Who Would Canonically Win? - Greninja vs Diddy Kong

[@SmashBracket]

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[@Ks10channel]

Ink I was binging the bracket out of my sheer love for this series and I realised this video isn’t in the smash bracket playlist. Could you fix that?

[@SmashBracket]

@@Ks10channel absolutely! Thanks for watching. Fixing it right now.

[@ElijahW2003]

When Diddy said "It's Kongin' time" and Konged all over Greninja, it truly became an episode of all time for me -I was gonna use "peanut-pop" instead of "Kong" for the joke but after a second of reading what I had just written elected not to lmao-

[@RedMooshroom42]

​@@SmashBracket can you do Sheik vs Greninja or Sora vs Shulk

[@thecursed_1lordofcats738]

​@@RedMooshroom42 Shiek vs Greninja could be cool, but based on what little I know of Kingdom Hearts, that wouldn't be fair to Sora. Shulk has future sight and universal feats thanks to the ending of Xenoblade 1 since he literally killed a god.

[@certainfriends]

Man it sure was crazy when Diddy grabbed the chaos emeralds and slapped Greninja into the moon

[@Chill-Noob1]

Other way around pal

[@ayhamal-dabbas9048]

​@@Chill-Noob1 dont ruin the fake spoiler

[@Chill-Noob1]

@@ayhamal-dabbas9048 🧐

[@ayhamal-dabbas9048]

@@Chill-Noob1 dont ruin the fake spoiler

[@mastertails5900]

No diddy win by calling sans and got a hot dog

[@leontriestomeme9712]

The alternate universe version of Godzilla vs. Kong

[@browncow5210]

Naw, that's going to be Bowser vs DK.

[@jaxonjaxon1069]

@@browncow5210 man i feel like that fight is gonna be hype

[@youngboi5680]

underrated comment

[@DudeYouFumbled]

Frog vs monke

[@RedMooshroom42]

​@@browncow5210 I think it would be Dk vs Ridley because I don't think they'd make people from the same franchise fight

[@leontriestomeme9712]

Smash bracket makes the fact that my memory sucks actually fun, cause I forget what episodes are in development and then get super hyped when I get notifications

[@canned3880]

Honestly, I was confused when I saw this out

[@counterfeitlemon]

I want to clarify that the calculation that Ink showed for Diddy Kong crashing into the moon was only accounting for the power required to make the moon wiggle by one pixel. So even with an extreme lowball, it was 6 billion times higher than anything else Diddy had. If we were to actually calculate it getting knocked out of the sky, it would be even higher.

[@exi_dudi2037]

Don't you know that special days where you knock the moon out of the sky, it for some reason isn't even bigger than a jungle but you need multiple hits to destroy a airplane? Can relate

[@counterfeitlemon]

@@exi_dudi2037 That's obviously because the airplane was made of Moon

[@exi_dudi2037]

@@counterfeitlemon I think King rool is made of moon as well. BUT THAT'S JUST A THEORY. A GAME THEORY

[@onLinkage]

Greninja is a tactical character with many tools at his disposal, he can break the laws of physics, he's a mix of tactical manoeuvre and brute force with sharp elegance at the forefront! 😎 !

[@buzter8135]

@@onLinkage he had no way around Diddy's insane durability, he gets outlasted.

[@themanwithaplan5425]

I feel like you are one the first Vs battle I have seen with Diddy Kong that gets his personally right! He isn't just a monkey (dissipate how he is portrayed in Smash Bors.), but I fun loving kid how is still trying to figure out how the world works! AMAZING work with portraying the characters (honestly, don't know why I keep getting surprised by your work)!

[@saxophonebuizel2458]

Fun fact trick and switcheroo are moves that allow you to swap or take items from the opponent

[@ezequielschlaen5992]

If you think about it, Greninja shouldn't have been abre to steal Diddy's potion, as he was already holding the mystic water. But I guess not being abre to steal becuase you already have an item is as illogical as needing a specific move to steal the item

[@a1marine105]

I mean to be fair greninja did even go ash greninjs

[@bruce4139]

Cant you steal an item but just not grab it if you have an item?

[@axillaryclinical]

That’s not how it works

[@Joh-o1r]

Greninja learns thief

[@Joh-o1r]

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[@Robertz702]

When I first heard of this fight, I didn't think that I would enjoy it but this blew me away. Definitely one of my favorite smash fights (along with Kirby vs Jigglypuff and Pikachu vs Pacman). I'm a bit bias since greninja is my main and my all time favorite pokemon but this was an awesome battle regardless.

