How This Sephiroth Mastered the Art of Survival

[@dustinmartin6524]

As an Aussie its great to see Australians doing well. Feels like we really should have had a breakout star by now considering the size of our player pool, its just travelling is really expensive and difficult

[@erickmayorga8721]

At least for Melee you guys have Joshman.

[@illford]

@@erickmayorga8721 they also used to have Spud who got into Summit but he's inactive rn

[@EnderCraft-ko3wd]

You guys have the unbeatable, completely optimal Poppt1!!! How can you complain?

[@jobin9485]

Darkjizzle...

[@firefatesgaming1855]

Don't you guys have jdizzle. Who has great results outside the us.

[@aaronchew6097]

I had the unprecedented pleasure of knowing Sriks during his senior school years in CGS (Canberra Grammar School). I was three/four years his senior. I remember him as a slightly shy lad who played chess, and had a good (if slightly quirky) sense of humor. He was a bright kid and could study anything he wanted. But back then, I'm pretty sure no-one would have guessed that professional gaming would be Sriks' career path. But equally, we all knew that whatever Sriks decided on, he would have excelled at it. And excel he did. Go far and the ol' CGS boys are rooting for you! 💪

[@taillord4644]

Something I've noticed in the recent videos are the slow down effects. They really help when explaining and presenting a players strategy when edgeguarding to be more understandable.

[@Shireke01]

I like them but I would add showing the full thing in normal speed right after, because otherwise it's difficult for me to imagine how the exchange ACTUALLY went down

[@JoeJoe-ju7vz]

@@Shireke01 editor here, i'll try this out next time i get the chance.

[@Shireke01]

@@JoeJoe-ju7vz you are so cool thanks for listening

[@2FadeMusic]

@@JoeJoe-ju7vz awesome

[@joshpeppers5061]

@@JoeJoe-ju7vz really impressed with the production quality overall. Genuinely think production value on these videos is what makes smash narratives really come together and feel concrete

[@Shaeffen_]

"The Supreme art of war is to out-range the enemy without fighting" - Sriks, The Art of Seph

[@JNKSmash]

Sephiroth is so cool. Its still crazy that he is in the game and also a playable character. His announcement trailer was the best in the entire smash history!

[@endershel8163]

Sephiroth is truly underrated. Sirks shows that this character is great at what hes known for

[@Spyder-Marth]

Sriks coming out of nowhere and dominating so many top players is awesome. I've never heard of him until Boss Battles, so this video helps me get more informed on him. I really love his consistency at punishing air dodges and jumps, because I love doing that, too! Sriks is probably one of my favorite players, now, ESPECIALLY after seeing this 4:28. I swear people tell me edge-guarding Steve this way is "not optimal" lol. Thank you, PGStats!

[@Spyder-Marth]

@@xanander4693?????

[@corrinfevincenohr]

Sriks been up and about for sometime now. Ive been watching him since SWT Oceania online qualifier. Its just that the attention to Aussie scene was pretty much limited until BAM and Phantom being part of SWT circuit. Back then, he used Roy but now hes definitely opted Seph into his main. It rly is good to see Sriks and other Aussies break out more lately I have a list of up and coming character reps that usually go under the radar. If anyone needs a character rep to study, Im here to give em to yll. Also hello Spyder ;). I see you have converted into a Sriks enjoyer too. I have also decided to add Seph into my secondaries now with my Corrin and Robin.

[@JforJonas]

These interpolated frame slowdowns work really well for this video. Great stuff

[@bonni4493]

Best top Sephiroth I've seen in a while. Finally a Seph player that's not scared to go off stage and edguard! I hope we get to see him at more events, I'm tired of that Seph sux copium, this character is good when used properly!

