The TOP 10 MOVES in Smash Bros Ultimate

[@jamesmkay]

Lmfao Esam: what do you do against charge shot? What do you do? Link: *stands still*

[@ItsMerCy_8976]

NAIR

[@bobloblaw4361]

And Hero

[@finnb287]

HE'S JUST STANDING THERE- MENACINGLY

[@wowhxwatches7572]

It can still hit sour spot on the head

[@writhracing1642]

Fucking dead 😂😭🤣💀

[@quantum6637]

Neutral B’s are 3 out of the top 10 *Happy Kirby noises

[@Pigmcginnyrig]

Poyo not there

[@AcidArmy_]

He just meant the copies are good, not kirby’s neutral b (although Kirby neutral b is quite useful in many matchups for him)

[@shoutenry]

My favorite dumb smash fact is that Kirby has a winning match up against Falco because he's dramatically better at laser camping than Falco.

[@papersonic9941]

@@shoutenry are you talking about Melee? Because if so, getting the succ is too hard for Kirby.

[@loadingname5499]

@@papersonic9941 he means ultimate i believe, because falco can actually camp effectively by spamming with his gun but when kirby copies falcos' laser, he deals more dmg

[@Mazlow23]

Deep Breathing I think deserves a honorable mention.

[@obmarte3803]

Yeah I was kind of shocked not to see that

[@Staticsheep28]

Suddenly everyone has a zero to death

[@nimcie8377]

Surprised Hero down b isn’t on here

[@nathanlevesque7812]

When I was trying to come up with the most broken combination of moves from different characters I went with deep breathing and monado. I can't imagine a better combo.

[@thesadfather1239]

I was surprised not to see banana

[@alessandrorivera1736]

11 to 20 would be cool, because i wanna see Lucas ftilt

[@synthesiageek4667]

FUNDIES

[@krisjolt]

Sonic FSmash

[@Kragglover2003]

Yea

[@Hoodlet]

FUNDIES

[@Kragglover2003]

@Loki The trickster -_-

[@phoebe5114]

Quick, summon Vishera, let's give EVERYONE Peach Float

[@supersts7628]

special smash -> apply super leaf enjoy!

[@phoebe5114]

@@supersts7628 lol I forgot the Leaf is a thing, thanks. That'll be fun later!

[@NostalgiaConnoisseur]

I just had the stupidest idea. What if Peach's float let you go up and down instead of left and right?

[@hideokojima9090]

@@NostalgiaConnoisseur that’s called jump and fast fall

[@NostalgiaConnoisseur]

@@hideokojima9090 I mean I guess it would be like a really big 3rd jump

[@theswampexpert7679]

Ness Magnet is starting to become the new Shine.

[@vanquish1333]

Larry Lurr DID say that

[@Elias256-l]

But nothing shall reach shine levels.

[@mitrimind1027]

They should probably remove its release hitbox.

[@Wissvm]

you can even do 20xx combos

[@SP_Sour]

Shine if Shine was actually balanced

[@fruitlion8]

All these fancy fighters with supernatural powers and uncanny acrobatics, and most of them still lose to a simple gun.

[@Sponsie1000]

to be fair, gun is primarily good Because he uses it with fancy acrobatics :]

[@nathanlevesque7812]

an airsoft gun at that IIRC

[@HarryPotter-gt1mg]

And a funny flat man with a parachute

[@Hennu_TRM]

to be fair, gun is the result of thousands of years of advancement in weapons design and technology throughout human history

[@Ult_Trickster]

I'd be interested to see a Top 10 Character Mechanics. From Ink, Arsene, Auto-turn, character swapping (Pyra/Mythra and PT), Limit, GO, Mining/Crafting, Tipper (or Roy's sweetspot), Desyncs (I don't know if that counts), Tough Guy, etc. etc.

[@aidanshim7606]

I can see Monado being the best, along with Arsene and Deep breathing

[@Ult_Trickster]

@@aidanshim7606 Yeah Monado and Arsene definitely up there for one of the best

[@philipcarlson2625]

deep breathing

[@marin9412]

@Ramen Physics22 mon ado arts and deep breathing are moves. And peachy float is def the best secondary ability, above arsene. He even mentioned it but didn’t put it on the list bc it is not a move.

