The perfect recovery (...that won a tournament)

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[@Aklossbm]

Me learning more about Link from this video✍📝

[@NvrLucky43]

LinkKek

[@bebehillz]

aklo change your profile pic to link bro. do it bro. all the link mains beg of you man...

[@gomjabbar6246]

Aklo using his unique secondary is sick and I'm glad he did it. It's also completely on brand for the 'exciting' twist of his melee moment to be wiggling out

[@nektahatz5646]

link is honestly decent into some higher tiers, peach and marth being good examples.

[@JFMHunter]

I love melee

[@jaundicedmisanthrope7817]

Then this might be the channel for you, not quite sure though

[@MeleeMoments]

wow thank you I too love melee

[@nyern]

I love lamp

[@sithlordmikeyp]

@@nyern Are you just *saying* that you love lamp or do you really love lamp?

[@rockzyk1291]

The fact that he lost with Fox but won all three with Link is fucking poetry. Melee is so sick.

[@Skullhawk13]

The downside of being the “best” character is everyone knows the matchup, and whatever minor flaws they have had hundreds of minds spending hours thinking of how to take advantage of. Where as link is “bad” so nobody goes for that level of thinking

[@kie2]

Now i'm just parrotting an opinion I heard but I've heard Link is specifically a counterpick to Marth

[@sdw-hv5ko]

I intuitively knew there were things you could/couldn’t do when in tumble but never specifically knew what they were. Thank you for clarifying after all these years lmao

[@jebril]

Most of us are just playing this game off feels at this point lol, I do some crazy edge cancels randomly and yea I meant it but it’s not like I know how I did them cuz they’re all in the moment things lmao.

[@Pianoblook]

As a Samus player, I had no idea about the RNG - now I have something to blame other than myself :3

[@MichaelWilliams-bt8hm]

Be a victor not a victim

[@DragonSoulMusic]

Lol I feel that, I had no idea that was a thing either. But I feel so vindicated now for every time I've said "there's no way that didn't grab ledge"

[@Supersonic6427]

Don't get off stage

[@Alienrun]

@@Supersonic6427 Don't play Samus

[@Supersonic6427]

@@Alienrun Don't tether as a recovery option

[@juneguts]

i wiggle out of tumble irl all the time tho usually i just end up faceplanting

[@eatingyoshi4403]

Gotta tech those my guy.

[@kevinhirschowitz8550]

what i find best is to di, release the stick in air, and time any of the three options, wiggle, flick, rapid taps, at the correct time. you dont actually need to hold the di agle the entire flight

[@borgeman]

Quality production as always!

[@rosheafan]

i love link

[@ilikefrogs4291]

i love link

[@thekiss2083]

"Link is hot"-----Reggie Fils-Aime

[@gmwes]

hey me too man

[@spartainjeffer]

yes.

[@alectrzaskowski6792]

Based Roshea fan is based

[@omlett6482]

i really like the microspace he did right as he started the tether. If he hadn't done that, Zain's BAir would've still covered the low hook shot

[@TheSharkasmCrew]

Yeah thats the craziest part of the recovery to me and wasnt even mentioned lmao

[@SFJake250]

The entire sequence off ledge is pure magic.

[@mjul7003]

I main Link and I can't even describe to you how good that actually was. That kind of precision when you're put on the spot like that is hard to pull off, as there are so many little errors that can completely screw over your positioning.

[@eliu390]

Another hidden input: right after the hookshot is released, while it's still in flight, Aklo inputs a drift away to dodge Marth bair. Go frame by frame from 2:32 to see

[@skyninegaming]

I think this is the most important "tech" in the entire sequence. Wiggle out is super easy. Memorizing tether heights is easy. But intentionally recovering low, tethering, and cognizantly drifting away during the tether to dodge the bair? That's insane. Also his tech was great and even better was the bair after. But not as insane as the drift away.

[@super2thesam]

I came here looking for this. He moves closer with the air dodge and then immediately dodges the bair with the drift back. It’s crazy. Beautiful. So tricksy.

[@LANBobYonson]

@@skyninegamingThe bair is necessary to get on stage quick otherwise you just jump out similar to Marths needing to bair but the whole sequence is perfect yeah. The decision to do that insanely difficult recovery knowing Zain was going to try to punish the recovery he had just seen is conditioning that would make hugs proud.

