Top 10 Most Unexpected Character Picks by Top Players #2 - Super Smash Bros

Ness, Bowser, Pichu, and Mewtwo being picked by top players deep in high stakes Smash tournaments? Mario vs Young Link in a serious match between two top 10 players? Hungrybox playing Fox and Falco vs Armada?
Yes, these are all things that actually happened in Melee tournaments.
Pulling out a mid/low tier deep in a high stakes Smash tournament is always a HUGE risk, and as you'll see in this video, sometimes it works out, and sometimes.... not so much.
PS: Just like the previous one, I decided to do Melee only for this version as well, this is because top players in Melee generally tend to have a set group of their best 1 or 2 characters that they will play almost exclusively and it is extremely rare to see them go for the shocking and out of the blue low/mid tier character picks. It's much more common to see picks like this in PM, Smash 4, and now Ultimate due to the fact that the metas of these games aren't quite as developed, so there are a lot of low/mid tier characters that haven't been fully explored yet and have a lot of untapped potential, due to this you'll more frequently see top players whipping these characters out in tournament to try to catch their opponent off guard or take advantage of a good matchup.
But I'm definitely planning on making a version of this video featuring all games sometime in the future! However, I'll most likely have to wait until Ultimate's meta settles down and becomes more developed, since it came out so recently.
Thanks for watching!
Special thanks to:
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CEO: / ceogaming

[@LnnyOsoTo]

"Pichu's F-Tilt is actually pretty good" My boy... If you could see the future...

[@Check_5_]

Faceless Leo TOE

[@buttery_gooch6]

Imagine Pichu with toes

[@LnnyOsoTo]

@@caharabae44 literally had not noticed... Should I do the cringy "oh thank you I didn't think I'd get so many likes?"

[@mlv5746]

@@LnnyOsoTo Well yes. But actually no

[@anthraxous]

@@caharabae44 Not yet, he isn't.

[@emmbeesea]

Hungrybox using a character other than Jigglypuff gets rarer and rarer with each passing day.

[@MiKey-cj2fo]

Good seeing HungryFox is a sin

[@Faulheit]

thank god

[@totally_not_a_skeleton-old]

His fox wasn't that bad but his falco was terrible.

[@eyboss]

@@totally_not_a_skeleton-old His Ness is pretty good too

[@samwisedidier7312]

@@totally_not_a_skeleton-old His falco is 100 times better then his fox like have you seen his fox lmao

[@mazpratim]

Apparently Fox's shine can be used as a reflector, who knew?

[@69horace69]

Nah, it just a glitch.

[@xurany427]

Are you sure I think your seeing wrong

[@Sol_Calibre]

Well, most characters who has a downwards or forwards direction special attack often reflects an attack.

[@tf2andtalk897]

@@Sol_Calibre you're a fucking idiot

[@CapJoJiRo]

@@Sol_Calibre you're a fucking idiot

[@PerfectDarkly]

tfw there's a Fox vs. Young Link match, and the Fox is the unexpected pick

[@kowalsv4556]

If hbox picks a caracter diferent that puff is unexpected

[@flynnp2392]

remember when breaking out your Pichu was a joke good times...

[@bowskiaws5432]

ZeRo thinks Pichu is the best character in the game

[@bowskiaws5432]

I know

[@mranvil05]

@@bowskiaws5432 Wryyyyyy

[@atyourdoor5225]

@@mranvil05 isthatajojoreference.mp4

[@mranvil05]

@@atyourdoor5225 perhaps.midi

[@danielholmqvist8747]

6:47 Blur going nuts while everybody just sits still always cracks me up

[@KitchenAppliance]

didn't even catch that

[@pleasequietdown8946]

and i think thats juggleguy right behind him gasping

[@sirrealism7300]

GUYS DID YOU SEE THAT PICK... GUYS HEY... GUYS...

[@quagtwo]

I love the way the announcer says Bowser, because it sounds like he was supposed be disappointing. And if you hear his name on the victory screen, YOU'RE disappointing.

