Riddles (Kazuya) vs Chase (Palutena) - Ultimate Singles Pools Winners Semi-Final - Genesis 9

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[@carnassier3365]

FUN FACT: Before this set, Chase goes to the french stream and borrows a pro controller. The French cheers for Chase because the winner has to fight against Gluto next and he's doing way better against Palutena than Kazuya. By the end of the set, they said Chase is now a member of the french community and nickname him "La Chaise" (litterally "the chair" in french). When Chase come back to the stream, he says that was the best controller he ever touched. Everyone congratuled him for the upset and told him that he can keep the controller for the whole tournament.

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

Damn that kinda wholesome

[@user-be3qc7re9o]

Maybe it's just me, but I genuinely believe that Kazuya is making Riddles play worse overall. He's been focusing too heavily on Kazuya's Touch of Death Combos that his overall Neutral ends up suffering because of it. Sure, he didn't win a Major until he went Solo Kazuya, but his results are definitely looking more inconsistent than his time with Terry.

[@magnusrage2666]

I honestly agree with this. I keep seeing him overextending or just mashing and it costs him. I feel like he should at least work on dual maining with Terry, Terry just makes things easier in a match compared to Kazuya sometimes.

[@TaariqBethea]

He plays him too aggressive kazuya can be played defensively and work bc it forces your opponent to approach more than you

[@Oz1455]

His neutral his easily the best of the Kazuyas I've seen (maybe next to Tea). No other Kazuya moves like he does, since it's really hard to properly move fluidly and fast like him.

[@user-be3qc7re9o]

@@Oz1455 Sure it's the best amongst the Kazuya players, but Riddles' is sufferring overall as a player because of it. This becomes increasingly apparent in certain matchups where a Secondary is absolutely necessary, and we see how much worse off he's become as a result of his dedication to Kazuya's gameplan since the way the character plays doesn't translate well to other characters.

[@mv2664]

He was very easily intimidated and started spamming panic options randomly when he only had to use electric to regain the advantage, chase did very well, but as you say, since big house, riddles's kazuya has only gotten worse

[@Okenpo]

Does riddles not like the palu matchup as Terry? I’m very surprised he didn’t switch. Chase’s ledge trapping was actually perfect this game.

[@WoR_Tooth]

I also thought this. I feel like terry does better in this match up.

[@sebaschan-uwu]

Damn I've never watched chase before but he's good. His execution is very good and his timing and spacing of his moves are on point. It seemed like he always chose the right move for the situation. His neutral wasn't as amazing but had so many reads on riddles that it made up for it

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

He's one of the top players in Mexico But it makes me wonder who taught him the matchup ?

[@elitecombine5373]

@@user-lq4ct6dr5m I think you are talking about Chag. Chase is from California

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

@@elitecombine5373 Yeah my B Always hard to differentiate them

[@kennyg2610]

This was a satisfying set to watch

[@ohayogosaimas2286]

Those backairs were simply PERFECT. One more pixel and they wouldn't have hit. How many times did they hit Riddles while he would have thought he was safe, wow. Amazing spacing. Hats absolutely off to Chase.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

invincible bairs go brrrrrrrrr

[@InsightfulZen]

I think Riddles was a little sloppy in this set. I saw a couple miss-inputs in the first two games that were really costly, a couple d-tilts instead of crouch dashing and a few wind godfists instead of EWGFs and it put him into such a devastating disadvantage. Plus he was getting read pretty hard through the entire set. Congrats to Chase man he had the game on lock pretty much the entire time. He executed a great gameplan against kazuya: stay out of his range. It worked excellently and his consistency and timing with those bairs are fuckin scary

[@fupalover]

Riddles was mashing his ass off.

[@Take_this_please]

Riddles needs to learn how to stop panic mashing. Im not saying I could beat him, but it's evident he does it. Even I do it a lot when I'm getting pelted lmao. Panic mashing is really bad for Kazuya

[@mrharvy100]

Riddles really has a bad streak at choking. You can tell he gets really tilted. Also notice compared to Tea Riddles has the better execution for more consistent Electric conversions, but some of Riddles neutral choices especially in this this MU makes no sense like Yolo devil sweeps

[@tacoshop7722]

Tea’s kazuya is kinda crusty though.

