You one thing at the end. Samus is your main if: You want to be the bane of Leffen's existence. Also, when does "Are you a Giga Bowser Player?" Come out?
Mate giga bowser? People like you really disapoint me like you have to take this game seriously like he looses so many matchups like master hand is much better bro.
a couple additions: samus requires much harder commitments on average than other characters, while also struggling to cover multiple options. generally speaking she is combo'd the least out of the whole cast, but she may take several hits or lose a stock while trying to regain stage control because of how easy it is to cover and punish her attempts to regain position. generally speaking, samus struggles to cover multiple options, and she is more open to punishes than other top characters. on top of this samus has worse mobility than other top characters and thus struggles to gain strong positions while escaping bad ones. one thing plup is able to leverage into success is his ability to maximize samus's mobility when he recognizes an opportunity to take a good position. thus i think kira should've said "samus is your main if: you have a strong situational awareness and want to use knowledge & fundamentals to outplay your opponent. on paper, samus is kind of a worse character than you would think, but learning and playing samus allows you to test every aspect of your opponent.
Dude this is spot on. I've been maining Samus for about 7 years now, and what you just described is exactly what I feel. Kudos to you. I've been tempted to switch back to Falco, my original main, for years, but Samus has me on a leash for these exact reasons.
You knew this was coming, but I feel like I should ask anyways. As a player that doesn't have all his fundamentals/kinda sucks, is samus a good choice to main/secondary? (i main sheik at the moment)
+Chocolatnave123 i would just keep playing sheik, but ive personally never tried maining a worse character in order to improve my overall skill. but im sure you could get a lot out of studying top samuses, since a lot of their decisions tend to be very specific reads.
I would say: play whoever you want. You can learn and get better with any character. If you desire to play Samus at any level you are, just do it. Heck, there are people who just goes straight to Fox because.... well, you know....
He's also has a very entertaining UA-cam channel. He's my favorite Smash content creator, in fact. Edit: I need to start paying attention to comment dates, sorry. :(
In Smash 64 and Melee, Samus was my favourite character to play as, and I think this video helped me understand why. She's a control-oriented character that's also capable of hitting hard and pulling off some flashy moves, while also having just enough weight to take hits as well as she can dish them out. I fell out of love with her in Brawl onward since she just doesn't feel right to me in later games. A lot of her moves lost their punch and she became floatier. At least that's what it felt like to me.
The best samus right now (2022) is TheSwooper going by results of recent tournaments. Its great that melee still has new players rise up and perform in tournaments and personally I love seeing low-teirs. TheSwooper epitomizes Samus's defensive style and likes to troll on the ledge, go check out his W against ibdw its a great set.
Mostly I main Samus because Metroid was my goddamn childhood. But her spot in the meta is exactly where I like my mains to be too: technically the underdog to all the high tiers, but able to win against every single one.
Samus is your main if: *You played 64 before Melee.* _Reasoning:_ - High percentage before losing a stock (Like Dreamland only in 64). - Spacing dependant. - Drawing out matches and waiting for openings. - "Simple" in a sense of follow-ups, but can still be creative. - Slow and floaty, but still has weight behind her.
You're a Samus player if: You're on the search for Leffen's B. You want to.... Hey Nice Shot Hugo! You don't want to die Horizontally. You want to JV5 a Kirby player.
***** You know something? I wanted to believe. I hoped to god that some funnyman wouldn't say this. Worst part is, I knew it was inevitable. SOMEONE was going to do it. And bam, the very first response, "marth is a girl lolol". I'm not angry, tylin g. Just disappointed.
Minimu5e The climber's ages have never been explicitly stated, you fucking mong. How do you think commentators get away with saying boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife?
Minimu5e Yo, chill fam. Besides, you wouldn't be saying all that if you knew she looked like this under that coat akairiot.deviantart.com/art/nana-is-cold-warm-her-up-477759023
Matthew Zakrzewski 3 problems with that link. 1 it's deviant art. 2 it's by the dude who made etika's fat titty robin shirts. and 3 i ain't warming shit up. i'm just an innocent boy, how dare you try and corrupt me with these dirty links!
