Biggest Comeback Ever! RoS 3 Finals EK(Marth) vs Amsah(Shiek)

[@iAMnatnyle]

2:44 "Now, he will try."

[@SMBlolwut]

natnyle damnit haha

[@kiancranfill2809]

natnyle exact moment he flipped on the kill switch

[@MatticusJT]

+natnyle so it wasn't just me who noticed his brain tick

[@saraskyline8331]

natnyle exactly when the intense music started playing

[@daborshy4089]

4:43 Amsah turns to face the same direction his opponent taunted at 0:53 The ultimate middle finger

[@omegaslayer]

Hold on to that last stock like real life. Epic.

[@ranialjondi655]

2:44 : that overlong ledge grab; you can almost see the Shiek player take a breath and compose themselves before resolving to throw everything they have into making those last minutes count. And by God, they do.

[@daborshy4089]

Too bad we never got to see Last-Stock Amsah vs Isai When He's Trying

[@Slattsquatch]

2:45 God mode turned on

[@ArmadaUGS]

Im Armada! And thanks a lot man =) Yeah Im really happy me/Aniolas decided to go cause Genesis 1 was amazing and after that it feelt right to go back often.

[@hiimemily]

2:23 And then Amsah picked up the controller.

[@very_gouda]

Here from Summit 10 14 years later, wow

[@xridethelightningx]

Amazing display of DI @ 4:23, 4:28 and 4:33. Nihonjin had plenty of time to get ready for those Fsmashes from Marth after recovering, so he more or less inputting perfect SDI (probably with quarter circle DI), ASDI, and basic DI ... and survived. =D

[@bme619]

4:21-4:36 God Like DI

[@madisonh4239]

+bme619 Staling is a powerful mechanic.

[@Maxx00]

Martha H actually in melee staleness does not effect the knock back

[@madisonh4239]

Dunder Pom Huh it looks like you're right. My b.

[@Spunney]

staleness definitely affects knockback in melee what are you talking about?

[@Justerbuster007]

he just had to do that random charge smash

[@vonfinell]

Nihonjin is my favorite Smash professional, as I am a Sheik-main myself. I'm glad that somebody posted a good quality video of this career-defining match.

[@yunue904]

If you pay attention, the end of the go sheik chant ends with a huge cheer that happens to perfectly match when Amsah takes the third stock. It's so good.

[@manongraymond5481]

Imagine choking on a game where you can have 3 stocks over someone

[@SmasherUGS]

To be more correct, this was last match in winners final, with the current score 3-3.

[@Klokkismann]

In PAL, falco's dair is still a spike. Ganondorf's Down-B is also a spike. I don't know if there are any else in PAL.

[@rigel9102]

Ngl, that marth looks like netplay marth

[@gmaster2647]

It's basically the damage meter of the Smash Bros. series. The higher the percentage, the farther you fly from attacks. So obviously, you have to avoid that percentage from getting too high. :P

[@wiitubeaccount]

Remember that this was back in 2006. Everyone is just better these days. Also, the marth must have gotten tense as fuck when Amsah turned it on.

[@xhellzfirex]

@FargisBlarg well it is possible to cancel marth's spike as any other character. The spike can be cancelled when Up-B is hit as soon as Marth's Dair makes contact

[@larsattack]

I just want to point out that the tech that EK did at 4:49 is the same thing Amsah kept doing vs Zhu at Pound 4. And when he did it the announcers had never seen it before. The Euro's were doing that 4 years ago!

[@junessbm7401]

thanks for the rec lovage that was crazy

[@GCLU]

@lilrhan12 you mean PAL? Yes, that is one of the differences, if you want to see more look up Version Differences (ssbm) smash wiki on google.

[@pokemasterelite]

@linkoninja PAL there are no spikes only Meteor Smashes. NTSC Spikes are there.

[@CyberMadnessEX]

Play "The Touch" at 2:47. You'll cry.

[@BlackWaive]

Marth's spike is replaced by a Meteor Smash in the PAL version. As seen in this video, you can jump-cancel a Meteor Smash.

[@DarkOblivion4327]

@coreygames this was on the PAL version of melee, therefore marth's dair is a meteor smash and not a true spike.

[@BenjerminGaye]

Marth's curse: either it's very low ko or an unreasonably high ko. 160+? U shouldn't be living.

[@rodrigob.3590]

Or either very good DI

[@BenjerminGaye]

naww not really.

[@zfrtable]

+BenjerminGaye If you want to talk about godlike DI check our the recent smash summit, Shroomed (I think it was ) survived until 200% on Yoshi's Story

[@RavOut]

I dont know why people dont remember that Marths sword does less damage and knockback the closer to the hilt the hit is, and also his fsmash was stale +DI

[@JMOAN]

Amazing comeback. Just crazy. Combo at 3:52-3:55 was quite nice.

