Smash Ultimate's Meta in 2023 (So Far)

[@extr3me95]

This content is actually great. Can't wait for the future of this channel

[@Silverado-pq6xe]

Bro it took him 4 months to upload a 13 minute video, there is no future

[@nebulimes2143]

I barely even keep up with smash anymore but damn the production value on these videos alone is enough to keep me interested. You keep things super fresh by mixing in the highest increases in ranks and why they increase when a lot of people would probably just list them one by one. Great stuff!

[@JakeSm4sh]

I love the content on this channel. TY for the time and effort put into these videos

[@xanander4693]

Love how we have some cool sounding characters in this game like Sephiroth and Zero Suit Samus only for the highest performing characters to be guys named Rob and Steve 💀.

[@JKBeta1021]

I hate it lmao

[@dmclsl03]

I love it lmao

[@ijarbis187]

It’s hilarious

[@Inukitsoq]

Love these videos, the editing and visuals are really great, and easy to understand! If I had one bit of criticism, it would be that some of the background noise can be a bit too loud, so your voice is sometimes hard to hear (like at 3:54 and forward). But please keep these coming, truly some good Smash content!

[@eliseocera3307]

I respect your opinion about the background noise. For me personally it’s not a problem I can hear his voice really well but if you had some trouble hearing it that means in the future when the channel blows up other people may have the same issue.

[@Kaito_TV]

Thank you for sharing these stats with us , really appreciate your work !

[@jagajag2575]

I’d watch just about anything that’s presented like this. The visuals, narration, all of it, are extremely professional and fun to watch!

[@oskarhenriksson7054]

Great content! The smash community needs more of this guy

[@nya69]

its crazy how much of an impact a characters difficulty has, even theoretically incredible characters sit at mid level results and use like sheik, pika, and inkling. but very easy characters with barely any meta left to develop and even glaring flaws like cloud, byleth and to an extent pythra have incredible results and a lot of rep n rly shows how important being easy is for a characters viability

[@SeriousStriker]

I think Cloud and Pyra/Mythra are weird to put there because top players agree they're both top tiers.

[@nya69]

pythra for sure is top tier whether u consider ease of use or not, but cloud for a long time was considered just an average high tier, only recently with spargos rise have ppl started putting him in top tier n thats part of my point - ppls criteria for being a good character has been gradually shifting away from theoretical potential to ease of use n consistency

[@tumultoustortellini]

Not just easy; they're effecient stocktakers. Cloud and byleth also will win if you trade w/ them. Sheik, pika and inkling, all explode while not dealing insane dmg without tough confirms. That's another element. That's why characters with both (gmw, samus) will grow in number soon.

[@Juan-zs6jt]

That's the key word, theoretically. As long as humans have flaws (reaction time, nerves, rage, arthritis, fatigue) certain characters will never do anything. With Pikachu after he was butchered from Smash 64 he has been very unforgiving to its player. ESAM has been playing Pikachu longer than some people have been alive, yet he gets upset by nobodies at pools, and teenagers a third of his age are in the top 20 world ranking. Sheik though it is a case of everything good about her butchered over the years, it is a miracle she is even playable in Ultimate. Inkling never stood a chance, she/he can't kill a biodegradable paper bag, before DLC Wario and R.O.B already existed and took stocks below 100%.

[@nya69]

@@Juan-zs6jt hard disagree on sheik bein bad shes just the epitome of theoretical potential n has a crazy skill curve

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Love the equal representation you give to all regions across the world in the video, very well put together

[@BK-CasualGaming]

Matching with the beat in the intro is both funny and satisfying lol

[@NewSunGambit]

subbed,, liked, commented as a person who hasnt even tried to play since like 5 months after release and trying to pick the game back up nice fkn work dude!

[@Leon.K69]

I've just got ssbu and have been interested in it for about a year and a half. Really good content

[@eyyy2271]

9:26 I'm not surprised, but great video Freezie

[@gildrax69]

This game has basically turned into rock, paper, scissors: Cloud beats Steve, Steve beats Rob, Rob beats Cloud.

[@yurplethepurple2064]

Rob is at worst even with steve

[@NoName-he5ri]

I gotta say you are genuinely one of the best smash content creators right now. You are so underrated and I hope that changes soon! Keep up the good work man!

[@joshuaridley48]

Dude what the hell this editing is Amazing bro did you do this yourself??? The music and transitions are so smooth and synced

[@MeesterTweester]

yup, all by himself

[@vyq6014]

This is awesome! Hope this blows up!

[@timmyyyy999]

Yo lets appreciate the effort put into this video

[@pearshapedbrain]

whoa this production quality is great

[@zachw3945]

We are getting spoiled with the quality of this content

[@antusFireNova]

Excellent production value! It's also really intriguing to see Ultimate still varying with time, and even having significant differences between regions

[@Kurono_Alien]

Lower the background music a bit and you’ll be perfect, amazing content btw!!!

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

thanks! lots of work done! interesting placements this time as well!

