How To Play Cloud Strife In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

[@n333ck]

"Let's just get straight to the basics. Now Cloud is a swordsman character" Thanks ZeRo

[@spirooooooooo]

wait wtf cloud is a swordsman? since when?

[@tajhill989]

Holy hell! Glad he cleared that up!

[@themidnightotaku22]

I personally like Ike more, he has better defense options & doesn’t need to charge a meter to be at full strength.

[@BL00DY-CHAN]

Swordsman ? ... But I thought it was a giant kitchen knife. :c

[@silversabre2537]

I thought cloud was Luigi this entire time... I’m still in shock

[@Kingboyw-wy7rw]

I have a suggestion for this tutorial series, you should have one match at the end of the video where you use the fighter you talked about, that way we can see these tips in action

[@Chzrm3]

I liked it before when he'd do a guide for the character, followed by him playing the character against another good player to show it off. I guess he hasn't had anyone around that's good enough for a showcase like that? Too bad though, it definitely tied together his earlier guides.

[@thisistherun4015]

Leffen's videos did this, and Jtails made a video of him playing online for each character he made a guide for in Smash 4. It's very useful to watch.

[@jrals6940]

Great suggestion

[@TheBoodercg]

Check his page out. After most guides he posts videos of several matches to showcase gameplay of characters he gives guides for.

[@zestesd3489]

Keller ehre xD

[@MM-gb3sv]

"Limit up b goes much further, making his recovery better" Misses ledge "See much better than his normal one" What a save

[@sb33doeznugget32]

M M exactly what i thought; he converts the fail to an example

[@SuperCam-sj5qq]

Yeah, but you could tell that the recovery is a little better still

[@theobonin9137]

Also kills pretty early

[@fiend3604]

SuperProCam yeah only just a little teeny tiny bit

[@JynxShimada]

M M he missed because he wanted to die on purpose to make it much faster to explain he limit up b

[@StickMaster500]

Local Smash Player yells at Cloud

[@thebigshot3082]

Pushes himself to the Limit.

[@Leo-fx8ub]

@@thebigshot3082 I thought these types of jokes were left in 2018

[@javierflores3144]

2018? Isn't that last year?

[@davidwang7626]

StickMaster500 you already invaded tf2 dont invade smash aglet

[@mlmario6010]

*Totally original and not dead joke 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂*

[@shfflx5005]

*Insert Joke about Zero not mentioning he's the top smash 4 player here*

[@jen1447]

*Insert joke here about Ness is Sans*

[@Michaelboi319]

@Frøzen Wołf *Insert joke about insert jokes here*

[@theweirdlyfriendlymushroom7920]

*insert comment of someone not understanding jokes saying Zero is the top smash 4 player*

[@PandaFan2443]

*insert r/woosh to the reply above*

[@avf6532]

*DELETES COMMENT THREAD*

[@JamesTaylor6]

ZeRo: Cloud is my favourite character in the game *Clouds usage in online dramatically increases*

[@Swordmaster7th]

It already is 50 percent of the time clouds online.. ugh..

[@MM-gb3sv]

That's why I love this community

[@zekushgod2474]

That is reason 1 why this community is worse than fortnite lol

[@Shikidiky]

Rip me I guess who used cloud in smash 4 and day one through now in ult

[@lieutenantpepper3421]

I still barely ever see Cloud.

[@xemthewildcard]

I'm just glad I can use cloud without people complaining he's too good

[@Vin50000]

@@Qulamity his run speed and air speed have not been decreased, in fact they are a bit faster so how is he slower

[@nowun6043]

CalamityGlows Cloud's speed is really good in this game, the engine changes have treated him really well. But yeah, they trashed Nair on top of all the other nerfs to his kit. They really should've left that one alone cause it doesn't even cover his own hurtbox underneath him anymore.

[@mountainmanplays5997]

There ya go OP... Someone complained lol

[@MasterShouter]

No problem, he's too bad now lol

[@terrorclawful]

Hes still high tier, but not top tier so lets not down play him

[@ChristopherMoom]

They even made weather playable in this game Madlads

[@suismarc]

ur everywhere on yt wtf

[@dreamsnicer]

@@suismarc doesnt that mean you are too? 🤔

[@buttermytoast.]

They even made a hole and a dark hole!

