The Greatest Ice Climbers Player In The World - Smash Ultimate

Having competed since Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Dawson "Big D" Perron is a veteran member and defacto top player of the British Columbian Super Smash Brothers scene.
In the Super Smash Bros Ultimate scene, Big D has become a rising star and has established himself as the best Ice Climbers player in the world.
In today's video, we take a look at Big D's long career and the path he took to reach the summit of competitive play.
Edited by @FLAVIO_W_GUIM
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0:00 - Intro
1:46 - Getting Into Smash Bros
3:02 - Super Smash Bros Brawl Era
10:58 - Smash 4: Ice Climbers Are Out, Who To Play Next?
13:57 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: New Game New Main
16:45 - What Makes Ice Climbers so good?
20:56 - Tournament Arc: GOML, Ludwig Smash Invitational and Mainstage
37:51 - Smash Ultimate Summit 6 & End
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[@KilogramHours]

Holy shit the editor of this video deserves an award, it's perfect.

[@flavio_w_guim]

Thanks for noticing my hours of hard work 🙏

[@partially8194]

32:05 bro really just asked if he can get a better match up and it worked. That's hilarious😂

[@nathanlevesque7812]

pro tip

[@luminositysmash]

we love dawson

[@knarf7744]

im a local in the bc ssbu scene and also currently go to the hs big d was playing basketball at, hes in so many photos around the trophy case room its crazy, ive had two gym teachers reference him before when on the topic of highschool basketball, he was so good

[@rgprosucctions1704]

He got that champ inside for ever

[@KyleTremblayTitularKtrey]

I was in hs with him in the same grade. He dominated everyone at smash and asked for money matches a lot XD And stood a good head above the rest of the school but was one of those gentle giants and ran around in a Nintendo shirt lol

[@knarf7744]

@@KyleTremblayTitularKtrey aw dude wait thats so much like dawson haha. Hey if you ever wanted I'm still hosting smash tournamnets at the school, if you're still in town maybe we could plan smthn out and if you've got any remaining pictures of the brackets or events you guys used to run, we could have like a mini reunion or smthn lmao

[@KyleTremblayTitularKtrey]

​@knarf7744 ngl smash wasnt my game, our friend group usually stomped me at that. I wasn't part of the smash community in any real way. Instead I got rather good at mariokart and we'd play that a lot. The main reason I know smash beyond N64 playing pikachu is dawson being amazing at it and pubstomping the rest of our friendgroup.

[@KyleTremblayTitularKtrey]

Also bro he barely had to jump to dunk it was a funny little hop. I used to be so damn proud I could dunk a basketball and I was training parkour and jumping and then this giant that was my friend barely had to put his arms over his head lol

[@WowSuchPerfectWorld]

Dawson is the nicest guy in person too. I'm in his local scene but i sont come through often and idk he's just a normal cool dude. Had fun with him even getting clapped in round 1 lol. Awesome doc. 👏 Didn't know he was a baller.

[@gizoid5526]

The D of considerable size

[@kongmunism]

amazing documentary, thanks again for allowing me to be a part of it! :) shoutout to dawson my goat 🐐

[@internetrandodotcom]

the most impressive part about big d is the fact that he's a certified hooper

[@lilithFGC]

I love your pfp! Nb gang 💯💯💯

[@internetrandodotcom]

@@lilithFGC lets goooo

[@spinosaurus2001]

​@@lilithFGCEd sweep

[@KuroShiiiro]

its so based

[@scrublord9505]

When you’re that tall it better be basketball or volley

[@NVSsins]

It wasn't mentioned but Big D was also PR'ed in BC for melee as well. He is a true master of smash bros

[@TheFlamebug]

I actually talked about his time with Melee and P:M in my interview, it just didn't make the final cut. With the level of care and polish they already put into editing the entirety of this 46 minute beast, I can't fault them too much!

[@OlanDurai]

seeing him play Eric in project M with Jake TO'ing at my first smash touranment in the P4K era was the best introduction to the community. Was so warm right off the hop to an old man interested in super smash bros.

[@MasterAbeer101]

Dude seeing a documentary with one of my favourite players in the smash ultimate scene is so awesome, love you BIG D and thank you Akshon for this!

[@kevindhir]

this was amazing. just finished watching it end to end. thank y'all for your service at documenting legends of esports. :)

[@Akshonesports]

Our pleasure!

[@OlanDurai]

💯

[@jordanwhite352]

I love this extreme hardcore cyberpunk music covering the backdrop of the super happy and wholesome Ice Climbers from Nintendo. 😂

[@Amaling]

Wow a 46 minute documentary chock-full of interviews from prominent members of the BC scene

[@Felspfote]

Incredible editing on this. How did you manage to get footage of every technical intricacy that the players talk about from matches *betweeen Big D and those players*? That shit feels so good to watch. Like a perfectly cited research article.

