SWT NA East Group D - LeoN (Bowser) Vs. Wrath (Sonic) Smash Ultimate Tournament

[@ryngtolu4334]

I don't know if people realize the amount of stamina you need to reverse 3-0 a Sonic of Wrath caliber. That was incredible from LeoN.

[@joshuabannister8904]

That‘s what i‘m saying! And don’t forget that he sd’ed in game 2. Leon just never freaks out and has one of the best mentalities in the game

[@doomslayer8431]

@@joshuabannister8904 facts

[@cspt4034]

@@joshuabannister8904 j

[@phy_]

let's GOO Leon! this match up is a nightmare

[@luroluroluro]

Honestly is not that terrible for Bowser, at least offline. As a Sonic perspective, Bowser never dies and that’s scary. I would say it’s obviously in Sonic favor’s but really frustrating to play.

[@joshuabannister8904]

@@luroluroluro thats fair

[@Dc-pm2hi]

@@luroluroluroI used to main sonic, this mu was definitely scary. People think sonic can just easily kill but that is not the case, sometimes it's really hard for a sonic to get a kill even with spindash because people can sdi down and that will get them out of the move. With spindash not being an option his kill options are mostly back air, fair, and fsmash. As the meta evolves, even you can probably notice that sonic players are reverting to edge guarding rather than doing the basic spindash fair because people know how to get out of it now lmao. Sonic needs to work a lot harder than you think, when your down 2 stocks with him it almost feels impossible to win sometimes. Of course I don't main him anymore, but I have the muscle memory so my sonic is still extremely good.

[@luroluroluro]

@@Dc-pm2hi yeah, Sonic can struggle to kill after some percents, and a patient player like Leon abuses this in the mu, reverting the rage in his favor. Also in my opinion Sonic has some issues catching Bowser’s landing. You are going to trade a lot more than you wanted to, and camping Bowser is meh. I am not whining about my main, just saying there are some objective issues in the mu in which Bowser can apply his gameplay effectively.

[@brennenpeters2914]

@@luroluroluro lol my catchphrase while fighting bowsers with sonic is "please die" while bowser is at 175 percent. Not that leon gave wrath much of a chance but the first few frames of sonics down air will still spike bowser out of his up b. Also dropping down from ledge into back air will also beat his up b

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

Wrath’s spindash is on point , dodging fires and pressuring shields But Leon’s adaptability is on another level

[@shikarixox1195]

Win over Wrath and Dabuz. Leon said he's tryna be top 20 this season 🤌🤌

[@willycheez7218]

I think he's landed it. Bro has wins over people like Tea as well

[@thickfrog5177]

He only really loses to top 15 people so he has a good case

[@voodooedits785]

@@willycheez7218 that was season 2 IMO he’s top 25 atm

[@chefgoldblum1450]

How on earth does someone keep their composure as bowser vs a really good sonic. I feel like somehow leon just convinced himself he was gonna win no matter what.

[@adomali87yearsago.71]

He’s *the* bowser, he’s very good at keeping his head in the game

[@flaksturmAILD]

@@adomali87yearsago.71 it's wild what you can do with a fast character that can routinely survive past 200% with plenty of random kill options.

[@franciscojaviernoriegaramo5658]

12:38 super punch vs powerfull kick.

[@Toomuchmetal12]

As a Sonic main I can tell you that sometimes you just wanna forget homing attack exists. Sure it's high risk (hopefully high ) reward, but if it misses, it's literally a 'Press B to die' button

[@paulgentili1425]

True, just never use off stage

[@Toomuchmetal12]

@@paulgentili1425 you can use offstage as long as you're above the stage horizontal line. That's how you know if you Up B you'll make it back

[@Xxblade17]

Deadass your stuck in endlag and cant recover

[@black_deus]

Real sonic mains can recover safely from a bad homing attack

[@Toomuchmetal12]

@@black_deus ehhh...the thing is that the lag after a homing attack is so bad that if the opponent is good you basically get punished for free out of shield. Its even worse when you get that animation where sonic hits the floor and has that weird get up animation. I've even had people spot dodge me RIGHT as I was about to it so I'd get that animation and they punished me. I used to play in tournaments all the time and even played against some of the best and know firsthand good players don't let you just get away

[@kyleflournoy7730]

I've talked to wrath about his play style. And his philosophy has always been just play normal and evasive. And even if you don't kill them, don't change it up because that will put you at risk. But this set shows that that doesn't always work. You can't let Bowser survive past 200 that many times and still win. It's just too easy for him to randomly kill you at 100

[@mrjollyguy25]

Oh snap are you K.I.D. Goggles on Twitter? 😂 I've been seeing you everywhere

[@kyleflournoy7730]

@@mrjollyguy25 Follow for more quality analysis lol

[@mrjollyguy25]

@@kyleflournoy7730 lmao you and I had some seeious disagreements before on there but you seem like a good dude so perhaps 🤔

[@tasium5296]

This man got as much mental stamina as a boxers physical stamina

[@DFJW45]

as a bowser main I really want to see Leon win a tourney

[@Erik_Montesinos]

You mean like a super major? Leon wins plenty of tourney if my memory serves me right

[@DFJW45]

@@Erik_Montesinos Yeah exactly

[@2FadeMusic]

@@DFJW45 he could win a major not a super major lets be honest

[@DFJW45]

@@2FadeMusic Yeah, which he has won majors, but yep no super majors that I know of.

[@iatetheinternet]

Leon is so good at remaining calm in disadvantage and coming back. Patience and letting Wrath make mistakes, big respect. Wrath played so well though, up until the last few games. He relied too much on side B and most importantly imo he didn't anti air Leon at all. Leon was just jumping constantly at the end and Wrath didn't challenge it once, he also never went out to edge guard. Great match though 👏

[@patrickschott265]

Let’s go! LeoN is goated!

