Hardest Reads in Super Smash Bros

A compilation of the absolute hardest reads in Smash!
This compilation showcases the greatest moments of people reading their opponents like a book, predicting their next move and punishing them in an extremely hype/stylish way. Mindgames!
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[@alula563]

Even to this day years later, every single English teacher is still happy that M2K read zero with that falcon punch.

[@NetSraC1306]

Falcon Punches that connect are just so satisfying to watch in general

[@supimcrimson9483]

I dont get how it was a read can some one explain please

[@totallynotkikazu]

@@supimcrimson9483 he knew pit would spam arrows and instead of avoiding them like pit expected he went straight to him

[@garfieldyt09o33]

Smash universe 1.0 has 200 characters

[@fletchthebirb]

Hwaa Siss!!

[@imESAM]

You have brought back Cursed Hair ESAM

[@AngelRamirez-ul3gh]

I love you

[@alanhill2331]

Congrats ESAM

[@nottucks]

Oof

[@jadetealaaron2003]

More cursed than M2K with hair?

[@alanhill2331]

@@jadetealaaron2003 we need gimr with hair to top all the others.

[@Cashmoneez]

6:21 He READ his READ

[@alonsoortigoza6058]

He didn't read the man is a fucking time traveler

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

Player seems to have a habit of lazer spam run up upsmash

[@chrisc4208]

He used Epitaph

[@supimcrimson9483]

@@chrisc4208 nigga he used heavens door

[@AppL12334]

Reading a how to read a book book

[@hooplafish7126]

1:36 The transition of Gabon’s down air to Meta Knight’s down grab is buttery smooth

[@moncay3238]

GRSmash editing is on point

[@hooplafish7126]

Ansh Patel Yes! Meta Ganon confirmed.

[@xeno4693]

Hoopla Fish *ganon

[@hooplafish7126]

Jottrato Yeah, I noticed that as soon as I typed it, but decided not to edit and correct it. I accept my L’s.

[@mythosinfinite6736]

Gabendorf King of Sales

[@doctorreed_]

you know a clip is old when esam has hair

[@TheOnlyGokuMain]

You know a clip is old when Project M was still legal

[@toadthetitan856]

You know a clip isn’t new when ally is in it

[@genesisfgc]

@@toadthetitan856 damn

[@cstick2664]

I wonder how many of these where actually just misinputs that worked

[@Khantra]

I feel like the one where nairo boost kicked esam was just ESAM being dumb and quick attacking into it

[@guillaumegalienne6351]

@@Khantra totally. Especially when you know that ZSS's up-b starts at the ledge… so Nairo could totally wanted to up-b him at the ledge, and not where it connected, upper. The same for 6:23 with CPU. Pretty sure he read nothing. He could taunt reading the Fox spamming blasters, or just misinput the taunt.

[@thekingbradable]

Or dudes just mashing lol

[@dunnzo9432]

I think the cloud cross slash one

[@cubicalprobably]

@@Khantra Read Nairos lips, the first thing he says when the game ends is, "that was an accident".

[@JesusIsAMoose]

5:57 If I was that Fox I think I would literally have an existential crisis

[@poultriarchy]

Poor bastard got his technical ability read

[@Augmental_Art]

Just like his Side-B, his chances at winning were just an illusion.

[@holyknightthatpwns]

6:21 Read -> taunt -> KO Only thing that breaks taunt -> get bodied

[@matrixxART]

6:21 is absolutely the most proper use of taunt.

[@Cristeve]

Peach is a goddess at taunting xD

[@mandel4065]

hardest taunt of all time

[@ybn_drxp5596]

That’s karma

[@user-fe7qe5vl4g]

Taunt to get bodied

[@plabcentral630]

D1 is dead on the floor. His career rear lies with him

[@Z-Mikes00]

ik id find comments like these lmao

[@OkayAlright]

Imagine if half of these were mistakes and they just played it off like a God tier read

[@matchanavi]

Many of these sure seem like it

[@spark1400]

Mr.Z especially 2:53

[@isaacfox732]

I bet most of them are tbh.

