LMM Miami 2023 - ChunkyKong (Donkey Kong) Vs. Scend (Ness) Smash Ultimate - SSBU

[@MultiReptilian]

The mental fortitude needed to play dk is only found in the most insane of players, mad respect

[@alexmyska7244]

13:30 So many players would have given up here, but Chunky is so stubborn he just said “What do you mean reversal? Nah that’s a trade”

[@ParkAir33]

I loved Chunkys zen-like defensive gameplay, but I feel like he needed to be a little more aggro if he wanted a chance of winning the set

[@neverknowsbest.]

Yup

[@joshuadraper8240]

Hard agree with this. One of my most played matchups is DK vs Ness and he can be a little closer, there were a few situations where he didn't do anything because of his patience when he could have pulled the trigger. IMO this matchup is even.

[@emrifrett8145]

@@joshuadraper8240 definitely not even in terms of the characters but chunkykong makes every matchup even

[@STNJ_YT]

Yea, tbh he is too passive and takes free percentage. I've noticed over the years he has done this more where he sits around and goes for parry style points. It loses him matches a lot, and it has gotten old

[@Supplychainpapi]

I want chunky kong to win a major so bad

[@GDonPadlan]

Monkey need major 😔

[@neverknowsbest.]

He's so close

[@whoppermelt]

he won a major in our hearts

[@armandochaconjr5940]

all of us brother

[@jonte6540]

It really feels like Scend/BN has leveled up his movement. Wavelanding/down air landing and the grab out of shield. It’s actually insane to watch.

[@whoppermelt]

Not only that, but its much more controlled it feels like. Not just fancy stuff, its all very deliberate.

[@Alex_Justly]

Scend always pushing Ness’s Meta so much! Always artistic to see him play Ness at these top levels ✨

[@parmezan1060]

I love how chunky plays

[@alchemiist]

dawg why does everyone hate Scend? Is it because y'all just HATE Ness?

[@toastgod1276]

He has a history of unsportsmanlike behavior and generally being a dick. And he also plays Ness.

[@austinperezgk1]

Scend is kind of a douchbag to his fans in general. Love Ness but dont really like Scend

[@wpp6986]

@@austinperezgk1 oh yeah? Source?

[@realcourier20]

​@@wpp6986 As a Ness main I watched his stream consistently for a while. Dude needs a hug for sure.

[@Legogreens]

He shot trump that's why

[@Greatestfratus]

Scend pulled off that last stock like a champ!

[@averagepondenjoyer6697]

5:27 “I don’t play smash, that’s just my boy” gotta love bro’s supporting bro’s

[@JustinIsWatching]

incredible donkey Kong play geez

[@Rando4447]

Tap dancing in advantage and resetting to neutral immediately against ness as DK will go down as one of THE strategies of all time.

[@keabonhall2436]

I love Chunk for bringing so much crunk to the monke but I have no idea why he’s so passive against Ness when Uair, Bair, and Fair are all good tools to punish Ness’ combo game’s bread to help win neautral. Also, why doesn’t CK use sideB or or up B on ground to pressure a shield break for free space or free shield break/poke

[@willycheez7218]

I'd like to congratulate Scend for managing to lose a game of Ness DK! Not many players are capable of that 🔥

[@johnbingham5693]

Chill bro it’s not that bad for DK.

[@leifpeterson4850]

@@johnbingham5693…. It’s pretty bad. DK is still really good though. -1 at least and that’s being optimistic

[@franciscovaldes4107]

Cringe

[@JJ-xe6wd]

what an idiotic comment. insulting scend while completely discrediting chunky.

[@kobomb_]

the cope haha

[@mattf5935]

Just watching this I feel like things are incredibly oppressive. Can’t imagine how it feels actually piloting DK vs Scend. (Both of these guys are such great character specialists but it hurts to watch.)

[@narogmog]

Incredible work regardless chunky. No one is as patiant as you and no one can take a game of dk ness other than you Keep pushing the dk, i believe in both the character and you 💪

[@BrentBruthaa]

That game 3 was so good!

[@JLjler]

This was so hype, imagine after this a Steve player beat someone of this 2... I love Steve Ban tourneys so much❤

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Even when Steve isn't here you're still crying about him. That's the real problem.

[@JLjler]

@@nathanlevesque7812 That doesn't change that... the true. Sorry, keep playing, i'll keep watching.

[@jaydenhohman2590]

​@JLjler Lmao. You people that want Steve banned are simply babies. Smash players just have no grit. Steve is beatable and he has bad matchups. You just want to be a little bitch and ban him instead of finding counterplay

[@КостяКиндалюк]

0:37 Scend really got carried away, and that cost him a stock advantage he could gain :)

[@MaleWingDiver]

Chunky's playstyle is interesting and unorthodox. Hes seriously good at Kong.

