Are These The Hottest Takes About Fighting Games?

[@LordKnightfgc]

How did you feel about the takes? (also before anyone asks yes, it was super super hot that day) Also thanks to Fasted Athlete for sponsoring the video, go to bit.ly/4efWMlI and use code LORDKNIGHT for 10% off your order!! (also pls subscribe)

[@0therwisesleep522]

This hot take town hall format is pure genius! Please don't let this be a one-off

[@LordKnightfgc]

@@0therwisesleep522 it won't, trust. I will announce the next one on YT/Twitter, trying to do more stuff involving viewers :)

[@remigusker6024]

@@LordKnightfgc I ache for more tekken hot takes specifically.

[@mariop8852]

mans had the church towel ready

[@DSKBR556]

damn I missed this I have some takes the world needs to hear

[@m00teronyoutube]

"its not scrubby because im right" is one of the most confident things ive heard and i respect it heavily

[@jeffthejeffebruh3356]

the bedman? guy "I play Happy Choas" IT WAS OVER BRO

[@HellecticMojo]

LK straight up advocating for deceptive knave behavior upon the reveal. "Ya should've lied"

[@yano4473]

I mean it sounds like the guy just doesn't know how to defend properly, and with as much as there is to defend against in strive I kind of get it if you don't want to spend all your time labbing counterplay

[@Tekknight007]

I'm not a strive player, I've just seen enough gameplay in and discourse to know that happy chaos is one of those Menace type characters. And as soon as I heard him say happy chaos I exclaimed, oh hell no!

[@steffanhymer1285]

I agree with the guy saying all resource characters should start with no resource. Asuka should start with no mana and die at round start.

[@greenwill6008]

🤣🤣

[@jkreincarnation]

@@steffanhymer1285 nago starts off exploding

[@Moonking7]

@@jkreincarnation nago just 1 hp when the round start intro finishes XD

[@Subpar1O1]

Happy Chaos should start with no bullets and have to reload every time he shoots once just to balance him

[@KingOfDarknessAndEvil]

Happy Chaos should keep walking during his intro animation and leave the area

[@ninjad6089]

The final confession got me crying man. That one gave me a real good laugh

[@SaikyoSensei]

'when Slayer mashes buttons and he BRBRBRBRRRREGGGRRHHHHHVVVV' "Oh yeah yeah I feel that"

[@ckorp666]

@@SaikyoSensei actually so true tho

[@duel2803]

For real

[@bassbusterx]

I could not hold my laughter in, I was just wheezing

[@__-be1gk]

Chat: "HE'S SPITTING" "STRAIGHT FIRE" "WE AGREE" "GO OFF" Guy: "I play [good character]" Chat: "SCRUB SCRUB SCRUB SCRUB SCRUB"

[@lukdb]

Bruh the safe space died after the second confession.

[@HellecticMojo]

A spacing trap if you will

[@Zman7981]

The fourth guy saying "everything gio does safejumps" and then following up with "I have the worst reversal in the game" is crazy for the most obvious reason

[@saltyluigi4011]

for why I'm dumb

[@makowiecmakowiecki4565]

​@@saltyluigi4011 my man likely never tried to block on wake up

[@mrblooper1994]

​@@saltyluigi4011safe jumps are specifically made to bait and beat reversals no matter how good/bad it is. The only reversal that can't be safe jumped is Baiken's counter

[@saltyluigi4011]

@@mrblooper1994 I thought this was too simple and I was like maybe he's talking about something else lmao like pressure

[@Sorioku]

@@saltyluigi4011 I was.

[@NemSumeragi]

This mf Tene with one of the more recognizable voices in the GG community be like "is this anonymous" 😭

[@12adwhetsel]

That dude saying that motion inputs are like casting spells hit the nail on they head. I felt the same way drawing with my ink brush in Okami to cast spells in that game. There's something inherently satisfying about learning to execute something and then being able to do it on command.

