Best Ness in the 🌍 gets 3-stocked by insane Villager player

Gackt is currently the best Ness player in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but even that wasn't enough to stop Villager/Isabelle main Kept from completely bodying him. This was for sure the most hype Villager gameplay I have ever seen. I didn't even know it was possible to shield break with Villager...
#supersmashbrosultimate
#supersmashbros
#villager
#ness
#tournament
#competetive

[@LamboJ20]

crazy how people are calling Kept just a villager player when he's pretty much been the best Villager ever since Ranai retired, but this match is just showing of that mastery.

[@greedo194]

Bobbywasabi is also kinda nice. He almost beat tweek

[@TheSugarGod]

Mastery being camping (and boring) your opponent to death

[@illford]

@@TheSugarGod yeah good, he played optimally good on him, I don't see what's wrong.

[@TheSugarGod]

@@illford he played villager how villager is supposed to be played that’s for sure (I think it’s just super boring to watch)

[@pulse3290]

@@TheSugarGod well thats subjective i personally think his villager is amazing! and also fun to watch

[@Ganonmustdie2]

The first portion of the match was so even, I was wondering how Villager would be able to 3-stock Gackt's Ness. Then pocket came out and I just laughed, completely forgot Villager can outright steal Ness's recovery move

[@JNKSmash]

It looks like this is one of the WORST matchups for ness that was a destruction

[@Lordin_]

neutral b carry this matchup really hard lmao

[@M255-n9z]

its actually a even matchup believe it or not.. alot of ness's say its slight winning.

[@greenbeets0]

not even close to a bad matchup even in gackts tierlist from yesterday

[@rayminishi689]

@@M255-n9z Thats cope by the Ness players

[@xanander4693]

It’s not ness’s worse but it is -1 for him.

[@folashocky2735]

Nice to see two non-DLC characters in the grand finals.

[@nocantry]

Everytime Kept took a stock, it's like he leveled up. The momentum was crazy, and the skill on display is sickening.

[@JonCom3dy]

That was the coolest match I’ve seen in a long time

[@SerenoaWolffort]

I'm glad you liked it! I was not expecting a three-stock in grands against gackt, but it was definitely fun to watch.

[@VeritableVagabond]

I have never gotten familiar w/ playing Smash, but from the looks of this match, it looks like the most technical fighting game ever or am I wrong?

[@JonCom3dy]

@@VeritableVagabond I would argue smash bros melee is

[@VeritableVagabond]

@@JonCom3dy What's the difference?

[@VeritableVagabond]

@Chase K Thanks for the answer. I’ll check it out. Do you find Melee a more challenging/technical fighting game than Tekken for example?

[@Don-ql8yq]

i havent seen SSB in years... i didn't know it was this technical and serious. Wow this was crazy to watch from a outsider fan

[@Crisitu96]

Normally I expect every Villager to fair/bair and side b all match. This might be the first time I'm hyped watching one, that's crazy

[@Crakinator]

Bro what do you mean, all he did was fair bair and side b all match 💀

[@elsologian2016]

@@Crakinator but it was hype tho XD

[@rhythmiint]

@@Crakinator kept can fair bair and side b while being hype

[@brandonlee8123]

That literally just how to play villager lmao

[@DeathsSON213]

Most character have an ariel they rely heavily on

[@georgewashington3505]

Was hype to see live, cracked me up that kept and gackt flew together to this tournament. Won 1st place doubles together then had to fight each other in grands. 😂 their energy was hype, gackt a fiend for those mints

[@Jaguarandine]

What tournament was this?

[@benn9_9_9]

Did you see the last stock that was actually crazy Kept pushed gackt with the watering can which messed up gackts up b direction, next kept instantly on reaction double jumped and b reversed axe

[@mintyerb]

let’s fucking go more villager representation is needed

[@GenophefeElisabeth]

No they don't wtf's wrong with you

[@Noba46688]

@@GenophefeElisabeth lmao true I fkn h8 villager

[@CarlosHernandez-bt9gs]

@@GenophefeElisabeth based

[@glimmerstantroop46321]

@@GenophefeElisabeth based reply, don't argue against facts

[@hobosorcerer]

Villager is a plague on this earth

[@ThePuppet13r]

My villager it's a fucking Pebble compared to this madness

[@tahatv5269]

It’s non existent

[@carlos41519]

Its not that hard to play technical like this. Its just hard to put in dedication towards improving.