[@BLUGGLES]

Hbox getting that Ness Up-B kill on Leffen, and laughing is by far the best clip in this video.

[@Pan_Z]

I think DJ's Bowser was the best, but Hbox Ness is a close 2nd

[@abariseiwar5348]

It’s wholesome. When HBox used to have fun, instead of just full puffing

[@ChristopherMoom]

**Hungrybox** **No Jigglypuff** Wait. That's illegal.

[@moodlampActual]

This is beyond science *Fbi man* stop right there

[@jpoblete11]

Lol

[@joshbreton8496]

Thanks for another original and hilarious comment under a smash video Chris

[@okey7281]

ur literally everywhere

[@coffee3125]

well yes but actually no

[@ashanark5782]

2:47 "Hey, Wizzrobe, do you see who I'm going to pick? Do you see it? Do you see it?" 2:50 *sigh*

[@ZionSSBM]

Lmao the funny thing is he was probably gonna go puff first and win. Glad that didn’t happen

[@actualsmashcore]

8:14 Fox’s theme syncs with the Pokémon stadium music

[@turevedin9968]

4:08 I love how hungrybox choosing falco is the unexpected pick

[@spyfox260]

I love the fist bumps between chudat and m2k, and how it's just like an inside joke for them to do it so weakly lmao

[@Pan_Z]

Always. M2K hates ICs, but historically sucks at fighting them

[@adamice2526]

@@Pan_Zthe ICs don't even have to wobble to win lol

[@Pan_Z]

@@adamice2526 wtf does that have to do with my statement?

[@adamice2526]

@@Pan_Z m2k is so bad against ICs they literally don't have to wobble to beat him. Look at him vs bananas

[@Pan_Z]

@@adamice2526 yeah... Seriously what the fuck is your point? I already said he was bad against ICs

[@kiptelgat]

I see comments about how its rarer now seeing hbox not use jigglypuff,b it what's more bizarre and rare is the crowd cheering him

[@Vyonn]

@Spicy meatballs “WHO THREW THIS AT ME?” “I WORKED MY ASS OFF TO GET UP HERE!”

[@detrezo]

@@Vyonn "Do you know how hard I had to work for this?

[@BakedBanana]

oh

[@adamice2526]

Damn the hfox took Armada peach to last stock?!

[@billybadass8242]

hbox sux though right?

[@anonymousperson1706]

Epic Gamer No

[@coral250]

Armada almost lost to a fox who tap jumps and uses z for ariels jesus christ he sucks

[@Alejandro-er7rp]

Coral what are "ariels"?

[@bster3168]

@@Alejandro-er7rp this is a joke right?

[@cool-md3fc]

Someone used Shine to reflect a projectile? Are you allowed to do that???

[@sweetwheatsy]

I feel like there's a clause against that in most tournaments. Yknow, so it isn't overpowered.

[@adamkampen]

"Wait, that's illegal"

[@MrApmuk]

"jUSt DOdgE tHe prOJectIleS"

[@NewDayNY917]

In games it’s called reflector and not shine so are you new or something?

[@cool-md3fc]

@@NewDayNY917 that's the joke

[@SurgingSpecs]

Top 10 Shines Actually Reflecting Projectiles

[@Flip-a-dip-dip]

If there isn’t already, there should be a tournament where only low tier characters are allowed that would be an awesome tournament.

[@nazukah2861]

@CBbosscraft I mean, a side tournament with low tiers isnt that big, and its not like low tier mains have advantages in general, one side tournament is fine Also, low tier ends either with the tier with Ganon, DK, Mario, etc (using offical tier list)

[@nazukah2861]

@CBbosscraft Yeah, but now anyome can join, not just top players, cuz there are so many low tier mains that yiu dont see, and it would be cool to see these top low tier players to play against each other

[@adamkampen]

Maybe Low Tier City?

