IS RICHTER A SECRET TOP TIER? (the internet thinks so)

When Smash Ultimate launched, the Belmonts were a HUGE question mark: heavy, efficient zoning and ledge pressure meant many players were afraid of the Castlevania reps early on. Is Dom-a California Richter player-proving our fears true? Watch his wild Xanadu run with WaDi, Marss and Coney to see!
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[@PandaGlobal]

Dom is kinda ridiculous at this game. Who's another player that we should put the spotlight on?

[@D1AMONDWARR1OR]

Me :-)

[@norwayguy7649]

Deku Meister (the jigglypuff guy from Poppt1’s video)

[@D1AMONDWARR1OR]

But peanut little mac and mabel dr mario has been popping off at the moment

[@n8thedad454]

Peanuts mac

[@nonachyourbusiness1164]

There's this little known dude who mains the worst character in the roster. He goes by Marss or some silly planet shit

[@BDOGG345]

Best quote because it's true "Belmont just makes everybody look so stupid" - Coney

[@norwayguy7649]

Richter top tier? Oh yes, in the tier list of characters I rather eat my shoe than facing, along with Min Min

[@bungo2514]

Agreed

[@infiltrate6807]

And Steve

[@jwizzle448]

steve and min min, they come for me in my nightmares...

[@imrandomdud]

You guys just don't regularly eat shoes though? That *flavor* So crisp

[@glitchx0861]

I think theres wayyy more fustrating characters to fight belmonts arent even on my top 30

[@BlueJay.42]

4:36 “the white stick is pointed towards the bad guy” 😂😂

[@dukepaulus2132]

dom is easily one of the sickest players in this game, you love to see it

[@jamessloan8924]

Lol his entire gameplay was mash projectiles and confirm into like 2 combos off of said mashed projectiles.

[@jimmyfromm9537]

Nah, it’s cool but he’s spitting projectiles.

[@juicystrawberry9351]

I like how they put a American flag on this thumbnail and had a UK flag on the Bayonetta thumbnail

[@PandaGlobal]

And a Japanese flag on the Hero thumbnail! :)

[@LumboDumbo]

@@PandaGlobal and an American flag for joker thumbnail!

[@survivorofthecurse717]

It's usually because America is notorious for being buttholes over the internet. *EVERYONE DOES IT*, but they tend to be the most infamous for it. Example A being my older brother

[@IanZWhite00]

I live for Marss’s never-ending cynicism The best part is he’s _literally_ never wrong

[@Kamuhwyn]

zss sucks

[@ellie8272]

Except for his views on zss

[@IanZWhite00]

PurplPars he had a clear, reasonable explanation for everything he said though? And he’s literally ranked #5 in the world? In what _universe_ is he missing and you’re not lmao

[@justinurbanich2828]

@@IanZWhite00 well he says zss sucks

[@radimakesmusic]

@@justinurbanich2828 to be fair he thinks every character sucks and the whole game is trash. Is he ever really wrong)

[@Bawa1.]

It is awesome Panda made this video. Dom makes a low to mid tier character look high tier, and he deserves some attention. Great sportsmanship to WaDi for the round of applause he gave to Dom! Awesome job Marss, WaDi, and Coney!!

[@medhinekadi2929]

The cut to Wadi saying "WE'RE WATCHING ME LOSE" completely broke me

[@zachariasd8288]

I love the Belmonts. They've got everything they need to be a good character, Minus a good recovery. Great frame data, Great range, Lots of utility and combo potential, edge guarding potential, If they get you in the corner they can cover air ground and ledge with attacks and projectiles. They're all about proper spacing and utilizing the tools your character is provided to their optimal ability and yes, that includes camping and spamming. But that isn't all a Belmont has to resort too in order to win a fight. They can pay patiently and poke you down and get you high percent then you finish with any number of their whip attacks.

[@potemkincitylimits8079]

Respect to Coney for the Aesop Rock shirt

[@mannya.h.967]

A man of taste

[@brando_ssb7577]

It's really nice to hear Marss's actual analysis on the gameplay mixed with him clowning on everyone. It's really interesting to hear top player's commentary on seemingly basic interactions

[@star14604]

Wadi (every time): how is this character not high tier Conny: this player is crazy Marss (the only sane one): no this character is not good

[@VioletSpaceship]

Ooooh the Aesop Rock shirt, Coney representing!