[@braylenswain4017]

A fellow Greninja main!? I'm not the only one I'm existance!?! Impossible...

[@Robertz702]

@@braylenswain4017 Nope, the impossible is possible. I see another greninja has made an appearance. Looks like I'm not alone.

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

Greninga should have lost.

[@Masterxhaley]

@@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569 no

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

@@Masterxhaley Yes. They had to buff him by giving him 80+ moves which is obviously impossible for a Pokémon to have that many and assuming that Greninga was capable of using Diddy Kong’s items. Additionally, they did the opposite for Diddy and called his best feat an outlier just because it didn’t please them

[@himignicest1571]

dude, can i just say THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE, your channel is INSANE?? came from ur schraff video and I came upon your million underated works, like there's absolutely no way I thought this existed a few minutes ago, THE EFFORT IN EVERY VIDEO?? GOOD SIR THAN YOU FOR UR EXISTANCE

[@jasonbell8515]

Is nobody going to point out that thief doesn’t work with a held item?

[@John_the_Paul]

You almost scared the life out of me with that car shot

[@ElijahW2003]

Diddy Kong: **exists in general vicinity** Greninja: "So anyways, I started Water Shurikening-"

[@browncow5210]

The animated bits are looking slick. Looking forward to seeing that evolve in the future. This analysis got me wondering about something random. How does the ground type Z-move work in the anime? That one was always pretty insane looking in Sun and Moon.

[@kestrel7493]

Greninjas ability to steal items makes him a real dark horse depending on the matchup. Super star? His now. Chaos emerald? His now

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

Mario or Sonic are way faster than Greninga so no.

[@rodrickgoldberg2324]

Dang, I thought Diddy would have won because of the moon feat. But I can respect your reasoning for not really including it when comparing it to all their other feats. GG, Greninja. But future battles will push you to your limit! As for next time, it may as well just be Steve and Alex fighting. Zombies are straight up cannon fodder. And while an Enderman can be intimidating at first with their erratic nature and teleporting away from all projectiles, they’re not so bad against an experienced Minecraft adventurer with good equipment. Which I’m assuming you’ll treat Steve and Alex as such.

[@Gamer_27yt]

Not many people know this, but for the Minecraft Battle Royale, the Smash Bracket Team will be taking the novels into account. So don’t count out the Enderman and Zombies just yet 😉

[@rodrickgoldberg2324]

@@Gamer_27yt There are Minecraft novels? How can what happens in them possibly help Zombie and Enderman?

[@palmtree2711]

I love how expressive the animation was, the sprites were great and I loved the slapstick-style combat.

[@reygoh9944]

Why was the part where Diddy Kong popped out the flamethrower not in the fight, but in the post analysis section?

[@Toadiferous]

I feel like if we're gonna exclude things like Diddy knocking the moon out of orbit, we shouldn't really count Greninja's "durability" surviving things like Z moves in the anime. Greninja is built like a glass canon in the games, not a Pokemon with high endurance. (72 base HP, 67 base defense, 71 base sp. def) Plus he's Dark type which is weak to Fighting. Diddy Kong uses a ton of hand to hand fighting and acrobatics, so Greninja should be getting KO'd even faster. Greninja is also balanced around having four move slots, and Thief can't be used while already holding an item (Mystic Water). This fight did Diddy more justice than most people give him, but it really skewed Greninja a little too strong if you ask me.

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

They are just biased towards Pokemons. A Pokémon cannot learn 80 moves at the same time. And Diddy’s durability was higher.

[@cbfranco3307]

@@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569 "a pokemon cannot learn 80 moves at the same time" That's called game mechanics,but anyway,the real problem here is that they used ANIME feats. That's non canon.

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

@@cbfranco3307 That’s what I meant! In the games a Pokémon can only learn four moves and it’s not a game mechanic.

[@CARTER_IS_CUTE]

@@cbfranco3307 They can't only use game feats because it is nearly impossible to calculate them

[@CARTER_IS_CUTE]

@@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569 They have to use the anime for it because it is nearly impossible to calculate game feats and in the anime pokemon can know more than 4 moves at a time

[@bubbaj3314]

Fight was so smooth! Loved it. Good work to everyone who worked on it, as always.

[@jasonkoopman13]

I love how Kirby keeps just showing up in these.

