Almost 3 years later, and this is still one of my favorite moments in evo history, next to moment 37. The story of someone who was always falling short to victory, finally rising to the top. The emotion shown is priceless. He didn't think he would've won, but yet he did. Hungrybox deserved this win after everything he has done to win before. Even though I'm late to say this, congratulations, hungrybox.
His play is exceptional. His reaction to winning is why we need bullying. This kid should know better than to act like this. Probably the school system failed him or he’s homeschooled lol
HBox worked his ass off and succeeded after years of sitting on that stage to congratulate someone else. Super well deserved and way more entertaining than last year's finals.
Turns out it was the era of Hungrybox. 2016-2019. Now, in 2020, it’s a reset and the age of Slippi. Hopefully by 2021 there will be IRL tournaments again and the best player rises to the top, whoever that is.
@@queuedjar4578 I guess my point is that had he missed that counter-hit by a single frame, he likely would have lost the whole tournament at that moment. That frame allowed him to clutch the victory over the next 3 games.
38:40-38:42 Its amazing how a person can look so focused and composed and after probably the most impactful victory of his career, all the emotions and years of struggle come out onto one stage and a 2 minute clip
Yeah, Armada usually moves when trying to throw out moves to continue combos or when trying to finish a stock and he was trying to get an up air and Hungrybox was trying to Smash DI, in the end though it just looks funny
Honestly Hbox gets hate, but has evolved JigglyPuff from a ledge camper into a wicked bait/ juggle Counter character. It’s been interesting to watch his evolution over the years.
@@theog2306hbox's aggressive gameplay is criminally underrated. There are moments where you just see him dog the fuck out of people and change the pace to throw people off.
CREATIVE Chris Creates! Account. On Beyond the summit they still make a lot of melee content HBox recently like a week ago lost to Zain in the grand finals of Genesis 7
EVO Melee is full of legendary sets/moments/stories, but I don't think this can be topped. Hungrybox on the loser's side of Grand Finals. Armada pulls out two games from Hbox after he wins his own two games, a reverse 3-0 waiting to happen. Then, on game 5, Hbox clutches it out with the stray nair, resetting the bracket. On the second set, Armada again takes the lead and quickly gets two games again, and Hbox plows through with two games of his own. Once again on game 5, Armada finally chokes and Hbox is the one who comes out on top after 40 grueling minutes, a spectacular end to TWO consecutive last-game-last-stock sets.
@Anderson Cooper Sure you are, buddy, yes the community is cancer but almost any competitive game community is like this, and that was a very unnecessary and strange flex.
The fox-puff match is truly something else, there may not be moment to moment action, but the chance for any on them to lose a stock regardless of % keeps you on the edge of your seat.
I don't even watch melee all that often as i mostly stick to ultimate, but Jesus i watched this whole set when i heard the news, when that rest heard around the world landed i legit forgot i knew what the outcome was and felt immense pressure and amazement when Hbox pulled that win out of the jaws of defeat
A fecha de este comentario ya han pasado 6 años desde este torneo y me sorprende como hungrybox a pesar de que esta a pocos golpes de perder logra remontar de la manera mas epica posible :0 por eso apoyo a hbox
Those two runs were kind similar in a way. Both knocked into Loser's early and both felt defeated and wanted to leave but scratched and clawed their way to taking it all.
@Ondřej Dušek This is a reference to EmpLemon's video on HBox. That U-Air Armada did? That one move could've ended the ENTIRE TOURNAMENT. But HBox used Smash Directional Influence to avoid getting hit a second time, which would've killed him right then and there. That one move he did gave him the chance he needed to turn the tables and win the whole tournament. That's why this is such a legendary moment. He just BARELY clutched the match and went home with the gold he deserved.
@Comment Cop Depending on where you came from, that could either be a reference to a statement EmpLemon made, or just a statement that happened to be identical to what EmpLemon said. And if it wasn't SDI, please tell me what it was. I don't know much about Melee or it's potential glitches and features.
@@cubesolver2564 It was 100% SDI. Hungrybox is a master of SDI. Watch one of his matches at GENESIS Black. Hungrybox went under the name of Genghis Juan for this tournament. He did this because of a stream challenge. ua-cam.com/video/ta3PrhCLHO8/v-deo.html look at 2:30 in this video. You will see Hungrybox teleporting left during the up air and then down during the back air. Hungrybox has been required to master SDI so he can get out of up air and other moves. And he has also mastered DI so he can live mainly Fox up smash after Hungrybox lands a rest on Fox. Hungrybox's SDI is insane and he absolutely changed Melee by winning EVO 2016 and he only was able to survive that up air because of his SDI
Crazy K I mean yes, that’s how leffen is. And that makes him one hell of a player, but in all honestly he’s kinda impatient. That’s why he always falls short to hbox, (most of the time) and especially in GF. 2 sets against HBOX is so mentally tiring, I 100% respect armada for doin this against him at gtx 2017 and here. Respect ARMADA.