[@maxdunn4756]

Or 3:48

[@GustoFormula]

@@maxdunn4756 Yeah, I accidentally edge cancel down-b into double jump warlock punch all the time.

[@Budymryo]

First clip is REDACTED vs japanese player commentated by REDACTED where it shows REDACTED dead on the floor in the background

[@olliezoop]

yeah some of these old clips are weird as hell now

[@mowari_da]

Okay, that's absolutely hilarious XD

[@TheDeanofLean]

@@olliezoop Cursed as hell

[@misaelchalas2705]

REDACTED

[@cristianarreola8582]

I'm not familiar, what happened with this guy?

[@olivierlanglet1932]

2:15 I feel sorry for the guy with the green cap. Tries to shake hand, nope. Tries to hug, nope. Not even a look, except the "don't touch my back mate". Kind of sad.

[@Lightwaverable]

Weird interaction, wonder who that guy is.

[@ImNera]

Olivier Langlet yea that was extremely rude of him

[@Blockgaming22]

ESAM didn’t get him any respect

[@jps7]

Blockgaming these types of moments are why I despise ESAM

[@Blockgaming22]

AuraLuv2023 yes

[@Tyler-dw4zy]

ESAM had hair? Wait, that's illegal

[@TheLuigidan]

2:19 yeah

[@isaacfox732]

Had a cap on. Was probably going bald.

[@bonniejunk]

he looks like a generic teen bully in a superhero movie with that hat

[@46inFAME]

Thanos: Impossible

[@thepageofawesome]

This is the rarest esam of all time Not only is he winning the match in this clip but he has HAIR

[@rufusburnesheath3695]

was going to like but then I saw it had 69 likes.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

He usually wins, that's why he's famous. That and hot takes.

[@Riley-u8m]

@@Delightfully_Bitchy and boxing ring

[@MrBleer123]

I feel like 2:53 wasnt really a read... nairo just tried to punish esams fair on shield with up b out of sheild and accidentally caught esams up b

[@TheLuigidan]

Yeah more so just bad recovery on esam than a read by nairo, truly that Smash 4 jank

[@lucixcloud]

Half of these clips aren’t reads tbh

[@kendukin9725]

@@lucixcloud other than the zss clip yes they are lol. care to explain?

[@wonderguardstalker]

People are just being embarrassing or don’t know what a read is

[@lucixcloud]

Kendukin Idk why I said half, there weren’t that many but. Clip 4 wasn’t that hard of a read but it’s a read none the less. Clip 6 isn’t a read, he tried to UpB him oos. Clip 7 doesn’t seem like a read but I guess it could have been. Clip 11 looks like a mistake that worked out. Clip 17/18 they just run into the moves. Clip 19 is just lol

[@bdd1222]

3:23 wombo combo hype type of energy

[@limitless_j]

This was the same group and the same day lol

[@baileylevanen9009]

JOmegaRadical really?

[@limitless_j]

@@baileylevanen9009 yeah its from literally the same tournament lol

[@Marc-rw3dd]

@@baileylevanen9009 yeah, u recognized that dudes voice from the wombo combo

[@davionnotdave]

@@baileylevanen9009 Its Homemadewaffles

[@lucak4013]

when i hear the name nairo now I'm nearly going to vomit

[@fan.of.nintendo]

Nairo

[@lucak4013]

@@fan.of.nintendo 🤢

[@MyHatDefinesMe]

3:05 "Is that a 9? Did you not see what happened?" "Nein."

[@mohammadsaddam4560]

remind me the time donkey beat sky in smash

[@094176]

@4:01 "You're next line is..."

[@thegarboarto]

Reads so hard that even shulk is jealous

[@emmbeesea]

EE said it best: "That read made every English teacher in Ameroca happy. Oh good lord."

[@MonochromicOutcast]

hmm

[@blueberryblues5644]

TwinBlasters Why are you seeing every single comment that he posts? That would mean you visit every video that he does. Are you aware there's a world beyond youtube?