[@buttery_gooch6]

*EVERYONE IS HERE*

[@retierashia]

Chara Dreemurr - Christopher Moon Stop! *S T O P !*

[@gustavorodriguez8702]

What if you wanted to go to heaven... but God said *_GENKAI WO KOERU_* ?

[@buttery_gooch6]

LMFAO

[@ludec2713]

Nani?!

[@BootyDreamz]

NANI

[@Fran_5]

Then you spike God to hell.

[@Legpierna]

@@christianvirdo4416 no lol, they're different words

[@jazzissick4152]

The only real Cloud is R A N D A L

[@cherrypeachey]

R A N D A L *nuts*

[@wilsonchen1000]

FACT

[@ExceedRed]

But we're not turning hazards on. So RIP Randall

[@jazzissick4152]

@@ExceedRed Pour one out for our boy

[@kirbyfrog7382]

Randal the vandal?

[@jen1447]

Can’t wait for Rain to make an appearance in Smash Ultimate

[@user-we9pt4xg4j]

And Lightning

[@mannythelazyguy6529]

And scorpion

[@therealgj995]

And Sub-Zero

[@JordansoBASED]

& Knuckles

[@mxm_prime2191]

Rain, raining on your parade! (On X character joins the battle meme)

[@taskmagician4289]

Can this guy beat the best smash 4 player of the world?

[@ziron3591]

Idk he kinda seems like a show-off though. Almost like he was the best player in the previous game super smash bros for wii u

[@jamesharden1435]

it'll be pretty close man

[@nathannguyen1762]

he is

[@techno_letsgo]

Nathan Nguyen nah if he was he would’ve said it in the beginning of the video

[@popybut99dab46]

Nathan Nguyen r/wooosh

[@societyman9219]

3! 2! 1! GO!! C H A R G E S L I M I T

[@buttery_gooch6]

lmao

[@unseengh0st451]

MysticJ lol

[@blackshadexl]

This is so accurate....

[@MM-gb3sv]

Aaaaaaaagh

[@NeonNG]

*neutral special then n-air spam

[@javierflores3144]

Smash ultimate: Cloud Switch online: Worst Cloud

[@MM-gb3sv]

Brilliant

[@JynxShimada]

Debatable

[@meowtactic]

"I want you to have the same level of fun as I do" audibly said aww out loud. blessed smashtuber

[@foxmcfog7809]

😶

[@AcronymARES]

A reminder that we can now play as Sonic The Hedgehog, Solid Snake, Mega Man, PAC-MAN, Ryu, Ken Masters, Cloud Strife, Bayonetta, Simon and Richter Belmont and Ren Amamiya all in the same game. We've reached the point where we could make a match at the 8-player max and the only thing Nintendo-related would be the UI and a Smash Ball. How far we've come...

[@PengyDraws]

thank you ares, very cool!

[@groupmaniacs180]

Call me a degenerate if u want *who tf is ren amamiya*

[@georgeorwellgaming7898]

@@groupmaniacs180 Joker's real name. Why they didn't just say 'Joker' so everyone could immediately recognize it is beyond me.

[@funnyvalentine6670]

@@georgeorwellgaming7898 Actually in the game book. It's Akira.

[@spookyjailopossum]

insert joke about inserting a joke about that one time zero said he was the best smash 4 player in the world

[@raijinssb]

JustKiddingPika underated comment

[@Hazzzyyyyyy]

Thank you Zero. Despite all the nerfs I've wanted to main him in ultimate regardless of how good he was.

[@Diraldir]

pros are still listing him high tier..

[@Swordmaster7th]

So does everyone else. Literally I go online and 50 percent are clouds.

[@TerraTheWise]

Donald Trump Who’s listing him high tier? All I’m seeing is mid tier. M2K himself said he doesn’t think cloud is very good anymore and placed him mid tier.

[@crosby7785]

@@Swordmaster7th Really everybody seems to be using Krool spamming that damn boxing glove over and over

[@lordkira9791]

I never see cloud in elite smash @@Swordmaster7th

[@marcomendoza5513]

Hopefully this is still valid, I'm studying this like it was my homework lol.