[@__-be1gk]

This is why Strive CONSTANTLY making moves that go forward on backward inputs and moves that go backward on forward inputs feels so stupid

[@illford]

​@@__-be1gktbf we've seen this before with stuff like Guile

[@kuro_mori_vt]

@@illfordYes, because guile is a charge character. It’s so he can maintain charge while moving forwards, it’s lowkey smart for him, but why do motion input characters have that other than to be unintuitive?

[@ckorp666]

@@__-be1gk u mean like tatsumaki senpukyaku?

[@__-be1gk]

@@ckorp666 no, not like tatsumaki, because characters with tatsus don't have forward inputs that move them backward, they just have the one move

[@rasha1a]

Ethically sourced journalism Finger on the pulse journalism Lord Knight I think this is one of your best videos yet. I was crying laughing by the end.

[@peterpansie5]

Last caller is on the connection that 90% of strive players use

[@adamice2526]

Homie said college wifi no ethernet that's how you know LMAO

[@tallburrito4657]

What if instead of LordKnight he was FreakyKnight, and instead of Fighting games he played Freaky games.

[@snowyfrosty610]

What if instead of beating you with mids and throws he touches you with his meat and moans

[@dankmemesdonedirtcheap2714]

That's what the f in fgc stand for

[@jotogoat]

@@dankmemesdonedirtcheap2714freaky gooner community

[@brandonlazo4677]

IVE BEEN SAYING THIS💯

[@TokkasChaii]

FreakyKnight Man

[@Lee-fw5bd]

"People complain about slayer just dont know the matchup and dont have the right to complain" "I am monkey brain. I dont want to learn the Abba matchup"

[@lokomo]

Lordknight offering a safe space for people to explain themselves then Tene pulls up immediately with no reasoning just “because I don’t like them”

[@remigusker6024]

The "resource characters should start at 0" guy is Emperor Scrub. 100000000/10.

[@SonicKurosaki]

Nah he's spitting, I'm a Nago player and I think we deserve to pop at round start and lose immediately

[@Hawko1313]

He said resource characters. But basically only described resource “zoners” who can just get their wincon without interacting with the opponent. Nago ONLY gets his resource back by getting in and interacting with the opponent. Whether some of his moves were too good at times is a diffferent story. But that’s every character.

[@devinnix9071]

@@Hawko1313Lmao asuka does better close up lmao

[@lagspike7763]

42:17 This dude was so real for this take I'm glad that some people are willing to say what they believe in even if it's so controversial

[@HMFOG]

Lk's haircut got him looking like a fgc mad scientist

[@merrychristmasreaper]

"I just don't wanna deal with them" Is a fucking king ass answer lmao. No defense, no reasoning, Nah "FUCK" DP's I can't even be mad

[@retrostart8681]

I got mindfu*ked with that Happy Chaos player struggling against Bedman? Like, u got a damn GUN and you're struggling ?! 😑😑😑😑

[@suzuya0]

the half gray beard is hella cool ngl

[@iframes7]

42:15 Truer words have never been spoken than these.

[@tylercafe1260]

Mans spittin.

[@tatzooism]

I get one chance to speak my mind and get skynet'd. If anyone is interested in what I was attempting to say: I hate fighting people that rely on unengaging playstyles to win or that switch to a 100% unengaging playstyle once they can't pressure or play neutral against you properly. I don't really mind in the end (play as you feel like) but always having to catch people gets boring and Slay the Spire is right there calling me.

[@salinalee2613]

ngl I think this is incredibly important to acknowledge. if you don't like the thing you're playing, it's like... why not just go play ape escape or need for speed hot pursuit or whatever lol. this is real, and I think it's why smash bros is designed the way it was, imo.

[@HellecticMojo]

RIP. But you are legendary in your own way now

[@yano4473]

yeah old games have a lot of this shit

[@warmthermosocks3734]

Real

[@bassbusterx]

Brother you made a legendary clip and thousands of people laugh.

[@Coldsheep_]

The last interview was so perfect, Ingenious comedic timing.

