MkLeo vs Cosmos - SSBU Singles: Top 64 Winners Quarters - Mainstage 2021 | Byleth vs Pyra

[@BBQsaucemix]

𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗼: If we're in neutral, go Mythra. Pyra the rest. 𝗠𝗞𝗟𝗲𝗼: Between 30-80%, go Mythra. Pyra the rest. 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘀: Mythra.

[@chony93]

Spargo's style works better imo, it's a bit predictable but still it's the best choice.

[@madmoxxi7397]

@@BBQsaucemix cosmos isn't good with pyra tbf

[@guts1830]

I feel like cosmos has a better mythra than sparg0 but has a ass pyra unlike sparg0 who is a God with both of them

[@sunny_dany]

Cosmos mythra is straight up the best by miles. Honestly nothing wrong with barely using pyra when he’s gotten closer to Beating Leo then most

[@elsologian2016]

@@sunny_dany hmmm, not really? He got 3-0'd last time

[@longnguyen8518]

glad to see all the nairos ass whooping sessions almost worked out

[@shrimppasta4345]

Nairo wouldn’t have taken a game off him

[@Enidx10]

Nairo is trash. Washed out.

[@k-dawgHI]

God some people must have a crazy standard for what’s trash… Bro if Nairo’s trash then what does that make you? Or me? Or literally 85+% of anyone who has touched Ultimate?

[@Osmosis-jy6xp]

@@k-dawgHI you could have stopped at “what does that make you “part because it describes the person who made the comment above yours perfectly

[@JorgeLopez-su3le]

@@k-dawgHI more like 99.9%

[@fupalover]

Looks like his practice with Nairo paid off.

[@simonjon9802]

But he still lost tho

[@fupalover]

@@simonjon9802 Watch their set from last month. Then come watch this again. Then comeback to me.

[@watchbozotv9153]

@@simonjon9802 he almost won dude. Last time he got three oed. Ur a Debbie downer

[@Lead.By.Example]

Cosmos is that one player who I swear is right fuckin there man, he just needs a little more oomph and he’s a top top threat.

[@BikiniSSBU]

He just needs to use Pyra more

[@Lead.By.Example]

@@BikiniSSBU you think so? I feel like for the most part he closes stocks out pretty well with mythra but maybe it wouldn’t hurt to take pyra out a bit more

[@ankydarkness]

@@BikiniSSBU big disagree

[@uprollsariotvan]

His Mythra kills really early, but I guess you could get the cheesiest kills with Pyra too

[@FabledTactician]

@@ankydarkness i mean if you think about it spargo is a top 5 player and he utilizes both of them

[@fortressofsolitude2960]

Cosmos Aegis has improved a lot. I'm very surprised at how well he did it. Actually, once again I thought Leo was going to lose but you know... anime protagonist.

[@juanhurtado7244]

Bruh... game 3?

[@ethannnnnnn]

@@juanhurtado7244 you mean when cosmos SD’d? That doesn’t prove much lmao. He beat the best player in the world twice. Brough him to last stock situation game 5. It was anyone’s game lmao.

[@juanhurtado7244]

@@ethannnnnnn No. Foresight

[@e-duh3529]

@@juanhurtado7244 that was fucking hype as fuck

[@juanhurtado7244]

@@e-duh3529 ??? Cheese af

[@SpaghettiConundrum]

I feel like Byleth fits MkLeos playstyle completely. He's a master of spacing and edge guarding and Byleth is so good at punishing mistakes on both fronts.

[@NonRandomUser]

Even though Leo clutched it out as expected, I've rarely seen him look so lost on the ledge as he did this set.

[@rickyf4459]

My exact thoughts. Mythra speed is incredible. He was lost

[@Sancnea]

I've been saying this to a lot of people. It's not easy to get out of ledge with Byleth. Leo just played him so well upto this point that that weakness wasn't too apparent.

[@ryork12]

Cosmos is carried by his character really hard.

