Smash Ultimate: How to Hero

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[@IzAwSmash]

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[@HootyTooty]

Now this is what i am expecting when i want to see a smash guide. On the point, objective, structured, well recorded, no time wasted, supporting visuals, in depth explaination and covering all variations. You sir, make great smash guides and are way better than a lot of other crap out here that calls itself guide. Thank you! Love your voice btw. Great for your videos.

[@slushiewr5989]

I’m surprised this doesn’t have any comments, definitely true it was a great smash guide

[@catisreckless4647]

Agreed. Too many people try to fill their videos with unfunny jokes and stupid memes and cutaways. There's a time and a place for that kind of thing, but a serious character guide isn't one of them.

[@KyleBrown-xn1dn]

@@slushiewr5989 wdym? your comment is here

[@SeanRainey]

Highly agree. IzAw's character videos are almost as interesting as a good mini-documentary. Hero has some wild properties like the F-tilt!

[@pj_spirit]

Thank you for the calm and rational look at this. Kinda sick of the whole, “HE’S BROKEN. BAN HIM.” or, “HE’S COMPLETELY GARBAGE LMAO”. Would like to mention that up-throw to nair seems to work at the same percentages as up-throw u-air.

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

Zero lolololol

[@Zeeeeeed567]

Exactly. It's obnoxious and dumb

[@kalevin7]

Well said Pj I was thinking the same thing.

[@rebrum]

But he is broken 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@pj_spirit]

dregz mcgee Um I’d like to counter with, get good and sit down. It’s been less than a week. He’s really good off the bat but let’s see how long that lasts. So far, nothing he has shown is as bad as Sm4sh Bayo or Brawl Meta Knight.

[@blackninja0621]

The spell cost for Swoosh was accidentally edited over by the KaSwoosh cost. Swoosh costs 9 MP

[@bbenny9033]

cheers

[@blackninja0621]

@@e.miller5419 Yep!

[@aleksijuhola7071]

This guide actually made me realize the key weaknesses of hero: -low combo potential -sluggish attacks -easy to punish if they whiff or during some other circumstances like kaklang and recovery -basically all attacks can be shielded (especially spells thank god) -rng can be a blessing BUT ALSO curse

[@mtsmashgamer0759]

If he has an attack boost and you block. You are gonna get punished hard

[@delta3244]

@@mtsmashgamer0759 That only applies to physical hits in fairly specific circumstances.

[@peanutbutterpikachu]

Aleksi Juhola it's only a curse if you use hocus pocus or an accidental kamikaze.

[@charliedmh84]

And not only that, his strongest tools (his spells), not only some of them are luck based, but if you spam them too much, you’ll be out of MP in no time and left even more vulnerable.

[@mathunit1]

@@charliedmh84 Then Pro Hero players will just optimize that stuff. :P

[@matthewjones6786]

He's slow and clunky, somewhat luck based, with bits of cool stuff mixed in. Just like the JRPGs he inspired! xD

[@ryusoulger9127]

That and he's fun. This man made the genre basically, the grandfather of RPGs tho he looks damn good for his age lol.

[@elizabethhenrichsen7121]

He’s not luck based you just need to play him

[@matthewjones6786]

@@elizabethhenrichsen7121 "Somewhat luck based" only in the sense of critical smash attacks and the spell menu giving you a random assortment. And that's not a bad thing, I like playing him!

[@hackman4351]

​@@elizabethhenrichsen7121 aaaah yes, because having random crits isn't luck based,

[@OHHHHUSBANT]

​@@hackman4351lol get better luck

[@zachjvilla]

If you can make people good at using RNG, then you are truly the master teacher

[@TrevorRS05]

I’d say.

[@heroponriki518]

rng manipulation

[@phdbot4483]

Indded! I wouldn't have thought about that the same spell doesn't appear twice! XD

[@alexoxo9008]

To answer that, we’ll have to talk about scuttlebug manipulation.