[@mario4154]

@@TwinBlasters Why you hating? People can do what ever they please with their free time

[@korbenharrison434]

TwinBlasters chill man

[@bjornsteintheeviscerator1033]

Ameroca

[@nogard0497]

Mom: where r u? Me: in this guy's head!

[@pico2623]

this isnt relevant to the video but thanks for being original

[@alvareo92]

Pancho Figueroa how is it not? He’s so far ahead of his opponent’s actions that he’s in his head knowing them beforehand

[@Rogueakeri31]

Can people stop saying the clips are cursed or ruined. Keep these good moments intact, lets remember them for the good they were, even if you dont feel fine with the players now.

[@danaltamirano2546]

Esam with hair, skinny/beardless Mango, beardless Zero, M2K with hair, a few people we can not talk about anymore... damn this video have some old clips.

[@Thelowestofthelowtiers]

The only reason why a miss Smash 4 is for the grab combos. Edit:Before you all think I hate Smash Ult,let me just say that game is 5x better. I'm especially glad they got rid of dodge spamming,made almost everyone viable,and they nerfed the top tiers of the previous game(low key,they nerfed Bayo WAY too much.) I just wish it did have grab combos,non-free fall causing air dodges,and a more functional online system like FG. Still,Ultimate is a better game and that's just my opinion.

[@yaeven4943]

Meanwhile I’m just glad it was placed in the realm of irrelevance by Ultimate where it belongs.

[@Gamesforus1]

I actually miss it for its unique movement. It maybe slow, but it had alot of interesting things going on. Ultimate is a way better game overral though.

[@aclonymous]

Low Tier Trash honestly smash 4 is a lot better than Ultimate, both competitively and just as a video game in general.

[@jitlikelias]

Daniel M. L. Get back to us when ultimate has a skill gap where 12 year olds can't win with the braindead shit ult has to offer.

[@SwagMaster824]

Anna Nimmous you sound ignorant

[@parsian32]

Even though we've moved on to Ultimate that first one always gets me, especially with D1's reaction lol.

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

My favorite kind of reads are when it’s so early, that both players see that charging smash attack, player 2 wonders why he’s charging it so strangely? Is it a button misimput? Who knows. Then suddenly, without even knowing, his hands randomly presses Side B, or roll. Then in horror, for what seems like eternity. He gets destroyed. The whole time he is wondering how he could be this stupid. Do my hands move on their own? Can he control my actions? Did the game glitch? We will never know.

[@tarhackle3503]

I had forgotten that Mew2King had hit ZeRo with a Falcon Punch in a serious tournament set up until that point. Thank you for reminding me.

[@KaigeLePudding]

This video shows an ancient time... A time when ESAM had hair and Mango had no beard...

[@AdventVFX]

KAIGE WHATS UP

[@KaigeLePudding]

I'm currently hesitating between sleeping and playing Devil may Cry 3

[@shinyseeker6442]

You know him?

[@kylebeguhl8516]

Reading opponents’ moves. *AKA How to be Joseph Joestar*

[@exVariaa]

sugiomae wa Side b To you!

[@ekene4886]

OH MY GOOOOD

[@kylebeguhl8516]

Cl4ssic YOUNG Joseph.

[@ekene4886]

@@kylebeguhl8516 your next line is "I was only pretending to be retarded"

[@elijahlopez6287]

Underrated comment right here

[@avaMonkeyGaming]

6:22 is the most brutal thing in this video by far

[@wynnonahstarling]

unfortunate that most of these are tainted

[@riannlim991]

2:52 I believe was not a read He just tried to punish fair OOS and got lucky

[@Thankyouforyoursupport]

Riann Lim Still worked out in the end tho

[@riannlim991]

@@Thankyouforyoursupport not the point dumbass

[@ThaMxUp]

my guy put all the redacted guys in this one

[@GoodieM8]

LMAO somebody call the foundation

[@LightskinStriker]

First clip put D1 on life support 😭😭

[@sillymizooker]

m2k pm falcon clip will never get old

[@yaeven4943]

GRSmash-senpai, shower me with your videooos 😫

[@crimsonlotus1084]