[@iceisgone3235]

@@ryork12 no

[@ryork12]

@@iceisgone3235 yes

[@MrElmer14]

Chat was so toxic to cosmos in the stream… they both played well and good on cosmos on getting better versus leo byleth. Both players are fantastic

[@croaker97]

weird that chat dislikes cringe characters

[@voodooedits785]

It’s twitch chat what did you expect?

[@finneasmoore]

@@croaker97 oh shut up literally you’re the reason everyone hates smash fans there’s nothing wrong with Cosmos lmao

[@guayasplm4496]

@@croaker97 Sheesh man, are you a kid? Twitch chat is the only cringe thing here

[@strylon2277]

I personally hate Aegis but man, to be that toxic, twitch chat has to be a 1iq men chat

[@tehli6726]

I remember in Larry's interview Cosmos mentioned how he plays Aegis simply bc he likes the character. I feel like that can translate into a rlly good mindset when ur competing like reminding u to have fun or not getting too nervous. Definitely happy for him and hope he continues to improve.

[@diosesamor141]

Game was crazy my cheeks were clenched at the end

[@Pakitorocker]

I really don't know why Cosmos never wants to use Pyra, we've seen Spargo and Leo effectively switching when they need to close the stock. I bet Cosmos could get some of those dair confirms too. On higher percentages pretty much any Pyra move will kill.

[@Arcdratz]

He fears to get totally dominated by leo. Pyra is slow and her moves are predictable. They are also large and have priority, working against most of player but not against leo who would just punish every steps... Mythra is fast and her perfect avoid saved him many times offensively.

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

Okaaaay... So explain why Spargo does so well playing mainly Pyra?

[@Arcdratz]

@@jdrmanmusiqkingagainst leo, spargo is playing mainly mythra but he takes pyra when he ledge trap. He plays pyra and mythra better, he is more confident. Cosmo doesn't.

[@CatherinetheMewsthebestMTB]

His pyra is really really bad in comparison to other aegis players, and against a character like byleth, mythra's speed is generally better in most situatuons

[@lyxertt]

After watching most of this tournament live so far, it's apparent that people are really starting to learn the Byleth match up. This whole tournament has been crazy so far.

[@Dark-xy6vu]

No one can learn the mu when there's only one player playing this character at this level

[@lyxertt]

@@Dark-xy6vu That's not necessarily true. Nairo, for example, was playing Cosmos a lot and using Byleth. Top players tend to have friends that are extremely competent at the game and can give pretty good practice even if they aren't the best with a certain character.

[@kylefrasca3632]

mk leo is impressive I would have been so salt the way game 3 ended.

[@sergerivers1812]

Fr like mythra is already broken then she can do something like that, damn

[@eanderson9599]

that’s actually so cheap

[@thelordoftheweebs9501]

14:18 "not a reverse 3 stock characters" I remember he did exactly that to sparg0 at summit

[@MidianVGC]

So what? Because it can occasionally happen doesnt make it a reverse-3-stock character

[@plasmasupremacy9321]

@@MidianVGC that's true. But it shows it's something Cosmos' Pyra/Mythra is capable of, even if it's not as easy.

[@TehWhiteTiger]

Damn such a stacked event for this to only be top 64.

[@voodooedits785]

This is a top 32 match

[@josemmz]

12:22 Mythra will be the best character in the game when somebody cracks foresight and all the correct timings for all the attacks of the roster

[@im8pass229]

She needs it obvioulsy

[@arcanaz6583]

Doubt it. This sounds just like when people said when someone master's Shulk's moveset, he could potentially be one of the best characters in Smash 4 and in Ultimate. It never happens.

[@Eis7]

Every toury that I see cosmos vs leo cosmos has improved little by little and honestly it's amazing to see how much he's improved.