[@legendarysoil1064]

Big D is quite the legend, the fact that he was an old time Icies main back in Brawl and PM and then returned to the character years later is sick

[@pieceofbread5311]

Hey bro, stop working to pay for food and come watch Akshon

[@Victini0510]

I wish it was just food :(

[@_narrows]

46 minutes of top-notch editing in such an engaging format. Never been into Smash, but i watched the whole thing. Dawson is such a wholesome dude

[@steveydoesglasgow]

This was a suuuuper dope documentary, absolutely loved it

[@MJhenriquez]

Hoping you guys made a documentary about MenaRD one day 🙏🏻

[@migueljosehenriqueznunez4635]

I honestly don't understand why he isn't more famous

[@skullreaper18]

seeing and hearing all his local friends that he grew up with and played with all these years come out and support him so hard still is so wholesome, all those local rivalries to playing the best in the world is so inspiring i love it

[@nicholaswise5818]

When I met dawson at my very first smash 4 tournament as annoying high schooler, he was the friendliest guy possible. He played a few friendlies when I asked and demolished me and we got to sit on the commentators couch and took a picture. It's little moments like that that made me so happy to go to tournaments and root for him.

[@michaelofstjoseph]

This documentary is an insanely well done production. Bravo to Akshon Esports. Big D seems like a stand-up guy.

[@SadToffee]

"summit's great, it's not real life" SMASH IS SCRIPTED CONFIRMED BOYS WE GOT EM

[@Justpassingby204]

He also was a King Dedede legend. Love his King Ddd

[@iamspikefire]

LOOK MA, IM IN THE BACKGROUND POPPING OFF NUMEROUS TIME FOR OUR LOCAL CHAMP BIG D! 💀

[@mediocrity5693]

Hey spritefire

[@legendarysoil1064]

My first experience of Big D was during the GrandSlam tournament in Richmond which I attended, and the most memorable moment was of TOs making him eat a coffee crisp onstage before bracket started

[@marco0445]

The vid is so well done! Nice work!

[@apherosy]

I think the most insane thing I learned from this video was that Ken was on a season of Survivor. Like, what?

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Amazing video, I loved the focus on the perspectives on his friends from his local scene.

[@AutisticJesusGaming]

The perfect video to listen too while I move in for my second year of college

[@Pixygon]

Was listening to it while visiting storage. Going into my first year this fall.

[@jhrtelem]

I really love ice climbers, and Big D is playing them like a master piece.

[@kodra1510]

Captain L’s character being Steve in the background is so funny

[@wusstunes]

One of my favorite ult players.

[@drascore6668]

the legend is here

[@kode-man23]

I got to hang out with Dawson for a bit at Genesis 4 and he is just the nicest guy ever. Always cheered for him after that (and before, being a fellow Canadian) and to see him get to this level is so cool. It honestly couldn't happen to a better person. Also, masterclass video. I love that it was so personal, being entirely his words and the words of the BC scene. It might not get a ton of views, but you guys did great work here.

[@Hamarchy]

I remember seeing Big D before he left Canada much and thinking "if this dude could travel, he would kick ALL SORTS OF ASS" and then he did. It was great to see and I hope to see more

[@theelsanto32]

Yo what the heck?! This is awesome, I never though I’d see this in my home screen

[@sinfinite7516]

Love Big D, great player

[@benoitmarcotte1104]

Gary2scary mention! My goat

[@StepBaum]

Really good documentary guys!

[@zookalooza1515]

this is so awesome

[@_KRYPTIC_]

31:20 what was that zipping sound 💀

[@sonton2042]

Amazing video👏🏼

[@salvatore_slate]

ridiculously great video

[@jadynshen1886]

I hope to be half as good at ice climbers as Mr. D

[@moabitsmash]

Man i love smash documentaries

[@PlayerXIII]

Just moved to BC, and I love Akshon Esports. This is a win win

[@tomaspalma5168]

Big D gets bigger every day. You love to see it!

[@Imprez2564]

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOATTTT

[@kemmypaws]

hes always so relaxed and happy

[@123letsgopokemon]

I remember when I fractured my arm, I decided to go to a local and played Dawson R1. We play our first game and as he’s about to say he goes “Woah you have a broken arm!” One of the nicest players imaginable and it’s amazing that he’s finally reaching new highs

[@gregwarrener4848]

i am from BC and big D was always known as a hidden undiscovered boss. near the end of smash 4 capptain L was rated 24th on the pgr. Captain L is one of the most fast paced pikachu players ever, i would say he is even faster paced than players like void. because of this, he was one of the only top players that knew how to sdi out of bayo combos consistantly. But we all knew that BC had an even better player and he played fukkin D3. fukin D3. big D never traveled, so when we saw him go to goml i remember watching on the moist stream and moist had no idea who big D was and i told him that he was in for a fukkin treat. the rest i guess is history, i am so hapy to see a team like luminosity pick him up! the ghuy is a smash legend. nobody does what he does. and captain L needs to pick up pika again

[@himynameisnickm]

this is awesome!

