The Competitive History of Link In Super Smash Bros

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[@iapr18]

0:04 That Link is the Hero of Hyrule, literally the Hero of Time's death set up this timeline

[@papersonic9941]

I think the narrator said that because the Hero of Time was the first to be in Smash. Whoever picked the footage fucked up.

[@NigelThrashner]

@@papersonic9941 nah, he said he takes many forms in the LoZ series, not just Smash. Hint that Ocarina of Time was canonically first-before Skyward Sword came out anyway? At this point, I think we can all agree that the official timeline was neat at first, but we can ignore it now.

[@bareq99]

T literally showed me how underrated Link is and how he is possibly the most fun character in Smash Ultimate The use of his remote bombs is ENDLESS and it's fun as hell to experiment with them

[@IIIISai]

Agreed

[@BC0MBS]

Wheres smash world tour qualifier Sillintor

[@bareq99]

Ayy a Sillintor fan! I love the guy He is good but he doesn't go to a lot of big tournaments unfortunately

[@italkdisneyparks9385]

Dude I love Sillintor

[@nelsal6416]

You expect these guys to do their research? Lol

[@andrewfeng7411]

@@nelsal6416 sillintor isn’t considered a notable link player because he doesn’t enter enough large tournaments, do ur research

[@illford6921]

@@nelsal6416 who the hell di Sillintor. Definitely not well known enough to get mentioned. They aren't going to mention every player who's PRd in their region

[@NoahHoi]

Thanks for making this video. As a link main, I feel blessed for this vid to be uploaded

[@alton-alijahjohnson7063]

I would lowkey love a competitive history of Sonic from how he went from being a low tier in brawl to a top 10 in Sm4sh and to having a bumpy start but started to get better the more ultimate has progressed so far.

[@janswhatsupdoc]

And is still hated by everyone even today

[@alton-alijahjohnson7063]

@@janswhatsupdoc Sadly

[@richi5291]

Sonic was mid tier in brawl

[@alton-alijahjohnson7063]

@@richi5291He was low mid so I used low tier instead

[@illford6921]

@@richi5291 he was on the low end. Which in Brawl means he sucks.

[@zartorius9889]

Damn great to see someone talking about Aniki after all these years, tbh Nobody has pushed any Link version harder than him fighting Ken back in the day. Despite all the trash talk I can’t help but feel like melee Link is awesome

[@sigurdtheblue]

Dan Salvato has a surprisingly amazing Link. Melee Link is capable of a lot of the coolest interactions in the game. Aklo is similar in play style to Salvato, but more aggressive and effective.

[@IIIISai]

yea most melee link mains are amazing, also I personally believe he's the most hype character in smash 64 and Melee, he's one of the most in ultimate, definitely smash 4, and maybeeee brawl, it's the way he's designed that's really juicy, very interesting moveset design

[@illford6921]

@@IIIISai Project M link was crazy

[@MessApathy]

@@IIIISai ngl Melee Link is one of those instances where a character has tools to be much higher than people know, everyone just focused on other characters. I'm biased, but I think Melee Link could be considered midtier

[@QuagZeldaFan]

WOAH They forgot Soul Calibur II

[@Carraway-]

Imagine paying money for proguides when literally a king of skill video would teach you more lol

[@ss2srandomstuff590]

Lol

[@g0ddish434]

Facts

[@z-cube9073]

Pro guides teaches you a lot of stuff

[@lillierose3958]

@@z-cube9073 not really much more than basic knowledge. These history videos are the only reason I stay subbed and im sure I could find better versions of those by looking a little.

[@lbesavant]

I think ProGuides is great for its discount coach system and fundamental guides, but I will admit there are a few flaws with the ultimate section

[@raymondmcveety9375]

T had a style boost between smash 4 and ultimate. Got the hair cut, slim cut jeans, rockin some dope jackets. He’s on the glow up fr

[@IIIISai]

Oooh

[@MeesterTweester]

My Smash 4 main! Glad he's finally high tier now

[@2LoopMk]

Link will always be a good fighter and do competitive history of yoshi

[@stanleyhercules]

links mains unite

[@latefordinner4513]

Whaat, had no clue link was a low tier character. He sure didn't feel like it playing him when super smash bros came out

[@lbesavant]

Link’s ultimate iteration is by far the most exciting and powerful one.