[@Charnel_Heart]

When I saw Sheik down to the last life and the video wasn't even half over, I knew I was in for one hell of a show.

[@tjcombo86]

thank you infinite love the shiek come back was that intentional or did Marth actually own in the beginin?

[@CyrusofChaos]

nihonjin, you're the man. I have been playing smash a long time and I have never seen a spike-break before. Anyone know how to do it?

[@LordMyoo]

When I saw "biggest comeback", I thought it meant recovery. So the turnabout there at Sheik's last life really shocked me.

[@BlariX]

I have no idea whats goin on in that video.

[@JFLikesPie]

I agree. The only sheik (currently) in the US that can match up to the level multiple European sheiks (Amsah, Over, Captain Jack?) would be M2K. Possibly Tope too... but I don't think he's quite there yet.

[@afghanimal519]

the crowds reaction was no where near big enough. honestly even the wombo combo got 10x the reaction that this did

[@thisen-]

@JoeRo55 It's PAL version.

[@Bonefinger]

The last stock is always the hardest to take away. I like how EK was desperately smashing whenever he had the chance, hoping for a lucky shot or something.

[@BlackiceNoku]

@ArmadaUGS That comment seemed to imply you're actually Armada, which quite frankly, is hard to believe. But the off chance you are: Dude you are amazing! You have mad skills and really put Peach on the map! Seriously tho, I'm happy you came to America because you really opened the doors to the skills/talent Europe has to a lot of us Americans. I personally was sleeping on Europe till you came but now I'm aware of tightness such as Amash, Ek, you, Ice, etc. (*lol* You're like the Europen Ken.)

[@LeoMcIntosh]

*sigh* It's a shame EK got so desperate in the final stocks, but I'm taking nothing away from Nihonjin - amazing work! Some nail-bitingly tense moments.

[@Faceplantfloor]

It's like they say, "One stock is when your true self comes out."

[@astromanticist]

I didn't hear the extra ite until you mentioned it ^^; which changes the translation a little.

[@smashbrosmaniac]

OMFG. this is fucking awesome. the fact that it's winners finals makes it even more epic

[@XLightThief]

Dreamhack 2015 reporting in. Kreygasm

[@furyberserk]

I noticed right after the match in the description.

[@ArmadaUGS]

@BlackiceNoku You don't need to agree. I just said why I thougt it was a better comeback. Haha thanks man Im glad you enjoy my choose of char/style =)

[@Devsguy]

4:37 Sheik times his explosion so Marth dolphin slashes INTO it. How awesome is that?

[@pokemasterelite]

@Jotora No it was more like Amsah was Sand bagging his first 3 stocks. You can tell quite easily. EK's marth was quite defensive. Ive actually never seen a defensive marth until now. You can see it throughout the vid that his style is all defense. There is a major lack of aggression. He was primarily searching for the edgehog kills. quarter of the way through the match his moves had no variant and become predictable. By means do i say that i am better, I am just analyzing what i see.

[@SilverShadow02]

I didn't know the europeans played PAL. So it's a more balanced version of melee? When did it come out?

[@CyborgSamuraiZombie]

no matter how many times you watch it you still get that feeling that shieks been ko'ed by one of those hits towards the end.

[@YabukiJoe69]

0:51 Did that Shiek just meteor cancel a spike?

[@elephantyarn7378]

In the European version of Melee, Marth's down air is a meteor smash, not a spike.

[@Amsah]

Whahahaha fine by me. :p I figured I'd point it out as I would've wanted someone to do that for me as well. =]

[@NorskeLink]

This was the last match in the last set, and score were even.

[@Vdoggg]

remember it's PAL, not NTSC where dair is a spike.

[@MrJishin]

@PinkAttribute Marth's dair isn't a spike in PAL.

[@metroid1117]

Wow... coming back from 1 - 4 stock... that was incredible... It surprised me that the Sheik was able to meteor cancel the edgehopped DAir in the beginning; were they playing on the PAL version?

[@DarkSonicSpear]

That's typically how the Marth vs. Shiek matchup is played in the first place. If Marth mis spaces things then he loses.

[@MyPlanetIsPluto]

@Bones0 Oh okay, this was the first real Smash vid I watched. I'm pretty interested now.

[@TacticsRamza]

Yeah in pal marth's dair is a meteor smash. They made the pal version more balanced in general from what I heard.

[@hiimemily]

@SpudMcSpudikins So much of a thousand that it has 24 more of them.

[@KingCaboose]

@RhanC777 Very much so...the Marth either got very unlucky or very lazy towards the end. Seeing the last minute of that match, there were more than enough openings for a kill shot on the Sheik. As said before in previous comments, I say this only out of MLG experience.

