CEOTaku 2022 Guilty Gear Strive Top 8

[@bloodbandittv]

Timestamps: 9:52 [Heavens Semifinal] Apologyman Vs. Bean 21:00 [Heavens Semifinal] NBNHMR Vs. Jonathan Tene 32:20 [Hells Top 8] Zando Vs. Razzo 41:58 [Hells Top 8] TempestNYC Vs. Leffen 50:19 [Hells Quarterfinal] 1:04:00 [Hells Quarterfinal] 1:13:45 [Heavens Final] 1:26:02 [Hells Semifinal] 1:37:06 [Hells Final] 1:53:12 [Made In Heaven Final]

[@OneCSeven]

whoever picked the thumbnail needs a raise

[@iorilamia]

It gets the clicks for sure

[@ntwrk56]

the FGC's standards for women is lower than ever lmfaoooo

[@unhingedresolve512]

@@ntwrk56 Foolishness Akshay, Foolishness.

[@Neloch4]

@@ntwrk56 you're so weird.

[@IonGravityBeam]

The thumbnail spoiled me on the first 4 fights of the losers bracket… not exactly happy about that.😭

[@Ephlaght]

NBNHMR is cracked. This is his first offline major and he wins without dropping a set. Nago or not, this man is insane.

[@chrisludwig4729]

Stacked tournament with only a 5k pot. Sucks, but such is the life of an FGC pro. I hope these guys are making money with sponsors and streams.

[@lurryfgc3292]

Tournaments have never been about the money, unless you know sponsors then there’s nothing we can do about it

[@Bivuki777]

@@lurryfgc3292 i mean they can always increase the prizepools lmfao, fighting games live or die based on how active their scene is.

[@lurryfgc3292]

@@Bivuki777 Where is the money coming from?

[@Efficiient]

@@lurryfgc3292 sponsorships

[@metasprite5648]

I remember zero talked about this. He said what's the point of competing if I can make the same amount at mc donalds

[@ultraspinalki11]

Amazing Chipp Zanuff.

[@blacgoat8916]

"Batter up Tiger Woods!" Lmfao I died

[@svffix7594]

Goated thumbnail

[@hollowknight4630]

Can we talk about 21:58 real quick? BRUUUUUHHHHHH THATS SOOOO MUCH DAMAGE FOR AN OTG

[@selofeals947]

Its always been like that lmao

[@hollowknight4630]

@@selofeals947 I know but seeing Zato’s health disappear with such limited effort is so fucked. What no guts does to a motherfucker

[@rpemulis]

yeah sure its a lot of damage, but it could be more. hopefully they buff him again next patch.

[@hollowknight4630]

@@rpemulis so true

[@zato-1766]

Well it's clearly designed that way, it has 100% proration and is literally just him slamming his sword into the ground.

[@nuggetsschumaker4371]

17:04 who was that guy?

[@JBBRDNKS]

No one is talking about cola spitting bars mid set😂

[@starrstarr7197]

So annoying lol

[@braden_m]

“Give your thanks to the chef” bit about Bean combos was hilarious

[@nixonszombie]

Fuck Cola

[@hushthyself7921]

That mini faust so goofy tho 51:51

[@Pihnes]

Always a pleasure to see Leffen lose.

[@Arjilimo]

bean has 5000 iq

[@BlazarFGC]

1:27:20 leffen's defense here was insane

[@George-gg4pb]

Beany bean bean

[@Tottering]

I need someone to explain why slayer was in the middle cause I think it’s a teaser 2:08:57

[@vladventura1928]

Yo you're maybe onto something, but seeing as the last 3 characters were from previous games my bet is that we're getting a brand new character next dlc

[@Tottering]

@@vladventura1928 asuka maybe🤨

[@drhappyninja]

BEAAAAN

[@KevTheGalaxybender]

I wish they put Nagoriyuki in Samsho instead of Baiken

[@65kid54]

1:46:54 Match is hype af

[@Jukieeee]

that thumbnail is gold

[@petergoodspieces130]

44:32 How do you safe jump there , is that even a safe jump I need to know

[@mclovin8360]

RAZZOOOOOOOOO! YOU ARE SO GOOD!!!!

[@SMSELWA]

also so ugly

[@goby1764]

The state of strive is perfectly summarized by the thumbnail

[@sorrydudebros]

So sad for Bean losing. I hope he stays a free agent, too many players being stolen by predatory sponsors

[@papaXpidgeon]

this the dumbest shit I have ever heard

[@sorrydudebros]

@Ganon When you get sponsored you're forced to lose your personality and advertise / appease them by being a boring twitter influencer.