[@DeanofDeeps]

32:00 this dude won this right here… you told him the HC confirm full screen was easy , and you could hear that sadness in his voice and his reevaluation of the entire character in real time lmfao

[@luisbaerga]

The last guy was spitting hollyy

[@LukasRocks001]

Halfway through the video right now and I'm dying laughing, can't believe I missed this stream. Please do this type of stuff again

[@remuvs]

nahh the guy beast blaming Giovanna was on a different level. man was hurt by her fr fr

[@ricniclas]

17:50 what a timing lol

[@PinkalPeaches]

Final confession complaining about runaway and then fading into static was perfection.

[@chaeyeongLFG]

LMAO second confession just admits they don't know how to block hahahaha

[@northofself]

Your editor is goated for the tight zoom and cuts for the last one, by gawd

[@bigredradish]

holy SHIT that clown music during the gio rant is making me SCARED

[@kylepitzen7220]

I've been watching your videos for years, saw you at locals and majors and never said hi, and this is the first time I've felt the need to post a comment. This is one of the best videos you've ever made - I was absolutely dying the entire time.

[@cadturt9295]

for that second guy, yup, resource characters are not resource characters in GG today. they often ignore the resource or get it back for free, which defeats the purpose of having a resource. often leads to better round start scrambles as they effectively have 1 bar of meter to start, and once they get tension they can ignore their meter.

[@Mr.Faust3]

It's worst when they have a super that gives them back there resource doesn't help positive bonus is a thing

[@thedocmmd1366]

Which is funny cause despite the fact that ABA is strong she’s the only character that actually does HAVE to care about the resource since she cannot get it back passively, yet also she gets to become incredibly toxic as soon as the concept of human error comes into existence and she steals a round for the 900th time, while also sharing the same strength that characters like May and Sol have which is just doing stuff until it works and if it works she kills you.

[@snowflake4108]

​@@thedocmmd1366yeah aba's design is pretty faithful to the acpr aba by removing the crazy 90% combos and health reduction to making normal mode playable and jealous rage not as broken as Goku moroha mode 😂

[@StrawhatySpeedruns-fb3ik]

They are 100% easier than in previous games but to say they are braindead means that everyone else in the cast is just straight up lobotomized

[@devinnix9071]

Nah

[@slthe3rd94]

i dont like being a boomer but motion inputs are the main reason why Goldlewis, for example, feels so good to play - it feels good when you have to move your hand in a specific way to make your character move in a similar way, and to a lesser extent this applies to most fg characters

[@loopseeker]

fair broken is killing me

[@max-potato-muncher]

Fair broken just sounds like high-mid tier 😂

[@confusedbeanie9176]

THE LAST CONFESSION BRO MY FUCKING HEAD HURTS FROM LAUGHING SO MUCH😭😭😭 42:30

[@Za_Phantom]

37:10 can you imagine asuka with no mana round start LMAOOOOOOO

[@surrendering2within]

It’s worth mentioning: this video’s ad-break was the most responsibly-done promo for a caffinated supplement. Salute

[@icekiller1594]

That last one is KILLING me even more than the twitter clip version

[@Nevquin]

I think the HC conversation is interesting because he is hard at low level, easy as shit at high level, and then hard again at top level

[@tylercafe1260]

It's also acting as if HC doesn't deserve bad matchups. So even if it was true the fact it's "Happy Chaos" means he should get bullied in more scenarios.

[@pian-0g445]

Like, isn’t it agreed upon by the top players that HC and Asuke are the hardest to play in tournaments because compared to other strong characters like Leo or Ram, require way more effort to get that little extra advantage they have over everyone else.

[@VarthDaver]

The third confession, the one regarding resources, needs nuance because you can fall into the trap of Jaime from SF6 where on 0 drinks he is garbage, and pretty damn good at 4 drinks. And I think it should be around the middle of that situation.