[@ShayanQ]

So a lot of steves success can be attributed to a few highly skilled players, not the character being overpowered but having a high skill ceiling. Hmmmm

[@feresoththedamned2688]

I don't even watch Ultimate that much anymore, but this video got me gripped! Great pacing and immaculate editing!

[@asuuki2048]

1:59 I love to see Greninja there 💙💙💙

[@guskarau7516]

Dude the production on this vid is excellent. Subscribed

[@daimajin266]

Comparatively to your voice, the background music is a bit too loud in some parts! Other than that, great video!

[@jamesdenney786]

So important to stabilizing the competitive smash scene are videos that analyze data in an interesting way. Thanks so much for the hard work!

[@heyitsmort7744]

Excellent work! Love the depth of context for the different international scenes

[@arthurkim3772]

You have become my favorite guy to watch since I've switched to Smash from League :) Your passion for the game is contagious :D keep it up brother!

[@swagcat51]

bro you went from league to smash? you hate yourself

[@girthquake465]

great vid would also love a vid about why Kaz feel down so far

[@jonallenvilla6658]

So high quality and high effort and exactly what I’ve been looking for!!

[@tumultoustortellini]

One interesting thing about the list to be seen is the changing of valued character traits. Ease of use used to be a higher trait, but as people realized effecient stocktaking is more important, characters like pika, joker, Pam, and lucina fell off while characters like gmw, cloud, mario, and byleth blew up. As a person who switched from lucina to wolf, I may be biased in my hypothesis, but I think I'm right.

[@jawesz7420]

Fr having more success on cloud than joker. Ain’t gunna drop him tho

[@andrebaxter4023]

Cool video. Subbbed. That said, as a Sephiroth main and stan, here's hoping that we see Tweek, Ned, and Ken using him more this year. 😁

[@primepete]

Very VERY well made video. As someone who makes content similar, I know how much work it takes to analyze everything and script everything out. And your video editing is mad clean. I definitely want to improve my editing so it looks more like this. But seriously man, well done, and you’ll gain way more subs.

[@zandark5045]

this video is great and shows how much work you have put in it, ty so much man have a good day

[@KingOfStrapFanboy922]

Such a well made video! Excited for more like this

[@emiliosb7908]

Love the content your videos are great

[@GlueGoose]

No clue who you are I don’t care about smash but this video was bleeding effort homie. Really good production value and I can tell you worked hard. Subbed because why not. Would be interesting if you made like a history type of video

[@AndreasSaag]

This video is perfect except for the music drowning the VO. Whenever you’re talking the audio needs to be at least 50% lower than now.

[@Fearaligator123]

Amazing editing and transitions - just subbed and really excited for future videos

[@N8_mul]

Wow, this channel is legitimately incredible.

[@bradens.3125]

this presentation is insane huge props dude love your videos

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Cloud really is that easy

[@necromax13]

Hitboxes lol

[@343Films]

Really great stuff! Just dropped a sub 👌

[@JNKSmash]

This video is very well done! Keep it up

[@AshenDemon]

12:00 That ban didn't do jack lmao, he's not even banned at any important events except like 1 which is LMMM

[@paulerichson]

This channel should have more subs

[@nwz6084]

The samus carry is real

[@csolisr]

Looks like this chart forgot to remove banned players from the calculation - I saw at least one in the list of "active" Cloud players

[@ymellow.]

Great video

[@obesememeproductions9073]

great work on the video! super clear to see how much work you're putting in

[@succaroo1169]

Hey man, great video! Just a small critique but I think the music could be a bit lower at some points throughout the video and was a little intrusive to some parts. Overall, this video was great and I can’t wait to see more from you

[@nathanlevesque7812]

better that than leaving it so quiet that it might as well be white noise

[@pokegarchomp]

@@nathanlevesque7812no it isnt lol

[@letstalkfiction5187]

I kind of love this channel. Keep going man!

[@Daniel982-d7z]

surprised bayo is not even top 10 in europe with bloom winning so much

[@plabcentral630]

The fact that my main Ridley has even done well at a c-tier is crazy.

[@6eyedbird]

This is an amazing video, commenting for algorithm

[@soju_b]

great content keep it up. Awesome editing

[@Hazmatt]

Dope video, thanks for the breakdown!

[@marioyip]

Audio: perfect Voice: active and nice to listen to BGM: YES Content: informative and just … *chef’s kiss*

[@Darockam]

Insane work, keep it up!

[@squirrelwithabanana]

Great video!

[@MasterAbeer101]

Great video Freezie :)

[@neurobadger2291]

Characters like Pika, Peach/Daisy and ZSS are examples of "in theory its good, but in practice... ehhh" Its interesting to see how more difficult characters are much lower on this chart when compared to more traditional tier lists, especially Pikachu holy shit what a drastic departure from ordinary tier lists. When compared to basically anyone's tier list (excluding Japan's opinion on the character), Pikachu is drastically out of place more than any other. There is definitely a reason why Pika is one of, if not the most, dropped main in the entire roster because the rat is just not consistent and takes way too much commitment to get any results with. There are many that flock to the character because damn near every tier list flaunts the rat as top 3, top 5 or top 10 minimum but then drop them after long hauls in the lab getting barely anywhere. Seems like characters that are not consistent, have bad approach, rely too much on hard reads, die at early percents or simply just far too precise to play aren't getting results but characters that have straightforward and consistent game plans or have great reliable and/or quick kill moves in neutral look like they get good results here.