[@nonachyourbusiness1164]

Any combination of Marss, Wadi, Coney and Esam is gold

[@wheelockwarlock]

agreed, some of the best personalities in Smash

[@Creepo_J]

I didn't get to the part where it showed esam

[@RealizedTruth20]

Scratch esam off and it's perfect. I hope panda keeps replacing him with wadi and using him less in the thumbnails, can't stand that guy at all.

[@wheelockwarlock]

@@RealizedTruth20 wow, rude. keep it to yourself dude, we're here to appreciate.

[@christopherlee6330]

@@RealizedTruth20 spittin

[@aJazzcat]

I'm so glad Dom has been getting some more attention lately. Amazing player.. sometimes on his stream he sounds really pessimistic and I worry that he's going to give up the game or something lol. Also I love how marss just looks absolutely dead inside whenever he's watching another player pull off shit that he could never do.

[@kosakukawajiri9232]

The fact they posted this on the day that Castlevania season 4 released makes me happy

[@tonychang4553]

Dom's simply built different. Everyone's out here playing smash, he's playing 5D chess

[@omlett6482]

hold up, did Dom push away that steve to prevent him from crafting???? (1:29)

[@ellie8272]

Damn that's big brain

[@afranticperson]

honestly the sickest zoner player ever no doubt

[@afranticperson]

@Asher Van Maanen i said sickest zoner player not sickest zoner

[@vivarium0139]

No he isnt

[@Duck-re3tm]

Some just can't appreciate a sick Richter player

[@oneofthekindscarf8612]

@Asher Van Maanen Bro thats literally like 60-70% of high level play, what more do you want lol

[@oneofthekindscarf8612]

@Asher Van Maanen no one said he was being hype though, they said that dom is a sick zoner player and I agree with that from what he does off of projectiles

[@readyplayerthree3]

Honestly Richter can be sick. Same for most of the other projectile/zoners. Not always though, but high level play is pretty noice.

[@ToadPlayer64]

I actually only want the best for Dom. Such an entertaining smasher to watch

[@badpunalan8653]

Simon looks so young in this video.

[@Harocious]

Shout out to Coney for the Aesop rock shirt. That man makes good music

[@jabug_1144]

Dom versus Bassmage was really cool

[@josephassiryani9174]

It’s cooler bc bass won 😎

[@lachlanmacrae1779]

10:08 dude literally when "I'll finish with this!" And combo'd WaDi to kill percent finishing with a reverse up B

[@Meow-hj4td]

i’ve known of dom for a while im so glad he’s going crazy in tourney rn

[@jonaswilliams9755]

Coney's commentary around 12:00 is so damn funny.

[@aramisbetances572]

I died 🤣 when seeing WaDi react to his match 9:02

[@GavinGruys]

I've been on the belmont hype train since the game came out I'm so happy people are actually giving them a chance

[@jcrazedtheshepard9314]

Amazing hearing marss talk about how the belmonts are easy to play, when Marss literally sucks with the belmonts, and couldn't do what Dom does if his life depended on it

[@striker3190]

he does better things

[@BladeintheBrain]

WOAH! CONEY IS WEARING SPIRIT WORLD FIELD GUIDE MERCH!!! 😲

[@theduane1562]

GOT DAMN Coney got some pretty eyes man.

[@MrFunnyP]

ngl I'm kinda simpin 🥵🥵🥵

[@zekefelix7785]

I like how this video comes out the day Netflix releases season 4 of Castlevania

[@drewpham9662]

I watch for the shitting on wadi. Dudes hilarious

[@Evan-mt7bc]

I think Belmont's advantage state is top tier but the disadvantage state is literally unplayable. The more you let Belmont play their game the stronger the character looks and feels but once you start making Belmont play Super Smash Brothers for the Nintendo Switch they start to look really bad really quickly. They are a character that really needs to be respected, moreso than their contemporary low tiers and anybody that sleeps on them or calls them lowtier trash are about to log in to Twitter and start complaining about all the gimmicky low tiers ruining the game.

