SSC 2019 - Leffen (Pokemon Trainer) Vs. Salem (Snake, Hero) SSBU Smash Ultimate Tournament

[@vgbootcamp]

Follow Leffen: twitter.com/TSM_Leffen Follow Salem: twitter.com/9lives_Salem

[@billnyedoesminecraftjoseph8379]

Vgbootcamp: follow salem Everyone: No, i dont think i will

[@BaritonePapi]

No thank you

[@chito510_]

If i was there i would chant “YEARS OF RESEARCH” bum bum bum bum bum “YEARS OF RESEARCH”

[@frenchtoast9177]

Fake and gay

[@TheZutter]

VGBootCamp Salem blocked me, thank god

[@Mightykeef]

This set was the best of the night. I want to see a rematch.

[@zxkinetic8351]

Same

[@carlosemiliorios3187]

ITS TIME BOYZ

[@fanfanpay]

Mango Nation... Fox McCloud!

[@khalifflimba1800]

A match between 2 guys who won evo with the best character truly makes for a great match

[@slitchey]

Boy this set was just crazy

[@godhand416]

8 years ago who would have imagined crowds wildly cheering for leffen. What a time to be alive.

[@arstulex]

I mean, Salem made himself into an enemy of the Smash community as soon as he started acting like a bigshot over some Sm4sh Bayo wins. It could have been anyone sat in Leffen's seat and the crowd would still be rooting for them. Leffen's also not the same guy he used to be. He still talks shit and vents a lot on Twitter, sure, but you can't not admire his skill.

[@AdalgrimTook]

@@arstulex what do you mean? Theres waaay too much behind this than just "could have been anyone" and its not just the twitter discussion they had and the drama but also leffens background in the smash community

[@arstulex]

@@AdalgrimTook What I mean is Salem made himself an enemy to the entire Smash community and thus, they will always cheer for the person going against him. What's not to understand?

[@adammarkovic3316]

Arstulex cause leffen used to be the big villain of the smash community

[@maxomega3]

Die the villain, or live long enough to become the hero

[@chrisludwig4729]

Mang0 said it best: "Leffen is a little b*tch, but he's our b*tch." Let's go Leff!

[@gilgamesh5796]

@Fastest Nigga Alive lil bit

[@VenatorXVenator]

Mango is too dangerous to have an opinion

[@aaronpinilla9504]

HELL YEAH

[@Pixelite_]

And everyone he fights becomes his b*tch

[@lawrencebolander8607]

Well Salem is the pussy running away the entire game

[@sharsasuke01]

Gimr is popping off in the back because he knows hes going to make bank off this match. lol

[@RamzaBeoulves]

Instantly going for the handshake shows how far Leffen has come Just 2 years ago he wouldn't even have looked at Salem and laughed all the way back to his room

[@battlemagik]

Ramza Beoulves damn, true, true

[@Soupknivez]

Or is the handshake more satisfying for the extra salt? :o

[@chikichikiu]

he still talked trash on Twitter tho lol, its unfortunate but Leffen is still a massive asshole but Salem is even worse of an asshole though, I don't like either of them

[@canogaparque818]

@@chikichikiu so whose the bigger asshole?

[@weaselsdawg]

Eh from my memory all the times he hasn't shook hands has been sets that he's lost. I'm a big fan of Leffen since summer 2015, but I think with all the times he's been an asshole, he's rarely a salty winner.

[@chillysaus]

This is why rivalries are needed in any competitive Scene. Best set so far, super entertaining.

[@coolcool5181]

True. Melee keeps me watching not only because it's a good game, but because it's got some fire story lines. Ultimate is a good game that is very fun to play but it has very few if any story lines. If it had more of this, I wouldn't be bored by top 8 anymore.

[@owlflame]

Cool Cool evo... top 32 had an astonishing story line with Mkleo and Tweek. The number one clawing his way up loser's and the number two mowing down everyone to take his first 1st at the biggest tournament ever. The storyline of all these players trying desperately to keep their old mojo as they're not doing as well anymore. New players working hard to take down MKLeo. The final boss of every tournament these days. Some even doing it. I like Leo...

