Part 3: Character Overviews - Rivals of Aether: The Competitive Smash Player's Guide

[@Ivy64_]

got more lore about absa and etalus from this than my entire time playing rivals.

[@ikebirchum6591]

mfw the new characters literally don't have any lore

[@Ivy64_]

@@ikebirchum6591 other than mollo. Point still stands though

[@100organicfreshmemes5]

@@ikebirchum6591 Hodan trained Zetterburn and Forsburn IIRC, but we don't know much else about him.

[@loganmadface5425]

Shovel Knight section : The character really makes you feel like shovel Knight ign 10/10

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Get real lol

[@mackojacko]

"he's got a little something for everyone"

[@MrPickleEdits]

You forgot orcane's key selling point! HE'S ADORABLE!

[@dockingwater1713]

As someone who loves Shovel Knight and the Ori games, I adore how these two play in Rivals since they feel like they were pulled right from the source material.

[@hydrosting]

3:04 ok that was godlike.

[@iliakatster]

"Choose your purchases carefully" well obviously im going for the golden armor, its the most expensive item so its the best one, right?

[@ianmcnally373]

woooooooooow what an insanely helpful guide for anyone (me) who new to rivals and wants a fast-lane option to researching the competitive aspects of the game. Cant believe this doesn't have more views!

[@mooj.]

watching this video for the 3rd time I think and somehow just noticed the shovel knight dig pun. I laughed out loud

[@jugohayashi2389]

Great explanation of Sylvanos! really makes this video worth sharing with my smasher friends! Saved the playlist, you can take ur time if it means we're gonna have quality content like this

[@JiroTheFro]

Thank you immensely for this video. Just got into the game coming from Ultimate and this really helped me so I don’t have to take as much time diving into labbing characters myself to figure out who to play

[@Yee-Haw_Bird]

I love videos like this for most every fighting game and got to say this one is absolutely perfect for rivals.

[@lordmango6060]

Watched all three videos in this series. I've been eyeing RoA for a while, but you have me completely sold. I'm gonna buy this game this week. Looking forward to it!

[@jugohayashi2389]

I love the old school SSBMtutorials vibe! Hope this gets caught in the youtube algorithm, very easy to watch video :)

[@nutmatical1042]

Zetterburn: well rounded Orcane: neutral based mid ranged zoning character Ori: rushdown character Kragg: heavy weight

[@GalaxyMii]

Great video! I'm commenting so the KZbin algorithm will boost this!

[@chaeyeongLFG]

EXCELLENT video, you can tell a lot of love and care went into it. as a new rivals player, i appreciate it!

[@Integral_RoA]

Crazy how I knew who Sawtooth was before I knew who Sawtooth was. Amazing content.

[@paradox4878]

Lol what a coincidence, I picked up Rivals recently and found this video series 2 days ago, and then you add a new video for the first time in 2 years.

[@empressmadeline]

comment for algo this video fucks

[@qwertyugzb]

Awesome dude, thanks for making this!

[@That0neguy420]

What up chucklenuts, its ya boy (a Wrastor main) and let me tell you all about why Wrastor is better than everyone! Number 1: He is Wrastor Thanks for watching make sure to like subscribe and hit that bell!

[@The13Void]

Just found this series and I love it.

[@wittywarbler1117]

Super well made, excellent video :) Thanks for being such a good influence on the CO scene as well.

[@grottenchunk]

It was so helpful and nicely explained. Thanks!!

[@simonseabird1219]

Superb video! It's really nice to see a short description of all the loved animals in this loved game :3

[@beanpotatoreviews184]

Just in time before rivals two

[@LudiColorado]

I am leaving a comment for the KZbin algorithm

[@AbsurdCleric67]

overall awesome video

[@kingjermaine4213]

Well made video and an amazing series dog! Continue the amazing work and achieve higher greatness than ever before!

[@SomnicC]

As a steve player in smash, Shovel Knight and Kragg look fun

[@NewCoke7]

i despise you greatly

[@thepancakealchemist6949]

Shovel knight is the master of something, the economy

[@ComboFood]

That guy in the Ranno section is on another level playing this game in a fursuit head due to the reduced visibility

[@matheusedu7b]

We need two more guest characters to round the cast with 16 characters.