[@yomedrath]

He uses his double jump to stop the walljump momentum, no need for the bair to get on stage.

[@skyninegaming]

​@@LANBobYonson@yomedrath is right. While Young Link and Link have the same issue as Marth regarding walljump techs (they jump out super far), Aklo saved his double jump to cancel the momentum following the walljump tech. The bair was important to catch Marth falling to ledge after his up-B, but in this particular sequence, Aklo doesn't capitalize further. In other games, I believe he has reverse edge guarded with tech double jump bair.

[@windchimes8764]

the hero of time!

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

the hero of time, true

[@TimothyGod]

The hero of rhyme

[@ZedEdge]

The production value of these videos is ever-amazing. Showing examples of successes and failures for each technique - highlighting hitboxes showcased on a totally clean stage - slowing down time to show button inputs - and somehow getting dynamic replay cam on the event itself. I wouldn't even know how you accomplished most of this stuff - it just works.

[@watsonwrote]

The "boop" during the explanation makes this video a 10/10

[@aero6104]

0:51 Phew, that explains everything about why I sometimes miss my tether sweetspots as Samus. Thank God I'm not the one at fault, right?

[@MattLyte]

Incredibly good job explaining, melee is so complicated that a lot of time there are too many terms thrown around at once and it's hard to follow for people who haven't played it. The combination of visual and audial cues, synchronized up like you did, makes it so much easier.

[@Savestate]

Few things, Link's tether is subjected to random chance; he does not always sweetspot it. There is a radius of 5.4 melee-meters around the tip of his hook, and when every single chain in the tether is within this radius, the game despawns the hookshot and checks to see if Link is within grabbing range of the ledge, if so he sweetspots it. The variance of this check leads to inconsistent sweetspots, and his ledge detection code also uses the previous frame's position for checking whether or not to sweetspot which compounds onto this inconsistency.

[@beansprugget2505]

So his reel in doesn't always works since he can move faster than 5.4 Melee units per frame?

[@Savestate]

@ No, it’s more like the reel in animation has so much variance that his position can often times be too far from the ledge in one direction or another once all the chains in his hookshot are within the hook radius check.

[@LilacMonarch]

Still a lot more consistent than Samus's though

[@Stupidiusity]

Melee is both sick and digusting lmao

[@Stupidiusity]

I guess we won't talk about the slight drift to the right Aklo input after his tether to space outside of Zain's back air, or the timing on his own back air to make sure he got a reverse hit and sent Zain back offstage. What a beautiful interaction.

[@Taktaagic]

I'm so freakin happy seeing Link doing well in Melee. I love Melee Link so seeing cool stuff like this is dope

[@rafaelarevalo8047]

probably my favorite channel

[@TerminalEleven]

Thank you for making this video. I love short and concise melee videos showing off cool things you normally don’t see. And well edited!

[@davidlejenkins]

It's been 4 months and bro just casually comes back with a heater. 🙏

[@chrismolina2145]

The way he uses air dodge to get close enough to the border and use his hook shot, but then he tilts a little backards to evade Marth's b-air and reading that Marth must use his up b to recover and he uses that hit to wall tech and reach out the border was amazing

[@wayne8691]

I dont play melee, I barely follow the competitive scene anymore and yet I still love all those videos and the way you explain every little thing that make the play insane

[@Pyroptere]

Your videos have such a high quality, informative, very well illustrated with good rythm and showcase awesome moments! Thank you so much for your work!

[@agustinflores9677]

“There is still so much more melee to be played.” Those words from the kid hold true more and more every year.

[@LinklightToo]

your editing and story telling skills are incredible. you took a 10 second moment and turned it into a super engaging 3 min video. well done sir :)

[@BelieveInUrself93]

subbing because that production quality is unreal. its not just the breakdown but the presentation of it. phenomenal work, makes me want to start smash again.

[@PaulStryker]

Amazing! Congrats on making such a good content, very well detailed and fun-to-see!

[@JKess-rh6fc]

Love the detailed breakdown and visual aids. This game has so much under the hood, it's nice to get the specifics.