[@wlt3585]

@@carlos41519 It's not that hard to play technical but it is harder to do against one of the best representations of a character on a stage surrounded by a crowd.

[@turb303]

1:03 i think that moments like these is truly what this game was made for

[@grandphantoon1334]

That roll read at 2:21 🤯

[@dansu1503]

He does it again at 2:36, truly a madman

[@og_pickle3598]

When the only 2 moves villagers uses in the first 20-30 seconds are back air and Lloyd.

[@IGamingStation]

Aren't those the best options for Villager in neutral? Can a main chime in?

[@firewall5189]

@@IGamingStation i dual main isabelle and plant, formerly villager and plant. villager/isabelle's neutral is A S S without fair/bair lmao. i get that it can get real repetitive and boring to watch if you dont find the process of covering different options and stifling the opponent's approaches to be entertaining, but if you arent spamming slingshot, youll lose almost 100% guaranteed. and taking away lloyd from villager too just adds insult to injury lol.

[@jo4sh0w76]

Challenge: Count the villager fairs

[@SerenoaWolffort]

64. I counted them all twice.

[@SerenoaWolffort]

If you included bairs anyway, I just counted slingshots.

[@thearchangel9835]

that's the world's best Ness??!! damn! then I feel sorry for the world!

[@dannyboots]

Za Warudo

[@thepopo592]

that thunder pocket was fire oh my god

[@fingaaflexin1171]

“These two child combatants” 😂😂😂😂

[@bonahldoh]

That was sick!

[@RenzZlax]

Its crazy how suffocating that villager was

[@morgn1505]

The lesser of 2 evils destroyed the most evil, it’s like poetry it rhymes in a way.

[@chalybee8689]

That last chop was spectacular!

[@shijima_ending]

kept is literally the best villager in the world, not just an insane villager player

[@javierclaresgarcia8279]

Well, tecnically une thing does not make the other une false, but i consider you are rigth and the name of the video should be diferent

[@mknight8272]

@@javierclaresgarcia8279 Work on your spelling and grammar. Not trying to be rude I’m just mentioning

[@javierclaresgarcia8279]

@@mknight8272 Im sorry if i didn't write well, english is my 2 language. Anyway, if the message isn't clear i would like to explain it on a better way,i agre whit the original comment but i just making a litle jome about how une thing don't make the other false, if i did something wrong i would like you to tell me exactly what i did wrong so i can improve my language

[@mknight8272]

@@javierclaresgarcia8279 Une is the incorrect spelling of one. Rigth is the incorrect spelling of right. Diferent is the incorrect spelling of different. Capitalize your i’s when they are by their self. Agre is the incorrect spelling of agree. Whit is is the incorrect spelling of what. Put a was between I just so it’s I was just. litle is the incorrect spelling of little

[@mknight8272]

@@javierclaresgarcia8279 Also say doesn’t instead of don’t in that context. Learning another language is hard but keep up the work man I believe in you.

[@Idioticvines]

Dude literally an metaphorically stole his thunder

[@JEWong47]

I dunno if it was intentional (and judging by how he went all the way up to the edge to plant that tree i wanna say it was) but the water at the ledge to fuck up Gackt's PKT2 angle was a stroke of genius

[@fidel_soto]

That was a Villager masterclass.

[@SpicyRess808]

For a match of under 3min long I counted over 60 slingshots attacks and I didn’t even bother about side B…

[@SerenoaWolffort]

64 to be exact. I didn't bother with side b's either.

[@Trinsid]

I always thought Villager / Isabelle beat out Ness / Lucas, with the right spacing and shield pressure and edge guarding we have almost no options.

