Did Riddles do the Impossible?

[@pgstats]

Great stuff!

[@negative1001]

Really informative breakdown. I love seeing the ins and outs of a match and the adaptation that allow for dramatic shifts like this. Too often do people just see stuff like “Riddles beat Leo with Kaz” and just chalk it up to the characters being broken. Actually being able to see the matches and breakdowns like this are so important

[@GreshGANG]

“Hypothetical Mexican wall” is INSANE lol but great video breaking down the player habits, character matchups, and effective ways to counter the opponent’s counterplay by sticking to a gameplan

[@charliesalazar3119]

What went differently is MKLeo going 100% Aegis

[@justice8718]

And getting cheese’d by Kazuya’s command grab several times in a row.

[@schnibist]

also the hair was a huge factor

[@M4ngoMutiny]

@@schnibist He got nerfed so much. We need his hair back! (Even though I watch Riddles more)

[@ether2275]

Yeah, Leo refused to counterpick him. He wanted to go solo Aegis and was testing things.

[@l.n.3372]

@@ether2275 Yeah but he brought Byleth out against Tweek at summit after losing 2 games with Pyra.

[@TheSmashBro98]

exceptional good analysis and commentary plus top tier editing. subscribed.

[@christophermolitor4554]

This is my first time seeing your content. I've watched melee, Smash 4, and Ultimate match reviews and walkthroughs for ten years. And I must say, this is excellent, right up there with some of the best I've ever seen. Awesome job!

[@Joe-rq9td]

As a casual interested in competitive, this stuff is really informative. Subbed, hope to see more content like this.

[@silvera1886]

6:40 that’s a nice meme lmao

[@KingCalero]

I remember watching the pound set and thinking, "Wow, Leo is just reading him like book". Riddles kept doing neutral getup to try to get his combos going and kept being incredibly grab happy which made it easy for Leo to just predict what he was going to do and punish it. To be fair, if Riddles landed those he could win but at the same point complete linearity in his game plan led to his own failure. He also dropped combos a lot too from what I remember which certainly didn't help him. During the games at summit he still dropped some combos but he didn't let it effect him as much mentally and was always making the most out of it. Add to that the he was doing way more ambiguous setups which let him get a lot more confirms. One of Riddles biggest weaknesses as a player is that he mentally gives up when things don't go his way and he starts going into autopilot and using little to no strategy. Tweek used to have the same kind of problem which is why once he was in losers he would usually get eliminated fairly quickly against people he probably shouldn't be losing to. Both players have recognized that fault though and they are clearly getting better at maintaining focus which is nice to see.

[@certainpeople159]

5:35 i choked from this💀

[@digiorno8601]

it just came out of nowhere 💀💀

[@l.n.3372]

8:01 LMAO @ "Aegis is honest" Good video. Reminds me of the PG Stats videos in terms of the analytics of stocks per match etc. I would have thought the difference was that Byleth is better at edge guards for Leo while his Aegis sometimes suffers. But your overall analysis was very in depth.

[@rodolfogrossmann2965]

LOVED THE ANALYSIS! Hope to see more in the future!!!

[@belakthrillby]

Awesome breakdown

[@elmagicboyz]

That clearly shows a lot of thought and effort. Most appreciated for that hard work.

[@NotADegenerate]

I love the pgstats style video, from the thumbnail to the charts, great video

[@amaannaqvi8417]

Amazing breakdown and commentary. Saw your Kahoot video on Twitter but this is a whole different beast. Earned a sub and would genuinely pay you for Kazuya neutral coaching LMAO

[@braxtontaylor9534]

I think the roy matchup is really swingy, but I think its even-ish with maybe a slight kazuya favor. Electric is pretty easy to get going because it occupies the zone roy usually wants to swing at, but if roys actually play the matchup to zone instead of run in then idk it could be roy favor.

[@ambush4144]

You fucked up saying it's slight Kaz favor then going back to Roy favor. Kazuya mostly dominates since Roy needs to get in his ewgf burst range

[@lokouba]

Gates of hell destroys Roy so badly

[@bbqseitan7106]

Gates of Hell is CRAZY against Aegis, they cant recover horizontally and and that throw sends people downward in a horizontal line pretty much making it impossible to recover

[@danielip7154]

This is a very sounded analysis and player habit break down, impressive!

