot of your tech later in the video can be difficult or situational to pull off. To the beginner Pac-main, or players like me who are lazy, these shorter combos can be beneficial.

[@hollow621]

Dude real talk your keeping me alivee i needed this just never went online for it. Keep up the good world coming from a pac man main from smash 4, thankz a milz

[@Plokijuh1229]

I also found the scoop hydrant with the few frames in which the water pushes you. It's dirty but really hard to execute.

[@milun2]

Great video! So great, it made me want to search for more traps, I believe I have a one to contribute today! One of your traps was Z-dropping the Galaxian to launch the hydrant after a delay. I have a way to do that with the Melon that I call "Happy New Year". Simply have a Melon stored, drop a Hydrant, run off B-reverse Melon into it to hit it the first time. Then, shorthop jump over to the other side of the Hydrant, Z-catching the Melon on the way. The next part's tricky: you want to clip into the side of the Hydrant slightly, and Up-Throw. If you did it right, the Melon will slowly drop and hit the Hydrant after a couple seconds. It's quite jank, but it does have a few benefits: it's a weird ritual that confuses the opponent, it can be used entirely under some platforms (like PS2s), it keeps you on the floor throughout most of it, and you can mix it up by up-throwing the melon at a slight distance to have the water push it instead. An easier version can also be performed where you simply do a fullhop and down-throw the Melon into the Hydrant to get a similar delayed launch.

[@Amalga]

This is really cool, thanks!

[@minortatu3311]

Oooh I've seen a variation on this one on Twitter. What they do instead was after z catching melon they just clip into the hydrant and up throw on the same side (rather than switching). Still switching sides could throw the opponent off

[@Aflay1]

I practiced applegun in slow motion on training, particularly the variant where you foxtrot whiff hydrant and throw apple into the hydrant. This can be difficult at faster speed, but well worth practicing. It’s just hilarious, and while the timing is strict, it gets noticeably easier the more you practice. It can be consistent if your timing is good (which most Pac mains are from all the perfect Pac-man parries I’ve seen)

[@gearsoftime9375]

Ha I never see It coming

[@artinmontaseri3469]

For Scoop Hydrant you also need to be dashing into hydrant right after back air lands for it to be picked up.

[@bdfic]

Those ledge traps are too hawt

[@grimik_h9305]

I Have been studying and practicing these techniques, really cool video!

[@strebe321]

How do you drop the bell like that? (2:10) and the galaxian Z (3:08)

[@Amalga]

Press the Z button with your control stick not facing a direction while holding an item, or whatever you have mapped to the grab button

[@KylerBLOX]

1:30 2:03 3:03 3:54 That’s a very cool setup, I might use that

[@thegreatBarbossa]

The setup at 3:03 is legit useful. I can't even count how often someon tried to attack me with an airial, only to have the hydrant cockblock them.

[@seansean792]

The fact that this title says what it says makes even more scared. Ever since I've seen those tournament Pac Man's. 😳 But I must research potential opponents. On second thought I zoned out I'mma do something else. 😂

[@Mr_Original]

Amalga: **uploads** Me: >=)

[@skullbonk1081]

playing pac-man is all about the flex

[@offbeatecho3057]

Been playing pac since release basically and know alot of setups but the last one in the vid with the melon up throw and dairing the hydrant is gonna go crazy once i get it down

[@muswoom7329]

i laughed hysterically after seeing this thank you so much

[@flame1470]

Thanks for these. Also scoop hydrant still works for me

[@Amalga]

It technically still kinda works, it just launches at a much lower angle. Still a pretty useful trap though!

[@insertnamehere259]

Pac man easily has the coolest setups

[@Amalga]

What videos do you guys wanna see next?

[@user-ty3ij2me1k]

more pac-man stuff. this video really helped :P

[@Veganphobic]

I have some ledge tricks I came up with You can fight on the ledge the entire time and hit hydrant in 4-5 different ways The difference between this is your opponents on the stage and you play off the ledge on purpose With counter moves

[@skye454]

I think it'd be great if you made a video with Held Item Attacks specifically with Pacman's fruits. Its a more recent tech found and significantly upgrades our early percent fruit combos.