[@bruce4139]

Yes! That would be good

[@-feonix48-47]

I’m always surprised when deep breathing doesn’t make these lists, seems like most characters would take it over their down special

[@jmbw4271]

oh god. that would be crazy.

[@zerovking7629]

Probably because of the gimmick of having to timing it and it being slower every time you use so while it does boost your damage and heal you a bit it doesn’t matter if the time the move is active is bad and how you can only deep breath 1-2 time a stick because of how slow it can get and opponent won’t let you get deep breathing activated

[@-feonix48-47]

@@zerovking7629 that’s a good point, the fact that wii fit is as oppressive as she is off stage let’s her get away with it more than most other characters would

[@kadabraguy9846]

Could be that he just considers Monado Arts to be better. Sure they each have drawbacks whereas Deep Breathing just buffs Wii Fit, but the huge amount of startup on subsequent Deep Breathings forces Wii Fit to play without it for a lot of the match, while Monado Arts have 5 separate cooldowns and so can be used constantly throughout the match.

[@phoebe5114]

Deep Breathing Incineroar. Have fun dying at 10% off the right blast zone from the left side of FD.

[@unholytempest665]

Prediction: 5/10 moves are pickachu’s

[@quinnthomas3775]

Speaking facts

[@garorade]

No maister is carried

[@peterraffoul4072]

@@garorade ok?

[@camrynolivia2996]

you are not right somehow

[@yuugen2199]

Only 1 was, you lost the bet now give me 100$

[@cactuarneedle]

i always thought mewtwo should have been another character to have a float like peach. it makes sense, he is a psychic type after all. it was awesome in project m!

[@Bee-N64]

Ganondorf as well! He floats nearly every game he's in, and he desperately needs something good

[@vepcat4803]

@@Bee-N64 that would fix his recovery to

[@anthony432]

@@Bee-N64 That’s what I’ve been saying! If they’re not going to give him an original moveset, at least give him his float!

[@triplecharger8200]

@@Bee-N64 That actually sounds like a really cool idea.

[@kalminii-sama5000]

Just play with tanuki item on

[@danielallard2958]

As a joker player I can confirm. We do not know when you will have to tech. Its the ultimate mix up.

[@turtletimothy6950]

Could you imagine if G&W had buster mode with up-air

[@AverageDoctor345]

Each one would deal roughly 21%. Dear god.

[@pbz7572]

Omg that’s unholy

[@Metalc]

That would genuinely be disgusting. Most characters would guarantee end up taking like 100 damage

[@kiwifluorite]

imagine smash mode on up-b

[@MerryBlind]

Lol I had a feeling G&W would have more than one.

[@KiravTM]

I've never thought that up air was his second-best move but the more esam says it, it makes sense now

[@MerryBlind]

@@KiravTM Me neither. It does make some sense the way he talks about it. Personally I’d disagree, but I’m not the one fighting Maister either so I’ll take his word for it haha

[@loadingname5499]

@@KiravTM i have seen maister get consistently like 5 up airs in a row minimum yet i never thought how broken it was until Esam pointed out to Maister

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Haha yeah...can't wait for people to realize they have been giving up free punishes on that up-b constantly, because all of his landing options are exploitable--especially down air (you can literally just shield it...or jump next to where he will land to avoid the splash-box....or realize that it has zero horizontal coverage at any point of the move). Still a great move but it's definitely being overrated somewhat.

[@mathunit1]

@@nathanlevesque7812 Wow, you must be fucking god-like against GnW, unlike us mere mortals. 🙄

[@iv3477]

I understand why if you're not counting items but realistically Bonus Fruit should be an honorable mention, it gives you access to so many options

[@superscoobsses5633]

Absolutely, each of pacs fruit has so many diffrent ways to be used

[@kadabraguy9846]

At 8:50 I was thinking "damn he really rated up air as one of G&W's best moves? Where's up B?" and still somehow didn't see the number one pick coming lmao

[@CrossoverFan4life]

He did mention it was the best move or top 3 when discussing game and watch on his tier list.

[@Rasminger]

esam when he doesn‘t get a confirm on a character he never plays: “I‘m bad“

[@mathunit1]

He's...not wrong?

