Young Link 2022 Optimal Combo Routes [Smash Ultimate]

[@samc6129]

Bro this is nuts! Young links world wide rejoice!

[@patrickburton1401]

Damn I wish there were a content creator for every character that made intricate videos like this. Nice work. Gameplay is great but the video is superb.

[@hivesteel]

Chapters are working woo!! 00:00 Introduction 02:15 Down Tilt 05:35 Hard NAir 07:02 Soft NAir 08:29 BAir1 & FAir1 10:25 ZAir 11:37 Grab 14:56 Up B (GSA) 15:54 Jab Locks 16:39 Projectiles Start 17:36 Close hit Boomerang 19:54 Far hit Boomerang 21:56 Fire Arrow 23:55 Bomb Toss 25:53 Bomb ZDrop 27:30 Conclusion & Bonus Combos 29:29 Ending

[@Clubvirg]

Geeeeez I'm only five mins in, and I'm already so glad I found this video, omg. Thanks for all your hard work man. The fact that these combos are up-to-date makes it that much better. Much-appreciated 🙏

[@loganl4459]

I found this video this morning, about 100+ hours on yink. I had his basic combos down but this video has renewed my vigor for labbing and improvement. I've watched it 5 times this morning already! Thank you for all your hard work.

[@twistgaming3089]

Great video, hope it blows up

[@Evelyn_The_Possum]

Thank you for the awesome guide on these combos, they have really helped a lot with me trying to main Young Link

[@dominicstacy8718]

Amazing stuff I look forward to grinding. Thanks for all the time you put into this

[@BladeMaster0182]

Wow, what a guide. I'm just learning YLink (and Smash in general) so a lot of this is advanced for me but even the theory of it and your in-depth explainations taught me so much

[@nj4442]

So underrated. Appreciate all your work on this

[@cesaryelarodriguez440]

This is the best guide of Young link in KZbin. I'm learning the character and this is so useful to me

[@mickflurry]

holy i can't imagine the amount of time and effort it took to compile all the combos and put it together in a clean, easy to follow video. almost can't believe it's free LOL. amazing work!

[@BrownLightning15]

Amazing vid, I definitely feel like you should do the platform vid, since all but FD and (sometimes) TnC will have plats so it would do all Young Link players a good favor to have a video resource to pull up and practice too. Good stuff!👍🏾

[@joakimgustavssonskold172]

this is the best video on youtube

[@hivesteel]

Facts

[@dillonmoraga5385]

This video is amazing. Thanks for putting in the time!

[@ProNerdy]

Really good video, crazy good editing, must have taken weeks 😄 I also love being shouted out as well.

[@hivesteel]

Your video really opened my eyes to what was possible with tighter execution and I've been robbing people ever since so you definitely deserved the shoutout :D

[@LPMasterRob]

Really really good video. Appreciate the effort that went into learning and then presenting everything so well!

[@hivesteel]

Thank you and good luck!!

[@gumbothefish2267]

This needs WAY more likes. Reminds me of why I main young link

[@Jujube0880]

yo u are so underated in my opinion I can see you work so hard for this vid

[@hivesteel]

thank you man, if the vid helped I’m happy :)

[@im_Spade_]

This is insanely, insanely useful. Your work is MEGA underappreciated and you deserve WAY more subs. I'm already subbed but fr, this is absolutely amazing. Us Yink mains don't deserve the hard work you put in 🙏 Edit: 23:34 OMG I've done that tech chase SO many times and I love it. Edit 2: 28:51 LMAOOO

[@hivesteel]

Haha the meme combos at the end for style xD and I think I get at least 1 arrow->DAir tech chase kill per set so I had to put it in. Appreciate the kind words I’ll try to keep putting out content regularly

[@im_Spade_]

@@hivesteel please do! I love your mentality/psychological videos as well as these in depth ones. 👌

[@grandvillagrand]

You sir are amazing keep it up so far the best video 👍

[@SorcerersSongs]

couldnt give a shit abt young link combos but this is such a well made video! Mad love!

[@MikeHaggarKJ]

Great job on this video and the documents.