[@mmmmgood7318]

Absolutely wrong villager Isabelle have a worse time with Lucas since he has more recovery mixups and a better reflector also better specials like pk freeze

[@Trinsid]

@@mmmmgood7318 Villabelle can go under the whole stage as long as it has no walls, has a wall jump, slingshot to snuff out jumps, has I-frames with pocket and can use Nucas' projectiles against them. PK Freeze can be shielded or parried, rolled away from, jumped away from, reflected and obsorbed (not pocketed). Nucas, on the other hand, almost never is able to get under the entire stage, does not have a wall jump, has a very exploitable up special (all you have to do is recognize there's no other option but to use up-b, you'll rarely see an early one because of how unsafe we know it is), we have no moves to take jumps or force a recovery so long you are well spaced because Nucas has little to no range without side or neutral special. We have no landing options or mix-ups, other than laggy directional air-dodges, or easily shieldable and punishable PSY magnet. If you understand the matchup, Nucas < Villabelle.

[@M255-n9z]

@@Trinsid that doesn’t cancel out that it’s harder to edgeguard him than ness.

[@fco92DS]

@@Trinsid ness can't go under the stage but lucas can, pocketed projectiles can be absorbed and reflected(Ness can't reflect them due to its slower reflector), Lucas doesn't have a wall jump but he have a tether to mixup his recovery and his pk thunder travels more distance than ness so he can recover further (although is still exploitable xd), both can use b-reverse / wavebounce psi magnet mid-air to shift their momentum and mixup landings, although this brings more benefits to Lucas due to his better air mobility (Btw, his magnet is +0 on shield so is quite safe to shield pressure. Also he can do that with b-reverse / wavebounce pk fire as well) and Lucas can land with his fair that have low landing lag. Also we use pk freeze when the opponent is offstage so we can force a low recovery or a bad airdodge and punish with an aerial or pk freeze itself xd. I think, with equal matchup knowledge, Ness is in slight disadvantage and Lucas is even or slight disadvantage Sorry if my english looks broken, I didn't used a translator for this

[@Trinsid]

@@fco92DS I agree with this, but I think the points I made reflect both characters. I agree that Lucas is better than Ness in this match up, but still, no amount of fancy tech can beat good spacing from a villager. Lucas can reflect faster than Ness but only slightly so - and a good Villabelle won't throw anything out worth reflecting or absorbing. Like in this video, all pockets were used as combo extenders or at a distance / time where it would be difficult to react. The one tool Lucas has over Ness that really make a difference is PK Fire, as Lucas can use it to zone and camp while Ness can only use it for traps and doesn't have nearly as good range. It's harder to camp and play the spacing game with Lucas because of that, Lucas should have an easier time getting Villabelle to approach than Ness. But still, Villabelle has the upper hand as long as their spacing is tight and they are punishing landings, for both characters, tomahawk grabs are almost useless because of how floaty they are and their slow grabs, so they can almost never grab in time. Their out of shield options have almost no range and are both very punishable. Their kits (besides Lucas PK Fire) have almost no range, unless you count PK Thunder which you really shouldn't ever be getting hit by as a top player.

[@ethanleroux5697]

Villager is the king of projectiles

[@dragongamerrylucius]

As a Villager main, I can borrow a few things I can use from Kept's gameplay. I'm already used to swinging the axe alot, but this is just all-around flawless creativity.

[@Potterzilla]

There is so much more than the big reaction trade offs happening here. This dude is peak villager never seen one move like that 🙌🏼

[@mdmakes8900]

1:03 someone needs to put the yeet sound effect over that 😂

[@victorabarca9733]

All I see is villager running away and using projectiles every time he gets rushed , imagine going up against someone with an actual reflect b move

[@oblivionsgate3308]

(Off the edge loading this man) LET THE BITCH BREATH DAMN IV NEVER SEEN SUCH A GOOD VILLAGER BEFORE HOLY CRAP

[@Loxu69]

For anyone coming in and reading the title and assuming villager sucks lemme tell you on FD villager ness is like 90-10. Ness gets bodied so hard by villager, everybody knows you can pocket ness' recovery and thats bad enough but getting to double up pk thunder and rocket to turn into a shield break setup is so nasty. Ness has such a hard time getting in on this matchup you see it in this video just outspacing him with the slingshot and jabbing desperation approaches and ness can barely even use pk fire.