[@Sunkhrist]

@@sorrydudebros technically you can still be yourself while having a sponsor

[@BasedSif]

I don’t like Faust by virtue he’s a whacky character but I root for apologyman when I see him these days. Until he goes up against another player I know/like lol. But I don’t know any of these players besides Leffen and he’s playing HC lol

[@hockey1973]

For those of you who haven't played Xrd but are intrigued by the rollback announcement. Characters are FAR more OD in Xrd than in Strive. IMO the character Elphelt is the Happy Chaos equivalent in Xrd. . . she makes Happy Chaos in Strive look fair and balanced by comparison. If I could sum it up, everyone in Xrd has some OD, controller throwing, rage quit inducing moves and it'll make Strive look tame by comparison. I'm a Leo main in Xrd, Leo's backturn stance is waaaaaaay more OD in Xrd than it is in Strive and in Xrd he's mid tier at best. BTW that controller throwing OD nonsense is what makes the game fun :). You can't get mad at your opponents OD mix because you have OD mix as well. It boils down to who can get their gameplan running first. If you get your mix out before your opponent gets theirs out, then it sucks to be them and vice versa. Strive is still a fine game (I personally will play both) but in terms of just plain sheer OD characters, Xrd takes the cake.

[@ilovehelldivers5317]

The industrial revolution and its consecuences

[@malacara1335]

Xrd is just a worse XX

[@aguywhonoticed9061]

Xrd has my good ol funny boy Faust, while Strive has some boring bootleg redesign faust. I will go back into Xrd instantly if they add rollback for my true and only Faust, he was the reason i got into GG in the first place.

[@eastcoasttone3952]

LMAO Great choice of thumbnail

[@Parpeing]

Scrubquotes down there if you want a good laugh

[@vladventura1928]

You didn't lie I saw some shit that made my head hurt ngl

[@sandwich4916]

I'm tired of seeing Nago and Happy Chaos winning tournaments 90% of the time

[@AdamPlayz]

They needed to be gutted to the ground The final round showed the definition of character difference. Chipp is super annoying, but at least he has to work for his damge Nago presses a single Z-input and gets 92%. And top tier neutral

[@luisdp6660]

what happened here has no precedent right? i mean how hard is that? my mans

[@jasonxenon3030]

Amazing game!!!

[@mishkarino5348]

BEANNNNNNNNNN

[@momosauker]

great grandfinal

[@ladyvictoria820]

Razzo kinda cracked. Not gonna lie.

[@JackTheSmack444]

51:50 had me dying laughing

[@bigbroitachi4434]

So much upsets...

[@Ion0X]

Man Nagoriyuki is so damn great. XD I LOVE IT!!

[@thurowaway]

big leff pickin a top tier and still lost to razzo, razzo is just way too good at this game holy

[@zachang8332]

??? i love razzo but why you acting like leo isn't as much of a warcrime top tier character as happy chaos is?

[@thurowaway]

@@zachang8332 as bad as he is, it's still not as bad as HC, and I'm a HC player lol. Just don't really like big leff much I guess

[@michaelvitale7247]

He picked up hc 3 weeks ago vs. Razzo’s Leo since launch. He did good lmao

[@mimicyou49]

@@zachang8332 you're absolutely delusional if you think Leo is ANYWHERE NEAR as busted as HC. Like fr.

[@CryoKonk]

@@michaelvitale7247 especially considering the sheer amount of experience razzo has vs umisho, in addition to the mu being pretty good for Leo all things considered

[@luisvega9249]

I wish leff would go back to zato :(

[@catch-xxii5368]

Nago is dumb, because defensive options in this game is weak. Nago forces RPS on 5S’s. Far S catches backdash. Close S acts like an anti Air. Mostly hate the fact that he can make his unsafe move safe by Fukyo-ing in and out. His teleport dash should cost more blood. So people can’t abuse that shit! The risk reward is so skewed to his favour.

[@NecronCtan1]

Do you realize that fukyo-ing twice is the same as a special move? He has no dash, no double jump, and can only walk. Man needs mobility. He's a strike throw mix character that heavily, HEAVILY relies on frametraps; increasing the blood on fukyo would not be a realistic nerf. If anything, I feel like he would need a damage tweak; though, he is classified as a One Shot type for a reason. The Devs want that big damage.

[@shortmasters1]

They already nerfed Nago. He is fine, the devs actually want him to be strong. We all gotta hold that but he’s one of my favorite characters in this game to be honest.

[@NecronCtan1]

@@shortmasters1 same, and it’s not like the other high tiers aren’t good. A lot of characters have busted stuff and it’s by design.

[@AdamPlayz]

He’s still broken beyond belif

[@hdfbhjds]

Bean is becoming one of my favorite players!

[@skyespadl978]

Nago has all the speed, damage, pressure, range, chip damage, mix, confirms, safety, good roundstart options and OKI you could ever want. Even if Bean is the best chipp in the world, there was no way he could win when he couldn't even afford one mistake or else he dies. Please nerf the top tiers of Strive, their playing a different game.

[@hectortejeda2057]

No balance in this game. Dropped it.

[@ohsee5685]

​@@hectortejeda2057 Game's pretty balanced G

[@ohsee5685]

​@@hectortejeda2057 Game's pretty balanced G

[@ducklenin8161]

Lmao

[@papaXpidgeon]

Just stop being a baby and get good.