[@necromax13]

So, in order to resume your comment: Ultimate players be dumb and want ease to pick up. It's infuriating to watch top level ultimate because it quickly devolves to an optimized flowchart approach for everyone.

[@neurobadger2291]

@@necromax13 the game is starting to reach the stage of its lifespan where everyone at top level just sort of knows exactly how to play every situation imaginable. These players have to go through long hauls through bracket to get to grands or top 8, certain characters are just exhausting to play in that span of time consistently so its just more efficient to play what is more probable to work easier. I think mental stamina is a highly underrated factor in determining results.

[@necromax13]

@@neurobadger2291 such a statement is wholesale wrong. Melee has reached that point several times, yet there's still innovation...

[@neurobadger2291]

@@necromax13 During the late 2000s/early 10s, the meta of melee became practically established and only minor differences became apparent after. Its a generalization my guy. Of course not EVERY situation is planned and accounted for.

[@tumultoustortellini]

@@necromax13 New incoming: Local man complains at people playing meta and professionals for playing the game competitively.

[@MeesterTweester]

Great video again :)

[@karanveersehra6336]

Amazing video

[@unclephillymya]

THE ONLINE LAG = top tier fighter in Smash Ultimate

[@kalebmallon6012]

Such a great video

[@ComboSmooth]

The metas seem pretty much defined by what the top players use and whats "easy" to use

[@iuricunhamurakami8261]

Like every meta?

[@nathanlevesque7812]

That narrows it down to...not being random.

[@necromax13]

​@@iuricunhamurakami8261not really, but okay.

[@ComboSmooth]

@@iuricunhamurakami8261 different regions have different metas

[@iuricunhamurakami8261]

@@ComboSmooth Yeah, different regions have different top players who defines the meta, every meta in a game, any game, is gonna be reflected by what the best use, and vice versa

[@playmakerxv2628]

What’s the music in the beginning of the video? It’s so smooth 😁

[@ojoemojo]

this is S tier content

[@br0ke803]

don’t be surprised if wii fit trainer ever becomes more popular 😏

[@_Gemkas_]

What a good fucking video ‼️🔥

[@float_peach]

Whooo! Paisy Represent!

[@JackBz]

This is a very good video but the music is way too loud compared to the VO :[ I'd recommend adding a compressor to the music that is side chained to the VO so that the music ducks when you speak

[@charleswright8294]

As a Sephiroth main, he isn't the best and I know that, but I'll take what I can get. Atleast I can sleep well at night knowing that I'm maining a high tier.

[@WalrusBean]

This is a banger video

[@lbesavant]

Great breakdowns of presented info. It can be easy to make quick assumptions, but you took the time to slow your pace and get into every number. It’s great. Now we just need to see how the UltRank stacks in comparison to the character usage here.

[@princediago4669]

good video! i hope coney reacts to it

[@rustypinetree]

great video

[@bastienpersenaire3632]

C'était très bien (That was great in french, cheers from 🇧🇪)

[@Enderpig124]

I don't really play competitive. But it's kinda disapointing to see that 3 out of my 6 mains are simply OP. Which means I don't win by skill, but because the character is just better. I play: Cloud, Steve, Byleth, Mii Brawler, Bowser Jr. & Daisy.

[@Frilleon]

I stopped competing because of Steve. Steve really ruined the game for me. I was a 4-2 or 3-2er (borderline PR in my state) but losing to a couple random Steves made me quit

[@hugoland9027]

idk how big d and icies weren’t talked about at all

[@MrM30w]

Cool video, do you want to do some 1v1s

[@hammerbroICs]

Goated content

[@Hamza-qs7ez]

megaman mains where are you

[@TwilightWonderer]

Omg. Nobody plays any characters in this game.

[@wolfy193]

❤❤❤

[@ggnicklu]

Is there a way to get full results in a document of sorts? What if I want to see character specifics besides those mentioned? Where can I do the research?

[@DavionLane]

5:11 I beat that Niko cloud 😮

[@KevbotSSBM]

going under OST❤

[@MrJack8700]

Dr Mario Mains rise up!!!

[@autumndth]

I love stats woo

[@benross9174]

Kinda sad how how little Shulk results there are

[@nathanlevesque7812]

the theorycrafting is over

[@segadoeswhatnintendont]

4:27 Theres no eastern hemisphere, the seperation between amrica and japan as east and west is arbitrary

[@jhm129]

europe's meta is WILD lol

[@bdt2002gaming]

Completely random fact nobody asked for: the best character in Ohio in terms of top-player usage rates is Snake. This is funny because last I checked, the most successful character via win-rate in Ohio is... also Snake.