[@chaos2145]

Out here watching Smash for the plot

[@VS-lr6zb]

Oh man i had so much fun watching this

[@octaviogonzalez8794]

@@chaos2145 smash is pretty anime man

[@cosmiccerise8712]

cant believe a DBFZ player beat salem

[@BluePi3142]

He has barely any knowledge of REAL smash games even.

[@francistran8732]

BP31 ikr, should've researched smash

[@catolicoquaresma8851]

Leffen is a god of smash melee

[@cosmiccerise8712]

@@catolicoquaresma8851 the joke is that salem said that melee wasnt a real smash game so leffen would be a dbfz player

[@SShaBazzz]

Because Leffen is a better player. Salem can get away with those silly characters but 1. His ego got the best of him because all he had to do was keep to Snake, 2. He switches to Hero which is clearly not tournament ready yet, and just relied on his OP sets to win him the match. You can use over powered character but if a person is a better player than you, you're most likely still going to lose.

[@krosshair450]

Years of research to eating an Ivysaur up-air is a true combo. In all seriousness, though, this was a sick set.

[@VS-lr6zb]

I was waiting for this one

[@shrek3747]

They both played well, the drama made it mu h better too. Like Wwe

[@PoppaWhiskaz]

Hbox, Hugs, EE, D1, GimR and Anti popping off for big Leff is the best part lol

[@bongzeemo]

Poppa Whiskaz everyone is saying hungrybox is cheering but all I see is hugs, timestamp for hbox?

[@PoppaWhiskaz]

@@bongzeemo 5:09 on the right side, next to EE

[@bongzeemo]

Poppa Whiskaz I’ve never seen hbox react like this towards leffen, that’s priceless thanks

[@PoppaWhiskaz]

@@bongzeemo Hell yeah. Salem sorta did it to himself, so to see Big Leff beat Salem who avidly hates and shit talks the Melee community probably felt great.

[@frosty9399]

Bigo Jr. hbox and leffen are like best friends lol, they just hate each other on twitter

[@AbelCableTV]

5:10 Is that... Hungrybox cheering for leffen?

[@AnthonyParamo]

Salem talked shit about melee so I can see why he'd rather cheer for leffen.

[@youtapifi1107]

no fucking way

[@al526games]

Hungry box was actually rooting for Salem the whole time I was near him at the tournament.

[@euphoria2253]

Al Breaker Bruh no Captaincrunch was with him, that was definitely hbox

[@EduardoC]

He was actually cheering for Salem if you watch the crowd reaction version

[@moooky52]

imagine losing to someone who doesn't play a real smash game

[@BluePi3142]

Salem’s years of research didn’t prepare him for his arcane tactics.

[@GamerX9428]

Titanic the greatest ice bucket challenge When Ultimate came out, Leffen made a Tier List, said Snake was trash, Salem was a Snake main, said his opinion didnt matter because MELEE wasnt a REAL smash game. Then shit got serious and all the beef started.

[@BluePi3142]

dgaspar7 His tag is literally “Research” still lmfao.

[@theimpersonator7086]

Honestly Ult could really use a good Villain at this point like Pre Ban Leffen or Hungrybox. Salem and Myran are not hated enough by top players and fans to make them villains

[@thefungusfriend563]

@Titanic the greatest ice bucket challenge go look up "years of research" and you'll understand after looking at those hilarious tweets

[@penguindrummer252]

Leffen asserting his dominance as the only supreme villain smash has ever had.

[@ivanp8723]

humongus facts

[@nuibaba280]

True

[@k-dawgHI]

I don’t find Leffen to be a villain... He’s more of anti Hero trying to redeem himself to a community of buttholes (although he does say some dumb shyt at times)

[@k-dawgHI]

Reese Labbe Leffen is cooler than Oak because Gary is just a full on d-bag

[@penguindrummer252]

True but Gary Oak still owns imo

[@zoysia4816]

All Memes Aside. These two playing made one of the best SSBU Sets in the game. And the drama between these two made it very hype.