[@harriecobcroft7342]

THATS MY GOAT!!!! Americans don’t know about the hours Sriks spent on elite smash, winning games by literally only planking lmao At first we thought it was trolling, now there’s a pgstats video on it, hahahahaha

[@Spyder-Marth]

Exactly! People underrated Elite Smash for far too long. Now Sriks, Onin, Riddles, and others are scoring high in rankings... thanks to practicing on Elite Smash lol

[@shotu8589]

hey hoops

[@soundsbyzer0]

Lol not everyone is trying to be pissed off for hours at elite smash jus to be good

[@harriecobcroft7342]

@@shotu8589 my goat

[@harriecobcroft7342]

@@Spyder-Marth Sriks plays offline the most maybe

[@stormtroyper_101]

Lets go Sriks. Professional australian smash players is what got me into competive smash bros so a video about sriks is amazing to see

[@verfuncht]

Finally, a Sephiroth player who actually takes full advantage of the character’s edgeguarding ability while not being overly aggressive in neutral

[@tralfazz6810]

I love the slowdown filter and sound effect

[@liraco_mx]

Really like the production of these videos and the explanations. Great job, team Panda!

[@connoredward354]

6:33 this is the best transition of all time

[@kyechimera]

Lets go our boy Srikss is wrecking shit up. Once an ACT god, always an ACT god.

[@Arthur-m8s2v]

the montage and the explanation along with the script are immaculate I love watching your videos

[@l.n.3372]

I really appreciate good Sephiroth play. First Tweek and Ned. Then Ken won Battle of BC. Then Soar used him well in that crew battle. And now another player does well! It's great to see!

[@SamuelJohnsonYT]

There will probably be more people playing with Sephiroth since he won a Major

[@Aflay1]

Watching these forward airs in slow motion help me appreciate how much precision it takes, how tight your button presses have to be to double-jump fair in just the right spot.

[@matchasgotcha]

Sriks is a lesser-known player - especially in comparison to Sephiroth players like Ken and Tweek - but is one of my favourite to watch these days as a Sephiroth secondary. Glad to see PGStats giving him the spotlight he deserves 👏

[@koldking]

Excellent analysis L4st.

[@HiImAiden]

LETS GO SRIKS

[@randomprussian2284]

As a sephiroth main who keeps getting increasingly frustrated at top players ineptitude and seeming impossibility of understanding when it comes to the character, I appreciate sriks’ proficiency with the character actually reaching a respectable level. Sephiroth invalidates so many character’s game plans that he’s almost the perfect counterpick to every character as long as you can play your cards right. He has all the tools he could possibly need to deal with any situation, not to say he doesn’t have bad matchups, but he can deal with bad matchups more easily. Honestly sephiroth is the solution to the characters people are complaining about nowadays, and I just wish more people would give him an honest chance again.

[@IRUKANJI]

Except pikachu. I have not a single iota of a clue of how to deal with pikachu. Seph eats his nair loops for months.

[@andrebaxter4023]

@@IRUKANJI , watch Ned's set against Esam.

[@IRUKANJI]

@@andrebaxter4023 i'm gonna look that up but i'm worried

[@IRUKANJI]

@@andrebaxter4023 shit, yeah, raw upsmash backwards against a landing aerial from pikachu that works. Too bad that set was only on game of that matchup

[@andrebaxter4023]

@The Magician , I'd say find a friend that uses Pikachu and grind the match-up. You'll figure things out as you fight him.

[@kajin2422]

I don’t play Sephiroth or cared ab him too much but this video showed me how hype and cool this character is

[@jimsface]

Fair is so good especially with wing

[@TheMasterd333]

The fact that an Incineroar main took him out shows just how good Skyjay is.

[@Daramgaria]

second video i wrote here i hope everyone enjoys

[@Xav985]

hell yeeaaa tysmm!!!!

[@brunobecher9156]

This is their best video, you did a great job dude!

[@GarnetBlue]

Hey !!!

[@iamShyne]

YEAAHHHH SRIKS

[@user-zt3yh2rd5r]

AU Represent! Let's go Sriks

[@Butterz2021]

beautiful video as always

[@sachitechless]

He simply went Sriko Mode 🙏🙏🙏

[@EdeYOlorDSZs]

Nice data analysis!!!

[@ishtarvaughn3641]

here to support the dara work

[@StriderZessei]

4:46 taunt into getting bodied. It's a true combo.

[@thundercharged1]

Happy to see some Australian representation! While they may not be the strongest region, Sriks and his fellow top Australian players have proven that they're still strong competitors worth taking seriously. Ultimate is the most competitive Smash has ever been, and it's truly amazing to see how much top talent there is internationally!

