Glitch Konami Code Winners Quarters - ESAM (Pikachu) Vs. MkLeo (Byleth, Joker) Smash Ultimate

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[@sharsasuke01]

Esam showing off his post timeskip skills.

[@s3eriousbl9ck26]

🤣🤣🤣🎯🎯🎯

[@ongek428]

🤣🤣🤣🎯🎯🎯

[@eem2wavy133]

Lol

[@taskmagician4289]

Miss his racism arc

[@RavenPaven]

@@taskmagician4289 his racism arc went boxing ring.

[@Flybird504]

Esam coming back with his level 99 Pikachu

[@lukeramirez868]

Or 💯 🤣

[@moe-chan8570]

Pokémon> Personal

[@StretchDub]

EV trained too

[@Flybird504]

With the perfect IV’s 😂😂😂

[@Kaheiyattsu221]

pokemon go up to 100 dumbass

[@harrycake9407]

Practice pays off. Esam practiced at it shows how casual and confident his gameplay looked.

[@gr8645]

How much was he practicing??

[@davesnow7133]

It’s cuz he went boxing ring

[@darxmatter4293]

@@gr8645 Enough to beat Mkleo apparently

[@r.u.s.e3586]

ESAM has been practicing for this ever since people started going off about Leo's Byleth. Possibly even before but I'm not sure.

[@MerchansITRW]

@@gr8645 he practiced alot like alot

[@dieblauebedrohung]

You know you're one of the best when you manage to force MKLeo to switch to Joker [and win regardless]

[@Flare8295]

In that case which one is stronger his Byleth or his Joker?

[@dieblauebedrohung]

@@Flare8295 I think you could argue for both, depending on the MU. Also of course depending on *when*. I haven't seen too much recent Footage, but I still regard Joker as his Ace up his Sleeve.

[@natucal6957]

he wouldve lost for sure if he started with joker idk if win regardless is the best word choice here

[@bigman8733]

All came down to how amazing ESAM’s edgeguarding was this set. Got so many early stocks of both characters

[@pranker199171]

Esam is playing a much different pika then from what I have seen. He's reacting more instead of just rushing them down.

[@usmansiddiqui1384]

Love his patience against Arscen

[@willycheez7218]

@@usmansiddiqui1384 Against who 💀 my good buddy Arscen

[@Tonjit41]

He wasn't going for greedy punishes. He's evolving...

[@holyfrackledang]

ESAM’s Pikachu vs Leo’s Joker is one of the most even matchups in the game

[@jayymorris5285]

You need to watch Esam's pika against Light's Fox (i believe it was glitch 7). My FAVORITE set to date.

[@hastyhd5040]

Even tho pika wins it lol

[@ramonetheprophecy]

@@jayymorris5285 that set was INSANE

[@philipshin7016]

Ok but Pikachu shits on Joker in the character matchup lmfao

[@okayperson3041]

True but character matchups are different from player matchups

[@dc_dachi]

I can't help but wonder what would have happened if Leo had started with Joker, or switched after Game 1. He was turning up and keeping it super close with Joker, but he had 0 wiggle room because he lost his first two games right out of the gate. Still, that was all ESAM's skill. Definitely showing that he's still a huge force to be reckoned with.

[@DUCKSWAYBOBWEAVE]

We can't necessarily say he was playing his food - nonetheless this is great data.

[@bloodofphantoms]

it's most likely because leo is absolutely so stubbornly confident with byleth that he lost this one, switching to joker too late. but "ifs" and "could haves" are only good in the moment, and just thoughts after the fact

[@theamazinghippopotomonstro9942]

Fully Leo's choice to go byleth for the first two games. Next time he faces off against ESAM, he will know not to go light in the beginning

[@only1sn1not1taken]

I feel like a lot of the stuff with Byleth was just missing punishes by a few pixels and it added up over time.

[@BryGuyJohn]

I don’t even think there’s much to wonder. It’s very unlikely that ESAM is taking 3 games off Leo’s Joker. Fortunately he only had to squeeze out one here.

[@XC11301991]

Finally somebody punishes MKLeo offstage for going Byleth.

[@gersoncelaya7574]

"What if humans could use 100% of the brain?"