[@ravssb]

he is such a likeable person

[@frogking9115]

The thing is about ice climbers is the character takes so much skill to learn that when you lose to them you just have to respect the player for putting in the time and effort to do those desync combos

[@LucasDarkGiygas]

Finally a video that shows the Brawl competitive community. Hate the now extremely popular narrative that Brawl wasn't a competitive game.

[@drakejoshofficialyoutubech5569]

16:33 Please tell me this Nana glitch was patched out lmao.

[@matthewcabagelover9993]

DUDE WHY IS SHE CHILLIN

[@jadynshen1886]

Editor went hard on these motion graphics

[@Tonyrock0227]

Holy shit RAW

[@UrbanRally]

the hero we need

[@nickolasmorales2370]

Damn it DCA you really had it

[@zexyswami1994]

6:15 yo that noise in the back ground lmfao

[@jadynshen1886]

Akshon documentaries >

[@surfsuptofino]

large dawson my beloved

[@jayphyre9729]

they missed the opportunity to call it the big D-ocumentry

[@hugoland9027]

my goat

[@BEATNGU95]

Just seen his tweet 🔥 vid

[@ThinnestFaun85]

good video

[@matrix_thing]

Peak cinema

[@opsinesmash1515]

Hey I know that guy!

[@kazuYoshi_]

Jake Firefly Turner the GOAT 🔥🔥🔥 and Big D too I guess

[@CyanPHD]

ChuDat: cries in a corner. But in seriousness Big D is awesome, I'm glad there's an icies making it big in the scene plus being a cool dude as well!

[@chrispham6599]

to be VERY fair. Melee Icies is A LOT diffierent compared to Ultimate Icies

[@Sugar3Glider]

I love biopics on micro celebrities!

[@brexarevalo]

🐐

[@no_suk9851]

the goat

[@midori9430]

Big D is Poggers :D

[@5inistermm_109]

big d and chudat are pretty much synonymous with ice climbers at this point

[@GiftOfGav93]

Big D is a sick tag lol

[@BattleGroundComics101]

Im bouta main ice climbers and become lil D

[@StudyingManually]

In my opinion, Big D is Cool D!

[@n3bulav876]

If there’s anyone else who deserves a story, it’s Glutonny. Mostly because he is the worlds best Wario and one of if not the only Wario competitive smash player left. (Tweek in my mind doesn’t count cause his Wario is very infrequent)

[@Shireke01]

HUMONGOUS DAWSON THE GOAT

[@dawsonfloyd7854]

MY NAMES DAWSON

[@elucidator1277]

32:08 I feel like I'm missing context here... Why was he able to switch out Ken? Is there some rule that I'm not aware of? I don't understand why playing Ken at a previous tourney, constitutes a switch.

[@ggnicklu]

Not at all an expert on this but I think this is the TOs perspective: you want people to go to your tourney. How do you do that? By getting good players that more people want to see, so you make it that more top players get easier positions, that's the basis of seeding. Now, spectators, come to a tournament to see a good show and so if the only matches you get to see are sets that already happened a week ago, you don't really want to see that again. So the TOs try to get new sets and new matchups or maybe some players that haven't fought for a while against each other. That's probably what was going on

[@films54321]

goated

[@waitwhat513]

WHAT IS THE SONG AT O:27 PLEAAAAASEE

[@jadynshen1886]

imagine being spiked by an ice climber

[@nextos]

Fuck yeah! Big d is my favourite player

[@sham_noway]

HUGE DAWSON

[@lester44444]

he has the most Canadian vibe ever hahahaha

[@basedbastard5311]

I did not know ken was in survivor lol

[@Bradyy.]

Icies Desync are fs the coolest combos in the game

[@methconnoisseur3803]

do you know who chu dat is? damn the title of this video

[@metaggrit]

OK but what's the REAL reason they call him Big "D"?

[@DeanExp]

This is chudat erasure

[@JEANS__]

‘mid/lowtier’ one player says as big d says icie beats all these broken top tiers 😭

[@volltar5529]

this is NOT first puppeteer 💀☠

[@jadynshen1886]

I like ice climbers

[@5hyguy42]

Bottled!

[@matthewcabagelover9993]

16:35 wtf nana?

[@peter1052]

Rad