[@prestonhall964]

I honestly believe Simon and Richter are usually so boring but some people play them actually cool. Or at least they play well, idk if it's cool, point is, I actually have started to respect this character. Keep up the great content Panda, I look forward to every new video and have been subbed for a while now. Your content is a 11/10

[@bretfinck1665]

99th percentile Richter faces 90th percentile Rob. It’s just the pinnacle you have of a low tier character vs the upper echelon/higher end of a mid/top tier. Dude got abused by Mario and ROB bc his character is trash, but could string quality setups and confirms when someone got complacent. Dom deserves all the credit, IMO

[@alexordaz2089]

LESSS GOO!! NEW PANDA VIDEO!

[@drhody4229]

Dom is the mind killer! Love the Dune reference Coney

[@lonk2902]

SPIRIT WORLD FIELD GUIDE SHIRT I love that album

[@richie404]

Love watching Belmonts.

[@jeffreysherman8224]

Imma need to see that last set, the one after the reset. Wadi got eviscerated! I wanna see y'all react to that one!

[@gespenst18]

Amazing short from Conway

[@tonitaipalus8722]

Dom was styling on Wadi's Mewtwo

[@admirrad3777]

This Marss dude ain’t giving NO credit to Dom bro

[@eavguy8764]

“Belmonts don’t have a 0 to death” That’s where you’re wrong, kid

[@keeshuunedited5678]

It's kind of funny because once pgstats released that chart of characters who wins/lose and how often they are picked I decided to look into Belmont out of curiosity and because I started getting addicted to getting the whole roster into Elite Smash instead of trying to improve with my main like I should be doing lol. www.pgstats.com/articles/who-is-picked-and-used-deep-in-brackets-super-smash-bros-ultimate-character-analysis I originally thought he was a spammy projectile user because every Belmont I've ever faced or even seen just threw out projectiles for seemingly no reason, and is pretty much a free win since I know how to deal with projectiles. I didn't think about Belmonts much before I was focused on other characters. Then I decided to go look at some Belmont guides, and then this one guy mentioned that the projectiles are actually really bad if used that way and they are pretty OP when you use them to cover your approach. So when I started seeing Dom play, I was like "where were you earlier in Ultimate!?". Belmonts feel like a reverse Sephiroth (who has been my main since he came out) because they can angle their fair/bair but not their ftilt, but exchange recovery for projectiles that cover them as they go in. I gotta say, when you start using Belmont more aggressive, he starts getting so much more effective and stylish that it shocks me that more Belmonts don't do this because I feel like it'd be more fun for everyone. Also some characters are so fast that you never really have time to throw out projectiles unless they hesitate. Roy vs Belmont is so incredibly intense for example since he's always going to be on you, or just outside of your range.

[@blackfang0815]

"If you hit him, you kill him. Don't let them play the game more." "You have to be really careful against Belmonts, just take it slow, don't worry about trying to kill them too soon..." Great advice. I see no hilarious contradictions there.

[@nahte123456]

I think it's funny that WaDi was the person most harsh on his own gameplay

[@hobojoe9717]

I love that Jake’s tag is statefarm! Lol

[@Creepo_J]

11:43 I love coney lol

[@theeggplantwizard6255]

Ya gotta love Wadi's johns 😂

[@10cesc4.]

Thanks panda for Coney, , Marss and WaDi on the video.

[@SingingInTheRain2222]

BROOO THAT AESOP ROCK SWFG SHIRT instant sub

[@liamceh8697]

Mars is the Simon cowel of the panda squad

[@WadeWilson-pn5gp]

Coney using the word “serf” is such a deep cut

[@lildan419r2]

Dom is a monster

[@Yokai_Yuri]

The Belmonts are mid tier at best. The thing is...Dom is Belmont specialist and a FANTASTIC player at that. He beat shinymark's pikachu whom many believe is as good as ESAM'S. Pikachu is one of the worst matches for the belmont btw. I think if they ever buff the belmont projectiles or recovery, they can be high tier, easily, but they won't. They rather buff sonic, terry or those stupid characters.

