How One Player Changed Marth Forever

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  • Опубліковано 1 кві 2023
  • Super Smash Bros Melee is an old game but One Man Redfined Marth on this old Nintendo GameCube game.Zain is the current best player in the world but his come up has been filled with challenges and hurdles to overcome that he has chipped away at overtime. Today we go over how he overcame players like Wizzrobe, Axe and Hungrybox.
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  • @ChalerYT
    @ChalerYT  11 місяців тому +35

    I keep getting comments that this aged poorly but I just need to let you know that I will win in the long run

    • @brooksyang5834
      @brooksyang5834 11 місяців тому +5

      was abt to say man pulled out ice climbers lmao

    • @thuperr2017
      @thuperr2017 10 місяців тому

      i really think his ics is a super one trick pony that wont stick around, jmook/leffen are just demonic level sheiks in the marth mu

  • @maxlimit9129
    @maxlimit9129 Рік тому +572

    if I had a nickel for every dominant red Marth whose tag was just their first name, I'd have two nickels

    • @unstablepc5913
      @unstablepc5913 Рік тому +171

      Wait... That's his real name? Crimson Blur???

    • @Gabriel64468
      @Gabriel64468 Рік тому +42

      ​@@unstablepc5913 No that's actually just Crimson when he came to his first tournament he had chosen "Blur" as his tag, but when asked for his name he said "Crimson uhhh Blur" so the TO put Crimson Blur down.

    • @zog6940
      @zog6940 Рік тому +50

      Which isn't a lot. But it's weird that it's happened twice

    • @TheSleepKing
      @TheSleepKing Рік тому +20

      Never thought about it like that. Ken and Zain, damn

    • @moshadj
      @moshadj Рік тому +2

      Sephiroth?

  • @jshcalebchang
    @jshcalebchang Рік тому +256

    It's interesting that both Axe's and Hbox's well known loss to Marth prior to Zain was PPU. Definitely an underrated singles player

    • @cjkmelee
      @cjkmelee Рік тому +36

      He was definitely known more when he played. For marth players he really was the proto-zain pushing tech skill and advanced techs (shield stopping was a big thing he pioneered) Its really only after loong inactivity that newer players don't know about PPU

    • @Saskaruto16
      @Saskaruto16 Рік тому +15

      He was always known during the era he played. He was always considered super technical and innovative, but his his neutral and adaptation in the longer games always had him losing to the gods except for rare occasions where they couldn't deal with some new tech he implemented in his game. However once they adapted to it, business went back to the usual unfortunately for him.
      M2K and PP were the only ones with the strong enough neutral to actually win sets against the gods with Marth, and neither of them wanted to use Marth for his bad matchups when they both played other characters. Even Pewpewu eventually picked up a fox secondary for some matchups, other Marths picked up a Sheik, etc, because why play an even or losing matchup when you can play a winning one with your secondary/co-main?
      They were all also playing on Vanilla, which is significantly worse for Marth than anyone else because of the dashback and more inconsistent pivots which he needs in his gameplan especially in these non-spacie matchups.

    • @orionwebster8727
      @orionwebster8727 Рік тому +1

      @@Saskaruto16 Yeah people forget how big a difference UCF makes and controller mods and whatnot. Plus at top level in anything doing something statistically worse doesn't make much sense long term.

    • @atari_hmb
      @atari_hmb Рік тому

      @@cjkmelee Yeah like how Larry Lurr was the Fox to do it, then came Light who pushed the Fox meta for Ultimate and Smash 4.
      PPU is still a hall of famer for real

    • @koth_harvest_final
      @koth_harvest_final Рік тому

      @@cjkmelee seeing people not know how dominant a force he was in norcal is crazy, he was my favorite player to watch for years and years. i miss u kevin.