As a Samus, you must be proud when you spam and never apologize! If they're giving you space, you'd be a fool not to take advantage! They're you're rockets and they're your God-given right!
Yo kira. You should do a video series that goes over the functions, pros and cons etc. about certain characters in doubles. just an idea. Good videos man
fav samus main would have to be hugs, just put so much into the matchup and showed us all that while she's not top tier character level, she has some wacky sauce
how do i improve doing forward aerials while moving backwards? the distance between the X button and the C-stick makes it diffucult to get the out fast or consistently, and its much harder to just use the A button.
practice for 3 months straight lol, if you practice an hour a day you will see results going from X to C-stick left is much easier, try that first. I think i might not even use the c stick to the right personally but im not sure
lol thanks for answering but ive improved my tech skill and i just use x and am quick getting to the c-stick I really wish i could implement tap jump/y jump into my play, both for different reasons, but both are so unnatural to me
The little ball! Let's CALL it an escape bomb! “Down and then B Button” can be used to skip frames before going outside the map! BECAUSE the bomb escapes skip frames you're like a ball of 4 frames instead of like a character of 20 frames! IF you know when to put it you can save yourself from some pretty neat moments!
Guided-missile + fast missile + guided missile+ small bomb is really good too! It helps you get range attacks and get close at the same time! By the time the bomb ball is out you know which strike you're going to use next! Big lover of Samus here!
In your Samus Advanced Techniques video, you mentioned that the video covers only the more basic and widely used techniques, and that even harder techniques would be covered in a later video. What left is there to cover, I wonder?
samus brethren let us herd together. whether you are from 4/3ds/pm/b/m/64. we are unique, we love our character truly and we support her despite how many times we had to play neutral to take a stock.
Well I fit practically none of that criteria at the end, but i'm just used to playing Samus anyways. Years ago when i'd play melee with my brother frequently, I would usually pick either Samus or Fox, and more often than not it would be Samus. Now that I play frequently again, I just specialize exclusively in Samus, because I figure it will allow me to "git gud" much faster than otherwise.
You forgot to mention Westballz, best Samus player world. Naw, but in all seriousness, what about twitter.com/GreenSamus ?? Def the best Samus main in Japan.
I like Samus, he's really cool and fights aliens and stuff.
"he's" lol that bait.
eh fights aliens and doesn't afraid of anything.
Are you fking kidding me? Just goes to prove how much of real fan you are. How could anyone not know that he fights meteoroids, not aliens smh
who's Samus? I know a character named Metroid.
Shaq Rack hemorroids*
You one thing at the end.
Samus is your main if:
You want to be the bane of Leffen's existence.
Also, when does "Are you a Giga Bowser Player?" Come out?
Mate giga bowser? People like you really disapoint me like you have to take this game seriously like he looses so many matchups like master hand is much better bro.
Are you a Wario Man main?
Gabriel Reed yeah he really struggles with the master hand matchup but i pull through at my weeklies
+USERNAME_69_420 so glad to see people putting in work with low tiers
Lmaoooooo you guys are too much, I thought you were gonna roast him for being a casual for saying giga bowser, then you bring in master hand loooll
a couple additions: samus requires much harder commitments on average than other characters, while also struggling to cover multiple options. generally speaking she is combo'd the least out of the whole cast, but she may take several hits or lose a stock while trying to regain stage control because of how easy it is to cover and punish her attempts to regain position.
generally speaking, samus struggles to cover multiple options, and she is more open to punishes than other top characters.
on top of this samus has worse mobility than other top characters and thus struggles to gain strong positions while escaping bad ones. one thing plup is able to leverage into success is his ability to maximize samus's mobility when he recognizes an opportunity to take a good position.
thus i think kira should've said "samus is your main if: you have a strong situational awareness and want to use knowledge & fundamentals to outplay your opponent.
on paper, samus is kind of a worse character than you would think, but learning and playing samus allows you to test every aspect of your opponent.
Dude this is spot on. I've been maining Samus for about 7 years now, and what you just described is exactly what I feel. Kudos to you. I've been tempted to switch back to Falco, my original main, for years, but Samus has me on a leash for these exact reasons.