[@dannyboielsegundo9873]

At the end of Donkey Kong Country Returns, if you beat the final boss with only Diddy, he slams his head so hard into the moon that it falls out of orbit.

[@Dracometeor213]

This was soooooo good man I can’t wait for the rest keep up the good work!

[@Ahahashir]

I really prefer the pixel animation, looks so nice

[@kingtallzilla6919]

Boomstick: I guess poor Diddy wasn't the "chimpney-ion" in the fight Wiz: Ugh. (Wiz proceeds to slap himself in the face) Wiz: The winner is Greninja

[@ultracommander8368]

No one absolutely no one: *PEANUT POP GUN!*

[@thegriffithwolf7071]

The battle was epic to see, I never thought I've ever see the fight like this, but it's nothing compared to the fights from Sephiroth vs Mewtwo and Ryu vs Lucario those were breath taking, but I do give credit for what you and the others did for fight and I like it a lot so good job.

[@vidvid5008]

Smash bracket: we shouldn’t count the moon feat as it’s a comedic joke. Me: A FEAT IS A FEAT!

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome video bro!

[@thomasroberts5624]

So pokemon get all there feats from there games,anime and manga but we can't usediddys strongest feat

[@Mrangrybird-vg1iy]

wait a minute... 13:13 you forgot the donkey kong barrel blast games and diddy kong racing!!!!!!! what do you mean he has no areal skills???

[@lemmy15yt]

Thanks, I now hold a grudge against greninja.

[@chihuzu]

It’s sad to see Diddy dying to greninja, despite me loving him. I really love this fight cause not only did it study their strength, ability, etc but they also have NICE art style!

[@sonix-artmore5548]

Don't worry, he's not dead. He just got bonked by his own guitar.

[@marioalbertomoreno3819]

not dead, just knocked out, Pokémon battles are, after all, until the K.O

[@caltontherobot7768]

well, i'm sad Diddy lost, but at least it wasn't gory, and the music track rocks. looking forward to the godly Minecraft Battle Royale, especially the Music track Skye will make for the Royale

[@caltontherobot7768]

@David Goldammer it could be anything, but it would be nice if they remixed one of the original Minecraft themes like Sweden or Pigstep

[@kingcandy2185]

Two things that Greninja actually needed, *mind-reader and Thief*

[@FinalSmash11]

Anyone else saw the footage at 6:23 and started expecting the worst?

[@dxrkness4802]

Oh shit I got a prediction right! I'm too proud of myself lmao Thanks for the feature

[@dxrkness4802]

@David Goldammer Nice! Also, yes. Yes it does lol

[@Sol_Z]

A Minecraft royale? I’m hyped now!

[@ElijahW2003]

Hmmm, personally I don't like considering things outliers, since in my opinion if it happened then it happened (I believe Ben Singer of Death Battle once said something similar in a Q&A,) but that's just my personal opinion. Can't complain anyway, my preferred character won lol. Solid episode overall!

[@djdjinn6340]

Loving this series so much! You guys do such great work on both the analysis AND the fight animations! Top tier stuff. Move over, death battle!

[@speedshoes29]

I’m surprised Greninja doesn’t use his Battle Bond ability in this match.

[@stylishgaby]

it's explained in the Greninja section : basically we didn't have an Ash Gren sprite available

[@Lechampion3]

@@stylishgaby i figured they wanted to save that for later

[@CookieGal-]

Pretty sure it has to get a kill to get that

[@speedshoes29]

@@CookieGal- It didn’t need that in the anime

[@pksprite6401]

@@speedshoes29 I thought he wasn’t supposed to be going off the anime (non-canon material)

[@mr.creeper6836]

Smash Bracket pokemon starter kit: Thousands of battles Under the guidance of a skilled trainer Poison bad

[@SmashBracket]

Lol this is too accurate

[@narrowlyavoid]

I think ya hit it outta the park with the editing! For Greninja's section especially, I loved all the little animations, small little details, etc. The fight animation was amazing as well, I especially loved how expressive Diddy was. Very excited for Minecraft BR, and hoping for a Hero BR also. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@davidt4827]

Oh thank goodness, I don’t have to choose between two of my mains (yet). I’ll admit I was expecting the villager vs Steve matchup, but this works to. This was also a pretty fun fight, I liked how both personalities were on display.