[@bruhmoment3545]

weebs out nice name

[@tylerlastname7264]

weebs out what was the drama again? i forgot

[@benxii1]

SHUTTHEFUCKUPWEEBS NaM

[@kungphouchicken6243]

Tyler Lastname Salem got pissed over leffen not putting snake high enough in his tier maker and at one point Salem said something along the lines such as “through years of research, I have come to the answer that melee players are not apart of the smash community”. He basically got heat from almost every melee player for saying that.

[@alephbunchofnumbers]

@@kungphouchicken6243 bruh he got a ton of backlash from sm4sh players too. At that point in time he ironically unified the smash community in ridiculing his idiocy LOL

[@ezekieledwards7092]

Imagine losing to a part time ultimate player. AS A EVO CHAMPION EDIT: I just realized there both evo champs, but salem still free asf

[@CristianFlores-wz8rc]

Everyone knows all the Bayo main victories don't mean much. Most Bayo mains from Smash 4 haven't had much success in this game

[@AL-lh2ht]

Cristian Flores he won evo beating zero.That does not mean much? Loony

[@danielmahmoud3771]

@@CristianFlores-wz8rc tweek played bayo tho he mained cloud but still dont say he carried

[@unluckytoby]

they are both evo champs tho

[@DemonEyeHelix]

Imagine being Lima, being an evo champion in Sm4sh, yet failing to even top locals, then ragequitting about that.

[@Mr_blue._.399]

Salem: *Trash talks on smash melee* Leffen: *I'm about to end this man's whole career*

[@kush7138]

Get it right. Leffen started trolling. Salem got triggered and fell for easy bait. Then it began.

[@bmsoundtrack]

Gatorade woah sounds like somebody missed the entire point of this grudge match

[@marqphil]

@@kush7138 lol smash 4 fanboy

[@bigtoblerone8446]

I mean gatorade ain't wrong or nuthin y'all~

[@klub8431]

Gatorade actually what happened was leffen said snake sucks to a tweet made by sonicfox, then Salem called him misinformed and then they just argued over twitter and then Salem released his years of research about how melee is just a smash mod

[@arsenaltg1]

LMFAO Hbox, D1, and EE cheering for Leffen in the crowd

[@ciclotorneos2544]

I would give the best reaction award to Crunch (Hbox coach) for having a jebaited smile and pleasure in his eyes at 11:38 Also Hugs and Anti were there happily

[@hughmungus99]

I saw Anti too lol, right in the front

[@MiguelSRT392]

Where's the time stamp for H box?

[@sanata7999]

Shin.Godzilla.ya

[@4_granted]

And gimr right next to D1 lol

[@Jack-yi6px]

Anybody else see Hbox going crazy for leffen after game 1

[@sonofzeusbro]

Melee players sticking together even though they are rivals :,)

[@jaredgoldfine1391]

Not really going crazy, sort of just trying to blend with the crowd

[@Jack-yi6px]

Evan Apostolou melee always strong

[@Jack-yi6px]

Jared Goldfine excuse my hyperbole but he was definitely a bit hype, I think most of melee just don’t like Salem after what he’s said

[@jaredgoldfine1391]

@@Jack-yi6px yeah definitely. I'm also assuming a bit but with EE right next to him going absolutely nuts, the whole crowd screaming and jumping, he kind of cant just stand there idly, it's only natural for him to react that way. But I wonder how much he really was happy for leffen to win as opposed to him simply reacting to social cues and fitting in somewhat.

[@ViaEffects]

You either die a villain or live long enough to be(at) a hero.

[@pelagiusseptim3454]

at

[@nintendoguy66]

“@TSM_Leffen You’re a joke. I don’t need to money match a garbage PT that I could beat with any of my characters. Having money on the line though just makes it a harder laugh for me when you lose anyhow. Good luck placing well at a major ever again one trick pony.” ~ Salem

[@MyselfTheThird]

Well, he got the placement part right, at least.