[@albertm.7190]

No dislikes? Guess LeoN won xD

[@mrcasual9557]

I only disliked because I hate Coneys fake forced laughs.

[@mrcasual9557]

Coney "What's your favorite part of this song?" Other dude "The bass kinda goes" *Literally no reason to laugh but still does it*

[@joshuabannister8904]

@@mrcasual9557 bruh, why are you mad about that… also, Coney didn‘t even commentate this set

[@Depths17]

That's not coney

[@patoa3481]

@@mrcasual9557 Coney living in your head rent free

[@vvirtualvviolence283]

This is my favorite commentator meta in SWT so far

[@charliehenry239]

as a sonic main and a bowser secondary this is really interesting

[@joshuabannister8904]

the fact that Leon is in Losers is a crime

[@voodooedits785]

Nope Dabuz and ESAM had better game count so that’s why LeoN is in losers so deal with it

[@shaderu3402]

@@voodooedits785 no need to be so caustic about it, geez

[@anthonyoliveira4252]

Why these fighters are not using special?

[@chilisauce2333]

Quite glad that Leon saved us from a pika v sonic grand finals

[@stonguy5274]

Why wrath doesn't gimp Leon with his up b offstage ? Is it not a good idea ?

[@loadingname5499]

Leon is popping of rn! Keep it up my man

[@voodooedits785]

He’s in losers

[@loadingname5499]

@@voodooedits785 yeah but after a 2-1 record with one game difference. He did really well

[@lgamingnp3612]

@@voodooedits785 i hve seen u hating leon in some comments, stop doing this type of shits

[@voodooedits785]

@@lgamingnp3612 I’m not hating on Leon it’s just unfortunate how he’s in losers and I’m saying being in losers bracket rn isn’t “popping off”

[@lgamingnp3612]

@@voodooedits785 ic sry for my misunderstanding

[@theslayer2360]

*DO NOT GET CHEESED*

[@Luisinuay]

wrath spaming homing sttack made him lose, also didnt edgeguard bowser properly

[@luckyshot6193]

why isnt wrath signed by an esports team?

[@Smikay]

Nice game, but does he know what he means

[@ColmK83]

Wait if leon beat wrath and dabuz why he in losers?

[@ryngtolu4334]

Dabuz lost to LeoN, LeoN lost to ESAM, ESAM lost to Dabuz, and all 3 beat Wrath. In term of games won, all 3 won 7 games, but in term of games lost, ESAM lost 4 games, Dabuz 5, and LeoN 6. So because of that ESAM is #1, Dabuz #2, LeoN #3 and Wrath #4

[@Kanoog]

As fun as Gamera is, it's sometimes to annoying taking a beating before getting a stock haha.

[@axshnjxsn2571]

Well game 4 Leon is just game 4 Leo with an N.

[@gamma_dc8289]

As sonic. I HATE this matchup lmao

[@illmatics2456]

So glad LeoN came back from this, all sonic players fake spindash 24/7 and stall time. no skill

[@Skyrura]

Boring, I can agree No skill, hard disagree

[@GawdTy]

You don’t play sonic so you don’t understand just how amazingly wrath controls spin dash. A lot of things he does is frame perfect or knowing exactly when an activates etc. if you ply sonic it’s amazing to watch if you don’t it’s just boring spin dash 😂

[@illmatics2456]

@@GawdTy Sonic is just another cheesy character. Anyone can play sonic and avoid engagement and play like a pssy but, that's not my style. Im actually good at the game, and don't need a cheesy character to win lols

[@lgamingnp3612]

Playing like wrath is no some small feat to do it was just that leon played really better here

[@brennenpeters2914]

@@illmatics2456 but wrath didnt play like a pussy lol

[@getrjidjjj4886]

Sanic the Ledgecamp

[@alewis17]

Are you not allowed to suicide in tourneys? Bowser had like 3 chances to win on that last match

[@brennenpeters2914]

At this level of play, the risk vs reward for a boswerside can be super risky

[@evanspasky8588]

wrath was hard carried in smash 4 by cancelling spindash, he can't do as well in this game lol

[@jesussalvadorgonzalezsando2412]

DAM LEON!

[@BOCABEATS]

Leon 🐐

[@Novaheroan]

MatPat call out

[@AQuuRious]

This Matchup is TRASH but this set showed once again that leon is the best of us!

[@Sirius6216]

first also pyra has best chest in smash

[@HerefortheHorns]

Palutena has best legs in smash

[@ryngtolu4334]

Peach has the best ass in Smash

[@azuremoon4372]

Ike has the best everything in smash.

[@nthegr-vg8od]

@@azuremoon4372 Dude's cut as fuck

[@tinyt.w.i.m7291]

@@azuremoon4372 we like Ike

[@jacksonbrandstetter1727]

The commentator omg focus on the game lol

[@noforwhat5767]

Ayyyy

[@samuelkernohan267]

Nah Matt pat has terrible sonic opinions

[@michelrussell2014]

I hate fighting sonic

[@ADHDeez]

Sonic has got to be the most annoying character to play against. All his moves look the same, so it looks like hes just spamming. Its just repeat sonic ball coming at you from every which way. Couldnt even watch any more than one game because the sound animation was driving me crazy lmao

[@scadokasim7871]

This is the 100th comment

[@darkwalkervisiondominguez1691]

This game is unfair Sonic is too bad of this game

[@VerseBruh]

Sonic needs a moveset redesign