[@schmaffew2343]

Hivesteel, something I would like to add to your optimal young link combo video is if you get up b, into back air into back air off stage and you don't wanna suicide up b you can b reverse fire arrow and its not very consistant but if its not that far off stage it can bait out a punish able air dodge and if its far off stage it puts them into a terrible position while getting you closer to being back on stage.

[@hivesteel]

Listen to this man!! If you think the turnaround arrow is too risky, b-reverse instead and you might get extra dmg while staying safe!

[@B3rT286]

Great video thanks I’ll use this to improve my YL.

[@stevecraft8588]

Bruh your insane. Thank you

[@Lotobedra]

Incredible guide, thank you

[@eduardomurostovar3659]

Excelent video. It's time to get up the beast 😏

[@_joejoe_7863]

This is perfect thank you

[@baka57950]

Thank you

[@gogomarto3813]

That work! thanks

[@xxwallzxx4509]

Thanks.. I just tried Young Link right now. Not sure if I am a big fan yet. The first few were cpu and I lost the first 3 and won the rest. I still don't have combos yet. Just checking him out and seeing how he feels. Played with his projectiles a bit. Now is to learn combos. I can be good in projectiles. But.. I still need to practice and learn these combos. Also, I didn't like his T-Rex hurtboxes. I got used to big Link and his range. It felt off for me and I was losing against Shiek on exchanges and range. Yup.. that happened. Edit: Bomb was something I liked with Link in Smash 4. I wasn't bad at it and was good at the timing parts to lead into stuff. Granted I did have too much fun with it. But still.. really fun.

[@hivesteel]

He’s not easy but amazing potential, good luck!

[@zacharymazzuca1150]

Ok I gotta hit the lab with yl again. I’m a zss main but this looks so fun

[@raizen-yt4241]

Excelente guia my friend

[@grantlynn1659]

Jesus Christ these people are playing on a whole mother level. I understand the words and the language and the definition but stringing then all together in the combos is like “wait what does bair do again? What’s down tilt, oh yeah, it’s down a but just the one side”

[@seththemage6029]

Gotdamn this vid opened my eyes at how underbaked my punish game is. I am capable of so much more, but I tend to go for basic nair/uair/ftilt finishers instead of really maximizing my openings.

[@hivesteel]

You gotta to keep up with those crazy DLC characters nowadays! GL

[@jonathanstrange5561]

Double hit down air then up air can lead to some good arial strings mid combo

[@unmurcal]

Never heard of tilt and smash boomerang... How do you input each of those?

[@hivesteel]

Same as tilt and smash attack! If you angle forward slightly OR hold forward for a little while and press B, you'll get tilt input. If you press forward and B together you'll get a smash input.

[@unmurcal]

@@hivesteel thank you!

[@kanyaebruh]

bro landing those mid air arrows like it’s easy

[@vyseskies]

do you think it's optimal to use shoulder button to jump as Young Link? Amazing video

[@hivesteel]

yes absolutely I still use a Y for short hopping but use shoulder way more

[@nonamesonme1]

Hey man ty for the guide! Just wondering if a yl main can help me. Let's say you use an attack cancel backair to hit the first Backair at low %. Do you just use jump c stick backair for the rest of the back air chain or do u have to keep doing attack cancel backairs? I'm slowly getting used to getting 4back air true combo vs like samus. But it's tough to keep up the inputs.

[@hivesteel]

In my experience: the second BAir you can do normally: short hop buffered BAir (Jump+Cstick or Jump+A+Left analog stick). There’s no need to attack cancel since you’re facing the correct direction. Then the 3rd and maybe 4th you NEED to IRAR. You absolutely need to dash forward a little bit to catch up to them, then do the back air. So IRAR is your only option.

[@nonamesonme1]

From the man himself!:) Ahh yeah I've played less than 6months and am trying to get better than someone whom spent many years of their childhood/teenage years playing. Huge mountain to climb haha. I struggle with young links range so I need to combo more to get more out of the hits that I finally connect. Trust me to pick a very technical character as my main when new to the game haha. Love YL though.

[@starbutter2730]

Is there any way you could make a video on platform stuff with Young Link?

[@hivesteel]

YL Discord peeps and I worked on this guide a while back: docs.google.com/document/d/1G7D2fyhVlxRakZ3D287FXW7FB_1w03TPXNJXJcWLouU Video will come some day..