[@cinal6892]

I'm genuinely surprised he got the shulk spike at the middle of the showcase

[@ShawFujikawa]

That's poor old DK for you!

[@glxyplays9686]

Reminder that block is not just block, but also an anti zoning tool which leads into a x2. something boost in damage and knockback on half of your moves.

[@Sponsie1000]

Their Neutral B is not just Block, Block is in fact just Block. l think Esam was specifically talking about Steve's Block, not Steve's Neutral Special as a whole :]

[@justalex3880]

Honestly I’m just glad that ESAM tried to be as object and non bias as possible. Cause I was fully expected the whole list to be Pikachu moves. And it’s so nice that he actually considered other characters and not just like haha t jolt.

[@glxyplays9686]

The whole list just becomes pichu and pikachus moves

[@potatoeSSB]

He chose two game and watch moves and a ness move as hm, two of his worst matchups, pretty bias to me

[@garorade]

@@potatoeSSB but he's not lying

[@ShawFujikawa]

I'm honestly not sure that he's being non-biased here. The only characters whose moves appear on this list are either almost universally regarded as top-tier in the US (Pikachu, G&W, ROB, Shulk, Joker, ZSS) or are characters that ESAM is personally quite familiar with/favours (Ness, Samus, Min-Min, Steve). I mean yeah having a top 10 move would definitely make it more likely you're a high-tier character but not a single one outside of that? There are tons of characters in this game that have incredible moves that are just let down by the rest of their kit or their stats (looking at you, Incineroar).

[@potatoeSSB]

@@garorade no he is

[@arusu6478]

0:55 if you don’t believe him, then go into training mode as anyone who is not peach and do a combo with them while equipped with the tanooki leaf (the brown leaf that gives you a raccoon tail and ears)

[@707Pascal]

float is definitely the best character mechanic in the game. even stuff like jokers arsene and sephiroths 1 wing arent even close compared to how strong float is

[@jaydon__bmore0717]

@@707Pascal Fr if every character had float this would be a crazy technical game

[@707Pascal]

@@jaydon__bmore0717 yoo wait actually someone needs to mod that into the game omg it wouldnt even be hard to add since you can just give every character tanooki leaf

[@quantum6637]

The channel Frenzy Light has a video showing off 1 combo with each character with the leaf.

[@en3469]

@@707Pascal Isn't that a mode in custom smash?

[@kajin2422]

I personally think hero’s down b should have been an honourable mention at least or Link’s nair but this was a good list

[@matthewthomson2859]

Links nair??

[@kajin2422]

@@matthewthomson2859 Yes! Link’s nair is invincible when it starts up so it can take a fully charged Samus neutral special. Also weak hit can be used as a combo starter, while the strong hit can be used as a kill move. The move can be used as an edge guard, and can also be used as a Poking tool. It’s also a great move to use with his Z-drop bomb combo’s as well. I genuinely believe it’s a top 2 or 3 makes in the game, if we are talking about Character’s kit wise

[@marin9412]

I think link’s nair is the best in the game. And it’s even better in his moveset.

[@kajin2422]

@@marin9412 agreed!!

[@francoisturcotte3982]

Not to mention it is safe on shield if you space it and you can ledgetrap with it lol

[@liveoptimistic]

Honestly considering the honorable mentions, I'd love to see a top 10 unique character mechanics. With DLC there's so many crazy unique character mechanics like Arsene, Float, Shudos, Hero's down-b, KO meter, Go, min-min's arms, etc. It would be really cool to see them all laid out. Maybe even a tier list video? Idk seems like a great KZbin video to me so there's some free content for you.

[@ShiKaiNan]

Speaking of invalidating moves, I'm kinda surprised that plants ptooie didn't make it as an honorable mention. -Piranha Plant mains

[@SP_Sour]

It's a great move but pretty committal and not very fast. Ultimate just has *so many* good moves that a top 10 just has to leave a lot of good moves out

[@crimsonfrank8278]

I always stayed away from your channel for no specific reason but recently I’ve started watching you and it’s been very entertaining :)

[@notthatreal]

same

[@Tonjit41]

He strange, but he cozy.