[@darktouchstudios8114]

Starting at 6:28 chase hops twice in an interesting way. I would have never noticed if it wasnt for pink fresh on tweak talks but he was saying that kazuyas auto turn around is a bit slower compared to other fg characters. So if you hop above him on one side and drift back on the other there is a bit of lag before he turns around. Not sure how safe it would make all of your options but its interesting to actually see after hearing it.

[@drewchilds4188]

Chase played this matchup so well. Kazuya has a broken advantage state, but just about as poor a disadvantage and Chase capitalized on that. Just as an example, look at 14:03 and watch how Riddles loses his stock. Chase hardly ever lets him land and he only takes about 12% damage while dealing ~130% to Kaz and taking the stock. Lots of cross ups on Riddles shield, juggling, getting Riddles off stage, and ledge trapping really were key for Chase to bring down Kazuya. Well done 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Pj_901]

Also riddles played into so much. Like he never switched up his ledge options and chase was on him for that

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

Nice breakdown of the set, Kazuya is literally untouchable when he has the advantage

[@user-jx5hf3ie5e]

Kazuya from riddles is certainly the best in my opinion, but it seems that it will be difficult for Kazuya to win alone in the future. He needs a second character.

[@8bittim]

He does have terry but yeah he's relying on Kaz too much. I think the matchup for Kaz is finally being learned. Riddles has not really achieved any notable success since his first major win

[@yawns3004]

Can Kazuya up b OoS vs those landing nairs? Or drop shield jab instead?

[@Liezuli]

No, they're too slow, and also Chase was spacing the nairs really well

[@johnkramer2144]

Banger set.

[@tonypguitareok1]

Dang. Bam with energy gives great commentary lol

[@iv624]

I’ve been more interested in Chase ever since gims. Hope he continues doing well 👍

[@Godlovesugly.]

Nail bitter set!! I’m a big Riddles fan but congrats to Chase he played phenomenal

[@Lucifer-hq5pe]

Wow, great job by Chase, beating Riddles on the Mishima Kazuya is no easy task... GG!

[@haydensmith9531]

On riddles' last stock of game 5 he shoulda fished for moves that trip like stature smash or devil fist instead of fishing for electric. When he landed the electric he got nothing off of it while on the other hand I feel like he coulda gotten the stock if he started with one of those moves. Regardless Riddles is an amazing player, if you see this riddles let me know what you think

[@vladislavl.5103]

Kazuya is still broken but he does get countered a bit. Congrats to Chase and well done to Riddles, he tried his best.

[@usern4metak3ns]

So what you're saying is Yakuza needs upgrades like multihit nair, projectile, up air, etc...? He isn't broken enough yet

[@vladislavl.5103]

Not what I said but I think he should be more well-rounded as a character and less 0-death when it comes to balancing.

[@Pj_901]

I think he just got outplayed here. Wasn’t anything on the matchup side of things.

[@usern4metak3ns]

@@vladislavl.5103 ahh so what you're saying is Yakuza needs a gun sword too?

[@William38827]

The carried players are always the saltiest

[@SmashLibrary]

Chase played impeccably

[@customizablewario]

is this a new channel of yours? since i havent seen you upload much on your old one recently

[@SmashLibrary]

@@customizablewario yup! Uploading full streams in this one instead of sliced cuts like in the original channel because no time 😭

[@krontexpit]

That was beautiful

[@C-mereSSBU]

Riddles' neutral is starting to look like Day 1 Quickplay Kazuya.

[@tedchoss7922]

Chase spacing is godlike

[@mv2664]

Dude, there were so many moments were riddles just have to spam electric until it connects, he just no need to do anything else and got beaten for that in plenty interactions. (i know it sounds kinda goofy, but that strategy works really well with tea's kazuya so...)

[@Youre_dumb]

Chase dances offstage with his pink backpack after cooking Riddles

[@Michael-cg5qn]

Fundies vs Cheese. Kudos to chase for winning and actually delivering on his win like he said he would

[@sqpenn]

Fundies vs cheese is killing me😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@Myztyrio]

Love it, Chase out here playing Palutena with such grace! Put that Kazuya back in his place!

[@andrewfeng7411]

Chase is a little TOO good at the kazuya mu

[@ether2275]

I've seen Chase before but this one is really impressive. Beating Riddles Kazuya is no easy feat. Riddles could've played better in some of those games though. But still Chase really knew how to deal with Kazuya bs and you have to respect that.