[@grenji4345]

@@MyselfTheThird uhm we got 13th at genisis and 17th at smash con are you stupid?

[@ianbrannan9608]

Yeah and not to mention 1st in melee lol

[@MyselfTheThird]

We're qualifying this as good by his standards? Look, be fans of his all you like, but don't delude yourself.

[@ttripathy5664]

MyselfTheThird are we talking about leff or salem

[@imaslime208]

This was a treat to watch live. Salem was all smiles before and Leff quickly turned that frown upside down.

[@Xsage93]

This set really felt like a story, almost like an anime. Who cares about grand finals when you have this phenomenal set?

[@marcinszlachetka1227]

Xsage93 that’s why storylines are important, hope we’ll get more rivalries like this one

[@sinsideology7182]

I care about grands wanna see who wins in the end. leffs story is not over either

[@TooHype]

F grand finals. This WAS grand finals! Godlike leffen

[@lilfacts8690]

Cringe

[@temp6t]

@@lilfacts8690 Leafy fan spotted

[@rpgfanboy8933]

Watching this live was surreal. Also, it was hilarious to see Hungrybox cheering so hard for Leffen.

[@doughboy3843]

RPG Fanboy melee players stuck together lol

[@jaytay7265]

Lol ofc he gonna cheer for him Salem talked bad about melee and hbox and leffen from melee so they basically fighting for pride of their game right here they on the same team

[@JoshT4life]

Well you root for the people in your community despite the rivalries

[@GauFntastic]

@Sephion at 15:36 behind the guy in the green shirt

[@dinospumoni5611]

Melee bros stick together.

[@TizziQ]

Salem placing that L on his research Thesis.

[@lromo400]

Cruel Leffen Thesis

[@ShadowD3mon25]

Source90000 Let’s not john now lmao

[@taxman7617]

@@ShadowD3mon25 I mean, its true.

[@ShadowD3mon25]

Tax Man It’s a john nonetheless

[@ShadowD3mon25]

Tax Man Like I get switching characters and all but in a rivalry as heated as this one it’s gonna definitely come off as a john, and it probably is

[@liambrooks3987]

I like how salem calls leffen a one trick pony when he played bayonetta in smash 4.

[@RayBcv1030]

To be fair. Salem was the best ZSS in brawl too. But still that shit was hella toxic. Glad Salem is gone from the community lmao

[@Aemulator.]

Imagine being so disliked that the crowd would rather cheer for f*cking Leffen

[@PresTsukasa]

This is more rivalry than hate for salem (but still the crowd would go wild but not this wild)

[@valen9850]

FYI, Hjelte means "Hero" in Swedish. Leffen was the real Hero of this set.

[@nevermindme3714]

Well kinda, Hjälte is the correct way to spell Hero in swedish.

[@samipuusaari6208]

Close enough

[@brbw]

JisaiK That’s Leffen’s last name right?

[@musicbox7601]

sponeg the gae Infinity Gauntlet still a top 100 ultimate player, he'd 3 stock most of the ultimate community

[@supersentaipepsi3736]

If he was a hero then he wouldnt be trying to lead a perition to ban hero from ultimate tournaments, that shit actually makes me mad.

[@McNasty_0]

The crowd may have been huge, but this Hjelte was just too humongous.

[@rayman33888]

BIG LEFF

[@sharsasuke01]

That set had dangerous levels of hype. From the Research tag to the snooze crit to the roar of the crowd. Bruh, it felt like grands.

[@RadiantBlazeVA]

That F Smash didn't crit but I agree completely, all three games were super close

[@Tony_SSBM]

it wasn't dangerous since mang0 wasn't playing

[@djwnegima]

Rare footage of Salem doing handshake with a melee player : colorized

[@Rayhaku808]

When Leffen laugh before a match that's when you know

[@lunarticking253]

respect your elders kids

[@sycariummoonshine7134]

No matter what people say...Leffen makes for goddamn good tv. Every match he plays feels that much faster.

