How Is Kazuya WINNING SO MUCH in Smash Ultimate??

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[@derbaus6228]

His crotch is literally the strongest reflector in the game, having a 2.4x multiplier on reflected projectiles, beating the baseball bat with its 2.0x multiplier

[@werzottel601]

Yeah, but it's definitely harder to hit than most other reflectors. Most of his options are balanced by a high skill level or terrible frame data

[@raijinxfujin7314]

His reflector hits hard but it’s also not hard for some characters to reflect it straight back at him and kazuya can’t stop that return.

[@vonzarooz2829]

Well it’s the hardest reflect input so why not

[@aquatheneptunewolf1115]

XDDDDDDDDDDDD BALLS OF STEEL

[@alinepiroutek8932]

Crotch

[@Brandon_4272]

I'm guessing cause Sakurai just gave him moves that kill at 40

[@Terodactil01]

*Under

[@dashman8499]

Confirms at 40 also!

[@ultramm9503]

And does damage that deals over 90% in one interaction

[@Terodactil01]

@@ultramm9503 and broken 2,5 increase power reflector (that deal at ZERO)

[@wintersummer1633]

@@Terodactil01 his reflector is anything but broken. doesnt work well on reaction. leaves him vulnerable if misstimed. to be killed at zero by it means you were predictable.

[@phatcat-st4gb]

He’s literally ganondorf with combos, decent recovery, a projectile, a strong out of shield move and a ridiculous reflector. Not to mention all of the super armour and intangibility. Oh, and a kill throw.

[@janmarcoperezbatres2203]

@@llamabot9889 The baby that loses to Little mac spamming smash attacks feels like he has an opinion on who is broken and who isnt. Just shut up.

[@Lt_Revolution]

I can't beat kazuya because of all that damn drip he has on. Trench coat keeps steal all my cloat mid match

[@Lt_Revolution]

@Xeal R I challenge you to a battle in smash. If i win my opinion is right.

[@Lt_Revolution]

@@dreggsmcgee7310 🤡

[@brendanhogan2002]

* 3 (4) Kill Throws. Up Throw, Forward Throw, and Back Throw kill. Then he also has his special throw with it's absurd launch angle.

[@Clear256]

His combos do 50 consistently and he kills at 60 consistently

[@issacsantana6419]

Not to mention several zero-to-deaths. He's clearly top tier, imo

[@goosekid3049]

@@issacsantana6419 but he’s sorta balanced because of his small range and easily losing against progectile characters you can just camp him out to win but that doesn’t make up for how low percentage he can kill at

[@robburitto4193]

stop listening to clickbait titles, he's middle of high tier at best

[@343ishill]

Yeah he sucks at nuetral, but has amazing hit confirms. His damage should be reduced, do he's forced to play neutral more, instead of comboing twice and KO his opponent.

[@balorthedreamer6792]

@@robburitto4193 I think for the average pro he's only mid-high tier, but he has so many options and so much damage, not counting a lot of ways to kill, a good recovery, and budget tough guy. He may have bad range and not the best frame data, but those can be combated. In short, in theory Kazuya has all the tools to beat any character handily while taking minimal damage. The only question is whether any player will be able to draw out his potential (which in my humble opinion is the highest potential of every character).

[@Senayoshy]

My biggest gripe with this character is the absurd amount of invincibility and deceptively big hitboxes that he has. Really screws with my mind when I think I hit him but nope, he just passes through me

[@SupermarketSweep777]

I would do two major things to him. Completely remove his roll dodge and remove his air dodge. Now I know this sounds unfair because everyone has those types of dodges. But Kazuya doesn't even have the post jump effect of not being able to attack until he hits the ground. Plus his Neutral B in the air is basically a stall mini jump. Like you said he also has an absurd amount of invincibility with his moves all while they can leave you unable to counter attack at all. So I think removing those dodges outright would give him two major disadvantages that leave him fully vulnerable would be a powerful counter balance. The other thing I would do is nerf his rage grab to be like Little Mac's. One good hit and he loses it. Not like 30+% damage until he loses it.

[@NoahHoi]

I'm guessing it's because either the kazuya mains are really good players or people haven't got used to playing against high level kazuya or the character is broken

[@hermannplatz]

... or the character is just strong af.

[@papyrusplays6021]

@@hermannplatz it’s that and one of the other 2 reasons

[@NoahHoi]

@@hermannplatz yeah good point

[@hermannplatz]

@@papyrusplays6021 Definitely also the fact that Kazuya is new ofc and no Axiom shaming, but he ain't good in this compared to people like Marss. Still well done obviously - I just don't think he would've managed to get this far with any other character.

