LACS 5 Winners Finals - Cody Schwab (Fox) Vs. Leffen (Fox) Smash Melee - SSBM

[@mushroommunky427]

Game 5 clutch was crazy Leff was looking so lost in neutral. Leveraged that fgc experience and waited for his moment

[@GrimlockAMV]

It’s kinda funny to me how the commentators were basically saying Leffen’s Fox was outdated because he was playing SF6 but then he goes on to win the first game against Cody.

[@stevanhaire5300]

I think people just don’t like leffen because he appears to be an asshole. Or was. Idk just things I’ve heard

[@georgejerry1545]

And the whole tourney to boot 😂

[@123rtXd]

big leff with the clutch. banger series. i knew who won and it was still hype. how tf did leff win that game 5. unreal clutch.

[@Alx1116]

Leffen was and still is the bridge between the old and new fox now he’s the old one though. It’ll never be “out of date” he’s too good to say that and he proved it beautiful here

[@prizm9515]

I know some people hate unfrozen stadium but that game five was so intense with the grass and the fire transformation.

[@racerking5901]

Feels like it's been ages since Leffen beat this guy. I'm so used to begrudgingly writing this off as a loss for him when I see this matchup coming up in bracket. Let's goooo!

[@peashooter6628]

Their record is 4-4, Leffen had son like 2 sets before cody took another as well they're pretty even

[@racerking5901]

@@peashooter6628 uhh Cody won 5 of their last 6 sets before this one (Cody won: Earlier at LACS 5, BOBC5, Smash Summit 12, Smash Summit 9, Shine 2019). Which ones did Leffen win besides Scuffed World Tour (2022) and Smash N Splash 5 (2019) ? Anyway even if Leffen did have 3 of those 4 wins before Shine that still means in RECENT history Cody has won almost all.

[@tknick90]

Leffen looked better though in most of the scramble situations.

[@zeshanfahim3228]

@@racerking5901Leffen beat him at Ludwig Smash Invitational in pools

[@wettuna1769]

For real i have finally recently accepted that cody is the best fox, and honestly he looked like the best player 95% of this tourney so this was just such a hype set especially after how it was the day before . Counterpicking yoshi's instead of FD was huge and winning (and almost losing) cuz of unfrozen stadium was just so hype. I really hope he starts playing melee as much as he did in 2018 even while juggling two games.

[@FlytoZenith]

This set might single handedly get me back into melee. Just incredible

[@hitthurdeaux]

Game 5 is a perfect example of why we should never get rid of stadium’s transformations.

[@vgrepairs]

Leffen played his ASS off

[@collinleger9546]

Honestly, its just a fox ditto regardless of stage. Better fox wins

[@Michael-hc2hp]

​@collinleger9546 True, but in the case of unfrozen Stadium nowadays, the player who's been at the top level longer has an advantage

[@hootboon5323]

Its for the PEOPLE and this is entertainment and should stay transformations. It makes things so hype

[@woodenhouse8531]

Leffens edgeguarding is insane

[@arabmunny]

Slime was ON ONE this commentary it goes so hard

[@vgrepairs]

Is he the dude that said HOLY SHIT last game last stock???

[@nintendoking138]

Respect to Cody for fighting during the fire transformation. Old melee remembers.

[@bryanlilib]

what was the reference?

[@CalebSmith-gg1dt]

People didnt like to fight on fire stage because of insane combos on the right side in the nook of the tree, and the tree divided the field so one person liked to hide on the left side where it would be disadvantagous to chase. Being the aggressor ends up being scary. ​@bryanlilib

[@wettuna1769]

looking back this the set of the year imo

[@frogturtle]

10:44 cheekiest laser I’ve ever seen haha

[@LightKnight_Age_Of]

6:30 Cody gets hit to 69%, then does a ton of damage on Leffen, until the latter reaches 69% himself and pushes back on Leffen.

[@destinydynamites]

awesome set

[@z4nn1ch]

bro what a match, so happy for lef

[@dreamisover9813]

Most hype set I've seen this year! So close! Cody is playing extremely well but a few plunders here and there. Leffen is in top shape and really consistent as well, was a blast to see his performance!