[@kuro4493]

This is so well explained ! And the visual representations really help for someone like me who know Smash but not to this degree of knowledge. Thank you very much ! 🔥🔥

[@timothyn4699]

never knew about wiggling out of tumble looks like he directionally air dodges back, but man that wall jump for invincibility to avoid an attack as well is insane! great job explaining and showing it all

[@kittenmagician7416]

Super cool video! Great explanation and pacing, very helpful visuals, and (most importantly) you didn't waste 30 minutes of my time with additional fluff to pad out the video! This is the kind of stuff I love to see in my recommended. Great job!

[@notasquiremario3299]

he's back! HE'S BACK! also i need to watch this top 8 man.

[@milo4885]

This one pretty entertaining and well made for something so short, good stuff! Time to indulge in the rest of ur videos!

[@valentinperrot35]

Man, your content is so high quality. Every time you drop a video is such a pleasant moment.

[@mannymoo]

This videos are expertly made. Well done. Very helpful explanation and perfect visuals👌

[@JRocka114]

That breakdown was IMMACULATE!!! SUBBED!

[@mr.snulch]

The quality of this guy's videos will never cease to amaze me. And yeah, those link hookshot recoveries will always be rad.

[@EvilPainNova]

Very nice video! I like your style of music and the way you visualize your explanations.

[@nenzonenzo]

Dont even lay melee - this was a treat to watch. Well done !

[@StudebacherHoch]

Welcome back

[@MrHitchslap]

Wow, superb editing (and thank you for keeping it short!)

[@RighteousCrow]

Incredible moment, great analysis as always

[@aeon3valefore]

It makes me so happy that Link players are rising through the ranks.

[@mrm64]

I got this game in 2003 if I remember correctly. To this DAY...I still can't believe we've broken it down THIS much. The graphics in here are phenomenal. And I hope Aklo takes his first major W soon too. Same for Junebug and his DK.

[@quinnemann]

Fun fact, Samus actually has another way to avoid the tether hop: walljump. It's super useful especially since it provides invincibility and you can act out of it very quickly.

[@Quasartist]

I fell off of Smash a long time ago, but I knew this kind of thing would happen eventually, man. I knew the low tiers would start coming back and being explored. Too many older players and smash gods focusing on what's meta and saying x character sucks and isn't worth playing, yet here we are. I think AMSA really set the ball in motion with his legendary and unheard of Yoshi run, and then recently there's been a huge resurgence of Donkey Kong players too. Now we got a Link taking games off of Zain, one of the best players to ever pick up the controller. Crazy set.

[@NyxTheShieldOFFICIAL]

The unsung hero in that interaction is the fade back tether after the airdodge forward, incredible presence of mind from Aklo!

[@Kosmicd12]

How does that actually work? Is that pushing right+Z or how do you influence link to go backwards there

[@NyxTheShieldOFFICIAL]

@@Kosmicd12 It would be airdodge forward > zair > inmediately press backwards to fade back. It isn't that complex of an input but to have the presence of mind to read the offstage coverage and make that decision is insane haha

[@TheLordWoly]

Always a banger

[@ThatLuckyBear]

Sick video. Love this channel instantly!

[@Shiradrenaline]

Amazing explanation. And goated backing track. Grade A stuff from you as always.

[@_Alopecoid]

I never knew Samus' tether was just pure rng, thanks for this info so much lol

[@agreen2688]

Finally someone wins with a player that's not Marth or fox, this dude just prooved and outplayed the Marth, Fox and Captain Falcon slackers :) I'm happy now :)

[@RamadaArtist]

I love that decades later we're still getting unexpected characters in top level competitive Melee. 20XX never actually came to pass.

[@boyboy2000ful]

I love that I knew about this tech and regularly use it many years before this video came out.

[@daj1000]

That breakdown was insane. Algorithm just recommended me. Fantastic breakdown!

[@jamesyoung4604]

Yessss so glad ur back and covering aklos link

[@Duffy_SSBM]

Great stuff as always!

[@cedricrust9953]

we are blessed to have people like you, AsumSaus, Walt, c0rnflake, Chaler, GRSmash and others making these videos. Thanks, man!

[@davestrides]

love your videos. incredible as always

[@matlit1859]

Amazing. Miss your music man hope you make more

[@GoWxGaiA]

Another banger with great editing!

