The Best Melee Plays of 2023

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[@khlfff2]

Good vid but I don't agree with Moky shining a helpless marth 8 times being #1 while Mang0 4 stocking Aklo in under a minute is an honorable mention...

[@larsbars99]

why is zain using shieldbreaker on here lmao

[@khlfff2]

@@larsbars99 fr…

[@jakejohnson9563]

Ai generated

[@timothyalarcon9184]

"Personal top 10 list"

[@ethermouse]

Agreed. Wtf Walt.

[@Jowannabe]

Junebug run with DK was one of the best things that happened to melee last year. So happy to see his future tournaments because I believe he can get even better!

[@larsbars99]

how is amsa losing as falco a top play lmao

[@topo_3]

Go off king

[@alexjohnson5273]

#1 is a meme pick

[@monstermash1571]

Magi vs Sfop is still one of the craziest games I've ever seen. Very underrated match.

[@IFoundAUsername2]

Got a link or know the video title?

[@monstermash1571]

@@IFoundAUsername2 SFOP vs Magi - The Golden Gauntlet 2023 At the 28 minute mark onward. If your heart isn't racing watching this, I question your love for melee. Best!

[@matthewmartell3148]

LOVE this idea. NGL a sportscenter style top 10 after majors, building up into a video like this every year, would be sick. Hate the #1 choice though. So many more deserving clips of things that are actually impressive (even just from Moky) than random BM.

[@Kenneth735]

I felt like the Mokie shine clip wasn't as much random BM as it was just Mokie feeling like he broke through a confidence wall mid match and expressing it that way the way he knew how, maybe too much of a stretch haha

[@matthewmartell3148]

@@Kenneth735 even with that very generous interpretation, (love Moky, no shade at him), I still think he did way cooler stuff this year, heck even in that tourney.

[@tokisuno]

@@matthewmartell3148like what he did to mango on fd

[@shewbtoob]

How is moky having a petty, salty power complex over a recovering Marth the best play of the year. That’s literally what people do on unranked to just be toxic

[@ShirakoriMio]

Mango 4 stocking him in 57 seconds is WAY better. Absolutely that is #1 how on earth would anyone reasonably think its less sick than "haha shine 8 times"

[@Cerbyo]

A play sorta has to be contained to some continuous sequence....it can't be spaced out over multiple stocks which basically reset any sequence and toss in invulnerability no less.

[@toonlien4589]

idk if it counts but moky vs aklo at arcamelee 4 where moky got 4 stocked twice in a row by aklo and STILL manages to win the set is one of my year highlights

[@hecticmojo4532]

The fact that I’ve seen all of these matches when in early 2023 I had never played smash is a testament to how much you contributed to my love of smash

[@rgarcia831]

Wish they mentioned S2J vs Aklo at the Function 3. Never seen a Falcon move like that

[@GayTier1Operator]

it was like the best of wizzy and none in one. low risk hype

[@cdntl]

Number 1 is uhhhhhhhhh sure? The runner up is a high level four stock and yet......shine x8 is what takes the top of the list?

[@fliperotchy]

Number 1 was quite a letdown

[@galor6837]

how?

[@MrHitchslap]

​@@galor6837those shine spikes are easy to do. It was still hype and unexpected, but "best plays" often implies impressive plays, like Cody's recovery vs hbox or Mango's crazy combos

[@chrislukas959]

Terrible pick for #1. Not a moky fan and I thought it was just super unnecessary. Mango 4 stock was so hype

[@J0aF]

Maybe the title just should have been most interesting or most storylined or talked about plays? Clearly best has another connotation

[@nextkestrel]

a title like most talked about plays isn’t going to get the same views and attention also this is a personal list of his top 10 best plays

[@tomwanders6022]

I know the person probably didn’t say it in the intro or title, but I think it’s obvious, that this is subjective opinion.