[@danielkim1349]

Easy contender for best set of the year

[@nicklowe_]

Best set i've watched in a while

[@JoshT4life]

Peak melee set

[@omarmargi7142]

What a game 5

[@bakerk5030]

3:07 they should have let him finish with the plane joke 💯

[@SchlimmShadySmash]

that was one of the best fox ditto says I've ever seen

[@fupalover]

Even when Cody loses he still looks like the best player in the tournament.

[@tknick90]

Leffen was better when it really mattered though, leveraging all those years of experience against Cody.

[@tweaking_off_the_mid]

you got top comment and spoiled this whole match for me 😕

[@michaeledes1111]

That's a weird way to spell Zain...

[@fupalover]

@@michaeledes1111 I wish it was Zain. But its not.

[@jeremyying3602]

Honestly, unfrozen stadium is best stadium. Fighting games that reward good environmental interactions are so hype.

[@stan7417]

the little pause after 11:33 is so fukcing funny

[@ElementalPenguins]

That ending was insane

[@whjk83921]

That set was AMAZING

[@pawlstothewall]

I would tie Leffen's shoelaces together first chance I get, but GGs, great set.

[@blitheringape5321]

Commentary is great

[@hootboon5323]

INSANE!!!!!

[@nickh7681]

Hype set

[@lucazdelion]

crazy set

[@mahkramsaile4732]

Cody choked so hard, had multiple opportunities to end it on the last stock game five but 15:49 was such an up smash if he just took a second to realize it

[@TheKavajen52]

Big Leff

[@Decrypt-Kryptonian]

Now he wants Green Fox Banned If ibdw wins

[@The1TrueFoxMcCloud]

Daaammnn

[@epitome8639]

Who the frig left PS transformations on?? Perfect example of why PS needs to stay frozen

[@FreeShadow05]

😢

[@tjj-man4565]

Leffen barely eked by this set. If Cody won this set I feel Leffen would not have won the tournament

[@jacquesl9972]

Yeah, the person who loses Winner's Finals generally has a harder time winning the tournament because they have to beat another player in Loser's finals before having to win two sets against the person that just beat them in Winner's lmao

[@danielkim1349]

Think Leff would’ve beat Zain in Losers and lost to Cody in Grands. In Swiss pools he lost 3-1 and he barely scraped out this one. The set count until recently was in Cody’s favor. Cody with 2 sets would get it done.

[@fupalover]

Yeah if Cody made it to grands i think he would've won.

[@tknick90]

“If Leffen lost he probably would have had a harder time winning” What a take

[@alexneuman600]

Sad to see leffen still around.

[@tknick90]

I’m glad he’s still around

[@vgrepairs]

Leffen thugged it out and beat the case ong . Let em be.

[@scuffedchicken4681]

BAN leffen Leffen has continued to be a nuisance to this community, with misconduct including: Blackmailing Hungrybox, spreading false SA allegations about Mew2King, bullying, mocking and excluding a half deaf Swedish player for his HEARING, intentionally and maliciously spreading misinformation about the Boxx and Boxx style controllers in an effort to prevent Hax$ being able to play, and stalking and harassing Hax$ online and in person, among many other things. Appalling in every respect.

[@tknick90]

Yawn 🥱 keep crying. Leffen is gonna keep playing

[@kohphran]

nah

[@shadownite3378]

@@tknick90 Self admitting you're okay with corruption in the smash community

[@destinydynamites]

honestly these comments are really fascinating because they show how easy it is to mince words around and copy and paste the same thing a million times on different videos and have people believe them blindly without an ounce of nuance lol

[@tknick90]

@@shadownite3378”self admitting” lol. You can just just say “admitting” next time as “self” is implied when you accuse someone of admitting something. I’ve heard all the “evidence” against Leffen and nothing is compelling, and he’s apologized for all the stuff he did early in his career that was really bad. The hate campaign against him at this point is just cringe

[@eatme123-g8y]

so a rng stage transform is something people are getting hype over, further proof that smash isnt on the same level as real fighting games, sad!

[@jordandwiggins1026]

Any time anyone ends a comment with just a random “Sad!” I assume they learned how to talk online from Trump.