Well said, I feel like she's brutally hard for newbs to learn.
You knew this was coming, but I feel like I should ask anyways. As a player that doesn't have all his fundamentals/kinda sucks, is samus a good choice to main/secondary? (i main sheik at the moment)
+Chocolatnave123 i would just keep playing sheik, but ive personally never tried maining a worse character in order to improve my overall skill.
but im sure you could get a lot out of studying top samuses, since a lot of their decisions tend to be very specific reads.
I would say: play whoever you want. You can learn and get better with any character. If you desire to play Samus at any level you are, just do it.
Heck, there are people who just goes straight to Fox because.... well, you know....
Samus is your main if -all the things you said or if you want to beat leffen
My favorite Samus player is definitely WestBallz.
Leffen is my favorite Samus player
Lol
I think you have that backwards. Samus is the one playing Leffen.
@@KeroTheInvincible Underrated comment
3:30 oh man, Phendrana drifts is my jam!
I like Hugs the most cause of how long he's mained her
He's also has a very entertaining UA-cam channel. He's my favorite Smash content creator, in fact.
Edit: I need to start paying attention to comment dates, sorry. :(
But the real question is... are you a pichu player?
Are you a kirby player
Not terribly original.
But of course what would I be other wise?
I actually do main pichu :v
+Bottlecap'n I play as pichu casually, but I main Marth and Falco.
I'd like to point out that if you add up all the scores with the "out of 5", Samus gets a 26/35, while Fox only gets a 24/35. Lol
yes but defense, recovery and survivability doesn't really take stocks
@@pedrohdalla but they do save stocks
Note: this is a joke response
Most definitely posted by a Samus Main
Confirmed better than fox
Samus players spend half the game recovering and the other half wavedashing back
and if we have any time in between doing either of those we are holding crouch
Peach pls! Come on!!
yes we need "are you a peach player" video
agreed!
IKR!
Yes pls
+Dan K we need more people to ask for this!
IDK why they put Other M in that metroid suit list. It's not a metroid game.
Jacob Lefcourt tbf that suit is pretty slick, game sucks but it is pretty
'Please do an "Are You A Peach Player?", please!
yes we need a peach video
Crouch cancel + Down smash.......done
+Sir Timothy git gud
I've been waitin
In Smash 64 and Melee, Samus was my favourite character to play as, and I think this video helped me understand why. She's a control-oriented character that's also capable of hitting hard and pulling off some flashy moves, while also having just enough weight to take hits as well as she can dish them out.
I fell out of love with her in Brawl onward since she just doesn't feel right to me in later games. A lot of her moves lost their punch and she became floatier. At least that's what it felt like to me.
As a Metroid junkie and a Smash fan, this video was beautifully put.
Samus is for you
-If you wanna reck Leffen
Are you a luigi player?
"Luigi is kind of a terrorist."
+Micah Greaney Hahahaha GR smash lol
The Zsar I was hoping you'd catch that :-)
Luigi is the character for you if:
YA YA YA HOOHOO YA YA YAHOO YA
+Micah Greaney Yeah I saw that.
Thank you so much for this video!! I'm a Samus main, and it's been so hard to find any videos or guides on her until I found your videos.
1/10 You forgot to list Westballz as a Samus main...
The best samus right now (2022) is TheSwooper going by results of recent tournaments. Its great that melee still has new players rise up and perform in tournaments and personally I love seeing low-teirs. TheSwooper epitomizes Samus's defensive style and likes to troll on the ledge, go check out his W against ibdw its a great set.
OMG...the quality of this vídeos is getting better...I can't wait for "Are you a Mr. Game and Watch Player?"
This was a really well done video. They're getting better and better! Keep it up.
Mostly I main Samus because Metroid was my goddamn childhood. But her spot in the meta is exactly where I like my mains to be too: technically the underdog to all the high tiers, but able to win against every single one.
Samus is your main if:
*You played 64 before Melee.*
_Reasoning:_
- High percentage before losing a stock (Like Dreamland only in 64).
- Spacing dependant.
- Drawing out matches and waiting for openings.