[@enviableace9987]

Great video but the ending just made you lose some credibility because you used one facet of smash (taking the stock with stray hits) to argue how an entire matchup is. Its a variable yes but I have to think neutral, playstyle, etc. to make those bold claims TLDR; Its not just the ability to kill with stray hits determines an entire matchup, other stuff does

[@ProofBlock]

Amazing video, well done

[@ariaiden0203]

I just found your channel and im surprised by how underground you are. I’ll try to support you by liking some vids

[@esaias4289]

"Not gonna sugarcoat it", nice analysis

[@thexenosaiyan]

Fantastic video, really loved it. Easily subscribed after that

[@Moody_tv]

I love the thumbnail I love seeing that broken character being kicked off the stage

[@hippo_kazuya]

I know all the people in the world think Kazuya destroys Roy, but I swear Roy wins he literally has a sword 🙂

[@hoovybeast0594]

How tho? Also who wins in the Sephi vs Kazuya mu?

[@aseulgi75]

@@hoovybeast0594 what do you mean how?! Just space him out lmfao he’s going to be approaching you anyways 😂

[@jasonlobo2350]

Nah all swordies even with spacing goes even or loss against kazuya. Because they need to do what kazuya actually wants. They need to fight him

[@aseulgi75]

@@jasonlobo2350 or… maybe try being patient? Like Spargo… Leo… etc.

[@jasonlobo2350]

@@aseulgi75 but that then became the game of who gets the lead first. Meaning its an even MU because the characters feel bother by each other. The swordies i in fact think beat kaz because of range are sephiroth, shulk and byleth if you consider him a swordie. But marthcina, cloud,corrin and the likes goes even with him

[@sferris9785]

I agree but like he was also playing Aegis vs Byleth, and I think Byleth does better against Kazuya ON TOP OF Aegis being his (admittedly) worst char he's used in bracket. I personally do not believe Riddles beats his Byleth/Joker, but we shall see

[@EigoSensei]

he uhhh literally made this point in the video...

[@poisenbery]

I'll save everyone 10 minutes of their lives: Byleth is very strong against Kazuya

[@tinyt.w.i.m7291]

I’ll do you one better; MK Leo is very strong against Riddles.

[@josh6813]

that joke about the mexican wall caught me off guard

[@altmaax]

The video is so Well done !

[@mangowett9967]

Hey do you offer kazuya coaching? Would pay for that!!

[@shavingrabbid]

"past a certain point, range doesn't matter anymore, as kazuya is already pretty stubby, and any disjointed hitbox will do" is an absurdly stupid thing to say

[@C0rruptedSpY]

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it

[@NoName-su7rl]

Is kazuya a good character to pick in smash??

[@biggiecheese2004]

Yes, he's extremely strong. Has some bad matchups but this character is fucking DISGUSTING when piloted well. Pure skill can win you the entire game, the character is so explosive

[@Spyder-Marth]

YES but I highly recommend having a secondary to complement him well. I think Kazuya + Min Min or Kazuya + Lucina is an awesome duo.

[@dezlyo9265]

no way hippostats

[@brayanxhan6647]

With aegis is posible, but w byleth and joker riddles cant never chance 💀

[@karanveersehra6336]

I love Riddles but Leo Byleth and Joker would beat him easily lol

[@chachawho435]

Can’t wait for riddles to prove you wrong

[@Leunr]

hippo im new to the channel and Im loving this analysis! On paper roy does beat kazuya but when actually playing its a lot harder than it looks, with roy sweetspots only being towards the handle of the sword most roys generally allow kazuya space which is really bad. The main things roy can actually abuse against the kazuya matchup would probably only be aerials aswell as side b/up b. Thats my take on the roy vs kazuya matchup, let me know what you think!

[@sergiooliva2517]

I agree byleth is better than aegies, but the reason why he is barely taking chances with byleth is because everyone knows now the back and forth play that byleth does, hence is vulnerable, you can tell during the matchup in the summit against tweek. Switching to byleth helped to even then match but that didn’t guarantee the victory, besides Leo started in losers brackets.

[@marlou2369]

Earned a sub

[@boostspike]

Would the result be different if Leo used Byleth instead of Pyra?🤷🏻‍♂️

[@wilburforce8046]

Ayo bro that thumbnail

[@Thomas10292]

You need more subs!!!

[@specialperson335]

The difference is that Leo is sandbagging again and going Aegis, which isn't nearly as good as his Byleth

[@mohammedaldeghaither6555]

Whats different is that Mkleo switched to Aegis.

[@yuanwang9324]

Why is your profile pic jackie chan? Also great video hippo

[@dusty_carpet3359]

Your videos are godlike

[@mango78939]

Please make more your videos are amazing

[@Nikaio]

Enjoyable video. Big nice.