[@acekun6493]

Psi Magnet kinda reminds me of melee fox shine lol, rarely does its intended job and just moves people from ledge to ledge

[@synthesiageek4667]

Lucas can use it as a ledge getup option/option at ledge, recovery option and gimp and ness can use it in multimags, as a combo extender or even as a get off me

[@incanusgris8134]

Yup lol

[@survivorofthecurse717]

Isn't it funny? In melee, shine was broken and magnet was as useless as camo for John Cena or bodyguards for Queen Elizabeth. In ultimate, shine isn't awful, but not extremely good either, while magnet is...

[@Triggered_7]

Just a small casual fact, you can give any character peach float just by applying the tanooki leaf

[@photographyraptor]

"It's called gun. And it's a gun. How did you not think it was gonna be broken" Honestly he has a point.

[@aldrinvendt8524]

Ok, I was gonna say when you were on number 7, "how is it not his up B? that move makes G&W's shield untouchable." glad I waited to the end.

[@masonarnold5930]

If he puts t jolt over monado arts im gonna lose my shit Edit: I lost my shit over gun being higher

[@invincibleplayz2192]

It def is amazing but idk if easier to use makes a move better since this is a top-level list. It’s easier to use mac smash attacks than monados but it def isnt better

[@captainmega6310]

@@invincibleplayz2192 well, smash attacks and monado arts are completely different types of moves

[@jonathanlgill]

SAME. I'm fine with Monado Arts not being ranked best move in the game, but Joker's Gun? Great move, but not better than Monado Arts. Shulk without Monado Arts would drop more places on the tier list than Joker without Gun.

[@jjjpppmmm111]

Cut to this when esam eventually rates every move in the game.

[@kikov69]

I agree with this list for the most part, but one move that I think could've been an honorable mention is Diddy's side b. A long range command grab/movement option that controls the pace of neutral AND can be ledge canceled for even more tricky movement. It kills at the ledge and the kick is very quick and long lasting with good kill power of its own. A fantastic move on Diddy kong and it would be amazing on any other character, especially one with good air mobility

[@aaronstuart8490]

Esam: #8 G&W Up-air Me: REALLY? BETTER THAN UP-B? like that move is busted but come on Me after getting to #1 on the list: ohhhhhhh

[@yarkster9_]

11-20 sounds fun but maybe like "best heavy moves" or "best DLC moves" or maybe best aerials or smash attacks

[@BedrockBlocker]

Moveset of the ultimate Chad character: - Inkling Jab - Ganondorf DashAttack - ROB / Incineroar DTilt - Lucas / Chrom FTilt - Falco / Snake UpTilt - MinMin FSmash - Ganondorf UpSmash - G&W DownSmash - Mythras Grabs - Incineroars Up-,Down-,Backthrow - Luigi DownThrow (guarantees grab combos and kills for ages) - Shulk Nair - Mew2 Fair - Ivy UpAir - DK Bair - ROB Dair - Shulk Neutral Special (Power of Monando) - Hero Down Special (Imagine Smash Monado with Menu boosts) - Bowser Side Special (command Grab why not) - G&W Up Special (Great recovery and escape tool)

[@Amaling]

I feel like in these sort of discussions, Duck Hunt can gets ignored a lot. That move is a whole-ass neutral, advantage stage, recovery tool, edgeguard tool, combo-extender and finisher. You slap that move on damn near any character and they become the best in the game IMO

[@carnelian5118]

Isn't it also a frame one combo breaker?

[@SP_Sour]

That move is nuts, but the thing a lot of these really good moves have in common is that you can just throw them out really quickly. Can you can only kick out one at a time, and I don't think it's fast enough to really mix things up like some of the moves on the list can. Even Steve's block, which *was* on the list, you can have multiple of them out, unlike can.

[@Amaling]

@@SP_Sour it doesn't matter that there's only one. Can is basically a bonus attack on top of what you're using anyways

[@SP_Sour]

@@Amaling Not just that there's only one, but again, it's a much bigger commitment than the other moves on the list. Not to say that it's not still extremely good, like you said it's really valuable to have that extra attack option. It just is outclassed by those other moves

[@JTK_99]

I’d love to see 11-20. I’m surprised to not see palu bair make top 10

[@pbz7572]

Or Palu Nair

[@alexholmes8714]

Or palu up air. Or palu forward air. Or palu neutral B. Or palu dash attack. Or palu down tilt.