[@mushroom_taco]

Great video but i really don't think an average clip of moky BMing an opponent with no recovery options left with shine spikes deserves to be #1 at all, honestly I'm not even sure if i would call it sick in any way

[@imsoarty]

"I need production to censor that clip" is a top tier line

[@zRunes]

Love a lot of the extra details in this. Mentioning Kodorin had Axe's old rank, Mentioning Junebug was #1 in PM, showing he was #45 twice, the callback to Mang0 Leffen at Apex 2014.

[@kennrmro]

what about mang0’s game winning 0 to death against Moky Game 5?????????????

[@raphaelchantigny7409]

Axe going 69-0 vs Marth before losing one is scripted ...

[@plabcentral630]

Man people are hatin walt. Idk it’s your picks and it’s a good vid

[@lildmckay]

Magi sending off Professor Pro with that combo is actually sick. No better way to lose a match by an undeniably sick combo.

[@DrunkenHotei]

For those confused, the best explanation I've heard as to why Jiggly dies on shield breaks because she's a balloon. Makes sense to me, and I've never even played a Pokémon game.

[@trahh7662]

one of the best plays is amsa losing horribly with falco? i dont get it

[@Cerbyo]

Wait #1 made more sense to you? It was really only number 10 that didnt? They follow the same rationale for why he chose them (I dont agree but whatever)

[@trahh7662]

@@Cerbyo what? i didn't say half the stuff ur questioning, i watched #10, thought it was dumb, commented and closed it

[@ProtonVGC]

The fact that the number one clip got by the youtube censors still baffles me. +1

[@ajuicejemas]

love the video but disagree with the number 1 pick

[@HEXSSB]

watching the moky clip live might've been my favorite moment of my year in smash lmao

[@noahbenjamin6852]

Appreciate that the first time you mention Zain you show him wiffing downsmash rest punish and first time you mention Cody and his amazing recovery you show him fumble the easiest fod recovery 😂❤

[@ashtar8630]

People are entitled to their own opinion. But how is Moky showing off #1? Marth was already dead and the multiple shines served no purpose. As opposed to the Jmook combo which was a sick combo that lead to a death.

[@jableshoward6572]

Agreed! How was jmook’s combo only an honorable mention?

[@plabcentral630]

Because it’s an opinion good lord folks bitch about it all you want it won’t change his opinion.

[@eeveewithcoffee9554]

I love the Pokémon jokes on Axe’s Pikachu

[@sandycoin]

oh my god i forgot about the moky clip but instantly recognised it when it showed up, what a madman

[@dahuterschuter]

All those shinespikes into just getting forwardsmashed.

[@RealTal.]

Axe is like shahar shenhar the way he just hit that quad bolt

[@SAClassHunterZero]

I have a lot of respect for someone who puts BMs in the #1 slot

[@austinleal9470]

I unironically love this video. Very entertaining and well produced video

[@SchalePetri]

First time in 10 years, moky made me root against mang0. Truly the protagonist of GOML 2023

[@brennanpeterhunt]

Thanks for the vid Walt! Here’s to melee in 2024! 🎉

[@AutumnReel4444]

Great list, one was an embarrassing choice though, so it is just an okay list actually

[@shalaSHASKA09mm]

I see you writing storylines here Walt!

[@joaquinvillasenor4818]

There was no other number to end that streak 6:07

[@dyedye2]

anything about eddy mexico vs mango

[@tiaraguy7705]

I like the list though I wouldn't agree placement wise. I know it would be a lot but having you do one of these post tournament for the highlights of it would be sick. Like I know some tournaments will clip all the highlight plays and roll them after but having it pan to you doing a quick read out of each one and breaking it down on the spot would be a sick idea.