[@jacobluneberg597]

its worth noting that while pyra/mythra advantage state is wayy stronger than byleth, it doesnt suit mkleo as well, leo is know for flashy reads that lead to devastating hits or combos, you get a huge read as byleth, your opponent is probably dying, you get a huge read as mythra and your opponent is taking 60 and youre back to neutral, leos playstyle works way, way better with byleth vs a character whos main goal is to just rack up %

[@noirlavender6409]

that doomer is actually right, steve is smash4 bayo, but easier -he can uptilt uptilt uptilt upsmash you with a simple 50/50 read and you die, depending on your character and stage as early as 20% so...

[@tasaismog1576]

great video

[@LHJosh]

Also, isn’t using Byleth

[@picamike]

Yeah, at this rate he'll probably win a major like Big House 10 or something... wait hold up

[@foresttaylor7850]

I'm waiting for Riddles to start parrying next. It's predictable when and where someone will try to attack Kazuya because he is such edgebait

[@im4everskilled]

As a melee player, I can tell that some of this is very hype. But it does also look like a bunch of practice mode combos which isn't hype *to me*. I am not judging your game, there is a reason why MKLeo has been dominating. A game that doesn't require skill wouldn't have the same people in top 8 over and over. It just feels like this game is all about small mindgames that either gets punished way too hard with no counterplay options or the same old back air for 30 seconds to repeat the same situation. Please Ultimate fans, tell me why this game is so exciting to you! I really want to understand so that I can enjoy this game the same way you do! :D

[@memenatsuki2577]

8:35 for sure Roy too swordies just easily beat brawlers, especially rushdown roy

[@noirlavender6409]

also, roy doesn't beat Kazuya, Kola has just grinded that matchup to death lately, he HATES Kazuya, the fact that you're fast doesn't really mean much if you have to approach and can't really outrange him meaning one single egf will spell the end of your stock, Kola just outplayed Riddles this time

[@ImDJDon]

This was scripted and edited really well! The format is similar to pgstats which is really cool!

[@ElAbsent]

Yes! Him do it and Tea-san. 😄

[@number090684]

Kazuya's overall recovery is linear? Really, how so? Especially since it covers a pretty good amount of distance and he can mix it up in numerous ways.

[@xen3588]

this matchup with sonic always ends in a timeout. kazuya kills lightweights so early they dont have a choice really.

[@CaptainEuroP]

Kazuya mishima, WINS

[@ThinkingReality]

Took me until 9:30 to realize this wasn't PGStats

[@kjgrizzly11]

This set is now considered unfair cause Kazuya......what a shame

[@karanveersehra6336]

I’d say Chrom does better against Kazuya than Roy. Roy needs to enter Kazuya’s range in order to get strong hits but Chrom can space out a bit further. But then again, Chrom can die at zero due to recovery lmao

[@prophecy3007]

Hipppoooo let’s get a money match going. Kaz ditto hmu

[@hippo_kazuya]

catch me offline 🥸

[@prophecy3007]

@@hippo_kazuya fair enough. Well if your ever interested in a ditto i have a mean kaz. Hit me up

[@MDelOG]

Roy beats kazuya, is kind of a hard match for me as a kazuya main

[@doublecoolstuff]

Clearly not if it was possible for him to do it

[@DaPhoenix777]

2nd match he didn't use byleth

[@daigocastillo18]

Yeah I've noticed he's been improving! First spargo and now leo we take those. Hope he improves more.

[@justinmagee2203]

Ridiculous to think the actual fighters have no reach whatsoever. Especially kazuya who is literally half daemon god but whatever ya know cuz fuk logic.

[@grt8772]

Roy players don't beat kazuya though

[@Legend-ys7ck]

Riddles has beat him before

[@theexaltedlt8222]

If you are talking about Leo that was riddles first offline win against him

[@caius9162]

ok I don't want to diminish riddles skills but mkleo was playing like that this summit, stubborn to play only aegis and failing the most basic stuff, he didn't even make it to top 8. I don't think this is the tournament to praise everyone who beat him

[@PhoenixD_Rising]

i agree, i think roy wins

[@Sheamus1212]

lol roy beats kazuya. Kola says otherwise

[@ricardofranca6752]

GoH is free against roy, kaz wins

[@ryancochrane690]

This character is way too rewarding and no he is not difficult I've played him since release and people like to credit him way too much.

[@rulasmania]

Chill with the wall jumping jokes

[@themange59]

Here's what happened, Mkleo played Pyra/Mythra. I'm a fan of Riddles but Mkleo's character switch has hurt his results.

[@memenatsuki2577]

OMg just stop being punished mk isn’t even that good people just play like bots

[@dmullen1994]

Ur gonna get cancelled if u make too many more of those border hopping jokes. Careful out there.