Remember even though HBox was at 0% in the last game if Armada was just able to recover he could have killed Puff at like 40% so it was a really close match Edit: not even 40% even lower Armada could have killed him at like 20% up throw up air up air
Digital Butterfly i watched heeew's Melee is broken video and in that video he showed that Fox kills Puff at 55% with up smash and and Up throw up air kills at 40% however he did show up throw into rest kills at 0 but then again so does fox his up throw into up air into up air and just keep up airing until it kills
@@saraskyline8331 That was just really well played by armada, immediately capitalizing on the up tilt and using platforms to his advantage. If that was FD, it wouldn't have worked. Also the DI for evading up throw rest is precise and predictable.
19:10 something about this really made me shudder because Hbox seemed like he asked Armada for a second and in his mind he was like: "Juan you got your only chance now don't fuck it up right at the home stretch." You can truly see the pressure Hbox had after getting the reset when he clenched his fist there.
They only added jigglypuff in super smash 64 because she was so similar to kirby and they needed a character design who's implementation was quick and easy.
Almost 3 years later, and this is still one of my favorite moments in evo history, next to moment 37. The story of someone who was always falling short to victory, finally rising to the top. The emotion shown is priceless. He didn't think he would've won, but yet he did. Hungrybox deserved this win after everything he has done to win before. Even though I'm late to say this, congratulations, hungrybox.
One of the best and cluchest E-sports finals ever.
Yeah. Hated for so long but on that day everyone gave him respect. He simply would not be denied.
His play is exceptional. His reaction to winning is why we need bullying. This kid should know better than to act like this. Probably the school system failed him or he’s homeschooled lol
@@christiannewcomer2635 edgy
Me too!
“You’ll be good, but you’ll never be the best”.
Sure proved him wrong
If anyone sees this comment, let me explain : Before Hbox's dad passed away, he always told him that he will be good but he will never be the best.
His own dad said that? That's so fucked up
@@TimmyTheAverageJimmy his dad was kinda a ass
@@vivelespatat2670 imagen your own dad never believed in you to be the best. Kinda sad
hbox made this up for sympathy reasons, never change fakebox
HBox worked his ass off and succeeded after years of sitting on that stage to congratulate someone else. Super well deserved and way more entertaining than last year's finals.
It’s cool seeing an old UA-cam comment about Hbox that isn’t just pure vitriol
EVO 2013: 3rd
EVO 2014: 2nd
EVO 2015: 2nd
EVO 2016: 1st!
The year of Hbox is finally upon us.
EVO 2013: 5th.
EVO 2014: 5th.
EVO 2015: Not Entered.
EVO 2016: 5th.
Clearly not M2K year lol.
EVO 2017: 3rd
EVO 2018: 4th
EVO 2019: 1st
@@michaelrubino5897 Bungwipe got 3rd at Evo 2019
2020:
Turns out it was the era of Hungrybox. 2016-2019. Now, in 2020, it’s a reset and the age of Slippi. Hopefully by 2021 there will be IRL tournaments again and the best player rises to the top, whoever that is.
18:46 that cheering gives me goosebumps
Holy shit I love your pfp so much
Seven is the GOAT
@@picotera7328 FACTS
18:49 the most iconic commentary ever
18:52 the most iconic bobby scream ever
I loved his screams lol
18:06 And now, the moment that changed Melee
The singular frame that won HBox the tournament
@@isaiahcampbell1782 that single frame was just the spark, he had a LOT more melee to play after that to make it.
@@queuedjar4578 I guess my point is that had he missed that counter-hit by a single frame, he likely would have lost the whole tournament at that moment. That frame allowed him to clutch the victory over the next 3 games.
forever
Depressed Human it happened again at GTX 2017 grand finals lmao he was once again a frame away from stopping The 3 stock comeback
18:06 the most important single frame in smash history.