[@chaoscrow27]

I was hoping Greninja would win, but i=at the same time i was scarred when I thought Diddy was gonna be ripped to peices or sliced up at the end. Thank god he was just hit in the back of his head with a guitar

[@rockingpox2274]

So are you going to use Donkey Kong's moon punch feat in DK vs Bowser? I feel like if he doesn't have that then the fight would be a wrap

[@jaxonjaxon1069]

Probs, as it seems less comedic as DK actually used a Meaty Punch

[@buzter8135]

@@jaxonjaxon1069 Some serious mental gymnastics comes into play if DK gets the moon punch, as both scenes are functionally identical.

[@goldenphoenix3238]

Another amazing fight and analysis as always! I’m always late for the episode haha but I’m glad to watch it. Can’t wait for the Minecraft Battle Royale!!

[@StarWalker-si4nm]

This was really good and creative I loved this fight.

[@shinyberd]

I hope this channel blow up

[@thecapicorn4659]

Ah yes. Greninjas most strongest defense against Diddy Kong. The same day as my birthday

[@jax.8720]

You know I might be going insane but, am I the only one who thinks Sheik vs Solid Snake sound like it would be dope?

[@maximumearl963]

These battles keep getting better and better, I can’t wait for the next one! I really wanted diddy Kong to win, cooler character than greninja IMO, fight me comments section. But I can’t argue with the great research you and your team do, I was able to have ryu beat lucario, so I had to take some loss. TL:DR, this battle was great, can’t wait for the Minecraft fight and the alternate ending to this one👍🏻

[@pksprite6401]

Greninja is awesome, but I hate his analysis of the Pokémon using anime stuff. Like wow, Greninja survived a Z-move that it’s type is resistant too? 🙄

[@jdat6960]

Growl should work on the peanut gun. Moves like breaking swipe still lower the power of decidueye's spirit shackle, in which he uses a bow. The bow's power wouldn't be affected if attack lowering moves didn't impact weapons.

[@amongdrip8073]

​@@folmhaigh039How can weapons be biologically part of an animal tho?

[@amongdrip8073]

@@folmhaigh039 I'm talking about forged weapons, not natural weapons, you are misrepresenting my words.

[@amongdrip8073]

@@folmhaigh039 Besides it still doesn't make any sense, this is the same universe that can't properly explain why Cubones form skulls on their heads due to a really dumb origin story that falls apart under the scrutiny of an entire species.

[@themustachioedfish5988]

You know, Greninja's ability to steal items might let him beat characters like Steve or Link, who's powers mainly depend on items to be any good.

[@ShayZelle96]

Pikachu who is faster can learn thief as well so if they are applying it with Greninja when relevant I hope they do it with Pikachu as well.

[@GamingMaster-le1kp]

@@ShayZelle96 pikachu is not faster than greninja

[@davidgoldammer348]

10:52 THERE I AM GARY THERE I AM!

[@Fairgame7707]

So both fighters survived. That’s good to hear

[@thejester4130]

I know that this is going to be a nuts battle that I'll be glad to hop into

[@-neb-1342]

6:24 People who dont know: :) People who know: :(

[@Diegoooooo01]

LOL

[@jeremycabochan1077]

As a Greninja main and a Diddy Kong secondary I enjoyed this video very much!!

[@JRENZO10]

You have to go through 9:53 FRAME BY FRAME (or 0.25x speed) to see Kirby sleeping there

[@LittleJBD]

I saw that wile watching the vid for the first time with out

[@arrogantschmuck9593]

Ink: "We're not using the moon feat 'cause it's clearly a comedic scene and the physics don't make sense" Also Ink: "tHe PeAnUtS tRaVeL fAsTeR tHaN sOuNd" It's almost like the Donkey Kong series' style is inherently cartoon-ish and slapstick-y with unusual physics! I also want to point out that Diddy survives the explosion that launched him and DK to the moon in the first place.

[@stevenpowers5166]

The peanuts are much more consistent than the moon feat the peanuts aren’t used for gags they are used for gameplay but the moon feats are because if they were to count the moon feat even if it was to move one pixel it would be 6 billion times stronger than anything diddy has done also when did ink say that peanuts traveled faster than sound he said it was faster than most speed limits which is much much slower than the speed of sound

[@SmashBracket]

He is correct, it’s common knowledge that sound moves at 68mph

[@arrogantschmuck9593]

@@SmashBracket The faster than sound bit was a bit of hyperbole on my part. The point is peanuts moving faster than cars doesn't make much sense from a physics standpoint, yet you used that despite discounting the moon feat for being weird physics-wise. I realize that's not the main reason for not using it, but it's still odd to me to even bring it up when little about the DK series' cartoon-ish presentation makes sense from a physics POV.