  • @Saskaruto16
    @Saskaruto16 Рік тому +64

    One major factor that never really gets brought up here is Vanilla vs UCF; the fact it buffed Marth the most by far, and that those buffs specifically helped him in these non-spacie matchups. Zain is amazing no doubt, but the entire reason M2K and PPMD didn't play Marth in those matchups was that in a game with inconsistent dashbacks and pivots, you can't play the way Zain does, especially against those characters, without incredible risk. M2K already had his Fox/Sheik, PP had his Falco. So unless they felt Marth had a better matchup they didn't use him as he just wasn't worth the risk of inconsistency losing them a games/sets when they had options that didn't get hurt by bad hardware to even close to the same degree in these matchups.

  • @eddiestilll
    @eddiestilll Рік тому +65

    i'ma pika main who obv was inspired by axe but i couldn't help but cheer for zain at shine 2022 when he finally beat axe because it was so inspirational to see a solo marth main finally overcome their char's biggest demon 🙂

    • @curtiss9116
      @curtiss9116 Рік тому +5

      bro i was like the only person in that venue cheering for zain vs axe lmao. All my friends kept giving my absolutely devilish looks

    • @Demopugz
      @Demopugz Рік тому +2

      Well you can’t really blame them, Walgreens drake all the way!

  • @jrodd13
    @jrodd13 Рік тому +81

    Never realized how determined Zain was, this video made me respect him all the more

  • @FirePuff12
    @FirePuff12 Рік тому +19

    I've been waiting for a good content creator to talk about this for SO LONG!
    Tysm.
    It literally can't be understated how much Zain has done for Marth. And you put it perfectly

  • @Mach7tequila
    @Mach7tequila Рік тому +11

    I used to go to the same locals as Zain at Virginia Tech and the news of him beating plup at bh6 blew our fucking minds. From sweeping our locals and being sponsored by a now out of business local gaming lounge to being number one feels unreal

  • @SkarmoryMelee
    @SkarmoryMelee Рік тому +20

    Really glad to see PewPewU getting the credit he deserves. He actually brought a lot of Marth's newer tech to the spotlight before Zain did, but Zain was the first to perfect it as his current level.

  • @loferium4580
    @loferium4580 Рік тому +11

    your videos make melee look beautiful to someone who knows nothing about it

  • @bossfrg
    @bossfrg Рік тому +5

    I think the dash grab aspect of the hbox matchup really oversells zain. That was very very established tech at the time that every Marth had been using for years.

  • @gsubs2008
    @gsubs2008 Рік тому +12

    As a huge Zain fan I am not exaggerating when I say this is one of the best videos I've ever seen! Gonna binge your other videos and looking forward to future ones!

  • @Willyzzy
    @Willyzzy Рік тому +2

    Been watching your videos for a while now, and your content is getting better and better, but this video is special. Well done, love what you're doing!

  • @EDEdDNEdDYFaN
    @EDEdDNEdDYFaN Рік тому +1

    This is your best video yet man. Great narrative and clean/easy stats to back it all up. Good shit

  • @benumbrardor8708
    @benumbrardor8708 Рік тому +6

    Zain’s progress year by year is amazing

  • @EZmode420
    @EZmode420 Рік тому +3

    Great video bro. Keep up this amazing research and work. It shows.

  • @Yamulo
    @Yamulo Рік тому

    lovely video. Love the positivity and loved watching zains rise in real time

  • @sinfinite7516
    @sinfinite7516 Рік тому +3

    Great vid, made me realize even more how legendary Zain is

  • @nontoxic9960
    @nontoxic9960 Рік тому +2

    I love your content thank you for uploading I appreciate your hard work

  • @blackh4ze778
    @blackh4ze778 Рік тому +7

    thank you already for the first minute of the video. Idk man marth vs samus for example or also marth vs peach is sometimes really hard, but I cant say it openly cuz everyone says "marths broken haha, what you talking about. Youre not allowed to whine"

  • @eeveewithcoffee9554
    @eeveewithcoffee9554 Рік тому +9

    Wait so actually Marth players always jump cancel grab and risk missing a crouching Jigglypuff? I never knew he could grab her dash or standing. That’s so weird