[@Noot_Penguin]

Apart of that is Pikachu being super broken at edgeguarding

[@danieldancer4065]

pikachu privilege

[@LordDTwigo]

Well, the problem is Byleth is extremely dangerous to fight off stage, her tether will gimp you if she catches you. Along with her side B, which gives her plenty protection. Few characters have a recovery/speed good enough to get in and out to punish Byleth off stage. Hence why no top players challenge MKleo off stage with byleth. Pikachu just happens to have the best recovery for doing like that.

[@andreistoriei2050]

@@danieldancer4065 Yeah, heh.....

[@Michael-hc2hp]

Fun fact: ESAM is up 3-2 offline against MkLeo, he beat Leo's Lucina last stock Game 5 at GOML 2019, Leo beat him with Joker last stock Game 5 at Shine 2019, ESAM reverse 3-0'd MkLeo's Marth at Ult Summit 2, Leo won Game 5 at Genesis 7 as Joker, and now ESAM beat beat his Byleth and Joker 3-1 here Edit: 4-2 NOW WTF? I did not expect ESAM to win the tournament, he just 3-1'd him back to back and this time finally beat his Joker in a full set

[@thestabbinhob0986]

I like those odds for ESAM.

[@ChrisPBacon-zf5gm]

I do find it unfortunate that esam fights leos joker less than any other player, he has yet to take a set off Leo going only joker

[@Michael-hc2hp]

@@ChrisPBacon-zf5gm Yeah, but ESAM can't do anything about that

[@toyotagaming]

Esam the only person to have a winning record over Leo that has played him more than once.

[@mobs7193]

Funner fact: ESAM is bald.

[@DanielBiggins17]

7:23 is the sickest string I've ever seen.

[@ameerjanodien1786]

Honestly one of the best sets I've seen since offline has come back

[@xXgoldfistXx]

i was jumping out of my fricken seat that last game how was the crowd so dead

[@SudlaSteel]

@@jerryjohnson736 nah i like him :)

[@kingintox5743]

@@jerryjohnson736 That’s simply untrue lmao. You just dislike him, so you hold a bias

[@JonnyDarcko]

It's so good to see Esam and Leo again head to head offline. Dang, Esam was a baller that day, great plays.

[@Dr3a5]

byleth used to be the thumbnail bait, times have changed.

[@DNKG669]

since when did sets have thumbnail bait?

[@mastercuber6202]

@@DNKG669 frostbite had a clickbait title showing mkleo with byleth but the other 5 games had joker

[@Dr3a5]

@Justin Kolodny my bad bro :(((((((

[@Tizzer169]

@@Dr3a5 don't shuddup :( Twas a good comment :)

[@Tizzer169]

@Justin Kolodny shuddup

[@okayperson3041]

Leo: you made me use 15% of my power ESAM: I’m going to do what’s called a pro gamer move Beats game 4 Leo when up 2-0 Anyways he proved that you don’t need to 3-0 Leo to win

[@Im_SSJay]

Game 4 leo is like game 6 lebron

[@miwe3719]

@@Im_SSJay *Michael Jordan

[@flyforce16]

@@miwe3719 *LeBron

[@johnbuttler915]

@@flyforce16 LeBum*

[@Yokai_Yuri]

@@Im_SSJay Jordan

[@jjtjp2469]

It would take Pikachu (piloted by Esam) to beat Game 4 Leo, lol. Also, good to see Esam punishing those Byleth Nairs on shield

[@gravemind76]

This show that what esam said on Twitter wasn't just talk about byleth and mythras nairs being unsafe and to stop letting them get away with stuff.

[@guts1830]

Yeppp only one I would think who even had a chance

[@jjtjp2469]

@@gravemind76 Well, the one thing you can always give credit to Esam for is knowing his frame-data. Take Nair out of the equation and Byleth loses a pretty helpful tool

[@l.n.3372]

I completely agree with the commentators regarding the characters and tiers. Ike wasn't top tier, yet Leo destroyed people with Ike. Byleth isn't top tier, but Leo makes the character look high tier. However, give Leo a top tier like Joker, and the gap widens when the best player is using a top 5 character in the game.