Yaeven Is it a sin that ik your full profile pic xD

[@yaeven4943]

Crimson Lotus That's the opposite of a sin. 👌🏼

[@crimsonlotus1084]

Yaeven I had a feeling you would say that loooool

[@MercuryPenny]

grsmash legit the only guy paying respects to smash 4

[@scythea428]

I love Smash 4

[@povertyeditor4898]

everyone thought smash 4 was bad even when ultimate wasn't released but they tolerated it since it was the most recent smash. Also because ultimate capitalises on smash 4's weaker aspects

[@luckypc7489]

Tra5h is worse than sm4sh

[@povertyeditor4898]

@@luckypc7489How? Not trying to be biased here or anything but ultimate is literally sm4sh but better. I'm pretty sure they run on the same engine as well.

[@anidiotplayslivestream5206]

@@luckypc7489 I'm with Blazing Beast - what makes Ultimate worse than Smash 4? Unless you were a Cloud/Bayonetta/Sonic main, I just don't see it - and I say this as somebody whose first Smash game was Smash 4.

[@alsna4377]

Where is “did he just walk up slowly.. and down smash?”

[@The_Joey]

I was waiting for it

[@SwagMaster824]

Seeing smash 4 now looks so freaking slow 😂😂😂

[@toshi3866]

4:31 *reads jokers name* I see what you did there

[@IPromiseTomorrow]

-I'LL SUE!

[@dannybos7024]

3:51 are we all just going to ignore that sick Ganon play? Yes? Oh okay.

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

0:12 LULLL HE ON THE FLOOR

[@Zikerrock]

D1 dead on the floor? He's pretty much dead on the media.

[@puretestosterone9614]

4:37 You're seriously going to put a basic roll read on an smash bros all time list? Really?

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Read his opponent so much that it got translated to a whole other language. No chance for the dead man to breath.

[@jessielsanchez5079]

Nairo's clip is cursed

[@Z-Mikes00]

isnt he innocent now?

[@jessielsanchez5079]

@@Z-Mikes00 Look at the date of the comment. This comment aged like milk XD

[@Z-Mikes00]

@@jessielsanchez5079 im confused. did u not mean cause zack "accused" him

[@jeo7773]

3:13 I was expecting "that up smash" "that ain't falco"

[@WardofSquid]

0:37 Joker: *I have a condition* ... 🤣

[@frostfueledraptor7978]

I am a simple man I see brawl I tap as fast as I can onto the video

[@VerbDoesStuff]

a third of these were reactions but okay

[@beardalaxy]

some of these are just the other player being incredibly stupid. like, who illusions right into a fully charged shield breaker?

[@Reshi9984]

Sometimes your brain just unplugs itself

[@timeweoya]

- No beard Zer0 - Hair Esam We're talking parallel universes here...

[@rat4992]

6:22 is the sickest taunt of all time

[@mariosbrother6845]

GRsmash is the last remaining human on earth who acknowledges smash 4

[@thecatastrophe132]

Notice that there was not a single Pit clip, except for the one who got clapped by the Falcon Punch. That checks out.

[@koolcu1l]

Love the variety of games in this

[@luijo633]

Melee reads be like: (Luigi double wavedash to up b)"SHIN SHORIUKEN" Ultimate reads be like: (DownSmash...)

[@honestthoughtswithrob4236]

0:35 diddy's Kong activate

[@TheManDirtyDan]

Anyone notice the smooth transition at 1:35 from Ganon to meta knight??

[@b0gu5_94]

Don’t forget about when SilentSpectre read a tech in place -> spotdodge with a taunt

[@yoshiistop5inssbu347]

I swear, GR Smash compiles the best clips for said topic of a video

[@remkeymssb143]

2:50 all respect to Nairo, but that was pure luck, not a read at all 😂

[@YourFriendlyGymRat]

You damn right hahahahahh

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

6:44 DAYUMMNMM

[@ryusoulger9127]

People are talking about how slow Smash 4 looks while I'm remembering how much fun I had with the game. I respect the use of multiple Smash games for clips instead of sticking mainly to one game.