    • @simanolastname2399
      @simanolastname2399 6 місяців тому

      (Competent) Marth players almost exclusively boost grab against Jigglypuff

  • @lankyjuggler
    @lankyjuggler Рік тому +2

    Love your analyses. See you on the next one 😊

  • @Spyder-Marth
    @Spyder-Marth 5 місяців тому

    I play Marth in Ultimate but this is super inspiring to watch. Seeing Zain take Marth all the way when nobody else would is exactly what I should do in Ultimate.

  • @megamangomon
    @megamangomon Рік тому

    Ty for making this video on one of my fav players

  • @Roiku15
    @Roiku15 Рік тому

    great vid and editing

  • @taciprince7400
    @taciprince7400 11 місяців тому +2

    And yesterday he beat Jmook with solo marth. My goat 🫡

  • @lukus1013
    @lukus1013 Рік тому +4

    Zain picked up IC’s for Jmook lol

  • @miyamotomusashi6991
    @miyamotomusashi6991 Рік тому +5

    Kinda insane that you didn't mention UCF. The really notable thing about pre-UCF melee here is that pivots don't work on controllers with PODE. This means that the controllers that all of the top players had to use to be able to dashback consistently were incapable of performing this tech. UCF gives controllers emulated PODE that doesn't prevent pivots, which makes pivot heavy combo routes possible where they were otherwise not. This is the main reason for the change in the puff matchup. Zain didn't invent any of the tech. The non-jc grab is a kadano tech and there had been flowcharts for those grab combos years prior to UCF. It was never implemented because dashback was more important

    • @Bladieblah
      @Bladieblah 11 місяців тому

      The modern era needs to be hyped up, don't bother the guy with facts that don't fit the narrative

  • @KIRB881
    @KIRB881 8 місяців тому +1

    When I hear Marth, I immediately think Zain or Ken.

  • @threed7
    @threed7 8 місяців тому

    I still remember when zain was playing with chillindude. He’s come a long way.

  • @lorenzoram6025
    @lorenzoram6025 11 місяців тому +1

    Axe winning 69 - 0 against Marth in a decade. What a run !

  • @taylorbee4010
    @taylorbee4010 Рік тому +1

    So he plays his main like a true character specialist by studying the matchups

  • @rannynihilius8481
    @rannynihilius8481 Рік тому +16

    Zain, Jmook, Hbox, aMSa and Axe are my favorite players in Melee because all of them broke the walls and limits of their characters with an own style and way of improvement.
    Hbox went through a nightmare number of Fox gauntlets literally beating them so hard in an losing MU that many were convinced that Puff should be banned while being the best player in the world against Falco and Sheik of all time.
    Axe's rise to the top as the first real Mid Tier threat ever since Hugs, his dominace over Marth and his road to the summit after years of heartbreak in 2019 is probally the most inspirational story in Melee-
    -Is what i would say if there wasn't a red yoshi bit by bit rising to the top until he turned from a Top 50ish international player into the number 2 player in the world defining Yoshi as the only top player ever in every MU and making them look doable somehow.
    Zain and Jmook are really parallel to each other in a lot of ways like their tourney win drought for a year only to become the best player in the world after winning Genesis and their sudden bursts onto the larger scenes when they got capeable of travelling.
    Zain and Jmook are both probally the most high level players we ever got till this point besides mang0, Armada and Hbox and stand as the defining players of their eras for Zain the doc kids and for Jmook Slippi.
    All of these players broke through barriers and are the only ones able to play on this top 10 level woth their characters turning a small roster of viable characters into this gigantic crossover of possibillities.
    Last Top 11 concisted out of Marth, Fox, Falco, Puff, Sheik, Peach, Icies, Pikachu and Yoshi not even counting the possibillity of Cap being robbed of the chance bc Wizzy suffered from sickness.