[@willycheez7218]

Byleth is high tier anyway

[@l.n.3372]

@@willycheez7218 That's up for debate. Even the commentators said "at best" high tier for Byleth. Really, it's because Leo makes Byleth look great. And I enjoy watching his Byleth far more than Joker, for sure.

[@Hum17a]

@@willycheez7218 go play byleth in 5 tournaments and come back to me

[@willycheez7218]

@@l.n.3372 It has nothing to do with Leo, I thought they were high tier since before people were obsessing over his Byleth

[@l.n.3372]

@@willycheez7218 Well, that's subjective obviously. As someone with absolutely no bias whatsoever and who enjoys watching Byleth, I can easily say that Leo makes Byleth look good. But the character is probably upper mid tier at best.

[@victorkenrick4263]

I always found MKLeo to be such an interesting person to watch because he’s not super flashy but his fundamentals are damn near impeccable. His spacing, positioning and timing are so good, it makes sense he plays byleth.

[@Sunshine-eo2sp]

5:21 I checked ultimate frame data as to why this bair on this edgeguard sequence didn't hit, the 2 frames that Joker was actually touching pika during the bair were actually the 2 frames that are in between the multihit of pikas bair. You can go frame by frame and check.

[@rasmie8858]

ESAM popping off like he won the whole tournament lol Not that I blame him, I don't remember the last time Leo was forced off Byleth

[@davidc.]

Tweek not too long ago

[@shikarixox1195]

He's gone Joker at just about every tournament, at least once, the commentators are just being fanboys. He's pulled out Joker at least once every tournament he's attended so far, the first of which was in a set against some Snake player(I don't recall the name, he isn't pgr ranked)

[@tobiasterry7194]

@@shikarixox1195 true, but mkleo has had some great success against some great players with byleth such as tweek and larry lurr

[@jesusvaldez1384]

He did

[@tobiasterry7194]

@@jesusvaldez1384 he postee this before grands

[@TyphonCH]

I don't think I've seen so many Rebel's guard from MkLeo before wow. Those frame 3 counters really coming in clutch. Arsene gets frame 3 invincibility on down B because DLC has to be better than vanilla counters

[@Boolahan]

I hadn't thought about it like that 😄 I thought his counter was so good because it is the only counter in the game that is temporary

[@LeafysHere]

arsene counter is great but rebels guard is pretty bad ngl

[@Boolahan]

@@LeafysHere I wouldn't say it's bad it is just very exploitable, it punished people for pressing buttons of all kinds but a lot of Joker's use it anytime they are in disadvantage so you can usually hard punish it. It has its uses but I do think it is an overrated move

[@BlackEndsWhite]

@@LeafysHere lmao

[@electricssb6125]

I legit popped off for ESAM, dude played so well

[@theimpersonator7086]

Great set to see This set also served to affirm why I think the Rat is better than Joker, and the best character in the game by a small but noticeable gap. The Rat simply has the best matchup chart in the game, and by contrast, Joker's matchups indicate more exploitable flaws with the character.

[@jesse879]

The rats crazy but I think the aegis are at the top

[@snakebebop]

If you're talking about the rat vs joker then in this case it's 1 - 1

[@shikarixox1195]

The only thing is Pikachu has matchups that are extremely against his favor, while all of Joker's bad matchups are only slight favor for the other character. None of Joker's "counters" can thwomp him as hard Ness, G&W, or Mario can thwomp Pikachu. I'd consider Joker better off the fact he can handle pretty much the entire roster fairly well, while Pikachu has at least those 3 where he struggles very badly, then there's Peach, Olimar, and maybe Snake that give Pikachu a significant problem.

[@Kevin-yp7yk]

@@shikarixox1195 Ness pikachu is an even match up its just about patience I'm tired of people only ever listening to esam about this G&W is awful tho

[@lizmiller7906]

@@shikarixox1195 if you really struggle with those characters than just pick up lucina

[@TheHollowbastion]

YOOOOO THE COME UP!!!!!! Way to go Esam!!! Well played by Leo too. Such an awesome and fundamentally brilliant set

[@LiuGondor]

But now he'll know not to use byleth against ESAM when they meet again.

[@doggosuchwow1593]

Yup and Esam will get his cheeks clapped.