- "Simple" in a sense of follow-ups, but can still be creative.
- Slow and floaty, but still has weight behind her.
Granted, Samus is awful in 64.
You're a Samus player if:
You're on the search for Leffen's B.
You want to....
Hey Nice Shot Hugo!
You don't want to die Horizontally.
You want to JV5 a Kirby player.
NICE SHOT HUGO
The player tags say that.
Nagasaki Han shot first
Perfect timing. ive been thinking about a samus switch for a day or 2 now.
got pumped just listening to you hype up how fucking cool samus is. this is why i play this character.
Hey, that last part on the "samus is your main if" implies that sheik, zelda, peach, and nana don't exist
*****
You know something? I wanted to believe. I hoped to god that some funnyman wouldn't say this. Worst part is, I knew it was inevitable. SOMEONE was going to do it. And bam, the very first response, "marth is a girl lolol".
I'm not angry, tylin g. Just disappointed.
Minimu5e
The climber's ages have never been explicitly stated, you fucking mong.
How do you think commentators get away with saying boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife?
Minimu5e
Yo, chill fam.
Besides, you wouldn't be saying all that if you knew she looked like this under that coat
akairiot.deviantart.com/art/nana-is-cold-warm-her-up-477759023
Matthew Zakrzewski 3 problems with that link. 1 it's deviant art. 2 it's by the dude who made etika's fat titty robin shirts. and 3 i ain't warming shit up. i'm just an innocent boy, how dare you try and corrupt me with these dirty links!
***** he really does. just make sure there isn't any anime space jesus hentai or something for him to use against you...
Woah a video about my main on my birthday. I forgive you for posting my full name on that video, now, Kira
hugs hands down, plus he doesnt switch out to sheik
"You're a weeb...um..."
*Found my new main*
As a Samus, you must be proud when you spam and never apologize! If they're giving you space, you'd be a fool not to take advantage! They're you're rockets and they're your God-given right!
What's the point of maining Samus when nobody will come nowhere near HugS' equal.
what
Haven't you heard of the meme? What HugS felt towards Scar? That Scar was nowhere near his equal. No one can beat the great HugS in Samus dittos.
Plup has already passed Hugs dude
**facepalm** I wasn't actually serious tho
fucking memers
Yo kira.
You should do a video series that goes over the functions, pros and cons etc. about certain characters in doubles.
just an idea. Good videos man
fav samus main would have to be hugs, just put so much into the matchup and showed us all that while she's not top tier character level, she has some wacky sauce
"Samus is a rock hard tank..." You knew someone was going to bring that up.
Plup is my fvorite samus because I believe he has the best understanding of the character
Samus is your main if... You hate leffen.
makes me hella hype to play samus
Cultivating a new generation of Leffen Slayers
plup and duck are my favorites
Easily Plup for best Samus. He understands the character so well and her match ups while playing Melee well as a whole.
YCZ6 is an awesome samus player, amazing at showing off her tech skills
i have been waiting for this video so long
I've been waiting for an eternity for an Are You A Mario Player?
C'mon, SSBM Tutorials, help me out here!!
It's a bit funny that if all the stats were tallied up at the end, samus has a higher total score than fox, falco, or sheik
Plup, Esam, Hugs, Duck...hell I like em all.
Great video, very informative and very well edited!
Best one of these videos so far
great video. Please do falco combo on floaties or a falcon tut soon.
Duck is my favorite Samus main because of his sweet snipes.
You make it look as samus has the potential to be top tier
I think the last part on "Samus is your main" fits better with Princess Peach rather then Samus in her suit!
how do i improve doing forward aerials while moving backwards? the distance between the X button and the C-stick makes it diffucult to get the out fast or consistently, and its much harder to just use the A button.
practice for 3 months straight lol, if you practice an hour a day you will see results
going from X to C-stick left is much easier, try that first. I think i might not even use the c stick to the right personally but im not sure
tap jump, then move the stick backwards while having your thumb on the c stick? I guess that would help?
lol thanks for answering
but ive improved my tech skill and i just use x and am quick getting to the c-stick
I really wish i could implement tap jump/y jump into my play, both for different reasons, but both are so unnatural to me
this is for marth btw
I tend to use my right index finger to jump which frees up my thumbs to move and use aerials as I please.