[@kbandz_]

Cosmos was so close man. Love the solo mythra

[@jacksanders601]

Bruh why was this the highlighted comment…spoiled

[@BikiniSSBU]

He needs to learn Pyra

[@FrostDK98]

@@BikiniSSBU Nah Pyra is cringe and unfun to watch

[@BikiniSSBU]

@@FrostDK98 Cosmos playing to win not to make you a funny day

[@Sancnea]

@@BikiniSSBU How do you misread a tweet so badly?

[@rflowers360]

proud of cosmos man. He usually got shat on by Leo but kept it real closer than ever. props man

[@manny-pm7rw]

if cosmos was more confident on his pyra this set could’ve been a lot different, her ability to just delete stocks early would’ve put him in a good spot

[@andy764]

The string win-lose-win-lose proves a very fact: we play better under the right amount of pressure :D

[@andy764]

@@lokks2130 I think the pressure to come back pushes our awareness, vigilance and the effort to take stock. It's sometimes quite obvious to me I knew when I win game 1 then 80% I'll lose game 2 LOL.

[@vyxibel]

i could hear Nairo crying during that game 4

[@ExceedRed]

I love how DLC Pack 1 Fighter each has a comeback mechanic: Joker has Arsene Hero has RNG Banjo has Wonder Wing Terry has Go! Byleth has *Leo*

[@jacaerys4]

Byleth doesn’t have a comeback mechanic, but they have that bs up b and insane damage output. That’s why I main them lol

[@kawasaki784]

“Banjo has wonder wing” lmao

[@sauce8277]

I love Leo’s reaction the first game. Just kinda like “yeah sounds about right”. Like it was the most basic boring game ever. Lol

[@voodooedits785]

Spoilers Cosmos was so close! He made Leo bleed hard every game he won. Can’t wait to see what he does tommorow in the finals!

[@visorp3667]

We didn’t see the same game 2 and 4, to say “bleed hard every game”

[@aerios6103]

@Naoto I don’t think you can say that. How are you going to see them go to game 5 and then go “Leo wasn’t trying”?

[@glizycor4748]

@Naoto Yeahh, makes so much sense for a pro player to "not try" at all in the league that will determine all the ranking of the pro players. Differentials matter if you lose btw

[@irenemario4979]

@@aerios6103 Leo tweeted and basically said he wanted to study cosmos and see what he’s doing wrong in this tourney

[@Sancnea]

@@irenemario4979 That was not what he tweeted at all. His tweet was 'Also learned a lot in the cosmos match so really happy with how that went, i needed that to be 3-2 to realize some things im doing wrong this tourney'. He learnt a lot from the set going to game 5. He doesn't do those on purpose.

[@zapp485]

19:10 after shielding the nair, Leo rolls since he knows Cosmos rolls as well. Then Leo does a nair but since Mythra pops out (idk if Leo knew that it would happen) he runs into his shield to bait a grab and dashes back to try to punish with the back air.

[@phenomenonnarutokun]

12:21 what a sequence by Cosmos

[@iamram5446]

Foresight a top 3 character in the game

[@Dougie02]

That last game cosmos really started to choke . He was so close . That last stock the run back killed him staying in the mid range of byleth playing close to the chest was the move.

[@willez99]

The discipline of both players is incredible

[@IceAnt573]

This video says Cosmos is using Pyra but all I see from him is Mythra.

[@johntodd6122]

youll only get a pyra from spargo sadly

[@YVek-uo3vu]

Lmaooo cosmos hit us with the 👁👄👁

[@no1here27]

I thought there would be way more comments about that it was beautiful

[@H.R.A.D.]

I love Cosmos’ use of foresight

[@maxwellsaponara1140]

Cosmos broke my heart each time he whiffed a forward smash. Please cosmos you deserve to win just get confirms or whiff punishes, I don’t want you to lose man!

[@azura2552]

Dang. Second match first stock. Just shows you to not challenge Leo while he’s off stage. People weren’t sleeping on Byleth before, they were sleeping on just how good MKLeo is.