[@folabi1076]

The mains are really good lmao especially you realize that kazuya is a hard character to learn

[@shapooopiefour7173]

Pros: He can destroy at a pro level as a brand new character, punishing single mistakes with KOs and 3 stocking with Rage Drive Cons: He’s a heavyweight Edit: oh and he has to input. Sorry, guess he should just be broken because you have to flick the stick

[@llamabot9889]

@Xeal R uhh... he's been out for a while.....so uhh......yeah...... Luigi throw to death combo actually takes practice btw, not just mashing A but no sense in reasoning with a broken DLC defender. You will die on this notion when everyone agrees he's ridiculous but okay random idiot I'll just take YOUR opinion because you say so

[@RJ-ng2zi]

@@llamabot9889 You do realize that Smash Ultimate’s buffer system is what allows for shenanigans like Luigi’s kill combos off of ONE grab? Everyone has a generous window for inputs this iteration of Smash. Kazuya has the added advantage of little to no hitstun, which is how Tekken functions, which allows for his expanded movelist to function in the first place. He trades this potential to ruin your day off of his trademark mixups, punishes and high damage for also being completely helpless when he is in disadvantage state….just like Tekken. It’s clear you do not know what you’re talking about and are projecting your lack of understanding of how Kazuya works as him just being “broken” and assuming everyone else agrees with your half-baked opinion.

[@martmine4618]

@Xeal R bro inputs aren't training, it's like saying every character should be broken because you have to train movement. It's a natural thing.

[@shapooopiefour7173]

@@RJ-ng2zi With this logic, Street Fighter characters should have long combos that do a lot more damage, like making their light tilts do 5% or cancelling more moves. I like those characters and I think that’d be a horrible idea. Not only have you attempted to validate your entire argument on a single character with a very specific setup (hitting with the projectile Luigi’s grab without actually grabbing will probably throw them out of range), you then belittle someone else for not assuming that similar game mechanics would work in two completely different games.

[@Salted-_-]

he is really good, that's why

[@yogurt5628]

He’s definitely high tier but I think people don’t really understand the matchup still so u can really outrage him easily

[@VicAdward]

Heihachi: are you winning son?

[@dennisswamy7303]

Kazuya: yes

[@magolor2706]

I almost wish his forward throw was like DK's where he carries the fighter's limp body and lightly drops them on the ground. Do it off a ledge and they won't be able to act for a bit, higher % means longer stun

[@willycheez7218]

Because he definitely needs it

[@enterusername6953]

why tho

[@magolor2706]

@@enterusername6953 He's already too broken, he can't get any worse so why not

[@enterusername6953]

@@magolor2706 you know what. You have a point there.

[@phoenixburns79]

Bro thats genius

[@mystich3340]

Pro guides: nairo sharp is playing 2 of smash ultimates best characters joker and zero suit samus Marss: I will have to disagree with that statement

[@bluedashinglightningleoof9664]

the fact you guys put heat haze shadow during the battles makes this even more epic

[@nestec410]

This video was great, please do more high level set analysis

[@nyukjustacommenter857]

I honestly quite like Kazuya. He'll probably receive a few tweaks but I'm genuinely down for his design for reasons I can't articulate without the proof of gameplay showing that games are still quite even

[@taylorbee4010]

I kind of saw this coming. Character with good movement and kill potential *and* a built-in wave dash in a game where characters can't do it. Also goes to show you that the basics of Tekken and Smash Brothers are pretty similar.

[@somepenguin508]

Let's not forget mini tough guy and being heavy

[@marzipancutter8144]

One huge game changer that Fox has compared to the other chars Kazuya fought is his downair. XL has gotten a lot of mileage out of Parry Punishes in the previous sets, but Fox dair is like the perfect tool to mix up enemies looking for parrys, and with enough drift, he can also space it so Kazuya up-B becomes a huge risk because of how hard it is to get back to ground against Fox if it misses.

[@ultragamer8816]

Kazuya has really good combos

[@HenryZhoupokemon]

Good timing w this video lol, since riddles just like had a character crisis w him

[@Rarest26]

Two words; matchup inexperience. Smash players just love to call everyone broken the moment they drop.

[@georgegkoumas5026]

Trying to explain a Smash player why having op moves is not broken if you cannot use them is like trying to explain to a Hwoarang or a Katarina player that Tekken has more than 1 button.