[@sonymicronin]

Absolutely immaculate gameplay wtf, that was some pristine shit

[@spicychile]

I hate fighting Villagers online because they tend to be spammy with their projectiles, but damn, that was actually pretty hype.

[@ramaicatseye]

May the better child win

[@kitrawr6992]

So even at higher level play, Villager meta is just side b and fair...

[@wisemysticaltreeuser]

fr. Casual or comp villag always plays the exact same how do people have fun with this

[@solidsnakeblair3409]

Thank you, people are calling this hype because of a single shield break and I’m just staring at the side b fair spam 🫠

[@Blue-jn1ph]

@@solidsnakeblair3409 That's what I'm saying! Finally someone with a brain.

[@defscanvas7633]

Id hardly call kept just another insane villager. He has a huge following in the jp smash community and rightfully so

[@jtm94]

Circus in town

[@acev337]

It is about an even mu. I've about mastered Ness and use magnet dance at my peak, but Gackt made a crucial mistake. He kept burning his doublejump in neutral just for approaching but thats risky in general. That and the only main option he used even if very good was double jump fair, but he can double jump magnet dance instead for timing/spacing to get in and use other moves. Plus when villager relies on his fair, Ness can just call the wiff-punish bluff and run in that way. Overall I think he got on tilt but the villager was more in the zone, as the ness player messed up a crucial grab opportunity he was able to react to.

[@firewall5189]

i dont think its remotely close to even lol. pocket merks ness so hard it almost makes me sad. also, gackt (1) is the current undisputed best ness player in the world and (2) he and kept are both top players from the same region (japan). pretty sure gackt knows everything you said, and might even have a good reason for doing what he did, even if you thought they were mistakes.

[@acev337]

@@firewall5189 sometimes all it takes is a small change of strategy to turn a matchup around. There are mixups that make it risky for villager to go for that gimp. But everyone has a different style so.

[@joelweber9900]

reminds me of when ranai shocked the world in smash 4 :')

[@danielmartins9901]

F air, side b, jab and pocket. So that's all it takes?

[@blastoi5e]

the title is a disrespect to kept lol

[@SerenoaWolffort]

Ik, but no one will watch a video that says, "Kept's Villager [fill in the blank]" But if it's Ness and and the best one at that getting destroyed by Villager of all characters, people are more likely to watch. The title also needs to be as short as possible. I tried to do him justice in the description but I don't think anybody reads that.

[@guccirobinson92]

This was amazing...wow. I always loved villager

[@Ella-to5vi]

that was absolutely insane sorry there was SOOO MUCH SAUCE in just this lil moment

[@isaacmedina2957]

Insane Villager Player💀 the way that sounds

[@brandito5480]

I mean the pocket PK Thunder and shield break were cool along with the edge guard for the second stock but most of this was Fair and FSpecial lol

[@vitae4929]

As a child hater, seeing Ness get absolutely owned is so satisfying!

[@Blue-jn1ph]

You have a child in your pfp though

[@percslushee8411]

I don’t know anything about smash bros but this was cool

[@thatonekid77396]

Retitle this "Best Ness player gets camped to death" 🙄

[@Orokana]

he just "kept" at it

[@tempest2471]

LET'S GO KEPTI

[@angelirizarry2666]

After all those f airs, no one is allowed to complain about gordo spamming ever again

[@rc9145]

I normally hate villagers but this was super satisfying to see

[@kuweit]

Kept used villager rapid-jab more times in this set alone than I did in all of Smash 4 and Ultimate combined

[@colinftp3288]

Even tho he lost bad the ness movement is so nice

[@howshegoingeh7708]

May favorite pass time in smashbros is watching Ness players lose.

[@______6517]

Glad in smash you get to spam forward air and side b until you've camped and gimped your opponent

[@AJ-lm5dl]

He really KEPT the pressure on, huh?

[@gogogadgetrectalpunch]

This mans stepping up to fill Ranai’s shoes

[@jonhuff2485]

Gackt í the best ness in the world??? That is new news to me.