[@peanutbutterpikachu]

v.i.pfighter it doesn't take a genius to learn hero tho. He has a lot of different possible options that are all interchangeable in certain situations, and not getting one particular move doesn't mean you lose the game, except if you're fishing for zoom, but that's it. Fishing for thwack? Krackle slash or flame slash works too. Fishing for sizzle? Kaboom or snooze work too. Sizz and bang don't kill but they hit ppl off stage so that means edgeguard. Or just save your fully charged neutral b and use that. Hero has other possibilities to make up for not getting what you might want, because what you want, you don't always need that one thing. Other than that, he has fast moves, good projectiles, great ledge trapping, and a shield so not broken but not carried by rng. He gets in disadvantage when he runs out of mana, which is only a little worse than losing ink. Basically inkling with but projectile heavy and with a sword.

[@The-Determined-Ninja]

5:27 Oh! In French they're litterally just called *'Kill'* and *_'Super Kill'_*

[@unmecabsolumentrandom4006]

It's more simple

[@lunarkomet]

In italian they are called "insta-death" and "more in one hit" No idea what they had in mind for the latter...

[@lunarkomet]

@@brunobuzzatti1134 judging by this, it seems unlikely... Oh and thanks for the compliment!

[@saintecho6133]

This is the best early hero guide, you went over more stuff than all the other guides, while keeping it short and concise. Great job :)

[@ryukenxx2]

Finally someone who knows what he's talking about.

[@meloboi8411]

Great video, genuinely. Its nice to see a smash channel put effort into a video while not trying to bait clicks with the whole "sO brOKEN" bit. thanks homie

[@liyouLV5]

There's something you forgot to mention Izaw and I think is VERY useful for those fighting Hero, if you get snoozed in air you can mash out of it faster than getting snoozed on ground (to give you an idea how fast, you can mash out of mid-air snooze in a matter of 1 second at 120%). However, nice video, learned some things about hero myself a lot here! (gotta love the Herocord members on the credits btw XD)

[@ukidan6413]

.. up. J

[@davidnassor6589]

I see that Izaw watched a certain person "go back to the lab again" - im so glad u showed how good kaswoosh actually is for edgeguarding! Thanks for the vid!

[@marksaba6370]

Something to note is that even without MP, Zap and Zapple still have a very weak sword hitbox with the zap one an upward arc from below and zapple a downward arc from above. They won’t combo or do anything good really, but hey it’s pretty cool

[@ryuken10]

I love how Hero's RPG mechanics are implemented. I'll gladly make peace with Sora not getting in and pick him up, even if I know nothing about Dragon Quest. Also, Arusu (DQ3 Hero) is my favorite one for two reasons: 1) Voiced by OoT Link 2) Has a cape -3) Looks like Goku-

[@aharmonicapparition]

Ryuken You should play Dragon Quest III! It’s a phenomenal game!

[@hectorborrero4672]

Good thing sora isnt in the game

[@alphaarx3055]

Sora in the game now😳

[@padischli]

@@hectorborrero4672 get fucked shitlips he is in the game now

[@insectlover602]

Sora's in now! Also, he looks like Gohan, not Goku

[@lazlo_bananas8285]

Only 12 minutes? 👀 Well i guess he's less of a combo heavy character. Edit: Well, I already learned a bunch in this cram pack for Hero...especially how to deal with some stuff.

[@Moss_Dude]

Everyone: OMG HERO IS SO BROKEN IzAw: Hold my potion

[@yoshiistop5inssbu347]

8:39 "Unless you get accelerate and *O O M P H* before you hit the neutral air...."

[@RadiaUmbra]

Yeah I really like that Oomph!

[@yoshiistop5inssbu347]

@@RadiaUmbra Gives Hero a bit more O o m p h

[@benythespaceman1316]

This guy makes smash so much easier to understand thx ❤️

[@Greenomb]

Metal Slash also works against frozen opponents, meaning you can two-hit KO someone if you get Kacrackle Slash into Metal Slash or play teams with a partner who can freeze (like Lucas or Ice Clibers). Edit: Nvm, I'm stupid.

[@lysanderxx1664]

What?!

[@SimplyStapha]

this is just not true

[@IzAwSmash]

No it doesn't :P

[@Greenomb]

@@IzAwSmash Ok just went to training to test it and you're right. I thought I did this in classic mode but I must have misinputed and cast Whack instead.

[@thelastgogeta]

@@Greenomb RNG gets the best of us.

[@egg04]

I've actually found that at 0% to 15%, down tilt can combo into a buffered forward air and can chain into another downtilt that may be followed up by a long range spell.