[@pbz7572]

@@alexholmes8714 side B is Palu’s best special

[@alexholmes8714]

@@pbz7572 in certain scenarios sure, but her neutral has zero commitment and can basically invalidate certain recoveries on a lot of characters

[@invincibleplayz2192]

Explosive flame is so much better at stopping recoveries than that lmao. Watch nairo sets and see how many explosive flame kills he gets vs autoreticle

[@kwick_music]

my man had a heart attack writing the description

[@Rhy2412TitanGamer]

Surprised to see Command List, GO!, Shadow Ball, Ptooie, Bonus Fruit, or Quick Attack not make it in the top ten or honorable mentions. Just imagine a character like Sonic with such a powerful option.

[@bigtoblerone8446]

Ya Shadow Ball is basically Samus charge shot but even better at ledge trapping becuz it can hit you while you hang on the ledge. And Mewtwo has better air speed and dash speed than Samus so all the same combo extensions and confirms apply~

[@todtrash7799]

I was specting Dolphin slash but this video is pretty accurate

[@Brion15]

Banjos breegal buster is frame 4 and combos into it self up to 4 juggles at any percent plus it cancels in WW / combos. It’s safe on shield with little commitment plus gives up to 4 frame trap options to mix it up. There’s a banjo who beat Esam on his stream who showed this broken move .

[@pbz7572]

Fr???

[@mettatonex7221]

I was initially confused that he opted to mention Charge Shot over Bonus Fruit, but I guess it makes sense if you consider it with his "No item pulls" clause, since Bonus Fruit is basically just 9 different projectiles mixed with item pulls.

[@rookeyji5177]

Imo charge shot is generally better for characters than bonus fruit is.

[@tkoss6242]

Can't wait to not hear about Marth for 27 minutes as he has yet to receive the justice he deserves from Sakurai

[@NostalgiaConnoisseur]

Marth is actually a really solid character. He just gets heavily overshadowed by Lucina.

[@zephyr244]

Esam : flip kick is the second best move in the game Zss mains : * Kira's laugh *

[@equinox-XVI]

Surprised Link's nair didn't make the list. Maybe its because of his higher than normal fall speed, but I swear there isn't much you can do about it. Maybe hope they use falling nair and shield it, thats about the only counter play I can think of. But if they use it low to the ground, then its safe on shield. It combos, it gimps, it has like no lag for landing, it can kill with sweetspot at high percents, and its priority is actually stupid. (Remember charge shot from earlier? Link can literally nair it out of existence. It just doesn't care)

[@quantum6637]

I think that Ivy’s up-air is the best in a vacuum because it just does everything. It combos into itself, it deals insane dmg (18.9%), it kills on its own, it kill confirms, it juggles, and it is transcendent so literally nothing in the game can clank with it. I think that if a character has some other good vertical kill move like Snake’s up-tilt, than GnW’s up air is much better as not killing is pretty much its only weakness.

[@matthewgill3374]

Does it in validate character?

[@thunderd7904]

I think Bayonetta‘s up and side specials should get an honorable mention. Like ya, you need both of them to really make it work, but imagine them on literally any other character. Better yet, just imagine bayo’s ariels actually had kill power. It’d be smash 4 all over again

[@vick7868]

Ngl Bonus Fruit should definitely be on this list. A lot of Pac's moves deserve to be on this list, nair in particular, but Fruit is easily the best charge move in the entire game.

[@survivorofthecurse717]

Fruit being the best charge move in the game, I'd probably disagree on, especially when some ones are pretty busted. Saying that he has a lot of moves that should at least be top 20, on the other hand, I second that. Talked to a few people the other day about pacman, and they all said he was "universally big brain and balanced". Like, ok... He has a frame 6 oos with nair, fair is most times safe and combos, up air combos as well, bair is one of many confirms off of bell, dair covers some recoveries exceptionally well. So then they brought up the argument "They didn't give a zoner amazing aerials because Pacman is not a zoner. He's a freestyle trap character." But regardless of is he's a zoner or not, his aerials are busted. I tried to tell them that, but as usual, they say I'm wrong and they're right. That's when I play their game and won: mentioning Pikachu, who actually can be labeled as a freestyle character, has ok-ish moves. You can guess what happened...