[@matthewroman6807]

@@doggosuchwow1593 nope!

[@Entelarmer]

@@doggosuchwow1593 Wanted to write before grand finals that you dont know that and you are just throwing random hate. But boy, did your comment age badly.

[@Xckeyl]

Leo lost to Tweek pretty badly with Byleth and came back to destroy him in another tourney. He's probably going to come back with an even better Byleth tbh

[@-ism8153]

That was amazing to watch! ESAM is so aggressive and scary here! I'm also impressed by how well he uses quick attack, carefully making it back to the ledge or viciously dashing across the stage.

[@elsologian2016]

1:29 "If you get hit by Byleth's neutral B you are just bad" -Esam

[@christiantownsend7408]

I love watching Esam, you can tell when he’s put in the work. I know pikachu hets a lot of hate in this game, but dang is he fun to watch

[@pip5188]

It’s not just Pikachu, alot of people don’t like esam cause of his personality and how he is on Twitter. But separating the player and the gameplay, his moves are clean af

[@sirtoxic5147]

@@pip5188 This. Everyone hated Palutena, but when Nairo played her they thought she was hype in tournament lol

[@pikachuisbusted5268]

@@pip5188 thats true but I think if u asked any decent pika mains they probably have gotten a lot of hate aswell

[@Cadesworth]

@@pip5188 how is he on twitter?

[@dennisdunker8764]

Esam is by far one of my favorite players to watch. I love his pikachu play

[@youngdonkey]

The stage bans were based on the platform heights on small and regular battlefield being lower

[@mrpernickety3]

Great commentators and a great match by ESAM! Let's go!

[@dent5672]

Love how to this day ppl call Byleth the distance demon 😅

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

I mean if I recall correctly they called him that in the “joins smash” video. And they delivered so it caught on

[@StuartFknLil]

Such an amazing couple rounds. Just like any competitive sport or game it's always hype to see the top dog taken down. 👉😎👉

[@kylefrasca3632]

damn Leo's joker is even more cracked than I remember

[@user-ip5hh6tg7w]

あの壊し（？）ベレトスとこのレベルのジョーカー控えてるのヤバすぎるでしょ… ただESAM兄貴の阻止が上手すぎた。

[@MauveGun]

Pikachu? Busted. Nice. Nice. I’m god-like. Pikachu? Busted. God-like. Busted? Pikachu. Nice. I’m god-like. Nice? Pikachu. Nice.

[@kwpineda5663]

It's so hard when you are aggressive af and then you get to play against players with counters. You try to adjust but it goes against what you've practiced so much. These two are monsters for adapting so quickly 👌👏👏👏

[@rie442]

Even though leo lost that joker looked so clean

[@leun88]

love how esam is playing with Vato Loco Pikachu

[@williamhiciano394]

great victory man you deserve it !

[@DavionLane]

Game 4 Leo beaten 😳

[@kirashachiroku]

Normally don't like watching Pikachu or Joker but both ESAM and Leo played great. Props to the commentators aswell for making the set even more hype. ❤

[@DerkerBluer]

"Nobody popping off for Esam" lmao good

[@mam078b]

It's because he didn't go boxing ring.

[@taskmagician4289]

Should’ve gone boxing ring

[@Jabodie]

This is great Ultimate. Offline play, great characters, explosive plays

[@oscarcalles4117]

Ohhhh my god. Side B down gun drag down up air. So clean.

[@swaggermuffins808]

Commentators were crisp! It's a new era for Esam, him laughing used to mean him losing but now he expects the win always. Love it.

[@anti_hero_660]

Legendary performance!

[@69metersbelow25]

Last time esam popped off like that was against Light Lol

[@kmo6485]

bYLeTh iS hiGh TiEr

[@christianthomas7591]

Dang Pikachu can edgegaurd Byleth hard he should of switched to joker game 2...Even though I am pretty sure Leo does not like the joker pikachu matchup....

[@lucasyang7410]

Or just anything with Pikachu

[@tobiasterry7194]

Its like the commenters said after the match, mkleo doesnt have a great character to deal with pika in his line up(even tho theres only like 2 in the game lol)

[@willycheez7218]

@@tobiasterry7194 Hence why everyone needs to pick up Game and Watch immediately

[@debbiebatson8696]

16:13 Thought he doesn't lose game 4??? "Pikachu - Busted!" Also, Samsora beat 3 game 4 Leos at Shine 2019.