[@Trizic_]

*(IzawSmash Uploads)* IzawSmash: Welcome to how to pla- Me: Wait!... now... did you know You're a Hero yourself for uploading this correct?

[@jarekhartwell6235]

As a Hero main, I play him because he has a jackpot wheel slapped onto a single input. He's bottom tier? Magic burst. He has little combos? Magic burst. He's slow and clunky? Magic burst. My wife's staying at her mother's house for a bit? Magic burst

[@benedictusutama8745]

god i was going to lose my mind if izaw did an art of hero in one day

[@Ravemaster620]

Less than a couple days and we have a guide from Izaw himself

[@GoonCommander]

Magic burst covers all ledge options, But if they sit right at Ledge you can still get up attack

[@thewizward8471]

I think if you have enough mp you can stand out of range of get up attack

[@GoonCommander]

@@thewizward8471 I know but not everyone does, Their right on ledge Maybe I am, But my opponents still do neutral getup or roll

[@alexlebeck8592]

Also magic burst doesn’t clank with projectiles, so you can make magic burst go away and have hero lose all his mp for nothing if you hit him with say a falco laser or something.

[@reaper-seeker-9971]

Thx for the great Content as always Izaw you always inspire me to play characters i didnt think i would play or help me improve my characters. Your Link is the one i’ve really tried to become. So keep the work up and thank you for being an amazing person!

[@Blueybeak]

God, I love Hero. I love Dragon Quest, and the way he plays is absolutely perfect for me. While this is still a guide released in the first few days, it’s still the best in my opinion. Thank you!

[@pj-wille]

I feel like not enough people know this: YOU DO NOT NEED TO PUT UP YOUR SHIELD TO CANCEL MENU. Pressing shield super briefly is enough and if you know this you can do grounded moves and even grab ALMOST IMMEDIATELY out of menu. This does not work in the air though as you will still dodge no matter how briefly you press the shield button.

[@69metersbelow25]

i believe down throw to fully charged neutral b works it catches air dodges

[@forhundredsofyearsilaydorm9301]

Oomph affects the level 3 zap, I've seen it myself. Regular deals about 45-ish%, Oomph-boosted brings it just barely above 60% with the full move.

[@Glockenspheal]

Oomph can also set up for a shield-break with Kazap if the opponent's shield has a bit of damage.

[@replayarchive8758]

Something I haven’t seen anyone talk about yet is that fully charged side b can cover neutral get up, get up attack, roll, and staying on the ledge if spaced right and is more consistent than magic burst.

[@ryusoulger9127]

People complain about him being busted while I'm waiting for someone to use him to his fullest capabilities. Great video Izaw, it's such a nice change of pace to hear an actual good analysis of this character (well besides Larry Lurr's and M2K's which were nice.).

[@Hanaki20]

Description: How to play Joker Lmao

[@imjoe142]

I dont see it... eh maybe he changed it.

[@nintendex9288]

*How to Slay Joker*

[@h0w1inmaDStudios]

How to play Hero: Just pray for Magic Burst lmao

[@FrozenBBQ_]

Best Hero How-To so far, and it's not even close. Always love your vids, Izaw.

[@garrettmccloskey274]

11:47 never thought i would see the day where i am genuinely happy to see someone being killed by a bayonetta combo.

[@mathunit1]

Well fuck you too.

[@meimmakoto3224]

Didnt see it mentioned in the guide, but swoosh actually moves downward when in the air.

[@frankcassidy6498]

I swear I'm trying to listen, but all I'm hearing is that MUSIC 🤩

[@MRhuggan25]

You can also roll out of down-b by taping shield and holding left/right, basically canceling the shield into a roll.

[@napalmbomb9845]

He’s like a viable robin lol

[@peanutbutterpikachu]

NapalmBomb kinda wish Robin was viable too. All her good stuff depletes way too fast especially when you count in everytime she whiffs something that isn't a grab. They need to give her better speed, some grab combos to reliably use levin sword and specials which she might already have but she should have enough to not have to try all the time. The books are fine but levin sword should either deplete less when whiffing or at least have throws that lead into it pretty consistently. I'm also really confused as to why she switches back to bronze despite still having levin meter; cut that shit out. Give me levin sword when I want levin sword.