[@jax8325]

I like that you show examples in the corner of the screen. Like I've seen alot of vids where people seem to forget that they can put examples in in post, so you don't get quite as good of an idea of what they're talking about. It's a simple thing, but it's pretty helpful.

[@stryfes6312]

I like that you show gameplay examples for some of the concepts you are covering. It helps visualize what you are saying and what it should look like.

[@trago4371]

I like it that you put examples from actual matches in the corners of the screen to help with the explaination.

[@ryankendall3716]

“How to beat M2K video”

[@waterlegend72]

Well done at SC 2019 bro, dont let the haters get to you. The game is still young and I know you will bounce back! Long live the Scarf Army

[@peterdeep5170]

Thanks man, I'm a cloud main, not a good one, but still a cloud main. I don't know Jack about playing, and this really helped

[@AC-fl1le]

YES ANOTHER CLOUD MAIN :D

[@LonelyMatt]

Let’s gooo that makes 3 of us

[@carlwebber4094]

@@LonelyMatt make that 4 since I'm a new cloud main after maining Joker for a long time

[@simbadg13]

"Cloud is a swordsman character" Fake news Cloud uses ninjutsu techniques, with a mix of bankai, and infused with haki

[@Rishkar-Peema-Pants]

He has a sword

[@33bee35]

He also uses Getsuga Tensho

[@micahtasler]

2:24 I thought I was the only Cloud player that knew how to do that, I haven't seen a single other Cloud do that XD

[@YoungWill163rd]

My boy ☁️

[@drumrollplease631]

This made my day. Tysm

[@phongg_ho]

That thumbnail is amazing, not as amazing as the Smash 4 flex

[@charlesgray6385]

Liking the use of the second screen to show examples ZeRo. Keep doing this in the future.

[@MattyHAM]

No matter how hard you fight Cloud, she's not coming back

[@YourAverageLink]

Too soon man...

[@chrisscout17]

You can't do that...too far....

[@tonyblessing9391]

"All is Forgiven"

[@BL00DY-CHAN]

Man... The feelings...

[@MileHighMonroe]

Dude wtf

[@Bansheegoes]

YES!!! I’ve been waiting for you to drop this guide! FF7 is my favorite game of all time, so when everyone was complaining about his nerfs, I knew I needed to play him lol

[@ball0n134]

Finishing touch: extremely lethal attack that does around %1

[@matthewbrunner6372]

Yay, thanks for covering Cloud Zero, he's my favorite character.

[@trafa5096]

3-1 against Mew2king POGGERS

[@cherrypeachey]

POG

[@Sebastian198910]

Thanks ZeRo. Now you covered Cloud and Link which are both my mainly used characters. Even if I‘m pretty bad at Smash, this helps a lot to improve.

[@shybaka2892]

How to play Cloud: Step 1 - Go to a corner and charge your limit. Step 2 - up air aggressively to intimidate your opponents Step 3 - dash back and forth to intimidate them again. Step 4 - wait for them to come near you and pray that your limit break hits them and breaks their shield.

[@buttery_gooch6]

fr tho

[@antimatter8126]

good evening

[@jordonroy6574]

Step 3.5 - run out of limit because you only have 15 seconds and remember this isn’t smash 4.

[@hypergreedgaming9590]

i'm actually dumb/crazy enough that i will charge cloud in a corner doing all that

[@greeny3382]

When you play cloud as if this is smash 4 and lose in tournaments

[@miguelgarcia-tinoco1805]

Hey man those are really good videos. I took a break right after brawl and started playing ultimate. Been thinking about maining cloud, this is exactly the content I needed. Keep up the good work 👍

[@thebahooplamaster]

Every time another tutorial comes out, more hours of my life somehow disappear

[@Route_2_V11]

Same as you i really love playing as cloud. Learned a lot from this guide and im starting to understand some of my losses. Thanks zero!

[@jacobedwards207]

Hey man, I love all of your smash videos like this. I mained cloud for a bit but stopped recently because I couldn't get a good grip on his neutral, hopefully this will help. :) For your next one, would you consider doing R.O.B? I've mained both R.O.B and cloud throughout my time with ultimate, and i'd love it if I could see some tips for him, because I haven't seen any online as far as i've looked. Only commenting this ahead of me watching the video so I have a slightly smaller chance of being seen in the horde of comments to come, but can't wait to watch :) Thanks for reading and have a great day dude

[@faradaybed7805]

Yesterday's S@X was won by a R.O.B. player, you can check out the VODs on VGBootcamp and learn a bit from it

[@errrcc]

Zero thanks 🙏🏽!!!! Been waiting for a cloud tutorial. Such quality content. No other smash tuber compares! 💯

[@Royges]

You haven't watched many I assume because Zero is good but when it comes to tutorials there are a couple of better Smashtubers in my opinion.