[@buzter8135]

@@arrogantschmuck9593 At least someone said it.

[@reptilez5798]

imagine seing this on your monday stroll

[@technoneko8108]

What your analyzing as diddy shooting the ground with his pop gun, i always thought that was just him slapping the ground

[@Oretizm]

Why didn’t diddy just run at greninja when he was invincible?

[@mariowithcoolglasses3640]

Spoilers: When diddywas stuck in the vines I was scared greninja would just rip him apart

[@Panman11]

I thought it was gonna be a Tarzan death

[@braylenswain4017]

Lol same but I'm glad my boi has honor

[@marioalbertomoreno3819]

I was too, but Pokémon battles are until the K.O, so it makes sense to Greninja to just do that

[@pedropony9563]

yo this series is sick and I agree with most of the rules and I do disagree that anime should count but thats just my opinion but I feel like the pokemon should only have 4 moves as in the anime and games.

[@Alteeto]

The most underrated channel

[@endergeo116]

Also loved the Lloyd Garmedon reference XD

[@dekadoma]

6:23 thx now im retraumatised

[@vito6197]

I'd be lying if I said I was surprised.

[@zachnapa1191]

Wait a minute! The post analysis showed diddy Kong using his flamethrower. That never happened in the fight.

[@SmashBracket]

Haha you will have to wait for the alternate ending to see what that was all about

[@tylermadril9338]

That was such an awesome battle. It’s sad though that Diddy Kong was fighting a way more skilled opponent. I appreciate that he was only knocked out instead of brutally murdered or beaten

[@supersonicjayden3758]

5 Pokémon Battles in a row lol

[@tonycalderon2776]

If I may ask, if so many of the moves that Greninja uses needs a trainer, how come ash greninja wasn’t taken into account in the battle? Is it because it was removed? Or is was protein a better ability?

[@tonycalderon2776]

They did mention it in the video analysis but I didn’t notice, I can’t delete the comment for some reason

[@themightykingjosiah8810]

Based on the rules for feats/scaling on these videos, boy oh boy do I have a strong feeling Bowser's gonna get hell'a downplayed on his fight... who's he up against anyway?

[@molonjamesbert4796]

Bowser is fighting DK

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

Bowser and DK are both gonna get downplayed to building level and DK will win with this rule because they are gonna call everything they did an outlier.

[@CARTER_IS_CUTE]

@@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569 Read the top comment

[@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569]

@@CARTER_IS_CUTE ???

[@CARTER_IS_CUTE]

@@wiiu-theunderratedconsole7569 the comment said the feat was 6 billion times higher than anything diddy had done

[@SmashingPichu]

Diddy can take a lot of damage from things like getting shot out of a barrel and crashing through a rock, but if he bumps into a crocodile he gets hurt. My theory is that Diddy is immune to blunt force, but weak to sharper objects, which is a terrible weakness against Greninja.

[@grapely5131]

Umm no, that’s simply a game mechanic. For example, Mario survives a super nova in a cutscene, but in gameplay he dies from koopas and such. The reason that happens is that without being able to die in a game, it shows no challenge

[@TheKaizoMario]

Y'know, this makes me wonder what feats they'll give Luigi. I mean, he technically has the same abilities as Mario, but I don't know if they'll scale him to Mario.

[@Lechampion3]

Unless he fought pac-man lugigi cant use his mansion games

[@kermitthesuperluigifan3938]

5:53 I saw The Actual Peanuts! Hahah! (Aka the snoopy show)

[@JavaSmash942]

I liked the Ninjago reference, Ninjago battle royale one day?

[@eevv2229]

Ninja Kermit VS Monke! sounds like fun!

[@velvetslists6962]

For the Z move Black Hole Eclipse durability calc, wouldn’t this apply to every Pokémon that can survive the Z move attack ? Or is it specifically locked to only some Pokémon on this show ??

[@espurrman55real]

great, now we need fox vs greninja, 20XX vs 50XX, The ultimate showdown

[@MrBOWSERMAN1]

Doesnt Thief not steal an item if the pokemon has an item already, at about 3:00 u said Greninja would be holding a Mystic water in the battle but he was able to thief Diddys potion.