[@remylebeau34]

Was gonna mention this too. In Sf6 it goes the opposite way a lot of times, Jamie especially has to get drinks to be almost as good as most other characters, just for it to reset next round, sacrificing damage and oki to get drinks in the first place. Kim's level 3 buff is similar, getting average damage, plus since akuma came out the increased walk speed isn't too special now.

[@kixaru4747]

LordKnight put Skynet guy at the end because he knows his internet won't load the full video and therefore spare him the embarassment

[@sylascole5254]

Smash player has to learn frame data, says games have no sauce. Fucking shocker

[@Squiddy00]

That dude is completely right about resource characters, and HC, and Asuka AS a resource character, and the stupid gameplan Asuka has that avoids like 80% of his kit. You CANNOT tell me that adapting to spells on the fly is more braindead than EVERY other modern fighting game character. Goldlewis? Classic S1/2 glueeater ram? Whatever you wanna complain about from SF6 or Tekken? Come on now.

[@ckorp666]

7th caller should play Motion Sickness, where u have stuff like a fireball on a 1476 input

[@BlueJayJames69]

my man at 42:20 was spitting facts

[@leevilhomeboi863]

"The older the game, the more evil the DP" Granblue Fantasy Vs Rising w/Launch Day Nier: Hold my beer...

[@ricardoludwig4787]

28:33 this dude would have been so reasonable if he just said "motion inputs are more fun for me " instead of " motion inputs are objectively better"

[@lukezane7952]

I will say, the second confession is a 10/10, but he was honest. I’ll give him a 9/10 for being honest.

[@giantdinoboy8264]

Hot Take: Real Guilty Gear is playing against a teleporting Chipp on 400 ping.

[@max-potato-muncher]

Lore accurate Chipp playing on African Jungle wi-fi

[@jaspercook5128]

You gotta keep this series going 😂

[@Ali-fs7ze]

The "New games don't let me just press buttons so they don't have sauce" guy is 100% objectively wrong, yet is spitting. How is that even possible.

[@max-potato-muncher]

Fr tho, in GGAC+R as long as you aren't stupid, you can go full monkey on most characters. Sol alone has like 4 different combo styles that compliment different playstyles. Gatlings also actually feels like what the name implies, a gatling gun. Strive's 2-3 hit strings into special cancel just doesn't hit the same.

[@yinsomniac4128]

Seventh confession is actually so batshit insane to me wtf lmao 😭 the fourth guy was my favorite he was spitting

[@selfbane99]

This vid template is one of the best ideas youve ever had more, more moremore

[@casbalt7763]

As a Ryu, Ky, Katalina main. Seeing the "hawdukn" complaint in the intro and the first confession being about DPs really set the tone for me

[@Tibazz]

The seventh take hits close to my heart ! I also play/watch for fun and if a game does not present moments as beeing particularly difficult to either react to or execute makes it so high level play looks less interesting and also by the same extention makes you playing the game not appreciate said moment as much. I totally get the part about motion inputs "feeling" like casting a magic spell. I even felt that going to an arcade stick from a controller made the game more visceral, like you are actually throwing punches when you are hitting buttons or churning the butter : ) 2XKO looks sick as hell though so maybe that game will change my mind. Tibazz

[@johnsavage5279]

LK this was the best video you’ve EVER done holy shit I was rolling laughing, also homie complaining about fighting games that make execution easy is spitting. Think of it this way. If you’re watching a tournament and someone lands a launcher against an opponent at half life, and you go “that’s dead” because they WONT drop a max damage combo, that shit is too easy. You should see someone land a launcher, then be on the edge of your seat to find out whether they can close it out or not. Tekken does this better than most (except for Dragunov). We should be watching the 10 inputs needed for a full combo with baited breath. Not tuning out because of the 1 launcher that preceded it Really enjoyed the format man. It’s guaranteed people bite this format - it’s THAT good.

[@coreydopson2030]

As a resource enjoyer Kokonoe and Arakune i dont think I've ever once actually thought about my resources. Cursing is just something i get off every single one of my combos and my curse routes are a flow chart. Gravitons, banishing ray and flame cage are just kind of always available if im being honest

[@emelorebn9602]

100/10 for the uninstall take, Slayer players will defend the balance of the sillest shit as if the fictional character will let them hit.