[@errrcc]

Gerardo Ponce let’s hear??? Cloud guides?? I don’t see any other youtubers putting their controller buttons on bottom of screen so I can see what they press at exact time

[@WillowTheWitchy]

Step 1 watch anime Step 2 play the game

[@BingBangPoe]

Watching ZeRo videos with subtitles on is really fun. 2:40 "Limit Climhazzard" becomes "Lemon Clem Hauser".

[@raeidm.raunak4927]

Can you do a Marth/Lucina tutorial? I want to know some combos and kill confirms for them. Thank you.

[@puppymonkeybaby3692]

Raeid Raunak keep your space and spam tilts and air tilts with a side B when there is an opening .

[@Jay-vd2jn]

Raeid Raunak if you can time it good enough, lucina’s fast fall nair 1 can consistently combo into foward smash. cant say much for marth because his tipper sends them too far away. also both marth AND lucina can do things like down throw back air or up air and uptilt to uptilt to upair at rly low percents. lucina can also combo fast fall nair into another fast fall nair into a fair just like chrom.

[@ryanrj7500]

Blade beam deserves even more credit. Love using it on those Ridly dash attk spammers...completely shuts their game down. Also a great for edge protecting considering range, if timed right you can get them before getting under the the stage for that safer recovery

[@char1194]

This reminds me of the time ZeRo 3-1'd Mew2King in smash

[@tykomckellar7719]

This reminds of the the time Sky was gay

[@kyles5960]

It’s sad because dunkey and sky aren’t friends anymore

[@DanBlabbers]

Last night i literally decided to main Cloud. I watch every one of your videos and was looking for a tutorial!

[@The_CJLevy]

When is Mii sword coming

[@icicleditor]

He has shown that Swordfighter is pretty good, with a kill confirm and everything!

[@MM-gb3sv]

Best character

[@kevzf]

My friend hates mii characters and doesn’t let me change his up B kill confirm :(

[@jamilf9947]

Age of Dreams because mii characters are just ugly, unimaginative and lack the backstory that every other character has

[@memeteme99]

@@jamilf9947 what

[@JustifyMyLuck]

These tips really assisted my use with cloud ☁️

[@globoiitsuna]

GENKAI WO KOERU!!

[@Brawneteer]

This was actually really useful. I personally don't like using clouds n-air due to the range of it being lackluster compared to up air and f-air. One thing I'm surprised you didn't touch on was using the up special as a combo finisher out of an up throw or down throw.

[@kdwil1999]

Yay ZeRo finally reviewed my main😄,thanks for the tips😁👍❤

[@HeyThatsAaron]

I know you said that you weren’t as interested in Shulk but a guide like this for Shulk would be amazing.

[@lastotter7282]

Make a how to play Bayonetta cos after the nerfs I have no idea how to kill without relying on Bair at 130% or Fthrow at 180% cos Up air send at an angle so even if you manage to ladder someone after the nerfs directly and indirectly through the engine at 150% and seeing them fly off at an angle is like wtf Edit: plus, looks like what’s broken about her is her bones when she lands cos that landing lag bruh .-.

[@Marcusjnmc]

you want to be in the air as much as possible, because landing lag is ass & ground game is worse, & you want to combo out to the side for stage control, & kill off the side if possible, because it's the only good thing you've got left outside of air game , also try to cross up the opponent whenever you can in neutral, ig, hope some of that helps

[@lastotter7282]

Broadbull, Enabler of Uncounted Combos thanks for the help, sucks that bayo sucks tbh, yeah I wanted her to be nerfed but like Nintendo, wtf, could no one see that the nerfs to Bayo, DD, Sheik (and kinda SSZ) were too much, i’d rather be able to play my main instead of waiting for months to get “small buffs to gradually bring up to power” ._.