[@Flip-a-dip-dip]

Adamk Kampen that’s what I was thinking but I still see foxes and other high tiers. I was thinking a low stakes low tier only tournament, not even mid tiers allowed

[@codegeek98]

what would it be? S-tier obviously would be banned, and probably A-tier… but what about B or C? Would it be "Ganondorf or lower"? (That might work pretty well, actually)

[@drizzyyy10]

Not a Hungrybox fan in the slightest but seeing him beat Armada’s very good Young Link and take 3 stocks off of his peach is pretty impressive.

[@MWiit]

Not a Hungrybox fan in the slightest but seeing a comment like this despite your anti Hbox bias is pretty impressive

[@ProTeqers]

Armadas YL beat both his Fox and Falco?? That was embarassing as fuck for hbox, shows how carried he is by puff.

[@EmmyEntropy2000]

@@ProTeqers except both fox and falco are better than jigglypuff.

[@ProTeqers]

If Fox and Falco are so good how come Hbox can't beat Armadas Young Link then? Not saying puff is the best character in the game, just that hbox isn't good enough with any other character even with practice to be number 1.

[@purpleplusgold]

@Angus Edwards My big issue with this line of reasoning: we don't really know if HBox could be the best player in the world with another character. You might point to HFox as evidence that he can't, but you have to take this set into context. HBox never put any significant time into his fox; it only made a couple appearances, and shortly after this set he figured out the matchup with puff and Armada abandoned the YLink for fox. Basically, it's a real disconnect to say, because a player managed to innovate with their main and never needed a secondary to win, that they are incapable of developing other characters. If anything, not needing to switch seems more like an argument that a player is more skillful than less.

[@dyll_pyckle]

I don't know why, but the saga of Hungrybox trying to beat Armada's Young Link is just so funny to me. He keeps trying all these different characters and losing lmao

[@GonkDr01d]

>whole video is just puff-less hbox

[@crooksn]

dont think theres enough footage of puffless hbox to even make a full video with

[@danielhikari5128]

Omg that pfp is perfect.

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

1:23 This must be a pretty hype moment, to pick Bowser of all characters >:D

[@MitchBison]

"pichu falcon is 50-50 on FD" -m2k when he plays against Wizzy in friendlies at his place *happens in tournament* > four stocked

[@mrs.featherbottom5901]

I’ve always loved that one game at apex where mango went puff. It wasn’t very impressive but it’s cool to know that he still had the puff there somewhere in his heart.

[@milsharks6511]

GRsmash never disappoints

[@Unenthusiastic_]

“What year is this?” “2014” I’m shook

[@aidinexmachina4232]

My favorite is the Bowser.guy. Nothing makes me roll my eyes harder than meta obsessives ,especially in a game like Smash. Alkist any character can be good when played by the right dedicated player.

[@circluoy4303]

I like how Melee is the only game where this topic is present because competitive melee is only like 5 characters lmao

[@Pan_Z]

Words of wisdom from Mango, don't pick up entirely new characters for just one MU like M2K. Leads to potential counter picking against an underdeveloped secondary.

[@liquid_dihydrogen_monoxide]

'Falco Shish Kebab' after Falco gets stabbed by YL up air nine times in a row kills me

[@Randoman590]

Ultimate is my first Smash game, so it's really weird to me to think of Ness and Pichu as Low-tiers.

[@JukesMcGee]

Top 10 microphone cut-outs please.

[@MrHitchslap]

So many great ones at Apex

[@SIMIFU]

6:37 Almost blowing out the mics in 2018? What is this 2010 equipment?

[@playboyant]

6:18 when the mcdonalds cashier asks what do you want to eat

[@monoko1234]

Beautiful harmony

[@el_principe3611]

I know his Puff is excellent, but I underestimated how skilled Hungrybox really is

[@rumfordc]

but then you watch his falco

[@angrychicken7097]

*doesn't pick Fox* wOaH dIdN't SeE tHaT cOmInG

[@Boyzby]

I think M2K played Wizzy on stream too many times for the Pichu pick to work on FD anymore. Would've been hype if he won it, though.

[@hammernnaila7031]

Ending it with the Chudat Yayhuz was the correct choice.