[@godofdreamzzz]

That was PK thunder 2 not pk flash

[@CarlosLeon69420]

"That was pk thunder 2" 🤓🤓🤓

[@keabonhall2436]

The amount of times that CK had so many free Dair, grounded up B, and side B opportunities is so frustrating because he honestly seems to refuse them for some reason when they are optimal here when you want to keep Ness grounded since he wants to always be short hopping on stage or platform for combos

[@oilusionistaxd]

when the multiverses come back, would chunk play with iron man?

[@briantorres5148]

Great commentators too. Great game.

[@armandochaconjr5940]

i don’t like that don’t call out the cheese and they say oh thise are good consecutive tk fires oh yes so good lol but they see an online person do it and are like oh scrub options like wtf is the same shit just a better player call out the mashing congratulate fundamentals lol that’s my type of commentary

[@keithhernandez48]

Chunky made a lot of mistakes that I think really cost him the loss. The bair instead of up air wasn't optimal especially since he got the sour spot. And looks like he missed a lot of inputs when dropping through ledges that could have put ness off stage. Totally could have won the set

[@keithhernandez48]

Also does he not know that nair beats pk thunder?

[@luismise5780]

Bestness

[@garrettabcdefg4602]

Id love to somr chunky mix in some nutral airs to throw off his timing.

[@whirl3690]

Calling PK Thunder "PK Flash" and PSI Magnet "PK PSI Magnet" is just ridiculous

[@memenazi7078]

11:05 WHAT THE FUCK (This character’s so carried)

[@wpp6986]

Haha, bottom tier character carried. In that case, let's talk about how giant punch carries DK and he's overpowered.

[@justinkeeler6929]

Chunkykongs gimp in that last match how he body blocked the PK lightning was so sick. I wanted that game for him so badly

[@neverknowsbest.]

*CHUNKYYYYYY*

[@memenazi7078]

Why’s chunky playing so quirky?

[@mailman108]

Ggs!

[@MrJ691]

Chunky was the real winner in this match

[@Regular_Ben]

Scend was in his head.

[@kageedgar4002]

Not even close, ness is +5 on DK, that’s like one of Nesses easiest matchups. Chunky making it look even close shows that scend doesn’t have it

[@darioortiz9217]

God Us Dk players really cant catch any breaks with these ridiculous characters

[@o7user535]

ness best character in the game

[@eyebrowse]

great set, apart from the one annoying fan yelling the whole time.

[@randychavezjr6050]

Ness mashing triggers me, but Scend is cool

[@gabrielcastro1736]

Always good to see chunky! Even against a boring ness

[@7inchjmed]

Boring how? I know boring. This Ness is at least smart. Chunky could have won if he wasn't so patient. It didn't help him. He could have pressured shield without getting punished and gone for earlier kills, but decided not to because he was waiting for a dumb option from BestNess (Chunky would still miss a punish, anyways)

[@luzinluzin]

​@7inchjmed Ness is boring. It's literally just b button. Chunky is a better player just by winning a round in such a awful matchup.

[@willycheez7218]

​@@luzinluzinI'd actually say he's more A button. This character can mash for days, probably harder than any other character

[@7inchjmed]

@luzinluzin If Ness is boring, then Sonic must be fun to watch. Chunky isn't the best player, obviously. If he was, he would have won. He legit kept standing there waiting for an option and then got hit and he would wait for an option to punish and just whiffed...and got whiffed punished. Over extending a combo could have made him be in a better spot, but he did minimal damage. Really? Late dash attack and no back air afterwards? That's the best time to go for a combo, but he would rather wait and give BestNess stage control. When offstage, there were chances that Chunky had to recover back on stage safely, but would get hit with PK Thunder an infinite amount of times. Chunky got lucky getting one game. If he was having a bad day, I'd understand, but I know that's not his top peak performance. Don't try to compare Ness players from your region to BestNess. They don't compare. I was rooting for Chunky, but that was just bad.

[@zakariahaddad6151]

@@7inchjmedI agree that Scend didn’t play this boring, but I don’t think Chunky played bad. He needs to play patient against Ness. One mistake and he could lose his stock or rack up 60% plus damage from pure disadvantage.

[@jackofallgames3097]

I guarantee you are

[@edg8-eddylikescake312]

I Guess someone humbled Bestness because he don’t call himself that no more

[@KlarksIdentity789]

he wanted to play more games and a tag handle as bestness doesn't make sense in other games

[@guitaromania1345]

Chunky missed tons of up air opportunities

[@BobBobs69]

Glad ChunkyKong lost. lolol

[@yobelegend]

Dang I got spoiled

[@HansGrub]

Chunky got chunked. Sit down, little boy.

[@ShmegmaMane]

Wow this just proves ness players are so boring to watch pretty sure all these views were here for chunky and his kong

[@o-mega7515]

you say that, yet scend was throwing out the flashiest movement tech literally the whole set

[@memenazi7078]

Cancerous ness

[@guantanamosteve5445]

Dude if you're going to call people stuff for playing their character optimally then don't watch tourneys. Actually braindead.

[@SinSeared]

Is Chunky Kong trans?

[@24rezimodnaR]

Idk the face kinda looks like it tho