    • @timmasters1195
      @timmasters1195 Рік тому +1

      Armada is the goat mate, no shot you said Mango is a higher level than a dude who has a winning h2h vs everyone he played, including prime Mango.

    • @rannynihilius8481
      @rannynihilius8481 Рік тому +1

      @@timmasters1195 i don't remember asking let alone talking about this milked playground debate.

    • @rannynihilius8481
      @rannynihilius8481 Рік тому

      @@timmasters1195 i just told you to screw off with that milked out goat debate because i've never once mentioned anything about it in my comment yet you're obsessing over it as if i insulted your boyfriend.

    • @timmasters1195
      @timmasters1195 Рік тому +2

      @@rannynihilius8481 ah, so someone asked you to write out a long-winded mess about JMook, Yoshi and Melee before made your first comment? Hush now.

    • @rannynihilius8481
      @rannynihilius8481 Рік тому

      @@timmasters1195 what first comment tho?
      I only wrote a little love letter on why our best solo mains are my favorites to watch under a video about Zain's success as a solo main.
      All i see is you being a massive weirdo about a done to death argument that just doesn't matter and wastes my time even tho i did not even mention anything about the debate in this comment.

  • @Grannit666
    @Grannit666 11 місяців тому +1

    So funny that you end the video with "Zain will never pick up a secondary" right before Zain starts playing Ice Climbers.

    • @ChalerYT
      @ChalerYT  11 місяців тому

      Sometime you miss

    • @TheBeggies95
      @TheBeggies95 Місяць тому

      @@ChalerYTBut you didn’t this time ;)

  • @Sigmaairav
    @Sigmaairav Рік тому

    6:13 I know that song from Custom Robo, I loved that game

  • @jeyserreacts3444
    @jeyserreacts3444 Рік тому +1

    One thing about crouching puff dodging grabs is that she undulates on the ground and you have to grab her when she is high. On the low part of crouch the dash grab will miss.

  • @Slimeypattycake
    @Slimeypattycake Рік тому

    def my favorite melee channel and not even 5k subs what

  • @ApacheSmash
    @ApacheSmash Рік тому +2

    I called Zain becoming the best player in the world to AADS in like 2017

  • @PreacherJenkins
    @PreacherJenkins Рік тому

    Absolutely GOATED thumbnail
    Edit: 3:03 Chllin 🥹

  • @laggyninja202
    @laggyninja202 Рік тому

    Great video

  • @spage0
    @spage0 Рік тому

    S+ tier thumbnail!

  • @paulcochran7007
    @paulcochran7007 11 місяців тому

    The conclusion of this video is funny considering recent events

    • @ChalerYT
      @ChalerYT  11 місяців тому +3

      tbf he did say the icies are on the bench for now cause they feel "dirty" so im still right for now!

    • @TheBeggies95
      @TheBeggies95 3 місяці тому

      @@ChalerYTYou were still right since he stick to Marth to beat Jmook. I feel like he got really good in the MU. If only he learns how to beat Amsa again

  • @MuddyMoleMania
    @MuddyMoleMania Рік тому

    Another certified classic

  • @TheyCallMeLord
    @TheyCallMeLord 11 місяців тому

    The last statement aged like fine milk

  • @stayontrack
    @stayontrack Рік тому +1

    8:42 blurring out the moon is so dumb

  • @heldon7951
    @heldon7951 Рік тому

    YOOO THE PMD MUSIC

  • @y-hat868
    @y-hat868 Рік тому +2

    Great video but this got outdated real quick with him picking up ICs LOL

    • @damana1000
      @damana1000 Рік тому

      We don't know, Zain picking up ICs for Jmook might end up like Cody picking up Sheik for Zain. This means he might talk about it, but in the end still return to his main

    • @TheBeggies95
      @TheBeggies95 3 місяці тому

      @@damana1000You guessed it right

  • @Doxsein
    @Doxsein Рік тому

    I remember tryna get good at this game in high school and seeing him use pivot technique is crazy, isn't it a frame perfect action?