[@sakutaro3musik486]

@@lastotter7282 wtf am I reading here... Cloud can get some more nerfs and the others are finally fine

[@jamilf9947]

Sakutaro〈3musik cloud is very balanced, if not for his Nair being overnerfed but yeah

[@mudskipz5089]

I yesterday no joke scrolled through the channel to see if he made this video yet, then he does. Bless!!!

[@Chris-nw2lf]

Zero how do i play the best character in he game wendy?

[@konsuno8143]

*you don't.* as a wise man once said

[@TheSoulThatSpeaks]

Oh yeah yeah

[@grim7240]

Herb Man jesus such a dick

[@carlwebber4094]

@@grim7240 what did herb man say?

[@AlternativeTactics]

You are such a hilarious memer and then you make these serious guide videos, is there anything Zero can'd do!?

[@mw2401]

clod lost his nair/bar range R.I.P. clod 2015-2018

[@grant9437]

Zero’s outro is the most wholesome thing I’ve ever heard

[@Onewolf101]

Drop a new tier list 👀👀

[@marais9243]

Cloud is my main and ZeRo posted this video today, on my birthday. Best birthday present! Thanks!

[@Xdawso]

Reluctant on watching this guide after what happened :/

[@Thebettermaster]

His guides are still helpful regardless. His actions outside the game, obviously are not okay. Stop being dramatic and just watch the guide.

[@Xdawso]

I don’t have to watch it if I don’t want to. But I agree I was dramatic. My cloud is goated now.

[@oneechanknowsbest615]

@@Xdawso you didn't have to comment either, but here we are

[@bash6519]

Ssb seems to be a game that’s easy to pick up very freakin hard to master. As someone having trouble getting past the initial pick up and play skill level I really appreciate this guide.

[@miguelc2164]

Still tripping out when people got booty tickled by Zero saying he was the best smash 4 player in the world. He placed top in all his matches and you are here watching his videos so why you crying?

[@zipzzo]

Is it really such a mystery to you why people get annoyed by self fellating? Like, I don't think it's any mystery why people get annoyed by it, whether it's true or not.

[@miguelc2164]

@@zipzzo well it's his channel, he is showing competitive strategies, he is in a competitive scene. In any competitive sports people carry around medals or belts like in boxing, ufc, and wwe.

[@deleteduser8574]

@@miguelc2164 2 things. 1: good counter. 2: I'd have to agree. Humans are such strange beings. Going around to meme on people on youtube when they could ya know... Be playing cloud in smash ultimate? It doesn't make sense to get angry at someone for stating things they can prove with their statistics. It's not like he mooned everyone mid stream or anything of that sort.

[@IcarusUnite]

I’ve waited for this guide for so long thank you

[@Sweeps]

Cloud is great, he was my main on smash 4 and he is even better here (not really he was nerfed but he feels better in this game)

[@zxtempo]

I love the ff music in the background

[@Lyr00]

how to play incineroar ????? :D

[@tajhill989]

Yeessss

[@charlesswedenburg9449]

My main

[@waypastcoool]

Plz he’s my main I need a guide to him

[@cherrypeachey]

:D :D :D

[@cxstarfan]

DansGame Furries

[@Jesus-cy9iy]

These edits getting better, i see you papa z

[@novasZK]

How to play Cloud: Simply charge limit in the corner

[@emberavenge7162]

this aint smash 4 chief

[@LBorigin]

Wrong game

[@jordonroy6574]

Novas then lose it after 15 seconds and remember this isn’t smash 4

[@NeonNG]

It still works wtf are you people saying

[@jordonroy6574]

Neon TNG it’s literally the most trash strategy you can use when playing cloud. Camp limit > miss limit > Camp limit > miss limit > Camp limit > Get timed out because you took 0 stocks and they poked you for more dmg than you poked them

[@Gillhawk]

Love the picture in picture! Thank you for all your hard work!

[@loganmiller7827]

Can you make a completely beginner's guide for complete noobs? I'm so bad at this game and I don't have any idea of how to get better.