[@boltep60]

@@georgegkoumas5026 mostly everyone whos played smash has never played a real fighting game so I’m not surprised. And fuck hworang

[@nonachyourbusiness1164]

Gotta say, you've been improving your content lately

[@aliceenoshima374]

Lol, remember the Link guide video they made a few years ago

[@ultragamer8816]

Down b is a good kamikaze

[@SenorBukets]

It’s just how akuma broke tekken for a while

[@mr.person1219]

Not at all. Akuma was the Bayo of Smash. Kazuya has obvious weaknesses while Akuma doesn't and is one of the few characters with a projectile and a solid kill combo.

[@SenorBukets]

@@mr.person1219 true

[@georgegkoumas5026]

It is more like "how Akuma broke the Tekken community" because the main difference is that Kazuya is balanced but people are stupid and Akuma was not balanced

[@afroman5160]

Kazuya is not one of my mains in Tekken. But I play him sometimes in T7. Cool seeing a Tekken character in.

[@karllawrenceariston4138]

imagine the amiibo come out

[@ultragamer8816]

Electric wind god fist is kazuyas best move Change my mind

[@watcherman222]

Even in Tekken, it’s one of his best moves

[@Ajaylix_history_shorts]

One of the best moves in the game in general

[@willycheez7218]

I think everyone knows that

[@themanwithaplan5425]

so playing Kazuya is like playing Tekken, you live by the combo or die by the combo!

[@satan-kun8974]

I like this style of video

[@bhdevin]

this character is so fun to watch

[@probablythefbi8230]

Pls review some of your vods bc your meta knight is clean

[@BONKfrys]

If we review the Tweek set I’m gonna have to just call myself an idiot for not banning FD and be done with it💀

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

Okay but who else got tilted watching that Fox player starting to taunt near the end?😆

[@Boredalec777]

XL has been a hidden boss in NE for awhile.

[@gibidy2250]

Really appreciated the highlights and the breakdown of this video thanks for the effort and energy you all put into this!

[@Bittls]

Dude look at Riddles performance at Summit.

[@mariomaqueda5135]

Good analysis...

[@zichithefox4781]

This wasn't so much a breakdown so much as commentary with a few explanations. But it was a great video nonetheless, and I'm not surprised Kaziya has done as well as he has. I am surprised to hear his Down Air isn't a viable ledgeguard, when I use it all the time to punish bad recovery options, killing easily at high percents in most cases.

[@AndoMD]

It’s mostly matchup. He should’ve switched from Kazuya against Light.

[@jackywaiiplo2476]

Mostly, but honestly, Axiom has his own share of fatal mistake. One of the most noticable one is that he should have alternate more between his double jump and Up B. And yes, I mean the sequence matter.

[@jackywaiiplo2476]

Kazuya is a hard character to play with his own share of advantage........ I would say his weakness is obvious too, only that his advantage can totally out shine it.

[@incanusgris8134]

At 1:49 when he did the string of EWGFs, he missed the last one :)

[@ALXCRCervantes]

LETS GOO!!!! LIGHT!!!

[@WorldOfWeebcraft]

Its almost becuase hes a strong dlc character pro guides!!!! SHOCKING

[@reicherwallace6774]

You say that but most every dlc character (besides Joker) isn't even in top tier. All base game roaster, like Pikachu and Palutena. Sephiroth and Kazuya are being considered for top tier but really offline tournaments haven't been back very long so most don't know the match up.

[@willycheez7218]

@@reicherwallace6774 Wdym 😂 Joker and all of fighter pass 2 are top tier, Hero, Byleth, Terry and maybe Banjo are high tier and then there is Plant, a low tier. There is literally one DLC fighter who doesn't completely invalidate members of the cast

[@reicherwallace6774]

@@willycheez7218 I've never seen anyone rate them that highly. Minmin has a lot of support too for being high tier but it seems like most of top tier is always characters from the base game.

[@agad1177]

@@willycheez7218 Ummmm....No. Byleth, and plant are low teir. Banjo is middle and hero is usually considered middle or high tier and the actual best characters in the game are all base roster with the exception of joker. (Which is crazy because there are only a few players that are really good with him) Idk where you're looking for tier list but you need to check again

[@willycheez7218]

@@agad1177 I know Plant is low tier. But Byleth? Not even close 💀 what makes Byleth low tier? And how are any of the FP2 characters not top tier?

[@ultragamer8816]

Electric wind god fist is broken

[@epistarter1136]

4:44 I know it's tekken but what music is that?

[@ProtoForte]

not sure but i think it's heat haze shadow?

[@MrBakerman58]

Because he’s top tier that’s why

[@joeyprosise9748]

how do u wind god fist kinda confused how to do it

[@bunb5728]

You do the z input like Ryus shoryuken and need to tap the A button at the same time you hit the end of the z input.