[@JPRyan04]

3:50 That was sooooo nasty! I'm an aspiring Shiek specialist, and this video makes me really happy.

[@XLordSundayX]

Damage can stale, but I'm pretty sure that the formula which calculates knockback doesn't take that into account. Except for projectiles; they do have knockback scaling.

[@BloodwyrmWildheart]

This was just a normal duel with NO modifications, right? (The fact it was probably tournament mode excluded) Options, stats, and specifications default, correct? If not, please say otherwise and explain. The game seems to be moving a bit faster than normal... Unless my eyes are decieving me?

[@n4riko]

17 years ago

[@BlackiceNoku]

I agree that this was a pretty BOSS comeback but I'm not sure it's the best. The comeback that still amazes me (personally) to this day is Mew2King's comeback against Shiz, though I forget the tourney it was at. That comeback was mad crazy.

[@herosflute]

that's the proof that even thoug you look like you're totally defeated, you might not be already beaten. probably the greatest and most impressive comeback that ever happened Nihonjin's the man

[@PiesCanFly]

I don't understand how the PAL version would have made the situation any different. Marth ledge-guarded, Sheik fell.

[@MajorasMask9]

GOOOOOOoooo SHIEK!

[@gomiakayo]

I was shouting WTF for the last 30 secs of that video. Seriously, I don't think there are enough words in any language to describe how amazing this was.

[@terr13]

wow, that was crazy. I guess the sheik started adapting a lot to that marth. It seemed the marth could easily predict him for the first few stock.

[@furyberserk]

What the hell. Marth's Dair is a spike that can kill after 50% but Shiek Meteor Canceled it. What the hell is going on?

[@NoReasons]

Who wouldn't start to get nervous after blowing a 3 stock? And this is in a tournament setting too, so that wouldn't help with the nerves.

[@AuraStUrm]

I can just imagine the crowd noise behind them.

[@Xanskar]

mr gxt, you have spoilers of the match in your description, and it tells that the sheik wins

[@yoshido]

o junk i saw this happen befor. I dont know if this is the sam match. but anyway nice comeback. For this match i actually respected sheik's sheild grabin

[@aracuscesar]

i cant find this video where its live, where all the audience is there? can u help me out?

[@666souledge666]

would this be the ultimate mindgame? "im gonna make it seem like i suck then have a huge comeback"

[@swank8508]

Did people just not mash buttons while grabbed back then?

[@passiveMenis]

EVEN the wombo combo?

[@wiitubeaccount]

holy shit so this is the legendary comeback i have heard of. in the beginning in the vid i thought it was going to be multiple matches, then i saw amsah catching up and i was like damn son.

[@FuturemanTekken]

@KingCaboose I appreciate your candid and mature response. I'm used to idiots talking a big game. Good luck to you.

[@WK_MERCURY]

4:46 How do you get Sheik to climb back up like that???

[@Darkatma]

it's PAL. Marth's spike is a meteor in PAL. Sheik can't combo off grabs in Pal

[@MyPlanetIsPluto]

Oh wow. This is my first time watching some high level Melee, it's pretty sick. Now I'm inspired to go break out the GCN.

[@MrGameonthis]

Did you ever become a pro?

[@pokemonredversion]

i was so confused at first when nihonjin meteor canceled ek's spike

[@SuperNinjaMarth]

This reply is completly unrelated to the above retraded conversation.

[@MtnDrew]

At the end, the marth user got too impatient and started spamming forward smashes.

[@konakl]

someone tell me, what's the difference between a spike and a meteor?

[@ArmadaUGS]

@BlackiceNoku It's the best for sure. The difference between Amsah/Eks stock is bigger then M2k/Shiz. This comeback is also made by the underdog cause EK was the European champ back then. M2ks comeback is hella impressive but Amsah will forever be number one when it comes to the best comeback in the history of smash =)

[@ochogoa]

lol that marth was dominating for the first 1/2 of the game. but the question is... could you do any better? O_o

[@moozles]

wth, can meteor cancel marth's dair in pal?

[@Yoububehahaha]

I LOVE that Amsah taunted in the exact same spot as EK a little before he won. (and i think ek's taunt is what gave Amsah the motivation to win.)

[@Tuchutz]

Best comeback I've ever seen. :o < Now a Nihonjin fan.

[@incarnate1]

Yeah, yeah I have actually. I understand fully what skill is required toplay at this level and when you lose this badly, it means you've choked. Same thing happened to Isai when he fought that peach from Japan.

[@rzsiftyxoq]

in the euro version of smash, marth's dair is only a meteor. unfortunately, it's a damn spike in the us version.

[@flashburn117]

How did he not get KO'd by those forwards smashes at 100%+? Amazing DI

[@Sherigami]

HIS explosion? >:o

[@zaborg2400x]

i had originally saw the live version its alot more intense but the quality isnt as good