  • @Winter101Storm
    @Winter101Storm 7 місяців тому

    rip zain, we will miss you.

  • @DarrienGlasser
    @DarrienGlasser Рік тому

    Melee content in 2023 dang. I like it

  • @porknbeanz
    @porknbeanz 11 місяців тому +2

    ****ICE CLIMBERS****

  • @dylanpenniket8648
    @dylanpenniket8648 Рік тому

    Zain said on stream he’s picking up an IC’s to counterpick jmook on certain stages - interesting to see how that plays out if it comes to fruition

  • @patheticworm
    @patheticworm Рік тому +1

    The pmd music got me cheesing

  • @Sethekk11
    @Sethekk11 Рік тому +1

    6:22 I NEVER KNEW THIS

  • @beardalaxy
    @beardalaxy Рік тому

    I've been saying that Marth was great for Jigglypuff for years. I'm glad Zain finally turned up.

  • @weebemo1
    @weebemo1 Рік тому +4

    zain WH OMEGALULed the 5 gods era

  • @TheBeggies95
    @TheBeggies95 Рік тому

    You understand Marth 100% I would not be surprised if you mained him

  • @Lenno94
    @Lenno94 Рік тому

    Marni's theme, nice

  • @anonwalkerr
    @anonwalkerr 11 місяців тому

    what is the music at the end of the video its driving me crazy

  • @conemedemelee20
    @conemedemelee20 Рік тому +1

    anyone remember the name of the japanese marth main player who is actually a top player in japan that amsa talked about in an interview a few days ago? i want to see that marth in action

    • @ChalerYT
      @ChalerYT  Рік тому +1

      I imagine you are talking about ingen he played at scuffed world tour most recently for a big profile event

    • @TheBeggies95
      @TheBeggies95 3 місяці тому

      Theres was Rudolph a couple years ago if Ingen was not the one

  • @Nightwalker86
    @Nightwalker86 Рік тому +2

    I knew that Zain would beat Plup. Not because Zain is so good (he is). But because Plup is weak to Marth and jumps too much in that MU. Sheiks air-to-ground conversions are really good against Fox / Falco so I can see where that habit was formed, but Sheik has to stay grounded against Marth. Jmook and Leffen are much better at not being in the air in neutral against Marth.

    • @MrKynzer
      @MrKynzer Рік тому +2

      Plup too Freestyle for his own good

    • @krokoza8807
      @krokoza8807 Рік тому

      Hard disagree. First of all (SS6)most of the time when Zain got a grab it was when Plup was on the ground. In fact Zain was going in the air at bad times more than Plup.Plup was getting grabs or stuffing Zain the way he was trying check Plup with his drift back fairs and closeup landing fairs and Plup was ready to catch him in the beginning, and in instances trying to up air plup when standing uptilt wouldve sufficed. The big thing about that set was how Zain was ready for the ways Plup was crossing center stage and him countering Plups patience with his own. Theres a decent bit in this set that could’ve swung the set either way. Also what? air to ground conversions are super good against marth too. And anyways he was trying to pop zain off the ground not catch him on the ground with aerials into something which actually he didnt a lot or really get to.

  • @oscarbalfour6851
    @oscarbalfour6851 Рік тому

    Can’t believe this wasn’t about Branspeed smh my head

  • @yeet9420
    @yeet9420 9 місяців тому

    Melee is so interesting and cool but by god I would never want to seriously touch that game

  • @Shlaf
    @Shlaf Рік тому

    Great vid!!

  • @Meshric
    @Meshric 11 місяців тому

    That custom robo music

  • @Abigdummy4life
    @Abigdummy4life Рік тому

    This guy took both Marth AND Roy far.
    Don'tTestHim

  • @coyrex1250
    @coyrex1250 Рік тому

    Not to be too nitpicky, and I may even just remember wrong, but wasn't dash grabbing vs puff already very common before Zain?