[@GoblinGamerKid]

Competitive history of donkey kong!!!!?

[@alexlugo7479]

Do you have tips how to beat kazuya?

[@bunb5728]

Pressure with projectiles and exploit his weak air game

[@harmless9336]

They probably gave him normal damage before he came out then how they buffed him was simply double the damage of every move he has.

[@marshens]

Yes! You're right. Sakurai literally said this on his Tekken presentation.

[@sergeantgates2922]

Kazuya is a character that's whole thing is that he just beats you to death.

[@taylorbee4010]

He's good.

[@marshalmiller1323]

I love how this video was structured I don’t believe enough people do tournament commentary in this fashion I much perfer this to two goofballs screaming over the live match up

[@Piggy24]

I think Kazuya is a little overhyped. He’s got great advantage but struggles in most other aspects. Upper High Tier at best.

[@MonkeyDCaleb]

I hate him because i don't know him enough. It's scary and fun to fight fun him sometimes.

[@arhamali9463]

Pro Guides: zero suit samus is one of the best characters Marss: I'm coming for you

[@khyron2010]

Lmaooo

[@mitsubishiki7606]

Excellent analysis. I love proguides content

[@orangeslash1667]

It's because Sakurai likes fighting games.

[@mitsubishiki7606]

@@orangeslash1667 do you think?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@mitsubishiki7606 Is just it just me or does Kazuya in a 2d game kinda looks like Dimitri from Dark Stalkers.??

[@avocado9466]

Because he is a dlc

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

I’m honestly starting to think that tournament results don’t actually effect character’s tier list placement

[@martmine4618]

Guilty strive right now lmao

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

@@martmine4618 I don’t know the guilty gear meta, please explain

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

@@martmine4618a year later, still waiting for that explanation

[@Laughy-Flaaffy]

Because he does enormous damage, recovers well, and can land his rage grab pretty easily.

[@fuegosonic93]

Me with Smash 4 Bayo PTSD: Oh fuuuck it's happening AGAIN!!

[@xanander4693]

He’s under hyped tbh. He’s not like top 10 but he’s still underated

[@Adoni3]

Honestly Little Mac wrecks him alot.

[@zzz-king-awakening2936]

He shouldn’t have spam up B, people watch your battles before next match ups it was bound to backfire on him

[@raijinxfujin7314]

Kazuya is strong but not broken when you compare him to other smash characters. They can’t nerf him because he’s got many weaknesses in other areas. Also quick hint for smash players who don’t know him, he’s extremely high risk for extremely high reward you can even ooS grab his tilt options. Jumping and dodging neutralise most of his moveset and leave him open for easy punishment. Fast characters have huge advantage in terms of punishing his options purely by jumping at a distant baiting a move and easily punishing before kazuya recovers. To be honest making kazuya a TOD machine was slightly disappointing since it’s not what he is like in tekken. If they wanted to be accurate in giving him a tekken feel they should of allowed his OOS recovery slightly better than other smash characters so he could punish a lot better like he does in tekken considering his punishment is one of the best in tekken and it would force smash players to think a lot harder with their options. But kazuya has gone down this way now so probably too late now.

[@willycheez7218]

Down B definitely doesn't need armour though

[@marshens]

@@willycheez7218 Maybe not, but why does Diddy get i frames on his command grabs, so does Bowser, and so on... Just stop lol

[@willycheez7218]

@@marshens Because they don't care about balance mate. Diddy doesn't need it, Bowser might a bit but he could do without

[@salender4683]

Nerf in next upt

[@crasyman101]

For those who think kazuya carried him. I went to college with axiom. He's fucking nuts at fighting games in general. He was already Pr'd way before kazuya came out it just happens that kazuya is the perfect character for him.

[@tomasribbeck]

Had saw the video, but I don't need to know, let me resume it to you: Broken ass character Easy ass character shoto Broken ass dlc mechanics Broken ass hard combos for pros Broken ass 4 hits ko Broken ass comeback Broken ass heavy armor Broken ass killing moves Broken ass reflector Broken ass nobodyhasMUexpierence

[@kaito2220]

Just a friendly reminder than winning only costs $5.99 lol

[@mastersomething]

Tekken all about the better you learn how to play the more crazy shit you can pull out and AH YE

[@novalight7]

I think he is overhypedm this will die down soon.