No SDI will ever come close to the one performed at that instant
And now there's also smash summit 11
@@alecyerikian8073 It always comes down to 1 frame huh
@@alecyerikian8073 what happened? i didn't follow all of summit this year
that last sequence after that was soooo fkn clutch
38:40-38:42
Its amazing how a person can look so focused and composed and after probably the most impactful victory of his career, all the emotions and years of struggle come out onto one stage and a 2 minute clip
Armada looks destroyed omg. Poor guy. Looks like the era of Mango is done and HB is the new Melee king.
This actually aged pretty damn well, what a rare occurrence. H-Box arguably has been the most dominant player we have seen in Melee.
@@gizmoman2388 since after 20FF 100%, but he was looking like the mediocre god up until this historical moment!
@@ryanrzjr 20FF isn't true, puff is 5th best not best
@@gizmoman2388 20FF was fox's reign of terror, which destroyed Hbox until 2016.
@@ryanrzjr I thought that was 20XX
"Ooooh and Hungrybox presses forward on the grey stick" is one of the best quotes in melee commentary history
27:20 Hbox and Armada jumps at the same time lool
It was to make their characters jump higher
Yeah, Armada usually moves when trying to throw out moves to continue combos or when trying to finish a stock and he was trying to get an up air and Hungrybox was trying to Smash DI, in the end though it just looks funny
Hahahahahaha
holy shit that's so funny
i do that even in smash ultimate when i need a tightly-inputted idj uair, or for SDI, which both players were doing
37:44 Lmao the announcer sounded like captain falcon when he gets KOed
Even funnier cause that was scar who is a captain falcon main
Lol xD
bahaha you're genius !!
He really did XD
lol
38:47 he did something most smash players can't do, a pushup
Haha so funny man
Hungrybox actually looks like a naturally strong dude
Yeah lol
HE AINT STOPPING
Even though Smash isn't at EVO anymore, this Grand Finals is still legendary.
Honestly Hbox gets hate, but has evolved JigglyPuff from a ledge camper into a wicked bait/ juggle Counter character. It’s been interesting to watch his evolution over the years.
Agreed
@@theog2306hbox's aggressive gameplay is criminally underrated. There are moments where you just see him dog the fuck out of people and change the pace to throw people off.
38:41 is what you’re looking for.
Love u
just gotta show my friends how awesome melee is ;)
Nah, man. I'm looking for that phantom hit.
Actually it was 18:06
Why did melee have to go .... EVO why.. this was such a beautiful moment for Hbox.... and was so emotional, it’s all gone... why..
CREATIVE Chris Creates! Account. Pretty sure its still there on other channels
CREATIVE Chris Creates! Account. On Beyond the summit they still make a lot of melee content HBox recently like a week ago lost to Zain in the grand finals of Genesis 7
18:06 . The moment that would change melee forever
"The Rest Heard Round The World"
16:59 start from here, it's pretty epic.
EVO Melee is full of legendary sets/moments/stories, but I don't think this can be topped.
Hungrybox on the loser's side of Grand Finals. Armada pulls out two games from Hbox after he wins his own two games, a reverse 3-0 waiting to happen. Then, on game 5, Hbox clutches it out with the stray nair, resetting the bracket. On the second set, Armada again takes the lead and quickly gets two games again, and Hbox plows through with two games of his own. Once again on game 5, Armada finally chokes and Hbox is the one who comes out on top after 40 grueling minutes, a spectacular end to TWO consecutive last-game-last-stock sets.
People say hbox is killing melee but the community is killing melee
Broke: Hbox is killing Melee
Woke: The community is killing Melee
Bespoke: Nintendo is killing Melee
Well now its nintendo... They are really good at pissing of the community
@Anderson Cooper Sure you are, buddy, yes the community is cancer but almost any competitive game community is like this, and that was a very unnecessary and strange flex.
@Anderson Cooper lol, um a little cocky but ok. . .
@Anderson Cooper I’m better than you
24:58 lmfao I love Scar's genuine shock to seeing such sick techs under this amount of pressure. One of the sickest melee sets ever
There’s something special about sitting shoulder to shoulder with your opponent on the big stage duking it out I love to see it.
This is so intense even if you know the outcome
38:41 me when we have pizza for dinner
And then Hbox drops it
@DiamondMan343 lmao RIP pizza
@ OH, NIGGA-
@@piyo744 My ears burn
18:50 the clutchest of clutchbox
31:40 when they all start hitting the inflatables along to gourmet race. Amazing
Dude I hope that big events like this one will still take place in the future, it would be so cool to be apart of the crowd in a moment like that lol
@@DesTr069 Evo is back this year, friend. The chance is yours!
Still the greatest set of melee IMO.
The set that still means everything to me
Rip evo moments, you'll never be the same anymore.