  • @floatingshoppinglist5193
    @floatingshoppinglist5193 Рік тому

    marth stan

  • @15MinuteUpload
    @15MinuteUpload Рік тому

    can i ask for the music that starts at 1:08?

  • @ShadowD3mon25
    @ShadowD3mon25 Рік тому +1

    insane it took zain less than half the time to cement himself into melee history compared to m2k

    • @colinmurphy2214
      @colinmurphy2214 Рік тому +2

      M2k started playing 2005 with fox and was best in the world with an entirely different character by the end of 07

  • @randomistough0
    @randomistough0 Рік тому

    zain is the name of a video game character I created.

  • @micahbernard2532
    @micahbernard2532 Рік тому

    hes switching to ICs vs Sheik LMAO

  • @SecsecGoesRawr
    @SecsecGoesRawr Рік тому

    Song at ~9 minutes?

  • @NoobSauceee
    @NoobSauceee Рік тому

    Whats the song at 5:36?

  • @nothingnesslol9538
    @nothingnesslol9538 Рік тому

    Reminds me of hbox

  • @todoeltiempodelmundo3546
    @todoeltiempodelmundo3546 Рік тому

    Can someone tell me wich song is being used in 4:45 ? Thanks

  • @Kawaiilolrofl
    @Kawaiilolrofl Рік тому +1

    This video would be so much better if you didn't stand in front of it all the time.
    You're adding the disadvantage of an in-person presentation to an online video. Good job.

  • @AngieLikesGirls
    @AngieLikesGirls Рік тому

    Whats the first song that played??

    • @jpzeiro
      @jpzeiro 2 місяці тому

      Balrog's Theme - Sexy Trunks [HD REMIX]

  • @vladventura1928
    @vladventura1928 Рік тому

    How did hbox do that 2:23 he glidin

  • @hacetafen5074
    @hacetafen5074 Рік тому

    Someone know the name of the song in 3:27 ??

  • @deathangeleas2401
    @deathangeleas2401 11 місяців тому

    he didn't tho, he's just aggressive marth but optimal.

  • @joshuaadams5295
    @joshuaadams5295 Рік тому

    Ice Climbers

  • @simanolastname2399
    @simanolastname2399 6 місяців тому

    tldr; zain is pretty alright i guess

  • @E-Brightvoid
    @E-Brightvoid Рік тому

    Zain Train CHOO CHOO

  • @timmasters1195
    @timmasters1195 Рік тому

    Marth didn't struggle really. PPMD and Ken both won a lot, the issue was M2K. Same for Sheik, the character was underrated based on a dude who had choking issues.

    • @TheBeggies95
      @TheBeggies95 3 місяці тому

      Ken won in a time where people weren’t as good. PPMD was using Falco for most MU + M2K was using Sheik for Marth’s bad MU. Really no one was developing Marth aside from PewPewU during the god era despite having two gods playing him

    • @timmasters1195
      @timmasters1195 3 місяці тому

      ​@@TheBeggies95 cool, but my point is that M2K had the winning problem, not Marth. The character has always been top tier and tournament viable, from Ken to today.
      I also think Armada was a big problem for the character, and him retiring may have changed the grand finals landscape

  • @TerahMohrmann
    @TerahMohrmann 11 місяців тому

    Wow tho aged so poorly 😂😂
    Great vid tho!!

  • @darrelleffingeez
    @darrelleffingeez Рік тому +1

    Thumbnail look like will smith

  • @Halibut86
    @Halibut86 8 місяців тому

    boring

  • @MonaryMenos
    @MonaryMenos 10 місяців тому +1

    inb4 Donttestus KEKW

  • @kyhxx
    @kyhxx 5 місяців тому

    . based. i

  • @Kaheiyattsu221
    @Kaheiyattsu221 Рік тому

    Congrats you're the best at a dead grandpa game