[@raki_raki]

All that needs to be said here is - Big Leff

[@triv4555]

Years of Research: *DEBUNKED* Hoes: *GLAD* Snake: *SUCKSSSSS* Hero - good RNG = *BAD*

[@samuelsmith6565]

Hotel: Travago

[@sawayoshisy]

snake still good man

[@triv4555]

@@sawayoshisy I know lol, I'm just quoting one of Leffen's original tweets that started the whole 'Years of Research' debacle Here's the tweet in question: twitter.com/TSM_Leffen/status/1076921620718063622

[@DarkSchneider89]

Snake suuuuuuucccckkkkkksssssss

[@heyboost]

Heros actually good not going to lie

[@isakferm7674]

Wow, this is Leffens first smash game, and he’s this good? Damn.

[@trashman1791]

Bro leff shook his hand but he didnt shake armadas what a clown

[@e-duh3529]

@@XLR_Valentine nothing wrong he is just dropping facts. Salem is an asshole

[@Jayklhg223]

@@e-duh3529 agreed. I'm positive no personal beef is happening between salem and armada, so no reason why salem shouldn't be giving armada a fist bump or handshake.

[@e-duh3529]

@@Jayklhg223 it's just his stupid deep hatred towards melee and all melee players or fans

[@lezzei]

Of course he shook Leffen's hand, only because he lost. If he won against Leffen he would've done the same thing he did to Armada. He's a goddamn crybaby.

[@e-duh3529]

@@lezzei obviously, if he hadn't, he'd look like a salty bitch

[@jc-pi9lf]

salem throwing his controller after LOL

[@faceurhell]

All these Years of Research and Salem can't even beat a Dragon Ball player.

[@emmbeesea]

I can't believe an unranked Ultimate player beat Salem.

[@vDeadbolt]

Huh, Leffen played smash? I thought he was a DBFZ player.

[@Mepphy99]

I fought he was a melee player and not a smash bros player

[@davidc.]

@@Mepphy99 I hate melee it's such a smash bros copy.

[@Mepphy99]

David c. Yeah Melee is such a bad design smash bros copy xD

[@JoshT4life]

Salem sucks everyone knows this

[@AAGDarkPulse]

Leffen: Ok, I’ll go my main. Salem: I’m gonna try to cheese my win with Thwack and try to make him salt.

[@water-111]

Barbazboub lmao did he actually say that???? It’s funny because you can make the argument that if Leff stayed Ivysaur in the last stock of game 2 he could have won..... but he didn’t soooo.

[@SkuIIKn1ght]

The Chad Leff vs. the Virgin Salem

[@cosplayeranime]

Accurate, lol.

[@fishsticks2360]

gimr makes 100000000 dollars from this video bet

[@SkeetSeinfeld]

the real winR was gimR

[@hisokabeatbox9053]

the gimz ALWAYZ winz

[@sharsasuke01]

Whats GimR's role in those tourneys?

[@aleenn]

@@sharsasuke01 cash some

[@blulu8620]

@@sharsasuke01 piggybank

[@goblinsish]

Anyone notice how at 4:05, the melee menu music starts playing on another setup, and it's at this moment leffen starts to turn things up? Lmao man's got a power boost

[@master3243]

TFW the op starts playing

[@MrTurtle56789]

Salem: “why do I hear boss music” 😂😂

[@thetruedogmom]

can’t spell salem without ESAM handing you an L

[@vaseTheMusic]

hahahah. galaxy brain commentary

[@kevooo1250]

Wasn't that an Hbox quote?

[@caasinom8008]

@@kevooo1250 He's said it more than once in commentary but played it off like it was the first time he said it each time

[@alanhill2331]

@@caasinom8008 lol. I don't care what anyone says I love Hbox commentary.