[@IIIISai]

Interesting, I think you should see sets of good smash melee or 64 Link mains, it's hype, i haven't seen too much brawl link and I get hyped from smash 4, And ultimate too,

[@illford6921]

@@IIIISai Ukt Link is by far the most powerful. It's kind of obvious. 64 Link isn't really that good. He's only not bad because that game has barely any characters. Melee Link is fun but he is manily known for jank since we'll he does kind of suck, just not as much as in 64

[@IIIISai]

@@illford6921 I was talking about for hype levels, I know smash ultimate has the highest tier link

[@Exl6243]

@@IIIISai I mean, his remote bomb combos are hype. It’s absolutely amazing to watch. I met this local player in Florida with the game tag Flash, and it is absolutely hype to watch him recover from ridiculous distances and take some from 70 to death with z drop bomb combos

[@IIIISai]

@@Exl6243 I do the same thing as link, yea I think it's hype too, I guess it's preference also I KNOW FLASH TOO, he's amazing, much better at bomb loops than me, I seen his clips, crazy player, it's cool you saw him

[@MasterSprintersan1]

Regardless of how good, or bad of course, Link may have been in any Smash game, he always was fun as hell to play as for me. Still is, in fact. All three of them in Ultimate, too! :D

[@TheDemonChara]

Personally my favorite iteration of Link in Smash is Smash 4 Link

[@pavelsothoth6133]

Happy to see my boys T and sixx in here. Germ and sauss are pretty neat too.

[@vjoe5389]

64: Just plain ol' bad and is infimise for having the worst recovery in the Smash series. Worse than even Sm4sh Little Mac and Brawl Ganondorf. Melee: Not much better but is at the very least a much more improved version of his 64 counterpart and is known for being a very glichy character. It can be debated on whether he is better or worse than Young Link. Brawl: Back to bottom tier, despite a few changes being made to his kit. He is a downgrade compared to his Melee counterpart and is an absolute disappointment when compared to Toon Link. 4: Started off not being very strong, but he would end up getting a lot of buffs and an amazing representative in the form of T. Still not better than his Toon counterpart, but he is a massive improvement to both his Brawl and Melee counterparts. Ultimate: The overall changes to both the game mechanics and his kit would end up making this version of Link an easy high tier character. He is finally better than his Toon counterpart, but just like in Melee it can be debated on whether he is better or worse than Young Link. His bomb allows for some insane tricks and combos to be performed, and mastery of it is crucial to playing this character. While being miles ahead of the Link's from previous games, he ended up becoming much harder to master in the process (it can be debated on whether that's a good thing or a bad thing). Overall, not a bad character like in the past.

[@IIIISai]

Smash 64 link is underated af, he definitely doesn't have a worse recovery than Mac, he's tied with gannon, also smash 64 dk had a worse recovery lol, dk gets edge guarded infinitely, while link atleast has a great hitbox and mixup, besides smash 64 ness also has a horrendous recovery that's slow af, don't get me wrong i think smash 64 link has top 3 worst smash 64 recoveries, but if we're talking compared to other smash games, it's easily gannon from ultimate or Mac from smash 4

[@IIIISai]

Also Smash 64 is solidly balanced, and I've seen great link plays sometimes in competition, Yes Pikachu dominates Link and some other characters, but Link can hold his own or even win matches against people outside the top 2, pretty good, it just takes alot of practice, because smash 64 link has to stay on his toes alot defensively, and offensively he's one of the best characters in the game, having 2 godly projectiles and his amazing damage output with his normals, he's not as slow as you'd think compared to other iterations of adult Link in other smashes, Anyways Tangent aside I have high faith in Link across any smash game, I'd put him in 9th place on the tierlist in smash 64, which is low tier and not bottom, in melee he's low mid, brawl bottom tier lol, smash 4 he's high mid which is pretty good, and then ultimate where he's High High Tier, or A+, if brawl didn't exist, the pattern would work, the pattern of him getting better every smash game