[@vick7868]

@@survivorofthecurse717 the thing is that Pac is easy to pick up but hard to master. Im not gonna pretend that he requires an Einstein to do it but learning how to use all his tools in unique ways is pretty challenging at higher levels of play. I will say yeah... his OOS game is pretty insane tho. It still doesn't beat spaced attacks but he just kinda beats anyone who can't. Pikachu is honestly pretty balanced as far as attacks and combos tho, its really just the pancaking and maybe Quick Attack that people have gripes with. Also Bonus Fruit is easily one of if not the most versatile move in the entire game. It provides Pac-Man basically anything he could want. That and its weirdly insane priority is why I say it's the best.

[@survivorofthecurse717]

That's basically how it goes. Anyone can be hard to master, but pacman doesn't need too much to master. Both that, and he doesn't get screwed over from human error nearly as much as others are. Funny enough, the same people that said pac is big brain and balanced are the same people who said Marth was extremely OP. I mean, I try my best to use him to his best potential, and I find performing well with him pleasing, and sometimes even fun. But they won't let me. I mean, what am I supposed to say or do?

[@vick7868]

@@survivorofthecurse717 actually... compared to others Pac does take quite a bit to master. He just has a very diverse kit and complex kit, hard enough to master even withoutbthe added drawback that it can be taken advantage of due to the "double edged sword" nature of it all. This is why you dont see him a lot at top level play. Edit: also idk in what world people say Marth is OP. He rewards using skill with spacing. I dont see the issue here.

[@survivorofthecurse717]

@@vick7868 Ok, he has a diverse kit and takes a bit to master, but the point will likely still stand that he doesn't get messed up by human error Also, for the Marth part, I play him as best as I can. Those people that say he's broken hate his recovery, his rewards for "small brain and low skill activities", and hate how my tipper f smash read their Mega Man's "frame 2" fair

[@dcdubzgaming3846]

4:51 "pikachus backair is like better than the bottom 6 characters in the game"🤣

[@ha5541]

Even though it’s technically an item, Big Link’s bombs are broken af. They can be used defensively, offensively, and to recover. Not only that, but you can use them to do the infinite Z drop combo.

[@thepinecone8841]

Ok but have you seen PK Fire? That thing is SO BUSTED. Crazy damage, the multi-hit provides good shield pressure, gives you stage control so you can get items/break smash balls, kills super early, it blocks all projectiles on Mii Gunner, it combos into ITSELF and don't even get me started on the double Ness footstool tech.

[@bexvital11]

But what if you jumped over it?

[@Kairyu_Gen1]

What about Pyra's Down B?

[@imESAM]

LOL

[@casparoneill8091]

I feel like mii brawler axe kick deserves an honourable mention, maybe even a place on the actual list. Makes your recovery good both high and low with a big disjointed hitbox and scary to contest because it kills at 0 offstage while also being a massive OoS and anti air option that invalidates some characters and also stops brawler getting invalidated by sword characters. Literally just kind of does everything, I didn't even mention everything it's good at.

[@suskebier4340]

Perfect just what i needed

[@Metalc]

Glad magnet was mentioned

[@TrazzyStar]

I loved when you chose a move or two from each type! There are just so many moves that only choosing top 10 seems limiting

[@j.kwonder1669]

10:25 correction, if you also don't have a reflector like fox and wolf that is consistent or something like falco's or mewtwo (which only appears for a short time) and mario's too, then it's bad

[@anthonyvallad9553]

I would like to know if there is anything for captain falcon that i should use more.

[@th3on3thatb3atu]

IMO Game and Watch’s Up B is his best move, and down smash maybe comes next

[@Jay-mx5ky]

I think Shadow Flare deserves to be in the top 10 or an honorable mention. It breaks combos, forces neutral or disadvantage, extends combos, kills, does 10 per orb, is one of the fastest projectiles in the game, jab locks, and gives Sephiroth kill throws. Sure it's punishable at point blank but so is Gun.

[@aidanshim7606]

Oh yeah, Shadow flare is broken af. It controls the game when orbs are on characters, it forces characters to approach or choose a defensive option.