Seeing the size of this crowd is kind of crazy compared to tournaments today
One of the greatest finals ever! I still watch this from time to time and I remember seeing it live on Twitch! Can’t believe it has been 8 years
Anyone come back to this set in 2022? Very historic
His dad : Are Ya winnig son?
Hbox :
this comment doesn’t really work for hbox lol
@@rockinrai It works really damn well on a symbolic level
"you'll be good, but you'll never be the best"
HBox: lol try me
Best melee set ever given the stakes. How many times was Armada one hit away? It's crazy.
40:00 lol SLAP
Ok Davie
This was the beginning of an era :)
Wow. This is just a spectacle to watch. Good game, good game to all of you.
At the time this was excruciating to watch but looking back , jeez it’s still excruciating . bring back EVO for Smash
this momment is so beautiful, no wonder why HB has earned a lot of fans
The fox-puff match is truly something else, there may not be moment to moment action, but the chance for any on them to lose a stock regardless of % keeps you on the edge of your seat.
I don't even watch melee all that often as i mostly stick to ultimate, but Jesus i watched this whole set when i heard the news, when that rest heard around the world landed i legit forgot i knew what the outcome was and felt immense pressure and amazement when Hbox pulled that win out of the jaws of defeat
That emotional finish was so nice and genuine.
I never wouldve thought being a mang0 fan that one of my top 3 sets of all time is an hbox armada set
based rational melee enjoyer
A fecha de este comentario ya han pasado 6 años desde este torneo y me sorprende como hungrybox a pesar de que esta a pocos golpes de perder logra remontar de la manera mas epica posible :0 por eso apoyo a hbox
Can't believe Mang0 fanboys have already proclaimed Mang0-Zain at Summit 11 is the best set of all time. This is still better IMO
Those two runs were kind similar in a way. Both knocked into Loser's early and both felt defeated and wanted to leave but scratched and clawed their way to taking it all.
Both have a case for the greatest sets of all time. But I agree that this one is better
Both are amazing with the Loser runs into crazy game 5 comebacks
@@paolosworld99 agreed
Let's be honest
18:05 is what you're really looking for
That phantom hit changed the whole thing
It hit... but it didn't hit 🤔
That was just SDI not a phantom
That was smash directional influence
That was the turning point
@@YouB3anz it does ...
i love hbox’s realization at 18:56 that he still has another set to play and at 19:05 he remembers that it’s armada 😂
one of the best sets in fighting games
This was 8 years ago
It was no coincidence the finals took place at the Pokemon Stadium stage...
18:05 That was the moment that changed Melee forever.
@Ondřej Dušek This is a reference to EmpLemon's video on HBox. That U-Air Armada did? That one move could've ended the ENTIRE TOURNAMENT. But HBox used Smash Directional Influence to avoid getting hit a second time, which would've killed him right then and there. That one move he did gave him the chance he needed to turn the tables and win the whole tournament. That's why this is such a legendary moment. He just BARELY clutched the match and went home with the gold he deserved.
@Comment Cop Depending on where you came from, that could either be a reference to a statement EmpLemon made, or just a statement that happened to be identical to what EmpLemon said. And if it wasn't SDI, please tell me what it was. I don't know much about Melee or it's potential glitches and features.
It happened again at GTX 2017 lmao
@@cubesolver2564 It was 100% SDI. Hungrybox is a master of SDI. Watch one of his matches at GENESIS Black. Hungrybox went under the name of Genghis Juan for this tournament. He did this because of a stream challenge. ua-cam.com/video/ta3PrhCLHO8/v-deo.html look at 2:30 in this video. You will see Hungrybox teleporting left during the up air and then down during the back air. Hungrybox has been required to master SDI so he can get out of up air and other moves. And he has also mastered DI so he can live mainly Fox up smash after Hungrybox lands a rest on Fox. Hungrybox's SDI is insane and he absolutely changed Melee by winning EVO 2016 and he only was able to survive that up air because of his SDI
@Comment Cop you have no idea what you are talking about\
Gonna own a Switch soon and after watching some Smash videos . I got here . Both Armada and Hbox are incredible . Gg
yeah, hbox and armada are pretty great.
18:52 the hypest shit ever
All the respect in the world to these Smash legends here! HBox been through soo much, this win right here was well deserved!
I came back here for my dude hbox favorite melee dude
I'm crying for him, what a show of resilience
Hbox: God, Myth, and Legend.
The beginning of the era of Hbox, glorious. Sad he doesn't get a run back with that brat Leffen, melee will be back at EVO in 2020, watch.