[@clillbintonhwow]

this video feels like it was made to be cut up an made into shorts still fire shi tho

[@NightGhost1400]

always on that grind

[@SoulWithController]

love a good play compilation

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

There are like 3 top 20 players that carry the weight for hype. Mango, Moky, Magi I just realized the M names. Mango, Moky, Magi make melee, melee. Dont get me wrong every top 20 player can have hype moments but these 3 make it worth watching their sets. Outside of the top 20 we have the falcons, I guess BBB sort of(?) (is he banned?) MOF, Junebug, Axe, and aklo when he goes link. Falco is just a hype character though even though I would argue and say his dair is the lamest most broken aerial in the game. Also the fact moky vs Mang0 Winners Semis at Big House 11 wasn't even in honorable mentions is a disgrace. That final 0-death damn near brought me to tears, it was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

[@ratatata9450]

Guys what about the Leffen vs Cody set at Ludwig's event?

[@nextkestrel]

i love this video and i think the list is pretty solid.

[@vreschen939]

You know that the quality of the video is great, when the majority of the comments disagree with the #1 choice.

[@Runningwritingreading]

Meme #1

[@smoceany9478]

roy up b also works on pichu and G&W

[@Kevincc95]

i love u walt, you help me a lot to satissfy my melee content craving whenever i come back from slavery (work).

[@jableshoward6572]

Tbh Moky’s combo against Kodorin was just a demonstration of unnecessary silliness/ taunting. Fun sequence, but it wasn’t crucial for the overall game/ set and didn’t require much creativity at all. VERY strange choice for #1 spot

[@monkeysoulz]

Bad pick for #1..

[@StevenPoll]

Sad that the melee community can't get better content creators for the sport. I hope that things turn around for melee soon and that more talented creators come in to gas it up.

[@jackvogel701]

Not a huge mango fan yeah how tf is that aklo clip only an honorable mention

[@smithclaxton3357]

This is a good list to people who dont play melee

[@yannispiette6372]

Great vid!

[@not-the-main-character]

agreed with comments saying #1 here is not deserving of the top spot

[@harrisonrhoades5540]

Where is Mango's combo on moky at big house?

[@TrevsTreehouse]

I dont agree with number 1 or 8-10 but still a really good video. Mokys combo and neutral.pressure beforehand was sick but the shining the up B multiple times felt kinda trivial. It was hype in the moment but it wasnt that deep of an interaction. Not hating on Moky because hes dope but he just BM shined repeatedly and it was only made possible because Kodorin decided to go with it and kept recovering. I like strategic plays more for the top plays but still a dope video

[@SKTom0]

6:07 hehe nice

[@agustiniturrideluca6051]

There's more than one odd pick

[@Awesomeness-iz3dh]

Number one was so fucked up. I love it.

[@HispanicatthediscoMTG]

Moky being on this list is a travesty

[@Spore_Money]

Acoustic list but pop off king

[@Kyger09]

“…other players” killed me

[@Magoooobly]

Why the moky pick though. Did he pay you? Cringe.

[@DrunkenHotei]

Someone's missing out big time by not sponsering Magi. Maybe Moist should pick her up before someone else does.

[@phil_matic]

please someone host a tourney that only allows low-mid tier characters, so that there's more encouragement to use them and thus, will further help those characters evolve.

[@traycarrot]

Low/mid tiers are defined by how good they are against fast fallers. Whatever metric you choose, designing a tournament in which a Ness - Mewtwo spamming stray DJC aerial's at each other is about as fun as watching me play in Bronze.

[@phil_matic]

@@traycarrot I see what you're saying, but I don't see that as entirely true. I think whatever it takes to get more playtime on these lower tier characters will eventually lead to new discoveries. Why purposely choose lower tier when there are higher tier available? Maybe instead of just forcing low tier usage, perhaps an iron-man type ruleset could come into play in a special tournament where players must use one high tier of their choice, one mid, and one low

[@sumpyori]

@@phil_matic I guess, but there are already dedicated playerbases for almost any character (maybe not kirby and bowser). If there were some secret techs or strengths they had, they wouldve been found by now.