[@ComboFood]

Getting the game again for the first time since the game came out with Xbox Gold as a free game I remember maining Kragg and I’m looking forward to trying out Sylvanos and Olympia as well

[@Syzyguy]

Phenomenal video

[@PedrokaEquipeCoelhoNoJapao]

Amazing!

[@professorhoglin]

Wraster is like birdly from deltarune but I he was actually cool

[@voaa2866]

Are you going to ever make a tier list?

[@jacopodeldeo4308]

Finally yes yes yes!!!!!

[@firebeetlethestagbeetle3901]

7:00 rhino beetle

[@jannickbrech]

what do you think about rivals 2`?

[@sapomago]

POOOOOOOG YESSSSS

[@VP-tn1ip]

monki flip

[@heracrossz7701]

I'm no expert but if you are planning to pick a character that relies heavily on gimmicks like elliana or sylvanos pick them first, they just became harder to pick after you experience other characters, but beware that your fundamentals will be lacking with these characters as to compare with more fundamentals base characters like ranno or zetterburn.

[@owomelette]

this is not helping every character looks so cool i want to play all of them.

[@elemangell2981]

Firstly hope your break with college work went well but HOLY MOLY IT'S HERE!! I know near everything about this game and I'm still excited to watch it! I'll be sure to share this where I can, and here's to part 4 and whatever content you make next (Rivals 2 hype!!).

[@asdfghjkl2261]

This is SO helpful. Talk about high effort too, this is beautifully edited and presented, can't imagine how much time this must've taken.

[@GrandSyzygy]

Thank you so much for creating this series! As a Smash player looking into Rivals, this has been the perfect transitional content and has inspired me to pick up the game!

[@AkashiFae]

Hey this sawtooth guy is pretty informative! I'm gonna subscribe! For real though, super happy you got this bad boy out and made it as informative and detailed as it is. The editing and hard work you put into it shows, and has me excited for the thrilling conclusion to the series. Can't wait for that and the other projects you've got coming. Keep at it buddy. Love ya.

[@pacothemajestic]

Thanks for making this. Resources like this are valuable, and I hate how much this game's community insists on using discord to teach players rather than just making a wiki like literally every other fighting game.

[@henrybitencourt]

I really love How in Rivals of aether and fraymakers was a agressive zoning neutral based characters who wants to zone people out on a mid range with puddle bubbles (down special and Fair) and his tilts and aireals in neutral now in Rivals 2 he is a set play Monster who can ledge trap kill confirm set up with puddle with every situation

[@FrL_]

Great video, you’ve convinced me to buy the game

[@PKKing544]

YESSSS i love this series!!! Amazing work, cant wait to see more!!

[@RexIsOnline]

This is an exceptional analysis for new players. I can really appreciate the nuance of your word choice and how you present the information, it informs and sells the characters very well

[@epicnan1855]

my only problem with Wrastor is that i am very used to doing all my aerial attacks with my C stick (on GameCube controller) i have R set to jump and Z to shorthop, and i always use R+C stick to do aerials because i tend to misinput with control stick + a, so i always forget he has non-strongs in the air as well

[@p0kepanda462]

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[@theflightlessalbatross3415]

This series might actually be the reason I pick up this game. So uh... Good job! (Seriously this has been super helpful. Thanks much!)

[@10types]

Cool guide, but why are you aiming this at competitive which is such a limited audience?

[@blyg9992]

That's all Rivals is anyway so it wouldn't make sense to do anything else

[@10types]

@@blyg9992 yeah, i guess that's why it's kinda stuck as a relatively small game. Hope it branches out to a bigger audience in the future tho because it's really the only other decent platform fighter other than smash

[@Rookieink]

Extremely helpful, informative, and quick to the point video. Great job on this!

[@kamuihyo]

hi rookie

[@Rookieink]

Kamui

[@crimsonswagger6945]

Thank you for these vids man. So awesome and really opening my interest VASTLY to this game.

[@asherfont1527]

cool

[@Emerald3ME]

Thank you for continuing this series

[@frifripsychic5890]

This video is great!

[@brendantjeerdsma492]

Nice Video!

[@fuxksalot]

I haven't even watched the video yet and I know it's going to be pure sex I'm a seasoned player, but this is gonna be an amazing guide for newbies