[@starbutter2730]

@@hivesteel ty i really appreciate this🙏

[@schmaffew2343]

Combine this with XLR8's combo guide, and use these when you dont feel safe, that way you can still get the cool creative combo's, now I consistently get at least one 60% damage combo clip a game thanks!! also a way I found that made the bair more consistent from low % down tilt is attack cancel bair instead of instant rar

[@hivesteel]

The XLR8 guide is the best one there is rn for playing around platform. Also check out my IRAR video, IRAR can be the same as attack cancel (in terms spacing and speed) but with extra flexibility so it’s worth grinding a bit :)

[@schmaffew2343]

@@hivesteel Thanks for the suggestion!

[@raxmax1421]

Any Bair cbain tutorials? I'm having trouble chaining them together without turning around

[@hivesteel]

I could make a short vid but basically it’s just IRAR rising BAir > fast fall > repeat. You can adjust dash distance and drift for consistency but otherwise there’s not much more to it

[@bond3161]

Great guide good pace I thought bomb hit sends target randomly left or right??

[@hivesteel]

It’s not really random but it is definitely hard to predict!

[@bond3161]

@@hivesteel so what is it then

[@hivesteel]

Bomb has 4 hits, depends on where the bomb is relative to the opponents hitbox on the last hit. So the previous hits combined with where the bomb thrown, bomb momentum and the opponents momentum can all impact the launch direction

[@chyn515]

Can slingshot be an alternative to IRAR for the combo of young links?

[@hivesteel]

I think slingshot is not a big help for combos, it’s more for pressure strings and neutral movement, check my slingshot video

[@jebstuart3162]

"Don't let me see you fishing for Dair pogos, they're not consistent." 🙄 But against heavies? Please?

[@Bladieblah]

I've decided to pick up Young link because he seems like a fun character. Amazing work on this guide, I honestly did not expect this level of detail. I'm a Sheik main and while Void has god something similar for Sheik (90 minute combo lecture) I haven't seen this kind of dedication for any other character, really great stuff! P.S. Just my curiosity but what is your GSP currently? Even if you don't care about online, I'm just curious. I think it would be hell to play against your Young Link lol

[@hivesteel]

glad it helps, good luck picking up the character:) I want to learn Sheik but so hard! My gsp isn’t that high, around 11.7 mil when I played last weekend. online is good for forcing practice on specific stuff.

[@thumper3063]

Can someone please explain how he does a bair instantly like that? I can rar. But have to have a little run-up before. I just can't understand how it's done instantly. TIA

[@hivesteel]

check my IRAR video homie

[@juanrodriguezluis4811]

There are a chance to see the controls to?? There are so many tutorials on internet, but nobody shows the control input 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@hivesteel]

I feel u, I show the inputs on my Tech tutorial series and it takes SO LONG to set up, so I can't imagine doing it for 30 hours of combo. I could do shorts showing specific combos' inputs but not sure there's enough interest

[@DylanDipGames]

Young link keeps wave bouncing when I try to b reverse... help?

[@hivesteel]

Check out my video about special movement.. if you still can’t get it maybe your controller has snapback kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWSzgXyQeciHprc

[@esvban]

hi, what is TA arrow (other than shoot arrow?) ? what does TA mean.

[@hivesteel]

TurnAround Arrow! You change your direction without changing your momentum.

[@CoreyArt]

how do you bair so quickly when moving forward ?

[@hivesteel]

It's called IRAR! I made a video about it :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h36xgYOuhbeGqqM

[@CoreyArt]

@@hivesteel Great video! This is extremely hard to do from a stationary position! After you do one IRAR bair, what do you do input to get another bair going so it combos? Do you fast fall, press a ( Or do you have like a shoulder botton input for attack or something like that)?