[@Amalga]

@@skye454 That would be cool to go over, but it unfortunately doesn't seem like Pac-Man has that many uses with it. He can do some cool stuff with up-air and dash attack with it though

[@mariomaqueda5135]

Offstage edgeguarding with Pac!

[@miguellarmed34]

Thank you! I only learned like 2 of them before this video! One I really like you to put in is the one with the hydrant detached (? (sorry, I talk spanish) with the Up B in the ledge I think you know what I'm talking about, it's easy and covers roll and neutral get up

[@Amalga]

Glad you enjoyed it! I know the one you're talking about and it's pretty useful!

[@miguellarmed34]

@@Amalga I'll subscribe, man! I hope you'll upload more things like this 👌👌👌

[@NoVeX011]

DOOD YOU ARE SO DANG AMAZING THANKS!!!!

[@burgerwithfries6279]

Idk why I thought his bell was a block of cheese until know Edit: now

[@Tundric_Schwolf]

I thought it was a jelly lol

[@wyattleeoverson7941]

These videos are amazing!!!!!!!!!!! Lets go paceman mains woo!!!!

[@feels_marc9617]

This is legendary 😭

[@nintendofan1014]

Amazing video! Please keep up the good content

[@MrFranckrodri]

Dude, this is awesome, thank you!

[@Frilleon]

Godlike video thank you

[@jaheimwatson1253]

This is really cool

[@t0m9g]

awesome video!

[@Smug-Sonic]

Here's something that no-one seems to know about Pac-Man: If you use the trampoline right on top of the hydrant, the water jets will still shoot up. :)

[@Sam_P29]

I want so badly to be a Pac-Man main, but he’s so difficult that I tend to get stomped every game, and occasionally I’ll do some big brain thing that makes me look sick 😂 I will say that the tech with grabbing fruit off the hydrant is helpful. It’s made getting fruit into my hand a lot easier. Especially apple which I tend to combo with a lot

[@JacobMoreno-j6m]

How do I throw upward?

[@kevinbeidinger3068]

great video. ty very much

[@Senketsujin]

Bless this video!

[@Spark-Gold]

thank you so much for this video

[@playing4style]

This channel is my senpai.

[@Aggro_tags]

Does anyone else notice that finishing off the hydrant with Up-Smash has more horizontal trajectory than vertical? I’ve tried to hit it at a more vertical angle with it but it’s not as shown in this video,does anyone know why? Thanks

[@Amalga]

Good question! This is because this video was made before Path 3.1.0, where they changed the angle of the first hit of up-smash so it combos better. This is why it launches a lot more horizontally

[@Aggro_tags]

Amalga Ah,okay I assumed something like that Thank you again,I probably should’ve looked more into the patches

[@Aggro_tags]

Amalga i just read your comment on this.. I now feel like a dumbass,but that’s just how it be sometimes

[@guzel_games]

those ledge traps are really good but they fail if your opponent drops from ledge into double jump air dodge or smth else but all ledeg traps fail against that.

[@Amalga]

That basically has the same vulnerability as doing a neutral getup since you have to be above the ledge before you enter your airdodge, so you can still get hit by Hydrant or the Fruit depending on the setup

[@Jesse_Scoccimarra]

I recommend for the apple trap to insta-drop the apple

[@theliamandjustinshow5293]

It would be cool if you trapped the trampoline f smash with a hydrant so that they really wouldn’t roll

[@CalbDoesStuff]

i keep seeing people say that pac mains are 9999IQ i main pacman :D

[@lindenpgh]

dude how can i control where my fruit goes I like can only throw it forward

[@Amalga]

You have to throw it forward the first time, but after you catch it you can throw it in any direction

[@vindigo47]

Oh my god

[@vincent_rivera4625]

Grandeee

[@CTBVong]

Can you z-drop fruit still?