[@jquickri]

Great vid but number ten and one were weird. I don't think Amsa losing is anything cool and that moky clip is mostly just BM. I feel like it should have been an honorable mention at best.

[@MrHitchslap]

Some of these are more like unexpected or hype plays than the best/ most impressive plays Good vid still

[@Shivayoudestroyme]

England is explicitly not the EU but great video anyway

[@nextkestrel]

magi is such a goat omg i love her

[@slenderMax28]

am I crazy or is the framerate super choppy in this video? my quality setting is on 60fps so it's not that

[@connorlohse4097]

Just buffering. Common on new releases on YT. If you're still getting choppy video after refreshing, give it 10 minutes and come back.

[@bluecreamsoda7543]

I mean maybe if the title was "My Picks for Best Plays of 2023" less people would be disappointed in the comments but I find it funny cuz, these kinds of lists are always opinion based so... why are they so mad lol

[@Vagabor123]

Need to pick up the viewership on tournaments.

[@whywasthisfirstlast6796]

nice vid weird #1

[@27wootwoot]

Lol y’all calm down the man said this was his personal list and there was a lot he couldn’t fit, just enjoy the melee

[@plabcentral630]

I know people are bitching hard it’s crazy how stupid some melee watchers are.

[@mrlucius57]

nice watch

[@olivebandit4401]

prof pro is my goat

[@paulcochran7007]

Only clip I found myself missing here was Moky's combo vs Mango in Losers Finals at GOML 2023. So sick. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpXSY4KgptqSptEsi=3yzwuk6FYiFKnpFf&t=567

[@Mohnbrot20]

Rare L Video

[@andreaspolachowski6583]

Weird title for the "plays" chosen.

[@GTIBROS]

SLIME the goat

[@katsukikubota7549]

Roy can not lose.

[@95Mrpaquito]

ProfPro, AN EU NATIVE?! Some Brits would be mad, and some Europeans too hahaha

[@willjohnson272]

JUNEBUG DK COUNTER REVERSE-SWEEP #1 🐒 🐵 🙊 🙈 🙉

[@DoctorMooCow]

Cody is #1 rank officially for '23? i didnt think that had been released yet. Spoiler!!!!

[@RespectedSpice]

Stopped watching after 3 mins into the video I didn’t see a single clip

[@RespectedSpice]

Kept watching to give it a second chance but left a dislike and stopped again after you said “magi effectively retired a pro with this zero to death” When the set was 2-2 and she was on basically last stock to win it… Just such a weird thing to say about another pro whose retiring in the scene for their own reasons Almost like the entire video you’re trying to keep people engaged with your commentary instead of the actual gameplay

[@wavyboi]

Yeah just an inapt title, should be, "my personal top competitive plays of 2023" like he says at the beginning. Best plays is clickbait

[@Cerbyo]

Number 10 isn't really a .....okay its a play but..why is it the best play its grand finals and he went -1 Magi is mid af but that was a decent play yes number 8 is literally HB got shield broke cause he held shield nonstop.....so what? .....rest is whatever sure why not ur picks not mine Hey since Hungrybox is number 1 player at this game, the best player in the world, why r there no HB plays on this list? So many glorious plays by him each year....like....rest.....and toss up and rest.....and.....rest twice in a row....and kiting in the air waiting for his opponent to approach and automatically take damage in doing so followed by rest

[@cubekng]

patnetic

[@Odesence]

love the #1 pick. stick 2 ur guns walt

[@TitusMelee]

rock n roll

[@nomenclature7662]

I really don't like Kodorin after he talked shit about being better than Zane. Where Is he now? Trash

[@justiceavera6486]

lets gooooo

[@iamayumikomain]

aMSa

[@johnchapman2307]

L take

[@joed9514]

Top 10 plays of the year, DK bnb on FD, OK

[@chicha400]

Upsetting a top 20 player game 5 last stock with DK is notable though