[@Jay-mx5ky]

@@aidanshim7606 100%, I think it's minimum a top 3 projectile, if not the best in the game. You have to respect it. On top of that you can't airdodge every orb starting at level 3, and also most people opt to go onto ledge and neutral getup, which is an extremely predictable and unsafe option, especially since you then have to deal with Sephiroth ledgetrapping you.

[@randyrandy351]

His down B is probably even more broken lol

[@Jay-mx5ky]

@@randyrandy351 The fact that it breaks, can be reflected even on hit, and only covers one side (not even above or below) makes the counter pretty balanced imo. It's kb scaling and damage is ridiculous, but its risk is definitely bigger than a normal counter especially from above and behind.

[@bran2045]

If kazuya was released at the time then electric wind god fist would be here

[@Tripledeluxer]

"Monado on any character makes them better" Kirby can confirm, theres a reason monado kirby is top tier

[@timothybyrne7698]

I remember game and watch had a custom move that slightly lowered how high you went but 33% but it was faster, did way more damage and had more invincibility frames

[@redshyguy7778]

Would love to see a top 10 mechanics video of something like that

[@austin0898]

I feel like Waft is up there on the list. Forces you to approach, kills super early, and versing wario is almost always a stock deficit

[@25Cyan.]

Especially now that they nerfed its startup time, Waft, for the most part, is only scary on Wario bc of his true combos into it

[@austin0898]

@@25Cyan. oh yeah, you're right. Without utilt/upair confirms it doesn't have the same effect

[@marin9412]

I do believe most chars would still be able to combo into it. Lots of them could do dthrow waft, dtilt waft or landing uair waft.

[@orboflight]

Kazuya mains crying in ewgf

[@writhracing1642]

“Do you have a Hylian shield?” Maybe link is a bad example 😂🤣 💀

[@ericirving9485]

Im in a quiet room and the intro legitimately startled me

[@pbz7572]

Plzzzzz do an 11 to 20 list. I would assume it would have snake grenade, tjolt, Waft, explosive flame, Sonic’s specials minus spring jump, leaf shield, double edge dance (Roy side b), Palu Nair and Rotor Arm in your list

[@staidanom]

I have to applaud your choice for #7. People largely underestimate that up-air. Not only does it trade, but because it's multi-hit, it'll outright BEAT all aerials. Deflecting it is risky cause G&W can punish that. If you're a heavy, you're easily gonna take 50% from a single nair - upair The only option you have is to go off-stage, really.

[@dovydasbra9666]

Before I watched this video as a lucario main I thought that his neutral B was better then Samus because it had charge hitbox and could change cancel combo be then I checked and realized for lucario neutral B to mach Samus neutral B knock back he has to be at 140% and to mach damage delt he needs to be at 170%+

[@fulcrummc]

5:30 Esam: What do you do?? *expects people to not know* Link, literally the opponent he has set: Dude I can literally just stand here and my shield would protect me- 8:30 Esam: It's the best 2-frame move in the game Dude it literally goes off the stage and hits you WHILE YOU'RE RECOVERING- not snapping to ledge- its edge guarding on stage-

[@cirlu_bd]

Magnet is busted because Alpha and Jo infinited with it in a very real tournament against very capable players

[@megaban7008]

Great video! Now forgive me, I got some critique. Ngl I'm flabbergasted that R.O.B. dtilt is on this list and not Gyro. Like yes I get it, he did not want to put items on this list cause technically anyone can use them if they grab it, but thing is: this thing gives R.O.B. so much it's not even funny. Death combos, unreactable mid-long range projectile, terrifying punish game, great ledgetrapping that can kill you at 20... This makes even dtilt pale in comparison (fun fact: I think Incineroar dtilt is better than R.O.B.'s, it's just one of them is on Incineroar) sure it is spammable and hard to play around, but it does not let R.O.B. kill you at 0 or hit you with an unreactable move from 1/3 of stage. If you can't play against R.O.B. with gyro in hand, you're doomed, while dtilt I guess you might take 30-50% more throughout the match. Yes, even if it's an item move, I'd still put Gyro in there if any R.O.B. move is to be here. Wow, it is very rare for me to comment on YT vids XD

[@joey5745]

ESAM can you rank all of the items? (gyro, turnip, Bomb etc)

[@spaceglaceon2077]

Also you can duplicate G&W up b by getting phantom footstooled within the first 4 frames of up b (may have been patched though). Basically you can use up b twice before hitting the ground

[@xxslomegaxx9574]

14:48 Can’t robin have aerial smash attack that can only be used in the air with leven?