[@Spyder-Marth]

Agreed! Every other smash game has a dominant few top players, but Ultimate is balanced to a point where even kids can be top players. The competitive scene is super diverse in Ultimate and I love it.

[@ZalvadorZali]

Ken is the back air god and Sriks the fair god

[@imdeltaonline]

real aus hours, lets go sriks

[@Akira-xm9ck]

That thumbnail is really cool

[@NichirinSSB]

Sriks sweep

[@ravssb]

Lets go Sriks! Showing the world that aus has great players

[@hAze_the_shrimp]

sephiroth and mewtwo both loves their fairs huh

[@THEampl3]

Sephiroths forward air is half the video

[@rizkunisnator]

Hell yeah Seph lfg

[@metroretro7986]

What is the music in the latter part of the video?

[@bone_ftw]

Seph is way harder than ppl give him credit. rare character in this game with bad frame data that's also massive and light. unforgiving imo

[@SamuelJohnsonYT]

They had to give him bad frame data because of his long sword they also had to make him light to make him balanced if he had good frame data and if he was a heavy he would be really OP

[@charliesalazar3119]

Great video and narrative. Hope Dara can narrate its own videos soon

[@k.u.5798]

Can't find the PGRUv3 season character rankings anywhere. Anyone got a link?

[@benji6325]

I've been trying to find it as well but no luck unfortunately

[@pgstats]

www.pgstats.com/articles/pgruv3-meta-analysis-feat-robs-reign-and-steves-rise Added to description as well!

[@k.u.5798]

@@pgstats Thanks!

[@mitchellmariacher254]

That voice over was uh... something.

[@CaptainNabber]

Intro music please - I knew it at one time but I can’t seem to remember apologizes.

[@alexemp6201]

This video is basically Why Sephiroth's fair is a top 10 move

[@lowlink534]

It's not a counter, it's a shield that does damage 😂🎉

[@SacBoY_]

Anyone could tell me from which move the thumbail comes from ? It looks sick af

[@pgstats]

Octoslash! (Up-B)

[@SacBoY_]

@@pgstats thanks !

[@plabcentral630]

Everybody we all know what happened. We now need to get luugi and con con to the top. Pivot form sadness to the power of con con.

[@dazeo4393]

GET IT SRIKS!!

[@louisvuittondonvg9040]

these are the most mid fairs and you guys are showing them at 1/3 speed like its impressive

[@Bighomer5]

good video

[@MetalSnake6199]

I'm pretty darn good. But my weakness is I go for Style points.

[@sham_noway]

slight correction: bloom did not compete

[@matterdactyl]

Sisqui doing NA Airdodges LUL

[@shiranuiprestonsaga8867]

Hell yeah Like this comment if you believe in sephiroth

[@ventross4149]

SRIIIIIIKS

[@ash_sunday]

Analysis like this is why Daramgar remains the most underrated commentator in the business

[@Kalimier777]

@l4st, who would you say the best Seph is in the world? Sriks is NASTY

[@ryankrichbaum8877]

Sriks is good but at least for now his quality of wins/placements is nowhere near KEN’s

[@noirlavender6409]

luugi is so annoying, tbaging, taunting and being generally a pest, reminds me of chudat but instead of just when winning, this one is toxic all sets

[@COINLAUNCHERZ]

Chudat was funny tho

[@Abangamaboouse]

smash anime exposition

[@ericmoberg7679]

Idk why hearing lugi is weird.

[@The-Determined-Ninja]

Though this probably won't mean muchーI don't say this very often: *_Underrated video?!?_* (・∀・ )

[@xanander4693]

“Sriks came out of nowhere and he dominated a lot of top players! Awesome!!!” “Onin came out of nowhere and he dominated a lot of top players! He’s carried + ban Steve” I love double standards 💀🙏

[@Spyder-Marth]

Ok, I totally agree with this.

[@lokks2130]

Sephiroth requires fundies 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@xanander4693]

@@lokks2130 so does Steve 😳

[@xanander4693]

@@Spyder-Marth lmao thank you 😭

[@lokks2130]

@@xanander4693 nope

[@MrTacoKingMC]

lfg aus