[@max-potato-muncher]

I speak as a 100% purebred scrub when I say this: Bedman? would be doing 5 sets of tomfoolery and 3 sets of antics, I can't tell wtf is going on on the screen and suddenly I'm in the corner getting dogged by a move I'm 80% sure isn't even in the game.

[@Kephiroth]

When you said “you don’t want rules” to the sixth guy. I felt this. DNF is amazing if you feel that way tbh.

[@faaltov]

Dnf sucks ass

[@jpVari]

It's funny when people take all new angles on disliking the modern wave of games lol. Not too easy, but in fact requires too much practice. And I do mean funny, I legit have no issue with someone's opinion when they insult no one and pursue what they enjoy. That's perfect.

[@itsnearlv]

Chat self reporting themselves whenever Tekken comes up tsk tsk

[@QuietLunacy]

Oh shit. Colonel Campbell called in with a scrub quote from MGS2 😂 you gotta do this more

[@Gadlight]

I NEED SCISSORS, 61

[@michaelbailey797]

great video lol ended too soon even tho its almost an hour. the brm for everyone was hilarous

[@AnimeMemesz]

When I heard him talking to megatron I couldn't stop laughing.

[@warmthermosocks3734]

Dude talking about motion inputs is real as fuck. Yeah, performing motion inputs doesn't make you good at the game, but it feels NICE to do for some reason

[@thepoorgamer3208]

3rd guest, I would say 5/10 two reasons, 1 we don’t know what you play, 2 Asuka does take atleast some decent amount of game awareness to know the spells he has to make the most of them. Elephelt main btw

[@classified7417]

i play gio

[@bustinmayo6595]

WHY AM I ONLY SEEING THIS VIDEO NOW!? This is by far my favorite video on this channel I love this format so fucking much.

[@DeathbyGlamour-mwahaha-]

working on a fighting game now, all reversals are safe on block and armored and every character has a minus but safe armor breaker. the armor breaker anti airs. on frame 4 it checks to see if the opponent is grabbable (not in air or too far or using armor) and grabs them if so. built in antiair throw os, and reversal os. not only that, no more awkward respect on oki, either meaty with armor breaker or pressure. reinventing the game lol

[@Za_Phantom]

17:28 the PERFECT timing

[@wannabewallaby3248]

hope this becomes a recurring series or at least something similar to it does, community interaction is always fun and this was a cool vid

[@YUSSUFXVI]

Bro please make more vids in this style, not necessarily the same video but I really like the vids where it’s just you talking naturally to the stream, but in a slightly more structured way. Still love the presentation style vids but these crack me up so much. Ik about LK chronicle we need more of that.

[@FlyXcur]

I got a hot take. Sin is crazy. I swear it feels like he has full tension at round start because of his stamina and the only way you're gonna catch a sin slippin is if they go full stupid and use up all their stamina

[@rustyshackleford7063]

This was a fun video format!

[@duel2803]

The guy at the end at college was funny asf 😭

[@salinalee2613]

this shit was fire af! top tier ACTUAL FUCKING CONTENT. also, I really appreciate that, while you could've been HELLA MEAN with some of these, you handled this very well and didn't try to break people who maybe didn't quite understand what they were talking about. like, part of what bothers me about scrubquotes is that *sometimes* it can feel somewhat mean-spirited, and this keeps people from saying anything, which then keeps that person in a place of ignorance. that sense of understanding you showed, imo, is something I would love to see more in gaming spaces. ...unless they're being a belligerent asshole about their incredibly wrong takes. if that's the case, get 'em, lmfao.

[@GanguroKonata]

15:13 my man just needed to let off, he didn't even read the title I respect it

[@h2_]

my brother in christ, this video is fire. definitely need more of these

[@Phosphophyllite21]

I 100% agree with the first take, baiting DPs is cringe, for two primary reasons: unless your character has a specific bait move, your options are usually "run offense" or "do nothing" to bait a reversal, and safejumps are incredibly boring by virtue of being a "I hit this setup and I get guaranteed oki risk-free 100% of the time."