[@BluuSkyz]

I've seen this Palu player before and he's solid.. I also love riddles but I like to see Kazu lose.. those 0-death setups while the other player basically just afks are not fun to watch or hype at all.

[@joint-thehuntsman]

Did I just watch Nairo’s Palu..? Nice job Chase. Cant stand Kazuya

[@jormungandrtheserpentsaint1414]

6:27...what are they even talking about?

[@maxreed6238]

Wow! Riddles to Losers bracket

[@kazuya6852]

You sick riddles

[@nirvana6375]

Crazy how chase isn’t top 100 on the Ultrank

[@ClubSoda98]

I think riddles has deleted his twitter

[@8bittim]

I think he probably deactivated it for the time being. That salty moment caught on camera with his controller and his overall placement, he is probably taking a mental break

[@ariasariamis712]

@@8bittim which moment?

[@8bittim]

@@ariasariamis712 he lost to a chrom player(can't remember his name) and whipped his controller at the ground. Definitely a rage moment. There's already two vids of it on KZbin

[@ariasariamis712]

@@8bittim Seen it now. Didn't look as bad as I expected, but I guess he's in a bad mental space.

[@tinyt.w.i.m7291]

@@8bittim Leon, not to be mistaken for the Bowser player.

[@Ki-gz8ve]

spaces palu bair beats electric when you really think about it, this game is so funny lmaooo

[@ortallicafirst3866]

Feel bad because I knew this tilted him after the game

[@xanander4693]

Riddles wins this with his Terry tho 😳

[@Myztyrio]

nah

[@Take_this_please]

Then why didn't he switch to Terry if he wins this? Maybe he feels his Kazuya is better for Palu lmao

[@francesco3588]

Good job Chase

[@Tatsugiriii]

Actually disgusting that you can play Yakuza at this level, get outplayed 90% of the time, and still win 2 games.

[@eggroll5464]

People who bitch and complain about kazuya just need to be Better at the game simple

[@catchinsomezzzs]

Kazuya is busted af, but goddamn he is fun to watch

[@hmmmmmmmmmm_]

Riddles, Yikes...

[@Seed385]

Lol cant get carried anymore 😢

[@skoolwifi3835]

I love Riddles but damn was this a crusty set

[@Myztyrio]

He got outplayed again and again.

[@mark9818]

chase i love you why arent you saying it back to me :CCCCCCCCCCCC

[@cebolla1449]

CHASE IS THE GOAT

[@DongmaximusDingletonTheThird]

i feel bad for riddle’s because everyone is going to give him mad shit for placing 33rd

[@heart-ssbu]

ik he deactivated twitter and evreything

[@Pj_901]

I think it’s because of the way he’s been acting this weekend. He needs some time off

[@DongmaximusDingletonTheThird]

@@Pj_901 Yeah he has been a bit of an a hole this weekend

[@thelordoftheweebs9501]

@@DongmaximusDingletonTheThird probably getting cocky from playing dlc

[@devynpon2707]

@@DongmaximusDingletonTheThird wdym by this

[@sqpenn]

Whole comment section joining for riddles😂 it’s Ight guys, he can do it himself

[@Matthew_Ross]

Crazy how hard Riddles struggled against what maybe the 4th or 5th best Palutena in the world. 💀

[@tacoshop7722]

Lui$ Chag Gen Chase? Raflow?? I’m not sure what the order is tbh🤔

[@Kallen_ZSS]

@@tacoshop7722 1-2 lui$/chag 3-chase 4-gen 5-raflow

[@GameRock06]

Whoops the carry didn't work

[@trapwxrldprxductixns9239]

Palu beats kazuya

[@Oz1455]

CHASE IS INSANE.

[@William38827]

Zero respect for Kazuya players

[@nickrouse8426]

I only respect Riddles. Acola can kick rocks hahaha

[@samzotos]

@@nickrouse8426nah Acola goated god player riddles carried and mid

[@nickrouse8426]

@Zotoast lol I was kidding. I just wish I could see Acola as anything but Steve and Kazuya. I can't blame Riddles for playing the most broken FGC. It's all he knows besides a meh Roy.

[@lcuas47]

Cry more?

[@samzotos]

@@nickrouse8426 bro it’s mad funny he thinks his Roy is good.

[@oreoj7346]

u love to see it