Santa Paws 2023 - ShinyMark (Pikachu) vs BeastModePaul (Hero) - Top 8 - Losers Finals

[@NuBOrn21]

Beastmodepaul easily one of my fav players right now to watch… his hero is disgusting

[@Scythra]

Everytime I want to learn Hero and learn spell repetition and speed, I keep kamikazi'ng myself. Beastmodepaul is a beast.

[@Jonathanlepine]

That snooze at the end!

[@Scythra]

Nah this wasn't a game with Sonic 😉 /s very unlucky for ShinyMark, he was doing so well the whole match...

[@Jonathanlepine]

@@Scythra Indeed! Still glad to see a uncommon character doing so well.

[@Scythra]

@@Jonathanlepine 100%, I like new matchups like this. Both players deserved the win on their part! There wasn't a lot of Hero bs in this matchup, a lot of kills were from accelerate + forward/ backair. Really interesting Smash material!

[@mylesbollinger2380]

He really said "mines better"

[@YGK-tu8cy]

this matchup looks like hell for the Hero

[@extonjonas6820]

He has bounce to counter tjolt and zoom to nuetralize edgegaurds, it does not seem that bad to me

[@TeeKayDee]

@@extonjonas6820 It looks playable but no better than 40/60 Clutch zooms throughout the set, kabooming a tjolt to get splash damage, acceleratle burst/dropzones, so many grab reads to get the fh fair/bair, BMP went crazy

[@alexneuman600]

​@@extonjonas6820You mean bounce? The move that was literally active for like 11% of this match? And Zoom? The move that simply just doesn't always work the way you want it to, due to multiple possible reasons? Did you even watch the set?

[@survivorofthecurse717]

Usually regarded to be -1.5 It's not completely losing, but it's difficult. Pikachu has a neutral that demands you seaech for buffs and the right time to use projectiles for a winning trade. So while Zoom is useful, it's hard to look for it while managing the rest of your options. As such, most Heroes have to recover normally, which is hard to due to how consistent Pikachu is for edgeguards

[@Exl6243]

@@survivorofthecurse717 You forget that Zoom also has a greater chance of showing up the farther away you are from the blast zone.

[@lando1296]

1:51 That raw move was SICK!

[@Antifrost]

I've been missing out on sets like this for a while, seems I've got some players to catch up on. This one was great from start to finish.

[@Asnerlicious]

These two could become top 20 players next pgr, free. Both these characters could counter the campy or zoner meta characters.

[@lokks2130]

Shinymark would kill the meta actually but I'm not gonna say much more 😂

[@toorres09]

omfg that ending was nasty

[@mylesbollinger2380]

He really just said "mines better"

[@elitecombine5373]

BeastModePaul could solo Japan.

[@TeeKayDee]

IDK but I'd def follow his journey Him and Webb really caught my eye this year

[@elitecombine5373]

@@TeeKayDee I was honestly just joking. I think he is good but I am very curious how he would fair against Steve or Game N Watch. I honestly think Hero does good against the current meta.

[@baconultimate6045]

Watching this as a Hero main is so impressive because this MU is hell for Hero but all the small decisions and mix ups he's pulling out to catch ShinyMark lackin was amazing Paul just jumping to Mark with acceleratle and a raw ass forward air to clean the stock off was such a good option since he had not tried anything similar yet and the offstage catch to end game thee omg. Mark played well but the loss was deserved after that taunt at the begining lol.

[@arjayecho9890]

watching dash attack on shield into up-smash not just work but also kill hurt me a bit

[@survivorofthecurse717]

From Pika or Hero?

[@soulnae4560]

Pika