[@redwings13400]

One thing I've always found weird about these series is how everyone calculates durability and power. While this isn't true for pokemon, a lot of video game series classify durability in number of hits instead of force projected, which I think needs to be taken in to account. This essentially gives characters a set damage cap, meaning they can take any attack, no matter its strength, and have it count as one hit against them. This is why in games like mario, lava is such a powerful enemy, not because it creates a force that's dramatically greater than other things that can hit mario, but because Mario has no way of getting out of the lava, which means he will continuously take one point of damage at a time until his life total runs out. Diddy's moon scene makes sense when put in this context. He simply took one point of damage while hitting the moon. The actual force of impact is completely and utterly irrelevant.

[@marcusgrant9234]

Hmm a Minecraft battle royale now we're talking

[@SkootSkeet69]

our boy had this one in the bag

[@m0j026]

10:45 lol was that the tf2 banjo sound?

[@spiritbaki108]

Correction: the boat feat is incorrect, the thing that destroys the boats is the drum thingy, although it is still unclear if its with diddys strength or because of the thing itself, I think both

[@jasxonevans8696]

Dang I didn't even think I needed a fight like this. This was awesome hey can you enter Sora from Kingdom Hearts. You guys have the same potential as Death Battle has. Keep up the good work.

[@DJBurns-jq8mn]

Oh, the next match is going to be interesting. Steve and Alex are basically evenly matched.

[@Mac1081]

The next match is wario vs lucas

[@DJBurns-jq8mn]

@@Mac1081 ok

[@Shrvmpy]

and taking into account that this is with the help of a trainer, greninja could have protean which makes all of his moves do 50% more damage and change his type, or battle bond which significantly boosts his stats

[@crimsonstormsurge]

Seriously no battle bond man that’s unfortunate was looking forward to that but I’m sure the battle will still be epic

[@Larsvvv]

next battle looks good, my favorite 4 characters!!! also will just 1 person move on to the next round? and is it even a smash bracket S1 battle?

[@AmazedPIKACHU]

Gg. This is an epic battle

[@padriazozzriaorizifian8672]

As soon as I saw that Greninja could steal items I knew that's the key to victory

[@manperson2347]

Gotta put my bets on Steve. Beats Zombies and Endermen in game and has more experience than Alex. Im guessing he'll have to finish it off with something old school to catch Alex off guard.

[@aboodsart]

Finally someone who doesn’t use the moon scene as proof of their strength.(knuckles vs donkey Kong)

[@andrewandrews8073]

I haven't finished the episode, I just got to the end of the Greninja segment and I gotta wonder. Greninja's ability Protean didn't get discussed and it was a huge part in letting Greninja break into the pokemon meta. I hope it was considered. Now back to the episode

[@SmashBracket]

We considered it, but Battle Bond turned out to be the more relevant ability to get access to better feats

[@andrewandrews8073]

@@SmashBracket I just finished the episode! It was great 👍

[@villager9874]

The winner of the next fight gets to fight me

[@jaxonjaxon1069]

doesn’t matter because any of them could murder you in cold blood 👍

[@Needalittlespacerightnow]

It's Minecraft free for all

[@FastestAlive01]

Next time is pretty obvious. Steve kills zombies with his bare hands on a daily basis, it's, his full Arsenal is way more than enough to kill an underman and Steve has way more experience than Alex. Since Stephen Alex have the same abilities II guess it doesn't really matter who wins? Either way Steve or Alex both beat villager and that makes me happy. Yes, even with bracket rules Steve should win. Without them it's even worse for villager Anyways, this episode was great and I was very surprised with the outcome, yet you've convinced me. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@nightmare3642]

I mean, it's entirely possible for an enderman to kill Steve and same with a zombie.

[@FastestAlive01]

@@nightmare3642 Well yea, but if these characters are at their best then yea Steve or Alex win.

[@miner1226]

So I might be wrong but why did you not talk about abilities. Stuff like Torrent and Protean shown in the games. Wouldn’t something think that be important to these matches. I noticed this in the PAC-Man Vs Pikachu Episode as well where pikachu does have an ability to paralyze his opponents when he’s hit with a physical attack. Will and are these considered when making the videos? I’m just curious about this and wanna know more about this topic

[@counterfeitlemon]

I think Ink has been showing abilities off in graphics rather than talking about them directly, usually. In this video for sure, he had a slide about Battle Bond and why we used it for Greninja. I can't remember what he said or showed for Pikachu, but it was the paralysis one (static, I think?). We definitely take these abilities into account for the discussion though and try to represent them in the animation when possible, but that can be hard to fit in sometimes