[@vjoe5389]

@@IIIISai this is some good info. Usually when I do these comments (been doing them since the Mario competitive history video) I just do a quick and basic analysis of the character. The only comment where I said a character was underrated AF was the Mewtwo video. I always appreciate comments that give more details about said character :)

[@IIIISai]

@@vjoe5389 oh sure of course, and I appreciate the feedback, good to know, and yea it was a good analysis you've made ✊🏼

[@sword_pro_8]

Dude its T vs Tea 12:40

[@ChainsSSB]

I hid an Easter Egg in the video btw, let's see if anyone finds it :) (hint: it's at around 5:40)

[@joelcomer]

keep the link vids coming good sirs

[@Ghaust8546]

Hol up

[@brandonbaggaley2317]

Each design that Link had in Smash Bros isn’t just a design change, but a separate character from the others. This means that the ‘Everyone is Here!’ tagline is a BIG FAT LIE! Twilight Princess Link is missing from the roster of playable characters because he was REPLACED with BotW Link.

[@CaiusMiehela]

That moment when T defeats Tea

[@bonssimple857]

Would Like to see them more in doubles again

[@Cycl0neZair]

I think Luigi would be an interesting character to do

[@ultragamer8816]

Is that all of the 64 characters now?

[@fatalbert135]

Aklo must be salivating at the fact this video was made. 🤣🤣🙏🙏

[@sigurdtheblue]

I always have been torn between whether Link is cooler in 64 or Melee. Minus the terrible up B height, a lot of Link's options in 64 are straightforward and powerful. Toon Link is arguably the closest thing we have to 64 Link's play style. And in Melee, Link required a lot of skill to use, but he was just a really cool character and the new concept of multi-hit and charged up B was great (although I still prefer single hit aerial up B). He also had the coolest rapid jab and it was only in Melee. It was the first time Link felt like they had some weight to them and it was a character who you really had to understand how to play with that fast falling. Also, the Adventure mode stage for Link in Melee was one of my favorite things in a fighting game. Introducing the double slash forward smash was cool as it was and still is the only Smash attack that requires a second input and it looks very stylish... At the end of the day, I think most modern appearances of Link are in the same vein as Melee Link so 64 Link is my favorite for their unique and more fun traits.

[@austinperezgk1]

Yeh I lmaod watching that 64 recovery

[@GoldGuard]

Link barely had any history in competitive Smash until Smash 4

[@zappinapplez]

i love playing link in ultimate so much he just feels great. his disadvantage is so bad but honestly just get better??? don’t get in disadvantage and you’re chilling. in all seriousness he’s so fun.

[@firestorm3k882]

3:33 What are you talking about? Even BOWSER has strengths (he has good edge guarding, strong attacks, is good out of shield, & has a command grab that can start combos on fast fallers & kill early). Most low tiers in Melee actually have alot of strengths but they just get held back by 1 or 2 very bad weaknesses (just like Mewtwo & his tail hurtbox).

[@ss2srandomstuff590]

Also do competive of the pits

[@jertherwoot1309]

im still waiting for a competitive history on C.Falcon lol

[@RainWasTaken]

Do DK next. I heard there’s a guy in Canada who used him since Brawl that might be a good source for reference

[@yogurtclosetok]

His tag is Bill

[@striderwander1413]

I personally love link and young link in melee but I see where this guy is coming from, at a professional view there are better options, from a casual view you just play for fun.

[@jojonr619]

“My name is Fock”

[@GoblinGamerKid]

Competitive history of donkey kong!!

[@NigelThrashner]

He called the Clawshot a Hookshot. Rabble, rabble, rabble!

[@chee5o]

Bluxious is gonna love this one

[@Chris_Redfield_1998]

USB link from botw is a great improvement and is a strong character when you grand master his moveset link is pretty deadly imo .