[@mennomaman3399]

Bro this is a banger, please do a part 2

[@doveingly]

seventh one was like almost getting it with saying persona isn't boring despite having simpler inputs. bro was putting the pieces together and then hard committed to the scrub 😭

[@haoshydranoid9462]

Final confession must've come from a Smash Ultimate online player.

[@feelsbadinc2541]

Please make more of these this was a banger idea

[@DragynFyre12]

Resource guy was spittin. After seeing Nier have to play without a resource but it feeling fair, I was convinced. Just routing and always having your resource isnt rlly management.

[@Il_Dilettante]

okay ABA uninstall is stupid -a potemkin player who keeps losing because i dared to play strike throw

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Pick up asuka. I've played pot for all of guilty gear but I've been picking him up and asuka is the way. In a weird way he checks the same boxes.

[@Il_Dilettante]

@@SPZ-gv2on asuka doesn't have kPB though

[@brentmason7762]

The last guy was the best haha

[@AzureSix]

6:32 man's had everyone on his side in the first half.

[@elecbo4517]

This was such a fun video - this would be awesome as a series if there's enough mileage

[@angeldust117]

I love how the bedman complaint went south when he said he plays Happy Chaos lmao, of all the friends I play GG with, theres only 1 good at Bedman, he is capable of being celestial from time to time, and sometimes it feels like a dang steamroller and cant do sht about it, he just goes in and you are dead and that is comming from a 2 times celestial Potemkin (I may be just good enough, not really a pro, but I know Iam good enough to have fun at all oponents lvls regardless if I win or lose)

[@rx.78]

7th confession speaks to me. I loved fighterz but the fact all the moves were just qcf or qcb got really boring and limiting really fast. I feel like the move lists couldve been made more interesting and fun to play if they implemented other motion inputs. There is definitely something to the fun factor of moving your hand a certain way that feels right for the character and the attack theyre doing. When an input doesnt seem to match what the character is doing, you can definitely feel it.

[@merrychristmasreaper]

Also, vis a vis motion inputs: I love them. I love doing them. They're sick as hell. There are still too many people who have hands that don't work, to prioritize motions over accessibility. Every one of you knows *someone*. Who laments not being able to play fighting games. And it's not that they're unwilling to learn, that they can't try-- They were born with a deformity - missing bones. They don't have fingers after an accident. They have a neurological condition, and their fingers can't cooperate. Their wrists are warped, after years of wear and tear, They have a musculature issue-- I've literally met every single one of these. #1 was my father, 2# is a neighborhood kid I used to wacth after in the afternoon, #3's my girlfriend. On and on. And my heart breaks, knowing that I'll never get to take them aside and show them how cool it is to learn stuff. I'll never take them aside and get to show them the joy of the first time they learn a combo. Or epxloring in the lab, and developing a route for yourself. Of pulling a last second reversal into to corner to corner tod for the game. Love motion inputs. But if they're in the way of showing people how cool fighting games are, I don't care, tear the barriers down.

[@squidee]

Dragunov's "honest tekken" in question:

[@notasquiremario3299]

yo that 4th confession was pure HATRED😭

[@dylantoomey4598]

Gotta love when people tell on themself with xrd

[@rezzthecontroller790]

Motion inputs in fighting games for me, depends on the game. So much of what makes a characters options unique or balanced can be tied to their motion inputs. A great example is Venom (GGAC+R) and Guile. Changing a charge input go a quarter circle fundamentally changes what the character is capable of. I feel a game needs to be designed from the ground up with either motion or simple inputs in mind. Having both can be very murky.

[@dizzi6585]

This vid is S Tier LK lol. Mans is fightin the world 💀 11:32

[@glacierwolf2155]

That last confession was by an alien whose language converter just died on them.