[@shikarixox1195]

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure Samsora will no longer be acknowledged. Given his ban and complicity with several felonies involving a minor.

[@matthewuchiha8501]

@@shikarixox1195 wait what happened too samsora????

[@papagoose01]

@@matthewuchiha8501 he doesn’t exist anymore. Actually, he never existed. History is different than what you think it is.

[@debbiebatson8696]

@@shikarixox1195 Mmhmm, true!

[@gr8645]

There's enough gooddamn revisionist history going on in this fucking sciociaty. I refuse to pretend Samsora doesn't exist!

[@TyphonCH]

ESAM was in the hyperbolic time chamber for the past 20 months

[@skylerharris3914]

Phenomenal set.

[@SinceroOdio]

Great set. Even though Leo's Joker is "rusted", it left me in awe when he made that game 3 entrance. So clean, such a treat to watch.

[@Scythra]

Wish Mkleo had the dragdown into forward smash down like he had before Covid, he was surely a bit rusty here. But credits to Esam here, his edgeguarding was perfect.

[@StretchDub]

Okay now I want to see Esam v.s Gluto. Gluto has some amazing recovery routes so I really wonder if Esam could stop him

[@Cavalicious22]

Esam brought out the final boss!

[@greenhillnerdnew8148]

The Peak of Smash Ultimate

[@legacy9685]

Loosing to maister but beating Leo, that's kinda a unexpected but he has a set over him that's enough to be respectful, I didn't expect it but it was such a good and you can tell how much he wanted it

[@sullivanish]

Character wise it makes sense tho cuz pika loses to game n watch and then it's like at least an even match up with joker

[@legacy9685]

@@sullivanish yeah I thought so about the g&w match up bu still the leo one is impressive

[@sirtoxic5147]

@@legacy9685 The MU is just that insanely bad for Pika. A lot of Pikachu's combos don't work on him, and T-Jolt sucks against him too

[@legacy9685]

@@sirtoxic5147 yeah I know is a bad match-up for him too is just goes to show that when it comes to too players you never know who's gonna take it and it sometimes comes down to match-up and match-up knowledge

[@agenttatsu]

wouldve been such a flex to see his Samus take game 1 and 2 off of Byleth, Leo figure it out for game 3 only to unlock final boss Pikachu lmao

[@Ozi_i]

喜び方が相変わらずESAMっぽくて好き

[@Dragonball-sk9qw]

The statistic says that if ur 2-0 vs leo he's more likely to reverse 3-0 u but he's "More Likely" not that "He Will" as u can see in this case Esam didn't let the reverse 3-0 sweep happen even tho I would've loved to see it with the OG Joker

[@DavidSumner]

never seen someone wash mkleo's byleth like that before. ESAM must have been offended he even chose that charter to face him lol. Shit got real and MKleo brought out o'l reliable and it still wasnt enough. Pika Busted...

[@whitevii1533]

ESAM busted

[@kennylol101]

Brahhh i was on the edge of my seat, cuz the one thing about MkLeo is that he will bring a game back!

[@SuperDominacan7]

Love what you’re doing esam

[@royemmer3703]

Everyone says game 4 Leo this and game 4 Leo that, but Edam shut him down in game 4 twice

[@gjgaming2133]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO SO HYPE

[@aIkaIi]

4:06 I left my mouth wide open for a solid 30 seconds after this ludicrous edge guard

[@ghastpixel166]

That instant 0 to death was insane

[@Phosypha]

I think this is why when people ask Nairo if Byleth is top tier because Leo one a tourney with him he says nah

[@Sr-yk6mu]

ESAMのピカチュウ美しすぎる 見ていて爽快というか、飽きないね

[@loghen01]

Pikachu's back air is so stupid, but not as much as Leo for going Byleth against the rat. If he went Joker since game 1, he probably would've won.

[@yeyasanic7414]

Well said Daniel.

[@mastercuber6202]

About that….