I loved Darell back in the day so hard. Defs go check out some old games they are a charged blast.
Basically, Samus is just balanced, and better than most people think
My favorite Samus player is Lef- I mean Plup
The little ball! Let's CALL it an escape bomb! “Down and then B Button”
can be used to skip frames before going outside the map! BECAUSE the bomb escapes skip frames you're like a ball of 4 frames instead of like a character of 20 frames! IF you know when to put it you can save yourself from some pretty neat moments!
Guided-missile + fast missile + guided missile+ small bomb is really good too! It helps you get range attacks and get close at the same time! By the time the bomb ball is out you know which strike you're going to use next! Big lover of Samus here!
I like Duck's playstyle, but I think Plup is my favorite. He's just so good.
Also, do you plan on expanding this channel to cover project M or smash 4? I think that would be very helpful for smash community
I'm a Samus main because I love the Metroid games
I like how in the intro he put a glitch that straight up got patched
I love wavedashing back!
Jman3 is my favorite Samus main.
You beat me to it.
LOL
love you guys
Rip Papa Nooch comment.
I want to samus ditto jman when is the next romo
Wow people really hated leffen back in the day
People still do.
Leffen is crying right now.
Duck is my favourite Samus player. Seems like a cool guy.
Lol most of the showcasing of Samus's dominance is footage of leffen getting Rekt
2:34 "so Vish, I didn't know you were into that"
Will there be future pikachu videos? I want to pick him up but there's like really no tutorials on him?
Do a video for doc: "Are you a doc player?"
Would be super interested to see that
the first character I ever played as in smash melee was Samus. also there use to be 666 comments in this comment section.
Some love for Samus, hell yeah~
Time to go beat Leffen
D-d-did Hugo just.... Hit?!?!
My favorite Samus main has to be Duck, although I do really enjoy watching ESAM, Hugs, and Plup.
Wes: somebody had to call nintendo on him for using illegal moves
phanna's samus is amazing
Peach would be really cool for the next video. When's Mr.Saturn?
Edge Cancel tutorial? I want to see some more niche and unknown techniques on this channel. (Doraki Wall Jump and Laser Land videos were sick)
In your Samus Advanced Techniques video, you mentioned that the video covers only the more basic and widely used techniques, and that even harder techniques would be covered in a later video. What left is there to cover, I wonder?
Been maining Samus since I started playing melee a year ago.
I want a "Giga Bowser is your main if" next
samus brethren let us herd together. whether you are from 4/3ds/pm/b/m/64. we are unique, we love our character truly and we support her despite how many times we had to play neutral to take a stock.
Shine is the best defense offense move in the game
I see you putting hug's face when talking about conditioning opponents :)
Wow. Samus is a lot better than I thought...
You forgot Westballz in the famous Samus mains section
are you a kirby player next otherwise I will 2 stock u in smash 4
Actually Kirby will be the next low tier we do
+SSBMT Vods you really dont want to play smash 4 :^)
haha that too
My favourite Samus is westballz's.
The fact that Cyr isn't listed as one of the famous Samus mains slightly triggers me.
Well I fit practically none of that criteria at the end, but i'm just used to playing Samus anyways. Years ago when i'd play melee with my brother frequently, I would usually pick either Samus or Fox, and more often than not it would be Samus. Now that I play frequently again, I just specialize exclusively in Samus, because I figure it will allow me to "git gud" much faster than otherwise.
Duck's gotta be my fav.
Personally my favorite is Darrell, as a norcal native and as someone who has been on the receiving end of one of his ridiculous beatdowns.
You forgot to mention Westballz, best Samus player world.
Naw, but in all seriousness, what about twitter.com/GreenSamus ?? Def the best Samus main in Japan.
Apparently japanese smashers don't exist that's why kira won't put me on famous ganondorf players!
west
Samus's grab is unreactable though
Something else worth mentioning that Samus is a bounty hunter and nintendo made her play style all about tech chasing.
This video makes Samus seem a lot better than she is imo