Im sorry but Leffen made his mark if you ask me he is the only player eho says stuff as it is and doesnt sugarcoat it or try to be politcally correct
Crazy K I mean yes, that’s how leffen is. And that makes him one hell of a player, but in all honestly he’s kinda impatient. That’s why he always falls short to hbox, (most of the time) and especially in GF. 2 sets against HBOX is so mentally tiring, I 100% respect armada for doin this against him at gtx 2017 and here. Respect ARMADA.
Sorry dude, but this is Ultimate's moment
Yeah I hate leffen for how much of an asshole he can be sometimes. I like hbox waaaaaayyyyyyy more
Crazy K Leffen is pretty PC
12!minutes and 4 games already bruh what is this fast pace action
That reaction from Hungrybox... Shit, I felt that. He fuckin earned that win.
The ending to Game 5 Set 1 will always be some of the most insane shit I've ever seen.
lol armada sitting there like Keanu Reaves at the end
This is probably my favorite melee set oat
40:20 aw man I wanted more, but man poor armada man
38:20 WTF THAT KILLLLED? GOODNESS I FORGOT BOUT THAT
Rage is a helluva thing
@@phoenixburns79 Rage wasn't a feature until Smash 4. Fox's up air in Melee was just broken as hell.
@@slecchi4366 huh, my bad. Sometimes I get the games mixed up
Fox's up-air kills Puff at 45% minimum. This move is crazy
Remember even though HBox was at 0% in the last game if Armada was just able to recover he could have killed Puff at like 40% so it was a really close match
Edit: not even 40% even lower Armada could have killed him at like 20% up throw up air up air
Not really into melee, but i don't think I've ever seen up throw up air kill that early tho, maybe at like 50
Digital Butterfly i watched heeew's Melee is broken video and in that video he showed that Fox kills Puff at 55% with up smash and and Up throw up air kills at 40% however he did show up throw into rest kills at 0 but then again so does fox his up throw into up air into up air and just keep up airing until it kills
R E S T but up throw > up air > up air isn’t true not feasible in evo grand finals
FrogChip 22:20 ik that was up tilt but up tilt up air up air still killed... Anyways up throw rest also isn't true you can di out
@@saraskyline8331 That was just really well played by armada, immediately capitalizing on the up tilt and using platforms to his advantage. If that was FD, it wouldn't have worked. Also the DI for evading up throw rest is precise and predictable.
Beautiful moment, but it's odd they didn't hug.
this was leagendary
Goosebumps watching this again and im only 1 second in
some bro commented trumps assassination attempt at 18:06
18:05 the moment that changed everything
40:00 Frame one jab
19:10 something about this really made me shudder because Hbox seemed like he asked Armada for a second and in his mind he was like: "Juan you got your only chance now don't fuck it up right at the home stretch." You can truly see the pressure Hbox had after getting the reset when he clenched his fist there.
Almost six years ago huh. I'm still comin back
I'm glad that of all the tournaments I've missed it wasn't this one, the stage and setting felt like melee was becoming huge
dawg i’m only 10 seconds in and hbox is TWEAKING 😂😂 the adderall epidemic in esports is something else
Out of the thousands of comments I've seen on hbox this is by far the funniest shit I've ever read
Thought tweaking was twerking for split second
This is History.
38:35 That's why they call it a tournament winner
ALI VS FRAZIER IN MANILLA
ARMADA VS HBOX AT EVO 2016
man I wish melee was back at evo so we could have moments like this again
Anyone else here watching after seeing the metagame doc
They only added jigglypuff in super smash 64 because she was so similar to kirby and they needed a character design who's implementation was quick and easy.
Greatest popoff in history
Is anyone gonna talk about the cool ass floors?
je suis le seul a venir ici après la vidéo de Bronol ?
Bien sur que non
Salut l'ami :)
who watchin this legendary set in 2021
Melee games looks like 2 speedrunners fighting
I can’t help but look at Hungrybox’s controller lol
No matter how much someone can hate on Hbox, you cannot deny that he's actually very skillful and is well deserved of respect
How do you not love HBOX
Happiest Ending
Be honest: who's here from EmpLemon's vid.
THAT FANG in the background flapping around 😂😂😂😂😂
The moment hbox won armada was regretting most of his life choices lol
Armada looks like wesker from Resident Evil
The commentator with the screams and “ou” really makes it
could the players hear the commentary? the commentators' audio had a lot of reverb
Very weird seeing this crowd in 2020 without masks, or that many people together
Those were called normal and better times.