[@loghen01]

@@mastercuber6202 lmao, Leo deserves to lose for the Byleth choice anyway. I know he likes the character but ESAM hasn't dropped Pikachu for a second the way Leo has dropped Joker for Byleth.

[@yeyasanic7414]

@@loghen01 dam is he not allowed to play whoever or some shit lol didn't know you had to marry 1 character

[@OscarGeronimo]

The audience sound depressed. Are they ok? Are mics fine?

[@Allplussomeminus]

MKLeo playing Joker... Seems like the hits hit harder and happen faster and more intense.

[@ravicardis2079]

Lots of people are fast to crap on pikachu for having top tier privilege but seeing a pikachu up against another strong character like joker does show that ESAM knows what he’s doing.

[@poonzor7087]

yeah but no one wants to admit that

[@LUMRei]

Theory incoming, Leo playing byleth is strategic, he is preparing the joker in the background and one day in the future he will go on another 2019

[@chriscrymes7579]

Genuinely surprised ESAM didn't go to his best stage: Boxing Ring

[@epruno3583]

Esam asked to meet the final boss and defeated it!

[@Parasitemusic]

Mad man opens the set with a zero to death on mkleo

[@evertondenton4802]

Beast mode. Red gave esam his pikachu

[@guts1830]

the first match was only 2 minutes sheesh byleth isn't good at all offstage but that was murder esam built different

[@doomsdaygaming9928]

Depends who's edge guarding Byleth and the kinda player, and tbf Pika rly just bullies everyone offstage except himself and Pichu 😭

[@willycheez7218]

Byleth is really good offstage. The exception to that is if it is against Pikachu but that applies to everyone (except Pikachu)

[@doomsdaygaming9928]

@@willycheez7218 Falco, I main Byleth and Falco offstage is a menace, aswell as Pichu

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@doomsdaygaming9928 Pacman also does pretty well against pikachu's edge guarding.

[@lilcyrusj]

Really don't want to see Esams next vid throating himself

[@christiansanchez7448]

Never realized how shit Leo is offstage until I saw him go from getting bodied to just phasing through every edge guard with Joker’s tether

[@NeVii_Collects]

1v1 him then🤷🏽‍♂️

[@whitevii1533]

Leo's offstage is fantastic, ESAM is just that much better offstage and makes Leo look bad

[@dacudo91]

14:40 after using his jump, how did Joker get another jump without touching the stage? I know his tether touched the stage very briefly but Joker himself didn't go to the stage.

[@zanioxl3663]

Up b actually makes you go up a bit and it only happens once until you grab ledge or the floor again

[@jamo1774]

Wow esam played so well. Congrats to him. I think leo really should have either started joker or switched after game 1 tho. Idk why he didn't. Esam was just running circles around his byleth.

[@joshuahernandez5396]

First time that I see to KLeo lose a game... But ESAM's amazing opponent

[@F3L3453]

Goodness ESAM!!! I wanna be a pikachu main

[@guts1830]

leo byleth beating esam would of been crazy but at the end its pika and if you go offstage your dead

[@doomsdaygaming9928]

Yeah...😔

[@clickbait9090]

Honestly, thank you esam! Now i get to watch more Mkleo sets:)

[@herculesdelcb6582]

HAHAHA SAME THOUGHT

[@intruthwetrust9928]

Esam bouta grow his shiny hair back with all this hype

[@ceribralboy4468]

I popped off right along with Esam

[@Gindaman999]

Defeating Game 4 Leo. Achievement unlocked.

[@codybarrett6607]

5:36 This bit is hilarious

[@vicstorm3291]

Just one word. BUSTED

[@retierashia]

Let’s go ESAM!

[@IcebergSSBU]

I've seen so many people trash Esam for saying Pikachu is the best in the game. You may disagree with that, but idk how people act like that's such a ludicrous take. Clearly the character has a very legit case for being the best. Bare minimum top 3 in my eyes

[@Lootmare]

1:07 he died at 37.... byleth up b broken

[@Dunsparce24]

Damn son. That was nuts

[@BryGuyJohn]

Lol this is what Leo gets for going Byleth against the best character in the game. He’s nuts for going Byleth again in game 2 after the way he got abused in game 1.

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Pika? Busted. Pika? Busted. Pika? Busted.