[@johnjohnbingbong]

"From the courageous hero of time" *shows a picture of link from Zelda 1* Yep, that ruined it for me

[@illford6921]

I don't think the image represents the game lol

[@ultragamer8816]

Everyone would just play Kirby in 64 tho

[@Jknight416]

Chalk it up to T to bring Link’s tournament performance to new heights

[@ultragamer8816]

I thought they dropped the series

[@kyledillon1562]

History of Sheik PLEASE!

[@anivibes2968]

Young links movement is actually pretty sick

[@ethbeast395]

I’m glad he’s actually good in ultimate, he’s rly fun to play. He may not be better than young link, but he’s still rly cool with the remote bombs and he’s better than toon link

[@bonssimple857]

Why I felt liek Odiki is T since T used to main Samus at Melee

[@TurlessTiger]

I can't forgive Sakurai for his Zelda character abuse all these years.

[@NigelThrashner]

Pour one out for mah boy Tingle, who’s no longer an assist trophy 🥺.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

What do you mean? Sheik and Tink have mostly been good in their appearances. Yink is good in Ultimate and decent in Melee

[@TurlessTiger]

@@mandalorianhunter1 You're just proving my point. Those characters have been barely okay in their iterations, while the main three, Zelda, Link, and Ganondorf, have been terrible in every game before Ultimate. Ganondorf remains terrible even there.

[@Mufflin]

@@TurlessTiger Not Sheik, Sheik been amazing in every game she was in except brawl.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@Mufflin well even in Brawl she had some good top to high tier MUs

[@King_Kev78]

Finally!!!!!!

[@50centricher9]

Link was always my guy from day 1, and I actually mastered using him. I used to embarrass ppl and if it was up to me he still woulda been ranked a TOP guy imo

[@brenq3852]

Please do game and watch or Falco next

[@justicetaylor3050]

From Dumpster fire tier recovery to recover and kill at the same time up B!

[@brutal_lui]

My favorite Link is Toon Link, because of spirit tracks and brawl. Also great video, very informational. MK B META and next character hear me out ROB

[@illford6921]

ROB is the same in every he he rarely ever changes tbh.

[@brutal_lui]

@@illford6921 but he was at different power levels in all three of them

[@speedshoes29]

Can’t wait for competitive history of donkey kong

[@FlameHorizonGaming]

I wonder if DK Will will be on it! He’s my favorite!

[@speedshoes29]

@@FlameHorizonGaming The only Smash 64 characters not on here are DK, Yoshi, Luigi, Captain Falcon, and Ness. I do also wonder if characters like Dr. Mario and Toon Link will have their own videos. They qualify for at least 3 smash games

[@connorforeman5704]

And diddy Kong to

[@speedshoes29]

@@connorforeman5704 I was mentioning them because of clones. I was also wondering if Zelda and Shiek would have to be separate. As well as possibe videos for Zero Suit Samus and Pokemon Trainer (unless Charizard will be separate from them)

[@Sun_Ssb]

Do history of ness next

[@CrossoverFan4life]

Yoshi next

[@connorforeman5704]

Do donkey or diddy next

[@ifiwiwould]

Luigi next

[@dawg9991]

7 months ago, i tried out for a local Smash team as a link main at my high school. I was one of the worst players there easily; I didn't give up, though. I practiced that season, and I made the playoffs when practicing with people there after school that were tons better than me. We're in the second season now, and I am now considered one of the best players there. I used to blame being trash on link being a bad character, but i now realize you can do anything with any character. Experiment with other characters, and pick up some of those as countepicks, but never give up on a character, because you can be great with any character besides ganondorf if you put your mind to it.

[@dawg9991]

​@YTheNordCool! Now that you mention it, I had my weekly set on Thursday and I 3-0d my opponent with the last game being a 3 stock.

[@dawg9991]

@YTheNord I don't know if they're on youtube. If you want to see where I'm at, check vanta Smash Solos texas. Last season, I was in vanta Smash crews.

[@dawg9991]

@YTheNord vanta smash bros Texas. Last season, I was crews (when I made the playoffs) this season I'm solos.