[@Dr.Mrugalski]

3 million IQ comment

[@bradleymaditz]

the greatest grudge match in ultimate history

[@adraino7345]

These were the golden days man I miss watching IRL tournaments

[@thestylishfox5808]

In an alternative universe, Salem won the set by Thwacking Leffen on his last stock while in 0-30% range.

[@al526games]

TheStylishFox 5 I’m sure in that alternate universe legends didn’t sd

[@Mepphy99]

And in that alternate universe Leffen don't choke matches as a ret

[@InfernoOmni]

WE NEED THE SNAKE/POKÉMON TRAINER RUN BACK IMMEDIATELY!!!

[@strikerv1816]

Omni factsssssssss

[@solracv8528]

He switched off so he could john

[@aienjell]

@@solracv8528 Exactly. He barely won with his snake, he knew he could lose with his best character and chose the one with the least amount of time invested. Bitch move.

[@RadiantBlazeVA]

@@aienjell I swear some of y'all just really love to make something out of nothing

[@twisted8056]

blazefan519 true that

[@crooksn]

did a pro ultimate player really just lose to a lowly DBFZ player who doesnt even play a real smash game?

[@Mepphy99]

That tweet will always shows up right?

[@DjVisarki]

Dead meme

[@AdalgrimTook]

@@DjVisarki old but gold in this vid

[@richdavis9690]

You mean one of the best pro melee players? He does DBFZ on the side fat boy.

[@Josh_ua]

Man, the start of the smash ultimate scene was so hype. Now, in post-covid (online only) things have been so boring.

[@loneskum]

Come back to watch this when I'm sad

[@SSB_Seal]

God, we live in a good timeline. Imagine the alternative.

[@vDREEGONv]

I don't want to

[@adamc5478]

This was the only viable outcome

[@josearzon6807]

I was thinking somethin like that wondering if salem would have won since the crowd was on leffens favor jajaja i hate salem cockynes but would have been funny to see him poping off

[@2thre3]

You say it like it it didn't nearly happen. And to be real for a second, they're both dickheads. Great players, but absolute toilets on social media.

[@doughboy3843]

Average Man I like leffens twitch but on twitter he is just annoying.

[@ConductorElcrest]

Now that we realized this match is over, now it's the Que to throw salems controller

[@Ozzy_08x]

Of course this is already uploaded on KZbin! GIMR going for that sweet ad revenue lol JK, great set from all involved

[@TheEgotesticle]

You can see HBox at 5:09 getting hyped with the crowd. It's kinda cool seeing him cheer on Leffen.

[@JayCeeCreates]

Hbox is so pure

[@walterclements7318]

When Leffen wins: Everybody: YEAH!!! When Salem wins Everybody: Aww...

[@tokenetta8070]

Zapple is so good. 25% per hit. Seems like a small hit, but that's a lot of damage

[@icee113]

I SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF

[@ElDrHouse2010]

Hero is gonna be meta af in a month

[@alexbaker4052]

newsflash. all his moves do that much. lol

[@tegtronixtmcertifieddealer6446]

@@ElDrHouse2010 It's been a month. Hero is still at the core of controversy

[@chadthunderc0ckwastaken]

I love how salem johned so hard on Twitter after this

[@e-duh3529]

Wait what did he say

[@e-duh3529]

@@dtdt2121 sucks to be him-

[@Snowballsage]

He tried to make a statement and BOY did it backfire

[@orlandogastelum1539]

I don’t even really like leffen but the adaption in that first game was amazing to watch god damn.

[@MrTurtle56789]

Orlando Gastelum Leffen whether ya love him or hate him is a legend in the world of Smash. He may as well be one of the gods in Melee tbh

[@MrTurtle56789]

Barbazboub idk Leffen is obviously one of the best of all time in Melee, but the 5 gods are gods because they had a period of time where they couldn’t be stopped. Idk a period where Leffen ran the game in the way that Hbox, Mang0, or Armada did tbh. Definitely top 6 of all time and one of the best competitive gamers of all time

[@MidoseitoAkage]

@@Parpeing A killer god*.