[@meriam0507]

I was thinking that too

[@muguapanda9416]

Great guide! Thank you for taking the time to make such a quality production

[@braunyalmondo]

Apparently at 20% you can combo nair into turnaround upair, upair, nair since nair starts at the top behind him.

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

I think my all time favorite moment when I was playing as hero was when I was doing a 1v1v1 with some friends; one of them was playing ice climber and the other I think was joker but I can’t remember now I used thwack and instant killed both of them; even the main icy, but the best part was the icy was at 0 damage I didn’t even know it was possible to ko with thwack/wack before 40

[@StarlightMagician]

Give this man a Mini Medal for going into depth about Hero's Pros and Cons rather than yelling "BrOkEn" over a select few RNG elements.

[@dislascope5666]

Love how reliable you are!! Liked and subscribed

[@gleanexspraynwipe3341]

So concise and clear, love what you do Izaw

[@matthinesbjj]

Video still giving value till this day!🙏🏽thank you g

[@jblooue4575]

Well that was fast. And as always amazing work. :) thank you for your hard work.

[@tinyt.w.i.m7291]

Who else mistook ‘how to’ For ‘Art of’

[@joshchristiansen9602]

Great video, concise and packed with useful information. Thanks!

[@matthewtam7645]

I found that falling nair combos into short hop side b (uncharged). The combo counter may have been glitching because nair into the first hit of side b was counted, but then the second apparently didn’t combo. Pretty sure it’s just a bug with the counter on the last hit. Anyways, combo works around 0-50%.

[@h0w1inmaDStudios]

7:14 imagine seeing this in the last Grand Finals Match of EVO

[@infinitethejackal8718]

Lol

[@mathunit1]

@@brunobuzzatti1134 Bitch please. XD

[@Cruz.505]

That’s an easy answer Izaw, just download the Fighters Pass or Challenger Pack 2. :)

[@immortalsun]

I’ve been waiting for this!

[@darrenmcfadden6744]

I love this channel, thank you for making me a better player over the years

[@edwardivandeveloper]

When the most serious, professional SmashTuber uploads the silliest character in the game.

[@WongB777]

You never cease to give optimal guides. Thank you for all that you do!

[@tofu1979]

Thank you, someone finally mentioned down throw forward air as a combo.

[@Rhy2412TitanGamer]

You forgot some things. All three levels of Woosh send opponents in the opposite direction Hero is facing. Also, I wouldn't say it becomes better "the longer you charge it." Rather, it has differing properties with each level of charge for different results. Woosh only has 10 frames of landing lag, has the smallest hitbox, & hits once, making it a rather obnoxious OoS. This has its usage, like going past the ledge & on-stage or retreating to platforms after the OoS. Swoosh has 24 frames of landing lag with 4 hits (dealing 8.4%), eats 9 MP, has 14 frames startup, & has a better aerial horizontal drift than the others, traveling the farthest horizontally. The vortex also moves straight down as the hitbox lingers, making it very good for snatching low recoveries. Kaswoosh has 32 frames of startup, travels the longest vertically, hits 6 times (dealing 22.8%), & has the largest hitboxes left in its wake that linger the longest, but they don't move downward. Neutral B takes a measly 28 frames to become Frizzle & 80 frames to become Kafrizz. Side B's three charge tiers are relevant too. Zap can be used on frames 7-16, Zapple on frames 17-33, Kazap needs all 34 frames to use. I hope this informs anyone still wondering about these moves.

[@dennislong4822]

Thanks for this guide. I can finally play him and learn to get around him.

[@dieguetotube]

Great work as always! I could suggest adding the MP consumption for the down specials :)

[@Geneolgia]

Aw man, watching this guide is a joy with all that whimsical DQ music on the background.

[@kalevin7]

This was one of the best analysis that I've seen so far on him. Awesome job seems as if you understand the character without saying everything in him is broken.

[@ensanesane]

Best guide by far. No one else I saw talked about the downsides of the buff moves

[@grvnge_imani1049]

Thanks to this video im good at playing with hero. Your the only who makes good guides on how to make tactics, combos, distance and etc because thanks to this guide im ver good with hero. He also told us the advantages and disadvantages for the attacks and projectiles and showed us all the moves with down B.

[@kyle7056]

Thanks for the video!!