[@juanmanuelbarbier8639]

The first is one of my favourite videos of yours so I am glad you decided to make a second part

[@bldem4ster103]

Wow, Leffen using Mewtwo? In Grand Finals? I wonder what was his mindset like when he's using Mewtwo of all things.

[@MrCocktaiI]

Since we're talking about Leffen, I guess his mindset was 'being a dick towards the opponent'.

[@MrHitchslap]

He was up 2-0 so he had some room to mess around. People love to assume it must be disrespect but sometimes it's to keep it interesting or to get in your opponents head

[@AlexRoseGames]

@@MrHitchslap he was up 2-0 and a full set, he had 6 games to lose he 3-1d Professor Pro's Fox using only mewtwo at a european tournament

[@rumfordc]

pretty sure he's beaten almost everyone in europe with mewtwo, and just wanted to see how far he could take it

[@Ephraim225]

6:34 Man this was the best I feel like it should have gotten a way bigger reaction. It's like. The top keikaku moment haha

[@sentrysapper45]

**Hungrybox picks Fox** You have become the very thing you swore to destroy.

[@electropolitan4386]

A compilation of the worst Brawl trips could be pretty funny, or heart breaking.

[@prettyswift1801]

GRsmash, even with all the new smash compiltiaion channels out nowadays, you're still my favorite. Love your content man!

[@urpetdog]

this is like when you find out your favorite actors are also low key good at an instrument or something

[@DREAMSQU33ZE]

I love Melee Bowser 😭♥️

[@SkeletonSSBM]

It's sad he's so trash

[@linkXness]

M2ks Problem when picking pichu was to not put his controller in slot 4 and hold L

[@lennyface5314]

>Top players >Shows Leffen

[@an0rangutan]

That feeling when picking a character is "disrespectful" because they aren't as broken as the 4-5 most viable picks and yet the game is still touted as the best in the series. What is this? MvC2?

[@TuckerLeRat]

and to this day mango vs. axe is still one game of FD mario yink

[@princesssweepzzt5502]

So as someone who's new to competitive Smash I'm learning that it's disrespectful to pick any character that isn't Fox

[@baileylevanen9009]

PrincessSweepz ZT yeah

[@an0rangutan]

Or Falco or Marth, unless you're Hbox, in which case Jigglypuff is allowed.

[@xKuinkinx]

This should have been called "Top 10 Most Unexpected Character Picks by Top Players That Didn't Work Out" Lmao

[@Tomz921]

Idea for a video: “What game is this?” Fox shinespikes, bayonetta combos, mk ladders, puff rests in ultimate

[@thatoneguy9582]

this video made me realise that i’m pretty sure Young Link’s jump sound was used in Fireboy and Watergirl

[@esf1934]

That bowser was clean not gonna lie

[@LordKirtash]

I like all your content. Thanks for sharing.

[@0mattp0]

Axe with the y link switch. That was beautiful

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

Nothing more satisfying than seeing a Fox get bodied. Fox is to Melee as vanilla is to ice cream. Everyone plays Fox, he's like the default. You want brownie points in Melee? Don't play Fox.

[@DruNature]

wow, thanks to youtube videos I recognize almost all these players by their faces and I haven't even played smash against a human in 15 years.

[@LauLessPariah]

Uses Fox like its a religion and dash dances. Oh boy i wonder how many friends he has.

[@tr0ylol]

Dj nintendo picking bowser is not a big surprise tbh

[@SonikkuAtrue]

If anything, Fox is his secondary pick, Bowser first Sad he hasn't played well the past couple years...

[@kirjian]

2:36 is that alpharad behind DJ??

[@MarioFan587YT]

No?