[@Eroil]

Don't listen to the people saying he's carried by aegis, it doesn't matter how broken your char is getting this close to beating Leo is hard af no matter the character

[@DaanBanano]

Why did cosmos give me the death sentience with that stare at 0:11

[@RavenPaven]

That's what happens when you play Pythra

[@MerryBlind]

Damn Cosmos was so close. Seems like he’s been focusing even more exclusively on Mythra, which seems to be paying off overall although I can’t help but think that a bit of Pyra sprinkled in there could have helped him clutch it out.

[@wesselboers1052]

16:11 Can we talk about how this down-air killed at 77?

[@czikkanhardt4750]

The stare down with the camera at the beginning...

[@doubletoz]

I would love to see Cosmo playing Corrin again

[@ppikach64]

Bruh... Everyone praising cosmos for almost beating leo with the aegis... A character that destroys Byleth on paper! He can't do shit against Mythra

[@victorded4275]

Exactly, is a bad matchup and even though Leo was looking dope

[@Ryan_Austin]

The most impressive thing to me is that mkleo can wear glasses with a mask on Edit: I guess cosmos was wearing his glasses too. Good stuff to both of them.

[@LeeJayBird21]

Can't Mythra just roll foresight from shield against Byleth's nair? Or spot dodge foresight into up smash?

[@dementedchicken1]

Coney sounds like a defeated man saying that mkleo always wins, always makes it back

[@tropicalmonix1038]

Cosmos is a phenomenal player and has been.. what a set. 👏

[@brandonmathis1892]

I already knew the outcome from the comments but I was still clenched at the end

[@shou3906]

「愛」means "LOVE"

[@toyotagaming]

12:20 Foresight is BS

[@jbyrd3132]

Tbf MkLeo plays Pyra/Mythra sometimes, so I mean was it really BS??? Nah jk Foresight carries

[@taxman7617]

@@jbyrd3132 Yes. Its pretty BS

[@juanhurtado7244]

Foresight literally carries.

[@Youre_dumb]

Actually, it’s Sakurai’s vision.

[@guts1830]

Dude I think cosmos can do it i don't know whats stopping him but in nairos word "You could on one of the best cosmos" he is soo close i know he can do it

[@intellectualblackking162]

Cosmos not using pyra effed him… his mythra is legendary tho… like damn you would think he’s using foresight intentionally game 3 😭

[@notgeese]

title: Byleth vs Pyra Cosmos: *It's Mythra.*

[@elijahisbell2622]

MkLeo bones of steel man, i think cosmos got really nervous and just barely got edged

[@sympathy_for_strays]

Leo's ofc 100x better of a player than i, but i rly don't get PS2 as a counterpick as Byleth. widest side blastzones when the char loves killing w tipper bair and f-tilt, longest stage- so therefore least time spent off the stage by both u and ur opponent- when the char is very proficient at ledge-trapping and has a phenomenal recovery

[@goldman1996]

At this point, I’m almost getting Kakashi or Minato Namikaze vibes from Mkleo. And we’re just waiting to see who the next main character is going to be. Mkleo is using “The Professor” afterall.

[@finklemeire603]

Ultimate Closer Leo versus Ultimate Choker Cosmos

[@alex078Aguilera]

Nice Set, nice commentating

[@youngpast0228]

Once Cosmo uses just a little bit of pyra I think he could through opponents off so much.

[@sleepybinch]

Damn, Cosmos is so close with Mythra. There was a few times he was just a little mis-spaced that could've turned things around, like that fsmash when Leo did drop-jump nair.

[@whos_raz6814]

It really irked me how he never switched to Pyra to end some of those stocks early. Cosmos was owning the edge game 5.