[@rinktheredlink9317]

Thank you Izaw, not jusy for the vid but for the random clips thrown about too

[@zone9828]

Izaw always has the best quality tutorials. Thanks izaw ^.^

[@atticusv668]

From what I’ve seen, Specials do get effected by Oomph. Up B is completely unaffected but Neutral and Side B change slightly.

[@namelessshame8121]

If for some legal reason SE content isn't in the next Smash, they should give Link the Hero's forward tilt. It's just too fitting ever since TP.

[@icedragon3608]

Really good info nice job

[@tyb3r695]

Around 20% or 24, down throw to full hop to up air can combo with up air

[@groudon2006]

Another early percent combo you can do is down throw to up tilt

[@robertrulez5391]

Im late I know but zoom has a cool feature where if your offstage u have a greater chance of getting zoom,by the blast zone ur gonna get zoom easily alot

[@benpenrie9205]

Hero combines Link, Lukas and Ness. The new monster is born.

[@UltimaLuminaire]

Regardless of the order on my feed, it's Izaw's video first. Thank you for the breakdown.

[@jacobonline6994]

Btw up b out of shield is an amazing oos option, also his side b is affected b oomph unlike what he said in the vid

[@liamgallagher9700]

Description says "How to play Joker" my man, great video though!

[@dyldragon1]

Mans probably been testing the character and editing since 4.0 dropped lol

[@mct_3551]

one thing to be noted: if you're on the ground when getting kamikazee'd you can just tech the explosion on the ground..

[@jorgeramos4724]

Heroes second form tornado also shoots downward a small distance unlike the first and third form.

[@Mannydadgamer]

Damn this was hella information, thanks

[@kingt7963]

I was gunna type a needless criticism about how it's only be 48 hours and any guide on hero is about as deep as a kiddy pool at this point but instead imma remeber that I'm not the only person on the planet and other people probably havnt heard this info yet. Keep up the good work my guy.

[@DrGandW]

Damage-MP conversion is not 90% of damage, it's 75% rounded up(so when it doesn't divide cleanly you get an extra point). Where did 90% come from? It's pretty obviously not that much when you land some of his stronger moves.

[@OldManTastic]

The whoosh moves always sends opponents the opposite direction you were facing when you start the move

[@muraniko8840]

Can't wait for the Art of Hero Video

[@thatjojofan425]

If the Bowser your fighting doesn't have the mental capacity to count to five, you can strategically use kacklang to get a free punish

[@theepicsquirtle137]

"Hero has a lot of spells. Too many to fit a single character."

[@keaton3258]

I would also like to mention all spells beside magic burst, kamikaze and hocus pocus it seems that every spell will come back into your down b within 2-6 cycles.

[@catisreckless4647]

Despite being a fan of the OG Dragon Warrior games, I don't really play Hero in Ultimate. But I do feel they did a very good job of translating him into Smash.

[@train4292]

How to play hero Step 1: grab a dice Step 2: pray to RNGesus

[@sarveshsrinivasan4298]

Great Video IzaW!!! Keep up the great work!!! Art of Bayonetta please?

[@umbrasage]

Please art of Bayo yet I feel its not going to happen lol

[@johnnykuntry6577]

Bayo isn't an easy character. If they didn't use the character in Smash 4, then it won't be a good guide. I have yet to see a good guide with her. Choctopus's guide was not beneficial imo.

[@Anarchic1989]

Magic burst is literally heat dome attack (the attack Trunks used to kill Cell).

[@deciduleg5496]

Another thing I learned was that metal slash is more likely to appear if the other character is metal. This includes if the opponent is hero using kaclang

[@thelastgogeta]

It feels like that is the case, I got a Metal Slash right when I needed it on Classic Mode but are we sure it is true rather than us being lucky?

[@BLamb]

Also, Psyche Up only powers up your next melee attack. All projectiles are unaffected.

[@Joshyboy225]

I have a lot of fun with this character, I use Erdrick a lot out of the 4 versions

[@user-fh9mf2hk6j]

This is an old video, but I just want to thank you because I've gotten way better after seeing this

[@jorgeramos4724]

You can slow walk with Hero and his shield will block projectiles, and make you look like a badass.

[@ConMan]

Really good video, my dude. This character is insane. lol

[@miczool]

This is like the sakurai presentation but much more in-depth