[@beandipp6963]

Been waiting for this for too long

[@jaret9901]

If this video had been released a couple days later, y'all coulda snagged Shutton picking Richter vs. Myron at Frostbite

[@capefeather]

"I thought Fox was top tier" ROFL Prog

[@grandmastr2602]

You can see in leffens eyes that getting hit by that pk thunder and ghost laughing REALLY got under his skin lol

[@Kandiell]

watching this video just reminds me of why smash ultimate is a godsend, with better balanced rosters of fast/slow picks

[@Rez_97]

Chudats legendary knee slap at the end lol

[@limj2880]

1:02 actually used fox shine to reflect :0

[@spaghettiking7312]

When Mew2King counterpicked ChuDat's Puff with Ganondorf.

[@yaboi_burrus]

What a time. The crowd actually used to cheer for Hbox.

[@bolshevikY2K]

Damn HBox's Fox really took Armada's Peach to last stock.

[@betarad8888]

So was the unexpected character pick Yung Link or Falco?

[@jasonday5143]

That Axe v Mango was insane

[@jude2214]

Never got why smash community only thinks that its disrespect to pick a lower tier or objectively worse character as disrespect. Like yeah it could be but the mixup is a legit mind game strat sometimes

[@StanleySophana]

I was hoping to see the Skill Roy come out

[@sneekiersnek3122]

That Bowser was sick tho

[@josephroberts3501]

Mango when he was young and thin lol glad he's doing work this year!

[@stealthyshadow567]

Man I used to play melee and it’s just so irritating when a game is so unbalanced to the point where I would bet 500$ every game will have a Fox falco or marth and anytime you pick someone else you’re considered to be throwing.

[@BeretBay]

1:01 Is this guy a pro or something?? He used to shine to reflect a projectile!

[@ParagonPKC]

12:15 oooooh shy city kneee slappersss

[@neilssbm]

8:42 the only time you'll hear an hbox chant

[@charliechuckles6494]

oh man it's been so long since I heard somebody talk about Gimpyfish

[@gmaster2647]

Man that Gimpyfish shoutout.

[@OrangePandaBear1]

Came here to see that olimar player pick Richter, but was severely disappointed. Guess its melee only

[@lil-tater]

When it's the Falco that's the unexpected pick, and not the young link

[@jackskellington7526]

Hbox: (picks character other than jigglypuff) Wait,that’s illegal

[@thunderruler1999]

Hboxs Falco looked like straught but his fox actually looked pretty clean.

[@carlygoodrich3448]

I don't know why it's presumed that picking a lower tier character is disrespectful. Like yeah, it could be. Could also be they know that the matchup has gone unpracticed by their opponent. In the first clip the casters say that Mewtwo has decent game against Fox and Falco, so like maybe it's just Leffen trying something out? I also get not putting it past Leffen to disrespect any given opponent but seriously, I think that it being compulsory disrespect to pick a character out of left field is a bit unhealthy.

[@c0nk2879]

LMFAO HBOX GOES FALCO AND JUST STARTS FULL HOPPING IN THE NEUTRAL LMFAO THATS NOT HOW YOU PLAY SPACIES BUD

[@Boolahan]

That Richter pick by Shuton last night

[@justinmetcalfe2259]

Watching this makes me wish that Shroomed would bring out Doc again.

[@TheVP_SSBU]

Should've waited another day for Shuton Richter

[@swg1251]

Seriously, it made that set so exciting and saved us from having to watch OIimar ditto

[@hiimemily]

That Mario-Young Link match was one of the coolest things I've ever seen in a big tournament. Scorpion Master just couldn't keep up with the Hero of Time.

[@PlayPodOG]

everytime the commentators shit on the pick i hope the "bad pick" wins

[@edwingonzalez4980]

Saying leffen is good with mewtwo?! Bruh his ass still got beat in the first clip lmao.

[@kiraunos2269]

That Ness was seriously beautiful

[@kayden2119]

i hate how unbalenced melee is. All these cool characters and they are seen as nothing but a flex because of how poorly balanced 90% of the game is.

[@donkylefernandez4680]

If HBox had grinded HFox instead of puff would people be happy? Or would they complain 20xx?

[@thebigawesome9101]

Hbox is to used to playing puff so when he played falco he was just trying to stay in the air the whole time.