[@Amalga]

Yes but you can't recatch them after

[@CalbDoesStuff]

I was actually able to get the nair to apple one on a friend and he raged quit xD

[@Veganphobic]

Ok you should have done the ledge trap. Hydrant on ledge Walk of stage BACK AIR Then while falling jump up air It makes the hydrant flip around on the stage and 1 if 3 things will happen 1: they get hit by hydrant and up air 2: they hit hydrant and get hit by up air 3: they shield giving you time to grab them and back grow or hold them and hydrant will hit them. Also back air hydrant let it push you off ledge while charging bell Throw bell though bottom of stage hitting hydrant causing it to flip and hop opponent going for hydrant attack

[@Amalga]

That's a super useful trap as well, but I chose the ones I did because they're a bit more elaborate and flashy. Still a very good trap to use though nonetheless!

[@gearsoftime9375]

That was a trap I used on the fly often mostly because I'm crap and always at the edge of the stage

[@9Coronas]

Thank youuuu subbed please make more

[@gretalena4806]

Hey I got a simple one I call it "trampoline trap" Up B near the edge (make sure the opponent didn't grab the edge, also make sire there's no other platform below you) three times. Then yeet your opponent ti yhe trampoline . The opponent will immediately turn into freefalling mode, and had no choice but to fall all the way to the blast zone, and die. I really appreciate replies on thos trick if I got a mistake of it's too simple

[@itsdalu3416]

I did that before too

[@gretalena4806]

@@itsdalu3416 bro epic

[@tjaron]

These are cool combos but I think my brain is too small to pull these off

[@vendetta8449]

Yes

[@nathaniel7165]

Y’all guys ever just go to Hannenbow to use a green screened background for your video

[@Amalga]

It's actually kinda sick lol

[@spensh1]

Who do galaxian z drop when u can just throw it at hydrant then recatch

[@gearsoftime9375]

Although your strategy is more beneficial z droping it gives more time for you to set up with it and style on your opponent

[@induusman2779]

Pac man:it s big brain time

[@RXH14]

Pac-Man Mains, know the secrets of the universe

[@gearsoftime9375]

The mechanism of my mind is an inigma 🤤

[@Sylvergunner]

Your voice has gotten deeper 👀

[@らる-l1b]

6:35自分用

[@fettugenie749]

am i the only one that finds it inconsistent to hit the hydrant with a back air (to prime it) then jab to knock it away? sometimes it flies away with one jab, and then other times it takes the second one :/

[@Amalga]

It depends on if B-Air is stale or not

[@fettugenie749]

Amalga what does that mean?

[@fettugenie749]

u mean the sweet spot?

[@Amalga]

@@fettugenie749 Sweet spot is another factor that could contribute, but if you've hit your opponent with back air already, the move incrementally does less damage over time, meaning after you hit it once or twice it won't be enough to break hydrant with a jab after

[@fettugenie749]

Amalga ok so should i be spacing my back air?

[@TheConer]

pacman is god tier

[@leightonvandyke5701]

Apple gun. I'll use that one.

[@theomegawooloo558]

Okay so basically Geometry

[@gadgetmcgee7428]

Close to 1k subs 👀

[@Amalga]

Once I get there I can monetize my videos as well!

[@krooga_]

🦀 SCOOP HYDRANT IS DEAD 🦀

[@0_Cardboard_0]

Thanks patch for NERFING UPSMASH

[@vex_3455]

Duck hunt mains you can come out now....

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

But nobody mains Duck Hunt

[@an_orange_orange3589]

6:30 7:00

[@Noobwitha_Hat]

kitchen gun? more like apple gun

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

**insert uninteresting Pac-Mains aren’t human comment here**

[@gearsoftime9375]

PAC man's aren't humans. Their the women and children to!

[@tiqosc1809]

try to train and become 300 iq

[@iceypumpkinhead]

This character is broken