[@jessISaRicePrincess]

So leffen is here spreading toxicity huh

[@Roshea]

I thought FL was past the compliance test masks, or was this a CEOTaku rule.

[@tdoublejr]

Most FGC tournaments this year have still been strict on masks and testing/vax. ComboBreaker and EVO were the same, and NV has drops all mandates.

[@Roshea]

@@tdoublejr Interesting and good to know when LANs become the norm again. Thanks

[@nethstar]

Imagine watching that Tene vs NB set and thinking *Zato* is a bad matchup *for Nago* ...

[@HellecticMojo]

it is. NB just played very well. There's no easy path for Nago to bypass oppose, invite hell and frog.

[@czyjoe1]

Don’t you think it’s about time we have an intervention with Arc System Works on the oversized obnoxious distracting combo counter of Guilty Gear Strive? How this creative choice still remains in the game is beyond me 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@robertmanes9333]

1:24:30 the faces of high level strive. if Street Fighter ever looks like this I quit .. the closest we have is Ricky O.

[@NFMiguel]

Cope

[@robertmanes9333]

@@NFMiguel I don't need to.. SF players actually identify by logical gender and don't turn their wins into an opportunity to talk about being a gay furry(SonicFox). We are the last bastion free from cringe and virtue signaling taking center stage

[@sefflikejeff1917]

@@robertmanes9333 you're actually so triggered holy shit

[@stainz_4208]

@@robertmanes9333 I think next time I win a tournament I'll use it as an opportunity to talk about being a straight white male who believes in Jesus.

[@robertmanes9333]

@@stainz_4208 almost as cringe, not quite

[@ChairWithScoliosis]

I need real nerfs for nago

[@DragynFyre12]

Bruh that character has no recovery on his moves. The fact that Chipp of all characters struggles to whiff punish him is wild. All while he's throwing out normals nonstop that do chip damage for some reason.

[@ChairWithScoliosis]

@@DragynFyre12 no recovery? Most of his moves are frame traps, what are you talking about? There’s a reason nago has been in top 8 in almost every major and seen the most grand finals

[@DragynFyre12]

@@ChairWithScoliosis lol my guy I'm agreeing with you. Having no recovery on moves is a good thing and rare on big body/big button characters. Frame traps are completely different concept.

[@izanagiorochi5145]

You guys are just scrubs

[@ChairWithScoliosis]

@@DragynFyre12 I’m a sol player so I get triggered easily, my character gets nerfed every patch even though there’s no tournament results proving he had to get hit so hard

[@mlalbaitero]

Bean

[@RodrigoDBarbosa]

So tired of seeing Nago.

[@MegaAppleProductionz]

Nago carries people

[@mattb6616]

i understand being yourself but idk why its cool to wear fetish sex outfits to freak your opponents out like razzo's been doing. everyone who fights her next tournament should have a giant codpiece on like incubus from shin megami tensei

[@haara.tomato]

"fetish sex outfits to freak you opponent out" so, you would be freaked out by a cute maid outfit with cat ears? Dude, what are you scared of?

[@xoxonaotchan_7902]

@@haara.tomato trans people are scary I guess....

[@UrsineDBruin]

I beg you, please turn off your computer and go outside. If you're that offended by a maid outfit then you need it, kid.

[@mattb6616]

@V I Λ it's literally a sex thing. If you've ever been to a sex shop or adult toy store they sell identical maid outfits. Don't be silly. I'm sure if you go on razzos discord or whatever she'll even admit it.

[@mattb6616]

@@UrsineDBruin so you won't be upset if somebody shows up with a giant codpiece then

[@jj-oo6oi]

Damn big leff got eliminated, was looking forward for him to win.

[@Schetteren]

L player

[@chromethug]

4th place for his first tournament with one of the hardest characters is actually insane

[@nachot6592]

Wut?

[@jy61]

@@chromethug HC is incredibly busted with a simple gameplan. The only hard part is getting your hands used to his stuff. It's the same as people overblowing Naoto Kurogane's execution, except it's even easier and the character is much better.

[@chromethug]

@@jy61 anything to shit on big leff

[@Schetteren]

leffen cheats with happy chaos, character so easy bruh, deserved to lose for that

[@Lowtendo]

Didn't he get 3rd at Evo with Zato?

[@rexflores8461]

@@Lowtendo he also did pretty well with chip at one point

[@Etholux]

The EVO Champion Umisho lost to ApologyMan in this tournament. Playing one of the supposedly weakest characters in the game, you can win at tournament against HC in one of the character's worst matchups. Calling the character "cheating" is laughable, and calling him "easy" is ridiculous when he's one of the more technical characters in the game.

[@chromethug]

scrub quotes

[@jakesteel90]

He is kinda of a tier whore with this game but eh whatever

[@ThatOneBlack]

Strive really got the worst of the fgc huh

[@dutchmayhem3581]

Lol