[@averycarr6066]

Okay wait…. ZSS is not a top character. Like she’s good, but also trash 😂. Just watch any Mars video when he’s playing her. He’ll tell you all about it

[@cmpork7145]

Sakurai said they had to readjust him to ensure he was dismissal.. Either that man needs to be nerfed or they need to carry a similar sentiment to other lower tier character for this does seem ridiculous in how deliberate they are in making a character considerably and more objectively better than others. I get it's impossible to achieve perfect balance but certain characters and their devastating weaknesses along with others and their tremendous or even excessive strengths are down right blatant to pin point to where there should be some middle ground to try and strive for

[@kap1117]

ok at 4:20 kazuya rage means nothing here. his comand grab would have killed without rage anyway, and like 80% of his moves would have too

[@Thelankiestwopster]

Stop making him seem less OP 😭😭😭 short range and hit boxes like obviously he hits like a fucking truck and has insane grab

[@piirii]

Probably match up experience, or lack there of

[@MrGtgguy]

Is he winning?? Where

[@jslide-wj8dr]

He is broken

[@shuwiye2498]

uhh... cause he's broken?

[@DoubleCFiend]

How's he winning? Because Kazuya's difficulty is overblown relative to how deadly he is.

[@shapooopiefour7173]

There’s a huge debate among other fighting games (oh, I don’t know, like Tekken) that true input moves should be removed. The argument for it is that it’s not really all that difficult and just makes it more complicated. There’s various reasons as to why the inputs should be kept, and I agree with them. But people are like “well you couldn’t play Kazuya” and “have you even played Tekken?” No. This is smash. I main Ryu. I’m not good and I can input. Pros do it 99.99999% of the time. Just why

[@agad1177]

@@shapooopiefour7173 In most fighting games it's there for varieties sake. Why the hell would you want to play a fighting game where everyone has the same exact inputs? Games like that don't last for a reason. Kazuya is probably winning so much rn because folks refuse to learn the MU, sure he's good but he's far from busted, at least compared to the actual top tiers of this game (most are base roster btw) that people don't complain about. Like most of the new characters, Kazuya is fine. Not every dlc newcomer is Sm4sh bayo. wanting the dlc to suck just because ppl don't want to adapt is unreasonable and just plain stupid imo

[@DoubleCFiend]

@@shapooopiefour7173 Yeah I definitely don't think other fighting games should remove command inputs, but it's a different story when nothing in Smash Ultimate is so hard that it's difficulty can be considered a major balancing factor. And I'm tired of same BS arguments that you've been hearing too. People really say "Ya'll don't know other fighting games" as if that's some kinda "gotcha" moment, when it's really not. Like, no shit, "Of course I don't know other games, I play Smash because I'm not particularly interested in them". They shaming us for playing our main game, and we don't shit on their whole game, some Smashers just don't like the guest characters lol

[@shapooopiefour7173]

@@agad1177 i agree with the input things. I wish I could play street fighter at some point. However, I think you underestimate the amount of effort a lot of pros put into the game. People are already pretty decent at Kazuya, you think no one was preparing for that?

[@agad1177]

@@shapooopiefour7173 I get what you're saying but so far the majority of folks who think he's busted are semi-casual players. (naturally i guess since they make up most of the playerbase) It just seems like folks are crying about a character being busted at the top level when they aren't the ones dealing with him at the top level if that makes sense. I've run into very few troublesome kazuya players online and the ones that i have lost against just seemed to outplay me on all levels, (maneuvering, reads, general decision making) not get the best of me becuase they play a better character. idk if he's as cheap as people think right now lol

[@fancymonkeyman4139]

Is this a serious question...?

[@Nlghtmal2e_PSO2NGS]

What i get from this video is , He's good , really good in a good hand , but he's bad in normal people hand.

[@martmine4618]

I think that's just every character in the game though.

[@rainy3527]

@@martmine4618 not to the same level, way easier to master Lucina than kazuya.

[@eret3]

Awnser: A A A A A A A A A A

[@fallenstar2409]

he's strong but he gets bullied also

[@frankjoz2803]

Main Samus here. Kazuya is overhyped. Meh.

[@CrossoverFan4life]

Getting around his reflector is key

[@zekedafox-vodchannel3829]

How is he winning? You cant be serious, hes bull, fucking stupid how there arnt more upset than from meta knight bayonetta, pyra Steve and hero I'll never understand. I should cancel my nintendo online, such trash

[@Diego-lr6xe]

Marss played horrible that set tbh he didn't respect Kazuya enough He also sent XL to losers with a 3-0 but everyone forgets that so they can push the Kaz is broken agenda He probably will not lose again to the character Kaz has some horrible matchups in this game he's not solo viable in the slightest, if you're not solo viable you're not a broken character lol

[@Bokokirby]

honestly in my opinion kazuya is pay to win