[@jakeystarsuper]

Im sure people think Smash 4 was fun

[@barbarodave]

I expected to see Neon read on M2K in PM.

[@abelsuperstar100]

3:22 same commentators from wombo combo.

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

3:20 OHHHH MYYY GAWBDTJTSBSICK AFF BRUHHHH

[@douglasdiggins8296]

Watching Joker get hard read by Bowser... so satisfying.

[@RowanProductions]

3:52 was a good read but a bad move. Could have easily killed him without wasting a stock

[@poultriarchy]

Dude if someone's going for shit like that they don't give a fuck about being optimal lmao

[@tomate9775]

1:32 When Toad wins in Maro Kart

[@baileylevanen9009]

Tom Ate lol

[@KoninjaX]

we need to give more credit to the comentor hype

[@jonathansandoval1347]

When you can't recreate succes so you re-upload old videos like they were new

[@0megaFan]

That Ganondorf read was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen I loved it

[@pyk8439]

2:45 LOOK HOW SMALL MANGO AND HBOX ARE LOL

[@dchizzzle]

That Mang0 upsmash read on Hbox still the greatest of all time tbh

[@sirius2338]

Bruh D1 died in the first one 😂

[@joelweber9900]

Lovage is so sick. That clip is legendary

[@StephenSiu]

I actually kinda wonder how GR comes up with these clips. Does he just watch daily and take the clips that work, or does he decide "I'm gonna do ______ this week" and just watch hundreds of hours of video footage :P

[@markclaudet659]

4:00 doubt that was a read. He meant to shine turn around bair after the up-tilt but got a side-b instead of a shine then just reacted with up-smash

[@alonsoortigoza6058]

Nah my man is a time traveler

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

4:02 DYAUMMM HOWWWW

[@Tatertots_yummy]

The first clip has the now forbidden smash trio Nairo D1 and Keitaro

[@Z-Mikes00]

isnt nairo innocent now?

[@Tatertots_yummy]

@@Z-Mikes00 I just got caught up on and yea you probably right

[@Z-Mikes00]

@@Tatertots_yummy ya I hear Zack is a shit head.

[@masterwings50]

5:05 i lost some brain cells watching that clip smh

[@SirTeclas]

0:37 masterpiece

[@chickengalaxygaming]

3:31 Yoshi's face tho 😂

[@yourerightdawg]

That last read tho!

[@wewo2324god]

The first clip hits different now

[@CzeehStyle]

Press 1 if GRsmash is one of the only reason why you would stop whatever u doing to watch the video

[@brandonwilliams6119]

1

[@brandonwilliams6119]

一

[@majora4prez543]

>chrono trigger music at 5:11 CRONO CONFIRMED

[@greenknight9000]

OH GOD SMASH 4 FOOTAGE AAAAAA

[@awesometoon321]

Missing a clip from prime saga I believe where Zackray reads voids recovery onstage with an f smash it was so sick

[@crimsonlotus1084]

2:14 Esam’s popoff was almost similar to his legendary civil war one (Coincidentally after defeating Ally)

[@mattgarrelts3609]

Nairo, man. 😔

[@alexbluecyndaquil]

I swear. Every hard read starts with one player thinking "you know what would be funny"?

[@scarl2t]

5:50 that wasnt a hard read thats just how every braindead bayo plays lul

[@Joe77D]

Smash Player: opens a book and reads its it GRSmash: “Welcome, champion”

[@awkwardcultism]

I thought your avatar was a drawing of Fox as a cute human girl and got excited... shame.

[@Joe77D]

awkwardcultism ok buddy

[@chillitz1353]

You should show smash 64 clips too

[@SpectacularName]

Mew2King’s falcon punch hit [redacted] harder than those allegations.

[@Llezenalakcaj]

I'm aware that this may be a far cry but does anyone know the music being played at 4:48. I've tried to look up the full fight but the video has been privated. :(

[@hennyphantom]

please no more smash 4 clips i'm gonna die