[@hivesteel]

yeah I bair->fast fall->buffer dash during landing lag->turnaround+jump+bair when dash actually comes out.. it’s not easy but once you get the rhythm it’s very doable. Also for the 3rd/4th bair you have to dash longer to catch them so it becomes actually easier and IRAR’s flexibility shines

[@delijahprettyman7365]

How are you getting the back air chains

[@hivesteel]

IRAR, I have a video on it

[@gibraltar4841]

Gg

[@kevfitzgerald6638]

I dont think Dtilt - arrow works on di away

[@hivesteel]

Definitely hard if you get the tipper hit box of dtilt

[@ułttimate]

How do you arrow after bair?? I always face the wrong direction

[@hivesteel]

during back air end lag you just need to press B + direction you want to face to buffer a turnaround arrow

[@ułttimate]

@@hivesteel I got it now, thanks !

[@nbohr1more917]

Doesn’t matter if it’s optimal I like side-b bomb dair

[@juanrodriguezluis4811]

How can I Fair them Bair fast and consistently?

[@hivesteel]

make sure you fast fall the fair (JUST before the FAir2 is optimal but just after FAir2 also works) then full hop IRAR back air, adjusting your dash distance based on DI, %, opponent's character..

[@vellichor7676]

Brother, I'm having the exact same issue. I've been playing Smash since 1999 -- I don't feel like a noob, I suppose, and am currently in Elite Smash -- and yet for the life of me stringing together a bunch of Bair's is nigh impossible. And that's in training; the idea of ever attempting to link together Bair's in an actual battle is laughable.

[@neondouble_]

I stopped playing young link because I couldn't do the combos. Without the combos young link is easily top 5 most toxic characters in the game

[@kennethlamar4792]

what tier is young link I aware of adult link an toon link but not young link

[@hivesteel]

He’s a bit weird because he’s strong versus some top tiers but has bad matchups and general consistency problem. Strong for sure, often seen in the ~top 25, so mid-high tier.

[@kennethlamar4792]

Hmmm is link hard to use

[@yinja3406]

how do you hop?

[@hivesteel]

short hop with Y, full hop with L! Check my Purah Tech Tutorial #0 for more info

[@yinja3406]

@@hivesteel do you have the link

[@Ghost-zr4gi]

How do you back air so easily after the fair?

[@hivesteel]

Make sure you fast fall the fair correctly then IRAR back air

[@Ghost-zr4gi]

@@hivesteel yea i ended up figuring it out. Buffering the dash for the IRAR while still in the fair animation helped with the timing too. Thank you.

[@LaTraque556]

Young link was nerf ? Its impossible to jump arrow double jump now

[@hivesteel]

Nope Everything in this video still works

[@chyn515]

I checked the update log, and there is nothing about the end lag of arrow.

[@Kayoloz]

How do you turn around so quikly to bair????????????????

[@hivesteel]

IRAR, I got a video on it

[@idksomething-wg5hz]

​​@@hivesteelI'm fairly new to the game, played brawl when i was younger and didn't even know sheild existed lmao. Now that I've started gotten back into smash, i never realised HOW ANNOYING SOME OF THESE TECHS ARE. WHY DOES A COMBO NEED A 1 FRAME INPUT RAHHHH. I've learnt you can replace 90% of Irar with just excepting that i have a skill issue and do another fair Do you think you could do another guide very similar to this but rank it on difficulty? I know this is optimised but perhaps a beginner to pro combo guide

[@ketz_165]

Are you a programmer? That max equation at the beginning is making me think of my python class right now 😂

[@hivesteel]

Ha! Sure I do a lot of programming but I come from a math background, I meant like arg max en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arg_max

[@ariel4219]

hum i hate being that guy, but down tilt fair isn't true at 0 percent... also just di'ing down and away would probably decimate a lot of the combos you've demonstrated...

[@hivesteel]

hilt dtilt > fair is true unless they have a frame 1 or frame 2 air dodge and you frame trap them anyway~ tip dtilt combos are definitely ruined by good DI out but they have to react very quickly. Hilt dtilt combos and most other stuff in here are not so affected.

[@ariel4219]

@@hivesteel didn't knew about down tilt fair so thanks for the info :) tho i can assure you that your oponent that knows a little bit about yink will di away... nice video tho

[@claypoly]

Wow that’s a LOT of unexplained jargon 🤣. Might as well be in Spanish.

[@hivesteel]

Ha yeah it kind of assumes you have a decent base of Smash jargon. If you have any questions lemme know

[@nwz6084]

Easy character.

[@viridian8325]

Really good guide 🫡