[@Staff936]

great video, editing, and animation. Also learned something!

[@chadnorris8257]

I love that someone won with Link. The character that made me pick up a Smash game at all, since I'm not a fighting game fan.

[@GCLU]

He's back!

[@Gwerf1]

I love the edit at 1:14 😂gave me a good laugh

[@survivorofthecurse717]

"Stop soundboarding the Taco Bell Bong! That's like an 8 month meme! Stop! STOP!!!"

[@puunk_9240]

Thank you Fraser we love you Fraser

[@Kayoh1122]

Aklo also faded back as he shot the hookshot into the stage to avoid being hit. He covered every single option from zain that led to zain being able to safely recover. Dude was thinking at the quantum computing level.

[@mariotaz]

Great breakdown!

[@torreywhiting5402]

Peak returns!

[@SuperFern]

Godlike editing 🔥

[@Smoofmaster]

Nice touch at 1:11-1:21 showing the mixup that zain was trying to cover. I feel like some breakdowns could really benefit from this sort of thing.

[@davec8385]

Incredible moment love to see the link!

[@julianfraredavis2842]

how do you have such perfect information? your videos are next level

[@byronbroughten]

A move so sick it shook Melee Moments out of slumber. Hell yeah.

[@spectralflapjack]

I love how "Tires don exits" went from a meme to being made manifest as low to mid tier character mains begin rising through the ranks.

[@whosaidiwantedahandle]

I never knew about wiggling out of tumble. This game never runs out of tech

[@f1shn0td3d]

Any day there’s a new Melee Moments vid, it’s a good day

[@WorstRivenNA]

great video as always

[@piplup10203854]

1:26 Is why I love Link so much. Link was so much fun to play and high level link is just so cool to see! Look at how barely the tip of that blade comes to Link's face!

[@isacroma7760]

Fantastic play !

[@NonisLuck]

Awesome editing 😊

[@TheTechnopider]

I fucking love tether recoveries, it's part of what I love about samus. The amount of mixup/route potential you get out of airdodge -> grapple alone both positionally and timing-wise is way more immense than people think. So many little ways to recover with grapple correctly. Also, this isn't a correction because it was true for aklo's case here, but I think ppl will find it neat maybe. For samus and YL, there is a third way to avoid the pesky grapple pop-up. If you set it up right (usually by dangling a lil bit before reeling in) you can do a walljump. Samus particularly likes this into immediate up b cause you end up getting a lot of invincibility out of it. Anyways thankyou for subscribing to samus facts ... editing to say I forgot to say this video fkin rocks

[@oldenoughtowatchify]

why yes, I will spend 3 minutes of my work break watching the newest Melee Moments vid. Thanks 😎😎

[@shamtune]

the goat returns!!!

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Awesome video!!

[@LRXC1]

Amazing stuff

[@gerwique3146]

melee is beautiful and so is this video

[@elliottchen7947]

AKLO MY GOAT

[@michaelsong5555]

Melee really did Samus dirty. And Kirby dirty.

[@miike3o1]

MY GOAT HAS RETURNED

[@MrJakedasnakeman]

The editing on this , for someone who isnt super well versed, is insane. I wisht they taught college classes on this level

[@badjaosh2272]

right when i thought i was out, melee reels me back in.

[@maelstrom218]

I feel like wiggle out is pretty underrated at the lower ELO I play at. Having sooner actionable ability out of tumble is just such a huge advantage that not many people seem to realize is a thing.

[@mario4154]

Is that a Melee Moment I smell?

[@ArtiphTD]

Fantastic video! To be honest, I'm surprised you didn't also put focus on the burst of drift that Link himself gets out of starting his zair, because Aklo cleanly drifting backwards with it was essential in getting him away from the hit that was coming at him.

[@crocs_n_socks]

The best part of this is how if you blink you miss 1000gigatons of raw brain power and skill. And if you don't know what is going on, you'll never know why it's so special.

[@foxxtail06]

I've been seeing my friend do this with Link since 2002. I never realize he was doing some high level tech

[@Ross1221-0]

The wild part is i did this without even knowing it was a thing.As a kid i was impatient so when falling i would move the joystick rapidly cause intuitively i wanted to speed up and get back to throwing hands.