[@Mr.Duck64]

Good commentary! And happy to see such a rivalry coming to fruition

[@lifeiswonderful22]

13:06 Leffen like "I don't need this stock."

[@ultimetacooler]

Now I get to rewatch the greatness over and over.

[@wophful]

Salem funny as hell. Went Snake to prove a point, almost got 2-0’d for it. Used the tag “research” then he loses and goes to twitter to talk more shit.

[@DarthBerial]

And that point was proven, tried to prove another point but failed. Your point being?

[@wophful]

Darth Berial I’m just saying Salem petty as hell its hilarious. It’s not that serious. Leffen gives 0 fucks and Salem is just having fun.

[@Depths17]

he was a good sport on twitter

[@Kullun.]

@@jacobm7870 What does "John" mean?

[@wophful]

Omar Jawara An excuse. Salem implies that the reason he lost to Leffen is because he went Hero and that he would’ve won with Snake.

[@kimjongchrist8943]

Salem beat Leffen with a character that Leffen said was trash Salem then lost to Leffen with a character Leffen wanted to ban Salem also lost to Leffen when Leffen was using a character he himself said couldn't win So in losing this match, Salem proved Leffen wrong 3 times. It's all part of his master plan

[@llucer3505]

Perfection is a beautiful thing, isn't it?

[@thanatosp3738]

Salem still lost to someone who doesn't play a real smash game

[@trashman1791]

Leffen doesnt think snake is trash so

[@kylerclarke2689]

Salem's the real winner here

[@benhanson4199]

Leffens opinion on hero had nothing to do with balance, but rather his terrible design. Even jokingly, salem proved nothing there.

[@salamence1100]

This set had me chanting “TSM!” Out loud from the restroom, my wife thought I was going crazy....

[@scarletvrgames568]

I love how you can see the excitement in Leffens eyes as he saw how to end it

[@catchandcook476]

Salem lost to a player who has no knowledge of smash and hasnt done any research

[@bigdongcat]

thank you. I needed that.

[@stuffedlegoguy461]

The crowd was going bonkers at the venue, it was insane. What a set

[@uprollsariotvan]

I love how this video has more views than the actual finals lmao

[@SilentLightPrince]

What I saw was 2 very strong competitors simply loving the game they play and respecting eachother for bringing out the best in the other.

[@evantripp2933]

One of the great moments in smash history. Salem gets to eat his words like a crappy pro wrestler

[@jazzissick4152]

This will go down as a historic ultimate set

[@jazzissick4152]

@@momopenguins7335 maybe not for skill but I think it's just historic for the drama and friction preceding it. Kind of like how Low Tier God vs Viscant is historic

[@fishfillet5555]

@@jazzissick4152 more like chillindude leffen salty suite

[@jazzissick4152]

@@fishfillet5555 you're right, that's a better comparison

[@SuperLemonfish]

Salem threw his controller. lol I'm so glad leffen won

[@poultriarchy]

These commentators would have been a much better fit for EVO top 8 than what we got. Level headed but still hyped, quite informative, good riffing off of each other. Just solid commentary.

[@ryangross6599]

watching hbox, ee, hugs, and d1 pop off at 5:14 just makes me smile

[@toulo9799]

Legend says... The Salem crisis was over when Leffen came.

[@sel_gaming8916]

Imagine shaking hands with the guy you have beef with when you lose but not a guy you had one tweet with when you win 🤔

[@josecoronas8716]

Salem is a living joke. "you will never do good in a major one trick pony" then brings here a character with 24 tricks to get his ass rekt

[@supersaiyan6973]

yah 24 tricks, only like 5 of which you can actually use in a fight, and they’re random lol

[@e-duh3529]

@@supersaiyan6973 "only 5 of which" oh man someone sucks at Hero

[@shaehankhan7912]

Mkleo vs Tweek for EVO Grand finals Me: I sleep Leffen vs Salem Me: WOKE

[@genesisfgc]

Real shit?

[@lambmaster27]

Leffen has officially gone from villain to hero!