[@immortalsage7860]

Actually insane

[@tiphotisted]

battle of the spammers

[@EjectedReject]

Is villager the perfect counter to ness?

[@chrislee7775]

Somewhat, but this villager just played it well and kept a good distance from all of those ness aerials.

[@hedvent2692]

@@chrislee7775 who is this ness player guys? Quick! Everyone tell me!!

[@xanander4693]

When it comes to offstage, yes

[@rurounijay7100]

@@hedvent2692 this ness is the best ness in the world 😭 why do yall keep saying "this * insert character *" gackt was a hair away almost every time he missed, my boy was just spacing and evading perfectly. He played this matchup to a T more than gackt played badly. Remember its hard to be experienced against a quality villager as opposed to being experienced with a quality ness. Lack of representation is a big advantage for character specialists

[@xanander4693]

@@hedvent2692 bro this is gackt, one of the best ness players in the world 🗿

[@stephonheredia9129]

Honestly in the game at all time either player can always win the match regardless of what it looks like as long as they are relatively as good as their opponent

[@RedForeman]

Me: “jump off stage”

[@A2theL3X]

Never thought I'd enjoy a villager/Ness fight 🤣 helps that they're the best players in the world 🤣

[@very_gouda]

I’d rather play against the best Ness in the world than like the 30th best Villager. That character is so annoying.

[@thekid3947]

Don’t let his looks deceive you, for you see, this person is no ordinary Villager main. This is a person who knows this game more than he knows himself, and yet, out of all characters they simply choose to be villager

[@davidzrescalante503]

Is that Hyde gackt? The weird crazy Dbfz player?

[@hobosorcerer]

Just watching the first 10 seconds on mobile auto play has me nauseated. I hate Ness, but I think I hate Villager even more.

[@kolaloso2379]

Seeing a ness abuser get destroyed by a villager is pure eye candy.

[@firewall5189]

"ness abuser" bruh put some respect on gackt's name

[@airjoshua247]

Nah we ain’t gonna act like we don’t know who Kept is

[@Rombizio]

Insane

[@tedstyle3798]

Well, it's ness...

[@rickydlp]

villager's a beast.

[@VeritableVagabond]

I have never gotten familiar w/ playing Smash, but from the looks of this match, it looks like the most technical fighting game ever or am I wrong?

[@WatchDoggyDog]

1:17 some other how 😆

[@Hexodroid]

1:44 could have taken the stock if he pushed a little further

[@carmelair-head8008]

Pocketing the Pika fire…big 🧠

[@skuniarjr]

perfectly played, wow.

[@Eyezthrulies]

Damn nice bro

[@thegeek310]

🔥🔥🔥 pk thunder pocket

[@grapeeggplant3863]

Villager is absolute cancer to play against, what else is new?

[@0KXNE]

actually insane

[@MoonlightSama.mp4]

bro kept is the only good villager im aware of lmaoooo

[@tinor9591]

BOY THATS KEPT

[@TotskuyaKurogane]

BestNess and Awstin are looking at this and is disappointed

[@ArcticKomodo]

This MU looks like 1-9

[@javiervergara5695]

God I have to admit that I fucking love watching Ness getting destroyed

[@thenutella1895]

Villy mains are awesome 🌳

[@dennisreynolds1503]

Me out here hoping it was ranai from smash 4 making a return

[@cecilfox4531]

Has this villager fought any notable Steve players?

[@janswhatsupdoc]

Hikaru (beat DK in Japan) recently picked him up, he’s not Acola but he still quite clean Still lost to Kept though

[@cheez_itzz]

This is the first time I ever seen villager being used like this crazy IQ plays

[@aa25101]

Wow who would of thought the best counter to ness would win.

[@gabrielmoravargas4728]

Villager is so not the best counter to ness, it's -1 at best for ness

[@homeslice5414]

Villager player: Camping Everyone: I N S A N E V I L L A G E R

[@unclegrimsley839]

I never thought I’d see two characters notorious for their zoning bullshit be so hype