[@xyliahvortex661]

I liked the parts where Marss didn't talk

[@MisterFiasco]

“If you know your opponent has any handle on Mario, why would you not ban this stage?” Kirbykid: “Do not question my reasoning!”

[@Lucas-vu8jt]

9:53 lmfao

[@nicholasblutreich9544]

“All his family died from the bubonic plague! Use your modern advances!”

[@LostCoinSmite]

Coney got the new aesop rock shirt! 🔥

[@brandonbrisson4455]

That edit at 5:04 is too funny 😂

[@robertmeneguzzo235]

Dom vs pandas when!

[@nintendork9207]

Complete tangent, but love Coney reppin' the Aesop Rock merch, Dude's music is SICK. idk about Belmonts being top tier, tho. I know they're damn good with some smart play and practice, but i think that's a lot of the roster now, just that the higher tiers do it better than the Belmonts.

[@Marcelobernart]

I see Panda content i upvote 🥰

[@methanebrain7375]

11:37 your dad watching football and saying he should be the coach of the team not whoever is

[@superthunder5041]

We have 2 different types of eyes, the Human Eye, and the WaDi Eye.

[@Ariuss3]

"All of his family died to the Bubonic Plague. Use your modern advancements R.O.B.!" -Coney

[@drkmercenary]

9:55 PTSD flashback

[@phatcat-st4gb]

10:05 who is gonna tell Wadi that rob side b is a reflector?

[@InTheMistByTheHills]

Panda Dom incoming

[@eternityx5413]

Richter Belmont is the Coolest character in smash bros

[@dorkasaurus_rex]

Facts!

[@fiendfi7119]

let me just say, coney has top tier commentary. "all of his family died to the bubonic plague" killed me.

[@QueefBreather]

I wonder who the people in Antartica think are top tiers

[@terminalpreppie8439]

Dope Aesop Rock shirt

[@xray8012]

This is what happens when Zoners use 100% of their brain

[@ashleyunderscorebl]

did they really censor the gl*bal in that guy's "sub to panda ____" in coney's bg, lmao

[@rusty75369]

dude RIP WaDi lmfao

[@gg_0nr941]

The Belmonts could have the potential to be top tier but their move set is what makes them decent at best but I still picked them up as a dedede substitute because If you think about it they have a lot in common and I don’t like how gravy’s feel in a serious match soooo

[@retturub566]

WaDi: What does steve have to edgeguard? Me: gets frustrated and writes a comment about how good d-tilt is

[@brutal_lui]

I can't wait for panda to make a video about me and Meta Knight (the joke is I'm playing in the north east invitational so I won't make it through the first 2 games) it'll be a learning experience tho and that's what I'm hype for.

[@datavoyt]

That is durte from Dom. Oh!!! I mean dirty!

[@bigmankrulder]

see I always thought the Belmonts were a lot better than people were saying they were, but I always thought he was high mid at best.

[@probablythefbi8230]

Please do a video on Peanut and his Mac or whoever that one doc was

[@deliciousness283]

Trying to main Richter it's tough

[@ppikach64]

I'm a Byleth main and it's pretty frustrating to fight a Belmont... You just can't get in, since his air drift and speed is garbage

[@akhilgazula1409]

is this in spirit of the new season of castlevania dropping today?

[@declanjones1751]

I see that Aesop rock shirt

[@finnata7253]

Cool shirt Coney

[@agentpoke9000]

Dom is super rad with richter marss need some tips.

[@dyll_pyckle]

This video is just in time for Castlevania season 4... hmmmmmmmm planned??

[@LairdUSA]

Glad I’m the internet

[@darksyde0418]

Oh Richter is top tier **proceeds to knock him off stage like he's Little Mac**

[@vexedivy]

11:51 💀💀💀

[@reyes7198]

I just realized I've gotten clapped by Dom on wifi before

[@thomasdarista2782]

Cool now do one on Peanut's Little Mac

[@near4204]

Oh yeah I know dom hes really good XD Yo panda global Dom vs Marss maybe?