[@icnzblast1959]

That thumbnail makes it look like Snake’s trying to determine if The Hero is a boy or a girl

[@lyuuy7477]

LOL salem actually called himself research and used snake XD. Say what you want about him at least he's self aware and plays for the crowd.

[@rhettduncan6631]

Hes self aware how dumb that research comment was

[@godhand416]

Him putting the research tag wasn't him playing for the crowd, it was him doubling down on his claims that Melee wasn't a real game. imagine if he had won, that research tag would have added to the burn.

[@Geneolgia]

@@godhand416 your look a bit too much into it

[@godhand416]

@@Geneolgia Maybe, but HungryBox played Salem and Hbox had the "research" tag as if to mock Salem, but Hbox ended up losing. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Salem ever took back his statements, so I just saw this as him doubling down on his research claims. I may be wrong but I don't think it was him playing for the crowd.

[@Rh1thmz]

@@Geneolgia did he though?

[@Odysseus1]

Hypest set of the year! GGs Leffen!

[@thtguyericcc1811]

Your nuts the evo top 8 sets were all more hype besides the duck hunt one lol

[@lezzei]

yo nice pfp

[@kelpiig6141]

Most hype set 100%

[@At0micPunk90]

I was there for this. The crowd was going *CRAZY* for Leffen.

[@mejiacantillogustavo]

This man, WHO HASN'T EVEN PLAYED A REAL SMASH GAME, just ended Salem's whole career!!

[@averagejoe9229]

If leffen could consistently play this well, he will be a menace.

[@JoshT4life]

He doesnt have enough good players to train with in ultimate. That is why he took a break. Even then still took out Salem lol

[@owenstroud5656]

We've been waiting for this one

[@kennethzheng3735]

you know shit is real when your Melee rival/enemy is cheering hard AND popping off for you

[@BobbyDorf913]

this is one of the hypest sets of Smash Ultimate's career

[@CyanPHD]

In 6 years we need a money match between Leffen and Salem in Ultimate like how they did with Ken and PC Chris

[@lyuuy7477]

Leffen popped off more winning against Salem than he did when winning the melee tournament

[@jpoblete11]

Leffen win in melee against the numer 1 in the world, that he beat them before a lot of times. He beat Salem in a game that Salems say he sucks. Nothing feels better to shut the f. up in thrash talkers.

[@idealyst8292]

That was ironically the biggest pop-off I've ever seen from Salem 😂

[@retierashia]

Salem proved Snake is good, Leffen proved Melee’s a Smash Game.

[@Descro382]

This.. this comment is underrated AF

[@tex3781]

Retierashia uh no Salem didn’t prove that at all lol

[@morsayxd4441]

@@tex3781 bruh dont stain that coment section with bullcrap grudge

[@tex3781]

morsayxd I’m not staining it with anything

[@reggiekayofficial]

This was one of the most hype sets of my entire 10+ years of watching smash. Holy shit

[@nateinman1]

It’s crazy that this set ended Salem’s career

[@jsallstar]

Thank the smash gods, this just made my day

[@dante19890]

leffen.. im dropping pokemon trainer.. tweek dominating with pt leffen.. im sticking with pt XD

[@adamc5478]

I think it was puppeh/wishes that let leffen believe in PT again

[@sinsideology7182]

Adam C lets be real it was tweek. Puppeh/ wishes didnt do nothing, but Tweek got second at evo, and won so many others to prove it is possible to win with pt

[@nicolausthothmes2325]

Exactly

[@IronFreakV]

Leffen is amazing at PT... But Tweek is amazing with any character he picks up.

[@7gaia8]

I mean, look at all the others starting to go Joker in tournaments... Or M2k sticking to Bowser after watching Leon... The leaders deserve a lot, but no one should be ashamed to find motivation/inspiration into them imo

[@aryudsoh]

That was an awesome set! Also strange hearing such a huge crowd supporting Leffen!

[@Whawhanepiece]

Everytime Leffen has been publicly challenged he’s always met back with resistance First it was Chillin and now Salem