[@dawg9991]

I'll see for next season because I think I'll be in both solos and crews due to my recent major improvements

[@Dynamus21]

It's criminal what they did to my boy's jab and fair 1 coming from smash 4. I think he would be top teir if they returned his fair 1 to how it was.

[@sammy8416]

Link power

[@epicgamingwithgeorge]

Do sonic next

[@Andry_]

Competitive history of Link : 64 :Trash Melee : Trash Brawl : Trash Smash 4 : Trash Utlimate : Tra... Wait what?

[@theshanaman7805]

Damn

[@erronn.]

pretty much

[@timjim7163]

If only Ganon and Zelda could follow

[@timjim7163]

@Lenny Face Yeah but “decent” in melee is different from decent in ultimate and he’s been garbo since

[@demolitiongod64]

@@timjim7163 Isn't zelda decent in ult?

[@omari_shane]

Up throw Up B is a true combo

[@joelcomer]

Sick I didn’t know that

[@frosticle6409]

Where does this Joke come from?

[@TheUserA1b]

Next can you do ness

[@4xzx4]

Link was most fun in Melee, but yeah, he sucks in that game. Glad that he finally is viable at last! (In Ultimate)

[@michaelj9153]

3:27 At least sync with the footage the speaker has a large delay between what’s on screen and what’s being said or he could have edited the footage to sync it better

[@mikecarney3390]

Let's do one for Sonic!

[@bloodydoll5897]

orange lol

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

Remember when you forgot to finish your new tier list? :/

[@nathanturoff3496]

Pls do Bowser

[@aerospace3144]

And here we have Zelda who is literally 2nd to last in every smash game she’s been in until Ultimate

[@theriddler5]

Thought this channel was dead. Glad it's not.

[@bboysoulzero]

I thought he was named Zelda XD

[@bareq99]

As a Zelda franchise fanboy: "so you have chosen.. Death?"

[@ultragamer8816]

Young link now is basically smash 4 link

[@gv82089]

Not really. He's faster and more combo focused, but doesn't hit as hard and is a lot lighter

[@sikone831]

link mains rise up!!!!

[@chrisladd1523]

You know this channel is good when they are yawing scrumpy as a source

[@justicetaylor3050]

I've favored every Ultimate version of every character except Cloud and his missing Nair... I don't care if everyone calls Melee Samus her best. I'm not a jet fighter pilot! I have more fun with Ultimate's Samus.

[@illford6921]

Ultimate Samus is the best moveset wise but she's in the wrong game

[@EduardoFlores-bt4fo]

@@illford6921 wrong game?

[@ultragamer8816]

Link is now not that bad

[@nintentwins1867]

Proguides talking about Link again. Anyone else remember the trash guide they put out?

[@redead8513]

I main him since smash 64 I was really bad but i enjoyed playing as Link and now people in última say my Link is legendary godlike and hard to beat

[@michaelj9153]

Glad you continued a canceled series by FSG (unfortunately of a lower quialaty)

[@ltdzinger]

Hi

[@lilydmuller]

I bet you wont do a history of Ness,Luigi,DK,Yoshi,C.Falcon you wuss

[@ss2srandomstuff590]

Really using other KZbinrs content for this one lol

[@jinezawa7089]

"We will be including players who are currently banned from competitive because we want to be as historically accurate as possible" ......then proceeds to do everything in their power to avoid mentioning ZeRo and Ally by name, even including showing their names but never saying it Doing crappy things don't change history. If you're scared to say the names of 2 of the best smash 4 players, especially in the context of trying to be "historically accurate" and highlighting how big T's achievements really are (particularly to people who weren't watching said tournament), either go all the way or leave out your disclaimers and the entire S4 section as a whole while you're at it. There's a difference between reporting history and defending what they did, and like it or not, ZeRo and Ally shaped a lot of S4's meta and timeline. Don't claim to be historically accurate, then proceed to attempt to skirt around pretty major details to fit your personal narrative. And if viewers get offended by real history in a competitive history video, feel free to skip ahead to the Ultimate section

[@kaminariexp8367]

2nd pog

[@natecronnon4736]

Hey I'm first

[@ultragamer8816]

64 link was awful tho