[@hueschleckerziege8997]

No

[@baadarkdenk6633]

Esam “the best neutral b in the game is t-jolt Also Esam “the 4 best move in the game is manado arts. The third best move is joker gun”

[@10Tasteking]

What makes Charge Shot so much better than Shadowball (you didn’t even mention)?

[@hueschleckerziege8997]

Shadow ball is just so much worse than charge shot

[@marin9412]

Shadow ball is slower

[@10Tasteking]

@@hueschleckerziege8997 Wtf no? 😂

[@10Tasteking]

@@marin9412 yeah combined with M2’s speed that makes it an even better combo tool

[@samshapira8295]

Ptooie deserves some love. If PP was slightly better at approaching they would be stupid.

[@whaloob]

ROB with peach float waiting to side b you dead at 10% would be so busted...not to mention low fairs

[@brennenpeters2914]

Lol "ness is ridiculous" as he mains pikachu 😂

[@marin9412]

Being one of the two good matchup against pika kinda shows that he is good.

[@SuperOfTheJohnny]

I knew at least two of them were gnw moves when you put his up air as one

[@Sean-xc9im]

That is a pretty good list! That seems to be 10 of the most broken to where you can do the 10 BEST (but fair) moves.

[@lewishards5671]

I'm just curious, where would you put Yoshi down air. You know, a move that can deal up to 36%, does massive amounts of shield damage, can cross up shields, can kill off the top if you get a read and can lead to some combos. Imo, it's probably top 25.

[@mech2605]

I'm genuinely surprised that you put monado behind gun, shulk becomes a top tier purely because of monado whereas joker is still high tier without gun

[@NostalgiaConnoisseur]

Then you get Kirby with either copy ability and he's suddenly really good

[@kylel3784]

How do you even do the game and watch moves

[@LoKing1337]

Wdym?

[@bm1747]

Actual title: this is my one bad matchup and I hate it 🤣

[@LeoTakuVT]

My favorite games are Mii Boxing & Ring fit adventures.

[@ruipratz429]

what are your opinions on byleth up b then?

[@sauceman5337]

interesting that monado arts is #4. I thought it would be higher. Enjoyed the video!

[@kzplayz8540]

I was fully prepared to see him put t jolt number one lmao

[@ash1yn]

Can you do this again now with the final patch and character?

[@woxyinaboxy24]

Cries in Pac-Man's neutral b

[@beastmode7946]

Here's a problem with block being in this list, and how you placed different moves into the list (it would win games if you put said move onto any other character): if you put this on a different character that couldn't mine, you wouldn't be able to use the move because the character can't get resources, AND because they wouldn't have the resource meter, making that move irrelevant on any other character than Steve (unless you replace another neutral b that would probably be amazing on any character with mine).

[@jaydon__bmore0717]

These moves would be placed onto other characters in a vacuum without overarching mechanics being a factor. This means the blocks would be on the character without having Steve’s overall gimmick of mining and resource management. That’s why if he were to have put hero’s down b here the new character that has the move wouldn’t have to worry about hero’s mp gimmick.

[@gameknight1971]

What about ewgf?

[@ShadamAran]

if you know opponent is gonna flip jump on your head byleth down b is the HARDEST of punishes. I hit that in a local tourney the other day and everyone in attendance lost their ever loving minds. It was the highlight of the night and possibly the greatest read of my life lol

[@tylermurdock2166]

The guy’s name ESAM, his profile is Samus (basically), he makes Samus videos, but according to him, he’s not a Samus main. Huh.

[@IDK-bk1fq]

He's a samus main in melee tho

[@roboticoperatingbuddy5443]

“pikachu’s back air is better than the bottom six characters in the game” that’s a powerful statement lol

[@kingatlas268]

I've just kinda accepted that every character in this game is broken in some way. Everyone has cheese it's just about who can out cheese who

[@jesusbarrera6916]

No, half the characters are pretty useless and others are just easily good