[@Dani-cz7kf]

Izawsmash has very informational videos about how to play starting at the beginner level, hope the vids help

[@jesuspereznunez3407]

Online will improve you a lot.. and, even though you loss, keep fighting online

[@loganmiller7827]

@@jesuspereznunez3407 My main's GSP is about 45,000. The characters with the highest GSP are the ones I've never played. And if you didn't speak a language just sitting there making random noises isn't going to help you speak it. If I don't know how to play then playing online isn't going to teach me anything

[@matthanyfiedtano4175]

Babydaisylover Based on your reaction to Jesus I immediately can tell that the reason you can’t improve at this game is because you don’t actually want to get better at the game. You seem like the type of person who would do the same thing every game over and over, wondering why you can’t improve.

[@loganmiller7827]

@@matthanyfiedtano4175 I did try watching that one guy's videos but I didn't understand what he was talking about

[@RCTricking]

Thanks for the guide! I realized I wasn't valuing Cloud's Side-B enough, so I'll have to try throwing it in now

[@thishandleisntakenyethaha]

How to play corrin!

[@netweed09]

Midgar looks beautiful with Switches new shaders. No more muddy textures just being up-ressed to pass off as full HD

[@Max-qb5ui]

Hey twitch

[@thisistherun4015]

I voted in Cloud and never played him much in Smash 4, just because I thought his weakness offstage wasn't for me. Now that I'm more experienced I'm not worried about that and I'm more than happy to play as him in this new game. Thanks for the info!

[@baptisteboyer996]

Put exemple of real match is a good idea

[@Susanchacon1979]

Let’s just get right to the basics... F-smash.

[@NoahGrill]

Cloud is so fun in ultimate and glad he's very fair while being extremely fun he just makes you feel cool while playing him

[@zoegillespie1900]

At least it's not Wendy

[@lastotter7282]

Zane Gillespie you mean you *hoped* it’d be Wendy*

[@ItsCrashh]

LastOtter No

[@samuelbaugh4952]

YES! I just started playing cloud and he’s a ton of fun to use! Thank you Zero, this will be very helpful for online!

[@e_b06_duro_yurichgabriel42]

Why does isaac's hand look like a pp

[@pieroescobar748]

fuck i miss zero...

[@III-db8pl]

same man 😔

[@Voyajer.]

I don't

[@pieroescobar748]

@@Voyajer. good for you i guess...

[@newyorknole2225]

Really interesting. I play cloud's neutral a bit different. I like to mix it up with his slide attack which you can often catch players off guard and combo with up tilt or side tilt

[@MrLego275]

memes memes memes

[@gumballgb]

I'm pretty meh at Smash, but watching your tourney matches really helped with how I play Cloud. I really like to cheese my opponents with down tilt if they try to juggle me

[@randomname9291]

Claim your “I was here before Daniel cotton” ticket here

[@temp1326]

?

[@randomname9291]

@@temp1326 He's a random guy spamming zero's comments telling him to come back and he's really annoying

[@swiggityt.v.5971]

Leaving my mark on KZbin History lol

[@OmeganKryist]

I’ve also found using the cross slash to stop aerial momentum to be useful. Though of course only in a few situations.

[@IPODTheinFormalGamer]

pepega

[@mrclean2022]

Ah was hoping you'd talk about edge guarding. I'm trash at the game in general, but with cloud as my main, edge guarding seems super tough with him

[@Littletony525]

hey twitch lmao

[@nianiwhite5052]

Appreciate this video, can you do a entire video on Clouds back air. Best ways to practice RAR When to use tilt cancel back air When to do the backwards dolphin flip back air. How to ledge trap/ what ledge options does back air cover. What characters can challenge his back air and just in general what characters orntypes.of characters give Cloud problems and what do you do to mitigate that. Thanks for your awesome video.

[@SASCHERS]

OwO

[@bronzemuseum504]

thank you so much for this Zero, i love Cloud and needed this

[@MineNAdventurer]

One of my favorote things to do is use limit Climhazzard to kill them off the top when they're at 150% or so. Just to style on them with a non kill move.

[@fizzie2301]

Thanks for the 2 tutorials I needed 2 days I a row

[@khaosform8525]

Thanks man, this helps alot. I have been liking the fair alot more in this game, very helpful!

[@yungjet00]

i love ya Zero, keep kickin ass. we need more vids of you destroying people! appreciate all the tutorials and info though

[@annecasa1]

Samus next? Could be useful for people who main her and if new combos are found it could raise her up the their list (probably not by much).