[@DracoDikaryon]

Cosmos’ Mythra is looking cleeeean

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

Had to stop at 1:50 to unhear what i just heard... Man I love Coney's energy but he really dont be knowing what hes talkin about... Bruh Byleth is one of the best edgeguarders in the game whatchu smokin? Those massive aerial disjoints and the UpB that catches and spikes at like 60 combined with their amazing recovery makes for a great edgeguarder Reversals are also hard to do on a Byleth edgeguard if ya dont have a counter

[@Rye___]

it honestly felt like MKleo felt bad for him and held back the first game and played like a goku would fight, then went full freiza mode to krillin on the dude in the second game lmao

[@navels553]

Ngl I actually like undefeatable champions like Leo in Ultimate and Zer0 in 4, I cheer for them lol

[@bonjouraurevoirhahah]

Leo on PS2 is such a beast

[@nachot6592]

Leo was completely out of himself on this one.

[@danieldancer4065]

mythra clearly beats byleth but Leo diff

[@kabuto600]

What a great set

[@deleonfountain8220]

Mythra already has so much going for her, she doesn’t need foresight. Game 2 was literally just leo getting punished for an opponent air dodging.

[@nathanflinchum1153]

But hey, you gotta respect Leo for not letting it get to him, I doubt I wouldn’t be tilted from something like that

[@joe-mf8sd]

How come Cosmos doesnt use Pyra?

[@itsthebrowneyez4745]

Cosmos had many chances for up smash but he is forward smashing.

[@Thepathyouseek]

I swear cosmos could win this tourney if he won this dang

[@QC1cold1canadien1kid]

This set was pure hype, really felt like it was anyone's game.

[@lay-lowandsmash1519]

Pyra might need to be used a bit

[@Galaxia_EX]

I was rooting for Cosmos, but even I have to admit that game 3 foresight kill was dumb.

[@mrharvy100]

Cosmos needs to bust out Pyra more. Way too many hit confirms woth Mythra at high percent range that don’t kill where just one from Pyra would have finished the job to take the stock. Byleth put on too much percent while at 100+

[@abcde4085]

コスモスはチェンジの使い方練習したらもっと伸びるんだがなあ

[@musicdev]

Ngl I thought Cosmos was kinda washed post quarantine but I’m glad I’m wrong about that

[@SaturnSnapple]

Can you not stare into my soul before the game Cosmos? Please? Thanks.

[@definitelynotgabe4290]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Cosmos bro, so close

[@azuremoon4372]

must resist the urge... must resist it.

[@glizycor4748]

Yooo despite the fact that Leo is indeed in favour of winning here, Cosmos still manage to put such an incredible fight Huge improvement from their match in Glitch if im not mistaken?

[@voodooedits785]

Yes

[@RatedPR]

MKLeo forma de juego cuatro

[@intensifies6653]

Finally....A MYTHRA USER.

[@iz.FullSend]

Imagine if mkleo used pyra/mythra 👀

[@ppikach64]

Game 3 was the biggest DLC comeback I've seen

[@mexicancast]

Yo tf Cosmos staring at me fo?

[@justanothermanontheinternet]

5.99 game 3 baby

[@Oskar619]

5:28 Leo you sneaky bastard.

[@plantsun4442]

It felt Cosmos would have the chance if he didnt choke in game 2 and 4.

[@voodooedits785]

Choke? It was dominant fashion by Leo in both games

[@pistarrafernandez9830]

@@voodooedits785 cosmos SD too in game 4, very unfortunate

[@JiraiyaSanninPervySage]

Lol if he used Pyra at all, he probably would’ve won especially changing it up last game

[@elsologian2016]

5:45 outdlc'd

[@mohamedbelbaali659]

Foresight is unfair and I hate it

[@whatlol5435]

once again leo making his opponent a statistic

[@loghen01]

You can tell Cosmos practiced the MU since that horrific Glitch murder

[@KMacDawg21]

Foresight is not okay lol.

[@The_Breaded92]

Well whaddaya know 😪

[@aidanm625]

i swear i counted 5 interactions in game 5 where cosmos barely lost that i guarantee decided the set

[@edgarl1837]

Thats riiight, yall thought lol 🇲🇽💪🏼

[@raulcastanon182]

Commentators always so thirsty for Leo, biased af